Meetings of the Commission

(1) The Commission shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business, and such meetings shall be held at such places and times and on such days as the Commission may determine. 10 (2) The Chairperson or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, may at any time call a special meeting of the Commission within seven days of a written requisition for that purpose addressed to him by any ten members of the (3) Nine voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum and in the absence of a member from any meeting, that member’s alternate is entitled to vote. (3A) For the purposes of sub-section (3), a member’s alternate is a person notified in writing to the Commission by the member, or as applicable, the member’s organization specified in sub-section (3), as being qualified in the same category as the member, and who shall be appointed by the Prime Minister as a temporary member in the case of the absence or inability to act, of the member concerned. (4) Subject to this Act, the decisions of the Commission shall be by a majority of votes and, in addition to an original vote, in any case in which the voting is equal, the Chairperson, or the person presiding at any meeting, shall have a second or casting vote. (5) Minutes of every meeting of the Commission shall be kept in proper form by the Executive Director of the Commission and shall be confirmed by the Commission at its next meeting and signed by the Chairperson thereof, or by the person who presided at such meeting. (6) The Commission may co-opt any public officer or other person to attend any particular meeting of the Commission for the purpose of assisting or advising the Commission, but no such co-opted person shall have any right to vote.