ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Lake Basin Development Authority Act
5. Meetings and procedure of the Authority
Edition: 1991-12-27 · In force
5. Meetings and procedure of the Authority
(1)The Authority shall be convened by the chairman at least three times in every year.(2)The Authority shall elect a vice-chairman from among its members.(3)The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, may at any time convene a special meeting of the Authority, and shall do so within fourteen days of receipt by him of a written requisition signed by at least three members.(4)The quorum necessary for the transaction of any business of the Authority shall be ten members inclusive of the person presiding; and all acts, matters or things authorized or required to be done by the Authority shall be effected by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present.(5)The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the Authority; except that in the case of the absence of both the chairman and the vice-chairman the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at that particular meeting.(6)At every meeting of the Authority the member presiding shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.(7)Subject to subsection (4), no act, decision or proceedings of the Authority shall be questioned on account of any vacancy in the membership thereof or on account of a defect in the appointment of any of its members.(8)Subject to this Act, and to any general or specific directions of the Minister, the Authority shall regulate its own procedure.