9. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (a) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | " (1) The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the board at which he is present. If the Chairman is absent from any meeting of the board, the members present at the meeting shall elect one from among themselves to preside at the meeting."; and | | |
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| (b) by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section, the substitution therefor, of and the following sub-section:
| | " (3) Where the votes of the members present and voting at any meeting of the board are equally divided in regard to any question, the Chairman or other member presiding at such meeting shall, in addition to his vote as. a member, have a casting vote.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts