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9. Meetings of 1[the Council.]- (1) The meetings of 2[the Council] shall be convened, held and conducted in such manner as may be prescribed by rules. 3[(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2) of section 4, the President when present, shall preside at every meeting of the Council. If at any meeting the President is absent, then the Vice-President, and in the absence of both, some other member elected by the members present, from amongst themselves, shall preside at such meeting.] (3) All questions at a meeting of 4[the Council], shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting at the meeting. (4) The presiding authority at a meeting shall have and exercise a second or a casting vote, in case of an equality of votes. (5) 5[Eight members of the Council including the President and Vice-President] shall form a quorum. When a quorum is required but not present, the presiding authority shall adjourn the meeting to such hour on some future day as it may notify on the notice-board at the office of 6[the Council;] and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting, had there been a quorum thereat, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting, and may be disposed of at such meeting or any subsequent adjournment thereof, whether there be a quorum present or not.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>9. Meetings of <sup>1</sup>[the Council.]-</b> (<i>1</i>) The meetings of <sup>2</sup>[the Council] shall be convened, held and conducted in such manner as may be prescribed by rules.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>3</sup>[(<i>2</i>) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (<i>2</i>) of section 4, the President when present, shall preside at every meeting of the Council. If at any meeting the President is absent, then the Vice-President, and in the absence of both, some other member elected by the members present, from amongst themselves, shall preside at such meeting.] <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>3</i>) All questions at a meeting of <sup>4</sup>[the Council], shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting at the meeting. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>4</i>) The presiding authority at a meeting shall have and exercise a second or a casting vote, in case of an equality of votes. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>5</i>) <sup>5</sup>[Eight members of the Council including the President and Vice-President] shall form a quorum. When a quorum is required but not present, the presiding authority shall adjourn the meeting to such hour on some future day as it may notify on the notice-board at the office of <sup>6</sup>[the Council;] and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting, had there been a quorum thereat, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting, and may be disposed of at such meeting or any subsequent adjournment thereof, whether there be a quorum present or not. <br>