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| (1) The Board shall appoint a Secretary of the Board and may appoint such other officers and servants as may be required for the purposes of this Act. |
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| (2) The Secretary of the Board shall, under the direction of the Chairman of the Board, convene meetings of the Board for the consideration of applications made to the Board. |
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| (3) The quorum for any meeting of the Board shall be three members of the Board. |
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| (4) The Chairman of the Board shall, if present, preside at every meeting of the Board, and, in his absence, the members of the Board present at such meeting shall elect from among themselves a person to preside at such meeting. |
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| (5) All questions arising at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the members of the Board present and voting at such meeting. Where the votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting of the Board are equally divided on any question, the person presiding at such meeting shall, in addition to his vote as a member of the Board, have a casting vote. |
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| (6) A member of the Board who is interested in the subject-matter of any application made to the Board shall not participate in any meeting of the Board at which such application is considered. |
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| (7) The Secretary of the Board shall maintain a record of the proceedings and decisions of every meeting of the Board. |
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| (8) The Board may make rules relating to the procedure for the conduct of its business. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts