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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.
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