Chapter 10:30 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act No. 2/2012 (3) Written notice of a special meeting convened in terms of subparagraph (2) shall be sent to each Commissioner not later than forty-eight hours before the meeting and shall specify the business for which the meeting has been convened: Provided that a failure by a Commissioner to receive such a notice, or an inadvertent failure to send such a notice to a Commissioner, shall not invalidate the meeting. (4) No business shall be discussed at a special meeting convened in terms of subparagraph (2) other than— (a) such business as may be determined by the Chairperson, where he or she convened the meeting in terms of subparagraph (2)(a); or (b) the business specified in the request for the meeting, where the Chairperson convened the meeting in terms of paragraph (2)(b). (5) The Chairperson or, in his or her absence, Commissioner designated by him or her, shall preside at all meetings of the Commission. (6) At any meeting of the Commission, five of Commissioners shall form a quorum. (7) The Commission will endeavour to make decisions by consensus among the Commissioners present at a meeting of the Commission at which a quorum is present, failing which anything authorised or required to be done by the Commission shall be decided by a majority vote of the members at the meeting. (8) At all meetings of the Commission each Commissioner present shall have one vote on each question before the Commission: Provided that, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson or person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. (9) With the approval of the Commission, the Chairperson may invite any person to attend a meeting of the Commission, where the Chairperson considers that the person has special knowledge or experience in any matter to be considered at that meeting. (10) A person invited to attend a meeting of the Commission in terms of subparagraph (9) may take part in the meeting as if he or she were a member of the Commission, but he or she shall not have a vote on any question before the meeting. (11) Any proposal circulated among all Commissioners and agreed to in writing by a majority of them shall have the same effect as a resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Commissioners and shall be incorporated into the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Commission: Provided that, if a Commissioner requires that such a proposal to be placed before a meeting of the Commission, this subparagraph shall not apply to the proposal. (12) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the procedure for the convening and conduct of meetings of the Commission shall be as fixed from time to time by the Commission. Working Groups of Commission 7.(1) For the better exercise of its functions the Commission may establish one or more Working Groups in which the Commission may vest such of its functions as it considers appropriate: Provided that the vesting of any function in a Working Group shall not divest the Commission of that function and the Commission may amend or rescind any decision of the Working Group in the exercise of that function. (2) On the establishment of a Working Group, the Commission— (a) shall appoint at least one member of the Commission as a member of the Working Group, and that member or one of those members, as the case may be, shall be chairperson of the Working Group; and (b) may appoint as members of the Working Group persons who are not members of the Commission and may fix terms and conditions of their appointment. 15

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