Cap. 20:29 LAND Co!v!MISSION No.12/2017 Filling ofvacancies 6. On the death of, or vacation of office by, a member the President may appoint a person to fill the vacancy until the expiry of the period dming which the member would, but for his or her death or the vacation of his or her office, have continued in office. Meetings and decisions of Commission 7. (1) The Commission shall meet for the dispatch of business and adjourn, close and otherwise regulate its meetings and proceedings as it thinks fit. (2) The chairperson of the Commission may himself or herself at any time, and shall at the request in writing of not less than two members, convene a special meeting of the Commission, which meeting in the latter case shall be convened for a date not less than seven days or more than thirty days after the receipt of such request. (3) The chairperson or, in his or her absence, the deputy chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he or she is present. (4) If neither the chairperson nor the deputy chairperson of the Commission are present at any meeting of the Commission, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside as chairperson at that meeting. (5) Half the members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Commission. (6) All acts, matters or things authorised or required to be done by the Conunission may be decided by a majority vote at a meeting of the ColTI!nission at which a quorum is present. (7) At all meetings of the Commission each member present shall have one vote on a question before the Commission and, in the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson 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 majmity of all members shall be of the same effect as a resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Commission and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Co1TI111ission: Provided that, if a member requires that such a proposal be placed before a meeting of the Conunission, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. Electronic meetings of Commission 8. (1) In addition to meetings with members physically present, the Commission may hold or continue a meeting by the use of any means of communication by which all the members at the meeting can hear and be heard at the same time (hereinafter referred to as an "electronic meeting"). (2) A member who patticipates in an electronic meeting is taken for all purposes to have been present at the meeting. (3) The Commission may establish procedures for electronic meetings (including recording the minutes of such meetings). 247