(1) No act of the Board or any person acting as Chairman or member thereof shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of some defect in the appointment of such Board or appointment of such Chairman or member, or on the ground 21[that they or any of them were disqualified] for such office or that formal notice of the intention to hold a meeting of the Board was not duly given or for any informality.
20. Added by Act No.4 of 1984.
21. Substituted by Act No.4 of 1984.
Vacancy of a member.
Vacancy to be filled.
Vacancy or irregularities not to invalidate the proceedings.
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(2) Any thing done or any proceeding taken under this Act shall not be questioned on account of any vacancy in the Board.
11. Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Board may, from time to time, and for any particular local area appoint one or more committees for the purpose of discharging such duties or performing such functions as it may delegate to them and any such committee may discharge such duties or perform such functions with due regard to the circumstances and requirements of that particular area.
12. The Board shall meet and shall from time to time make such arrangements with respect to the day, time, notice, management and adjournment of its meetings as it thinks fit, subject to the following provisions, namely:-
(a) an ordinary meeting shall be held once at least every month,
(b) the Chairman may whenever he thinks fit, call a special meeting,
(c) the quorum for a meeting shall be half the whole number of the members,
(d) every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and in his absence, by any member chosen by the members present at the meeting to preside for the occasion,
(e) if less than one-half of the whole number of members is present at a meeting, the Chairman shall adjourn the meeting to such time on the following day or some other future day as he may fix. A notice of the meeting so fixed shall be posted in the Board's Office. The business Appointment of Committees.
Meetings of the Board.
[Act No. XLVI of 1956] 11 which could not be considered at the meeting so postponed for want of a quorum shall be brought before and disposed of at the meeting so fixed or at any subsequent adjourned meeting irrespective of whether there be a quorum or not,
(f) all questions at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and in case of equality of votes, the person presiding shall have and exercise a second or casting vote,
(g) the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be recorded in a book to be provided for the purpose.
13. The Board may enter into and perform or require the performance of all such contracts as it may consider necessary or expedient for carrying out any of the purposes of this Act.
22[13-A. (1) The Government may appoint a Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner to the Board, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board and he shall be responsible for implementing the resolutions of the Board or any committee thereof. The Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner shall also exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be entrusted to him by the Government. The staff borne on the establishment of the Board shall be under the administrative control and supervision of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner.
(2) The Government shall pay in the first instance out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the salary, allowances, leave allowances, pension and contributions, if any, towards the provident fund or provident-cum-pension fund of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner appointed by
22. Section 13-A inserted with marginal heading by Act No.4 of 1984.
Power to make contracts.
Appointment of Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner.
12 [Act No. XLVI of 1956] them for the Board, and it shall be subsequently reimbursed from the fund of the Board in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The Government shall have power to make rules to regulate the classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, pay and allowances and discipline and conduct of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner.]