National Prosecuting Authority Act, 2014 [Chapter 7:20] No. 5/ 2014 Minutes of proceedings 8(1) The Board shall cause minutes to be taken at its meetings and at meetings of its committees and enter them in books kept for the purpose. (2) Any minutes which purport to be signed by the person presiding at the meeting to which the minutes relate or by the person presiding at the next following meeting of the Board or committee, as the case may be, shall be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence of the proceedings and decisions taken at the meeting concerned. (3) The Board and any committee of the Board shall cause copies of all minutes that have been signed to be sent to the Minister for his or her information. Validity of decisions and acts of Board 9.(1) No decision or act of the Board or act done under the authority of the Board shall be invalid solely because there were one or more vacancies on the Board when the decision was taken or the act was done or authorised or a disqualified person partook in the act or decision. (2) If any decision or other act of the Board is rendered invalid through a procedural irregularity, the Board may at a duly convened meeting ratify the decision or act, and any decision or act so ratified shall be valid in all respects with effect from the date of its ratification. SECOND SCHEDULE (Section 5(4)) POWERS OF NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY BOARD 1. To acquire premises necessary or convenient for the exercise of its functions and for that purpose to buy, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire immovable property and interests therein and rights thereof and concessions, grants, powers and privileges in respect thereof. 2. To buy, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire movable property necessary or convenient for the exercise of its functions. 3. To maintain, alter or improve property acquired by it. 4. To mortgage any assets, or part of any assets and, with the approval of the Minister, to sell, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with any assets or part of any assets which are not required for the exercise of its functions for such consideration as it may determine. 5. To open bank accounts in the name of the National Prosecuting Authority and to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue for the purposes of its functions promissory notes, bills of exchange, securities and other negotiable or transferable instruments. 6. To insure against losses, damages, risks and liabilities which it may incur. 7. To make contracts and enter into suretyships or give guarantees in connection with the exercise of its functions and to modify and rescind such contracts or rescind such suretyships or guarantees. - 22 -