Meetings of Board

(1) The first meeting of the Board shall be held as soon as practicable after all members have been appointed. (1A) The first meeting of the Board, as constituted under this section as enacted by the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (Amendment) Act, 2015, shall take place notwithstanding any vacancy in the post of Executive Director. (2) Subsequent meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as the Board determines. (3) Notwithstanding sub-section (2), the Chairperson shall at any time, whenever required in writing to do so by any three directors, call a special meeting of the Board. (4) The Chairperson of the Trust shall give to every director not less than seven days’ notice in writing of every meeting of the Board and of the business to be transacted at the meeting. (5) No business may be transacted at a special meeting of the Board unless it is specified in the notice required under sub- section (4), or all the directors agree to its transaction at that (6) At every meeting of the Board, six directors shall form a quorum. 12 (7) The Chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the (8) Where for any reason, the Chairperson is unable to preside at any meeting of the Board– (a) the Vice-Chairperson shall preside if he is able to do so; and (b) if the Vice-Chairperson is unable to preside, then the directors present shall elect one of their number to preside. (9) A pro tem Chairperson shall have all the powers of the Chairperson at that meeting, including the power of exercising a casting vote in addition to his original vote. (10) No act done by a pro tem Chairperson shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his so acting had not arisen or had ceased. (11) Every question before a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present at the (12) On every question before a meeting, the person presiding shall have a deliberative vote, and in the case of an equality of votes he shall also have a casting vote. (13) A resolution signed or assented to by letter or telegram by every director shall have the same effect as a resolution duly passed at a meeting of the Board. (14) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Board may regulate its own proceedings as it thinks fit. CAP. 31.