Cap.14:34 15 SPECIAL EcoNOMIC ZoNEs No. 7/2016 Validity of decisions and acts of Board No decision or act of the Board or act done under the authority of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the fact that(a) the Board consisted of fewer than the number of persons prescribed in section 5; or (b) a disqualified person acted as a member of the Board at the time the decision was taken or act was done or authorised. 16 Execution of contracts and instruments by Authority Any agreement, contract or instrument approved by the Board may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Authority by any persons generally or specially authorised by the Board for that purpose. 17 Minutes of proceedings of Board and committees (1) The Board shall cause minutes of all proceedings of and decisions taken at every meeting of the Board or of a committee of the Board to be entered in books kept for the purpose. (2) Any minutes referred to in subsection (l) which purport to be signed by the chairperson of the meeting to which the minutes relate or by the chairperson of the next following meeting of the Board or the committee concerned, as the case may be, shall be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence of the proceedings of and decisions taken at the meeting concerned. PART III FuNCTIONS oF AuTHORITY 18 Functions of Authority (1) Subject to this Act, the functions of the Authority shall be- (a) to establish special economic zones wherein export-oriented industrial activities will take place whether by way of manufacturing, processing or assembling goods or providing services or otherwise for the purpose of selling domestically or exporting such goods or services; (b) (c) to attract foreign direct investment into special economic zones; to administer, control, and regulate all special economic zones; (d) to provide and maintain such services, facilities and structures as are in its opinion necessary or desirable for the efficient operation of any special economic zone; to permit customs offices to be established in any special economic zones and to provide facilities for the purpose; to ensure the provision of adequate fencing and enclosures to segregate a special economic zone from the customs territory, where necessary; to approve and regulate activities which may be carried on in a special economic zone; to grant investment licenses for investment in special economic zones; to grant permits to developers of special economic zone areas for infrastructure development including but not limited to road works, information and communications technology works, and water and electricity works; to constitute a single institution through which applications for the approval of investment in special economic zones shall be made and through which (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) 195