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(3) The Council may at the discretion of the chairman invite any person or persons to
attend any meeting of the Council and such person or persons may take part in the
proceedings of that meeting but shall not be entitled to vote.
(4) In the absence of the chairman from any' meeting of the Council the members
present, if constituting a quorum, shall elect one of their number to preside at the
meeting.
(5) Two-thirds of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum.
(6) The Council shall determine its own procedure.
(7) At all meetings of the Council the chairman or other person presiding shall have a
deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall have a casting vote.
(8) The chairman of the Council shall report to the Council at each meeting thereof
the action taken in respect of any matter on which the Council has advised the
Minister.
- 9. A member of the Council shall not, by virtue only of his membership to
the Council, be deemed to be an officer in the public service.
- 10. A member of the Council, who is not an officer in the public service,
shall be paid an honorarium determined by the Minister and shall be paid his
reasonable traveling expenses and subsistence allowance while engaged upon the
business of the Council at the rate prescribed by the Minister:
PART IV: DECLARATION, CONSERVATION AND
PRESERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS AND RELICS
11. - 1. Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may from time to time, on the
recommendation of the Council, by notice in the Gazette, declare any monument or
group of monuments or any relic or collection of relics to be a protected monument
or a protected group of monuments or to be protected relic or protected collection of
relics for the purpose of this Act.
- 2. Before making a declaration under subsection (1), the Minister shall(a) cause to be published in the Gazette notice of his intention so to do and stating
that representations in writing with respect to such proposal may be submitted to
the Minister within one month of the publication of such notice, by any person who
considers that he has interest in the monument, group of monuments, relics; and
(b) consider any representations with respect to such proposals which may have
been received by him within the period specified in paragraph (a).
- 3. The Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette cancel his
intention to declare any monument, group of monuments, relic or collection of relics.
12. The Minister may, on behalf of the Government, accept any monument or relic,
or relics or any estate or interest therein, which the owner desires to give or has
bequeathed to the Government.
13.- 1. No person shall without the prior written consent of the Minister (a) make any alteration to, or destroy or damage, any monument or relic or any part
thereof; or
(b) carry out any cultivation or mining project or other work so as to cause, or likely
to cause, damage or disturbance to any protected monument or protected relic.
-2. A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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