AGRICULTURAL LAND SETTLEMENT ACT [CHAPTER 20:01] (as amended) (4) If neither the chairman nor the deputy chairman of the Board are present at any meeting of the Board, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside as chairman at that meeting. (5) Half the members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board. (6) All acts, matters or things authorised or required to be done by the Board may be decided by a majority vote at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present. (7) At all meetings of the Board each member present shall have one vote on a question before the Board and, in the event of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. (8) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a majority of all members shall be of the same effect as a resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Board and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Board: Provided that, if a member requires that such a proposal be placed before a meeting of the Board, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. 6E Committees of Board (1) For the better exercise of its functions the Board may establish one or more committees in which it may vest such of its functions as it thinks fit: Provided that the vesting of any such functions in a committee shall not divest the Board of the functions, and the Board may amend or rescind any decision of the committee in the exercise of its functions. (2) The chairman of the Board or of a committee may at any time and at any place convene a meeting of that committee. (3) The procedure of any committee shall be fixed by the Board. (4) On the establishment of a committee in terms of subsection (1) the Board— (a) shall appoint to that committee at least one member of the Board who shall be the chairman of that committee; (b) may appoint to that committee persons who are not members of the Board. 6F Minutes of proceedings of Board and committees (1) The Board shall cause minutes of all proceedings of and decisions taken at every meeting of the Board or of a committee of the Board to be entered in books kept for the purpose. (2) Any minutes referred to in subsection (1) which purport to be signed by the chairman of the meeting to which the minutes relate or by the chairman of the next following meeting of the Board or the committee concerned, as the case may be, shall be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence of the proceedings of and decisions taken at the meeting concerned. (3) The Board shall cause copies of all minutes that have been signed as provided in subsection (2) to be sent without delay to the Minister for his information. 6G Secretary of Board The Board shall appoint a secretary to assist it in carrying out its functions in terms of this Act: Provided that the Minister, with the approval of the Public Service Commission, may assign a person employed in his Ministry to act as the Board’s secretary. 6H Remuneration and expenses of members of Board and committees A member of the Board or any committee of the Board shall be paid from moneys appropriated for the purpose by Act of Parliament⎯ 6 Reissue