Act 1
Uganda Communications Act
2013
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shall be received in evidence as such an instrument without further proof
unless the contrary is proved.
SCHEDULE 3
Section 12
Meetings of the Board.
1.
Meetings of the Board.
(1) Meetings of the Board shall be convened by the chairperson, and
the Commission shall meet for the transaction of business at such places and
times as may be decided upon by the Board but in any case shall meet at
least once every three months.
(2) The chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, a member
appointed by the Board to act in the chairperson’s place may at any time call
a special meeting of the Board and shall call a special meeting upon a
written request by a majority of the members of the Board.
(3) The chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the Board.
(4) In the absence of the chairperson, the members present may
appoint a member from among themselves to preside at that meeting.
2. Quorum.
The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be four members.
3.
Decisions of the Board.
(1) All questions proposed at a meeting of the Board shall be decided
by a simple majority of the votes of the members present and voting; and in
case of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote
in addition to that person’s deliberative vote.
(2) A decision may be made by the Board without meetings but by
circulation of the relevant papers among the members and by the expression
of the views of the majority of the members in writing; however, any member
shall be entitled to require that the decision be deferred and the matter on
which a decision is sought be considered at a meeting of the Board.
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