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| (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all questions at any sitting of the Provincial Council shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting other than the Chairman or person acting as such. |
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| (2) The Chairman or person acting as such shall not vote in, the first instance but shall have and exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes. |
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| (3) A Provincial Council shall have the power to act notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership thereof, and any proceedings in any such Council shall be valid, notwithstanding that it is discovered subsequently that some person who was not entitled to do so, sat or voted or otherwise took part in the proceedings. |
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| (4) The quorum to constitute a meeting of a Provincial Council shall be one-third of the total number of members of the Council. Where one-third of the number of members is an integer and fraction, the integer immediately higher to that integer and fraction shall be deemed to be the one third of the number of members for the purpose of this section. |
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| (5) If at any time during a meeting of a Provincial Council there is no quorum, it shall be the duty of the Chairman, or person acting as such, either to adjourn the Council or to suspend the meeting until there is a quorum. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts