(1) The chairman of a joint committee shall be appointed by the members of the committee from among themselves at its first meeting which will be convened by the employer.
If the members cannot agree upon the person to be appointed as chairman, the employer and the representative union or the registered union, as the case may be, which nominated the members of the Joint committee shall be entitled to appoint by agreement the chairman from aniong the members.
Failing agreement between the employer and the union, the chairman shall be appointed by the employer and the union respectively in rotation for a period of six months.
41. The chairman, who shall convene and preside over the meeting of the joint committee, shall circulate the agenda of the meeting to the members along with the notice of the meeting at least forty-eight hours before the meeting except in the case of a special meeting. He shall cause the minutes of every meeting to be recorded and get them confirmed at the next meeting. He shall also communicate the decisions of the joint committee to the union and the employer as well as the Labour Officer and the Commissioner of Labour. 1