No. 4/2014 TRAFFlCIUNG IN PERSONS Cap. 9:25 Provided that, if a member requires that any such proposal be placed before the Committee, this subsection shall not apply to the proposaL (8) With approval of the Minister, the Committee may co-opt any person to the Cmmnittee, but a co-opted person shall have no vote in auy decision by the Conunittee. Remuneration and allowances of members of the Committee 6. (!) Members of the Conunittee shall be paid(a) such remuneration, if any; and (b) such allowances to meet reasonable expenses incuned by them in connection with the business of committee, as the Minister may fix. (2) Remuneration payable to a member of the Committee shall not be reduced dudng his or her teuure of office. Minutes of proceedings of the Committee 7. (I) The C01mnittee shall cause minutes of all proceedings of aud decisions taken at every meeting of the Board and of every committee to be entered in books kept for the purpose. (2) Any minutes referred to in subparagraph (I) which purport to be signed by the person presiding at the meeting to which the minutes relate or by the person presiding at the next following meeting of the Cmmnittee or the conunittee concemed, as the case may be, shall be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence of the proceedings and decisions taken at the meeting concemed. Validity ofdecisiom and acts of the Committee 8. No decision or act of the Conunittee or act that is authorised by the Conunittee shall be invalid solely because there was a vacancy in the membership of the Committee or because a disqualified person purported to act as a member of the Conmlittee, as the case may be, at the time the decision was takeu or the act was done or authorised, 62 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. TOTAL P.026