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(1) Save as otherwise provided by this Act all matters with regard to the conduct of meetings of the authorities, bodies or committees, if any, constituted by the University or any authority shall be such as may be prescribed by Statutes. (2) A meeting of an authority or body shall be convened on the date determined by the Chairperson by a notice issued by its Secretary. (3) Except as otherwise provided, the quorum for the meeting shall ordinarily be one-third of the number of the sitting members. If there is no quorum, the meeting shall be adjourned by the Chairperson to a specific time on the same day or on a later date and no quorum shall be necessary for such adjourned meeting. (4) Where no provision is made by or under Statute for a President or Chairperson to preside over a meeting of any authority or body of the University or when the President or the Chairperson so provided for is absent and no provision is made for any other person to preside, the members present shall elect one person from amongst themselves to preside at the meeting. (5) Save as otherwise provided, all items, questions, matters or proposals on the agenda shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present. The Chairperson shall also have a vote. In case of equality of votes the Chairperson shall have a casting vote. The Secretary, if not a member, shall have right to participate in the deliberations, but shall have no right to vote.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) Save as otherwise provided by this Act all matters with regard to the conduct of meetings of the authorities, bodies or committees, if any, constituted by the University or any authority shall be such as may be prescribed by Statutes. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) A meeting of an authority or body shall be convened on the date determined by the Chairperson by a notice issued by its Secretary. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>3</i>) Except as otherwise provided, the quorum for the meeting shall ordinarily be one-third of the number of the sitting members. If there is no quorum, the meeting shall be adjourned by the Chairperson to a specific time on the same day or on a later date and no quorum shall be necessary for such adjourned meeting. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>4</i>) Where no provision is made by or under Statute for a President or Chairperson to preside over a meeting of any authority or body of the University or when the President or the Chairperson so provided for is absent and no provision is made for any other person to preside, the members present shall elect one person from amongst themselves to preside at the meeting. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>5</i>) Save as otherwise provided, all items, questions, matters or proposals on the agenda shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present. The Chairperson shall also have a vote. In case of equality of votes the Chairperson shall have a casting vote. The Secretary, if not a member, shall have right to participate in the deliberations, but shall have no right to vote. <br>