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| (1) Every question which comes up for consideration before a Body shall be dealt with at a meeting of the Body and shall be determined by the majority of the members of the Body present and voting. |
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| (2) In the event of an equality of votes on any question considered at a meeting of a Body, the Chair man of that meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his original vote. |
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| (3) All acts done at any meeting of a Body shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the election or appointment of any member thereof or that any such member was disqualified, be as valid as if every such member had been duly elected or appointed and was qualified to be such member. |
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| (4) No act or proceeding of a Body shall be invalidated by reason only of any vacancy in the Body. |
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