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| (1) The quorum for a meeting of the National Council shall be seven of whom not less than five shall be members entitled to vote. |
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| (2) The Chairman of the National Council shall preside at all meetings of that Council. In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting of that Council, the members of that Council shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting. |
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| (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the procedure for the transaction of business and for the conduct of meetings by the National Council shall be determined in accordance with rules made by that Council under this Act. |
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| (4) All acts done at any meeting of the National Council shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of a member of that Council or that any such member was disqualified, be as valid as if every such member had been duly appointed and was qualified to be such member. |
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| (5) No proceeding or act of the National Council shall be invalidated by reason only of any vacancy in the membership of that Council. |
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| (6) A meeting of the National Council shall be held at least once in each month, and whenever a written requisition to hold any such meeting is made by the Minister to the Chairman of that Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts