Cap.l4:34 SPECLI\L EcoNOMIC ZoNES No. 7/2016 (2) The chairperson of the Board(a) may at any time convene a special meeting of the Board; and (b) shall convene a special meeting of the Board on the written request of(i) the Minister, within such period as the Minister may specify; or (ii) not fewer than two members, no later than fourteen days after his or her receipt of such request. (3) Written notice of any special meeting convened in terms of subsection (2) shall be sent to each member not later than forty-eight hours before the meeting and shall specify the business for which the meeting has been convened. (4) No business shall be discussed at a special meeting convened in terms of subsection (2) other than(a) such business as may be determined by the chairperson of the Board, where he or she has convened the meeting in terms of subsection 2(a); or (b) the business specified in the request for the meeting, where he or she has convened the meeting in terms of subsection 2(b). (5) The chairperson or, in his or her absence, the deputy chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board: Provided that, if the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are both absent from a meeting of the Board, the members present may elect a member present to preside at that meeting as chairperson. (6) Seven members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board. (7) 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. (8) Subject to section 14, at all meetings of the Board each member present shall have one vote on each question before the Board and, in the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. (9) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a majority of all members shall have 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 proposal be placed before a meeting of the Board, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. 12 Committees of Board (1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Board may establish one or more committees and vest in the committees such of its functions as it thirties fit: Provided that the vesting of any functions in a committee shall not divest the Board of those functions in relation to any matter that has not been decided by the committee. (2) Where it has established a committee, the Board(a) shall appoint at least one member of the Board to be a member of the committee and shall designate that member, or one of those members, as the case may be, to be chairperson of the committee; and 193