Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
[No. 15 of 2010 113
(5) A member may resign from office by giving not less than
one month's notice in writing to the Minister.
8. (1)
Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Proceedings
of
Board may regulate its own procedure.
Board
The Board shall meet for the transaction of business, at
least once in every three months at such places and times as the
Board may determine.
Upon giving notice of not less than fourteen days, a meeting
of the Board may be called by the Chairperson and shall be called
if not less than one third of the members so request in writing:
Provided that if the urgency of any particular matter does
not permit the giving of such notice, a special meeting may be
called upon a shorter notice being given by three members of
the Board.
The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be four.
There shall preside at any meeting of the Board—
the Chairperson;
in the absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson;
and
(c) in the absence of both the Chairperson and the Vice-
Chairperson, such member as the members present may
elect from amongst themselves for the purpose of that
meeting.
(6) A decision of the Board on any question shall be by a
majority of votes of the members present and voting at the meeting
and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the
meeting shall have, in addition to a deliberative vote, a casting vote.
Where a member is for any reason unable to attend any
meeting of the Board, the member may, in writing, nominate another
person from the same organisation to attend such meeting in that
member's stead and such person shall be deemed to be a member
for the purpose of that meeting.
The Board may invite any person whose presence is in its
opinion desirable to attend and to participate in the deliberations of
a meeting of the Board but such person shall have no vote.
(9) The validity of any proceedings, act or decision of the Board
shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership of the
Board or by any defect in the appointment of any member or by
reason that any person not entitled to do so, took part in the
proceedings.