Electronic Communications Act, 2008

ACT 775

(3) A Trustee may at any time resign from office in writing
addressed to the President through the Minister.
(4) A Trustee who is absent from three consecutive meetings of
the Board of Trustees without reasonable cause ceases to be a Trustee.
(5) The President may by letter addressed to a Trustee revoke the
appointment of that Trustee.
Meetings of the Trustees
37. (1) The Trustees shall meet at least once every two months for the
despatch of business at the times and in the places determined by the
chairperson.
(2) The chairperson shall at the request in writing of not less than
one-third of the Trustees convene an extra ordinary meeting of the Trustees
at the place and time determined by the chairperson.
(3) The quorum at a meeting of the Trustees is six Trustees or a
greater number determined by the Trustees in respect of an important
matter.
(4) The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Trustees and
in the absence of the chairperson, a Trustees elected by the Trustees present
from among their number shall preside.
(5) Matters for decision by the Board of Trustees shall be decided
by a majority of the Trustees present and voting and in the event of an
equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote.
(6) The Trustees may co-opt a person to attend a Trustees' meeting
but 'that person shall not vote on a matter for decision at the meeting.
(7) The proceedings of the Board of Trustees shall not be invalidated
because of a vacancy among the Trustees or a defect in the appointment or
qualification of a Trustee.
(8) Subject to this section, the Trustees may determine the procedure
for their meetings.
Disclosure of interest
38.(1) A Trustee who has an interest in a matter for consideration by
the Board of Trustees shall disclose in writing the nature of that interest
and is disqualified from participating in the deliberations of the Trustees
in respect of that matter.
(2) A Trustee who contravenes subsection (1) ceases to be a Trustee.

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