17. Procedures Relating to Meetings of the Council:
(1) Meetings of the Council shall be held as may be necessary.
(2) Meetings of the Council shall be held on such date, time and place as appointed by the Chairperson.
(3) The Member-Secretary shall, at least Seven days in advance, give notice to all members along with agenda to be discussed at the meetings of the Council.
(4) If at least fifty percent of the existing members of the Council attend, it shall be deemed to have constituted the quorum for the meetings of the Council.
(5) The Chairperson shall preside over meetings of the Council and in his/her absence, the Vice-Chairperson shall preside over. In the absence of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, the member selected by the members of
Council from amongst themselves shall preside over the meetings of the Council.
(6) Majority opinion in the meeting of the Council shall be binding and in the case of a tie of votes, the person presiding over the meeting may exercise the casting vote.
(7) The Member-Secretary shall authenticate the decisions of the Council.
(8) Other procedures relating to the meetings of the Council shall be as determined by the Council itself