(1) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall, subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) observe such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at meetings) as may be provided by regulations:
14. Added by Act No.30 of 1981.
15. Substituted by Act No.33 of 1997.
16. Omitted by Act No.30 of 1981.
Temporary association of persons with the Board for particular purposes.
Meeting of the Board.
6 [Act No. IV of 1959]
Provided that the board shall meet at least once in two months.
17[(2) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice- Chairman, and in the absence of both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, any member of the Board chosen by the members present among themselves, shall preside at a meeting of the Board.]
(3) All questions at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(4) 17[A copy of the agenda for every meeting as well as the proceedings of the meeting] of the Board shall be forwarded to the Government in the Industries Department.
8. No Act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the constitution thereof.
18[xxx] 17[9. The conditions of service of the 19[Chairman and the Vice-Chairman] and the terms and conditions of service of other members of the Board, including the salaries or honoraria and the allowances to be paid to them, shall be such as may be prescribed.]
17. Substituted by Act No.30 of 1981.
18. Proviso and the Explanation omitted by Act No.30 of 1981.
19. Substituted including in the marginal heading by Act No.33 of 1997.
Vacancy etc., not to invalidate acts and proceedings of the Board.
Terms and conditions of service of Chairman and the Vice-Chairman etc.
[Act No. IV of 1959] 7 20[10. (1) The Government shall appoint the Chief Executive Officer, the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and other persons to fill the posts carrying equivalent scales of pay to those aforesaid, either on deputation or otherwise.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal Administrative Officer of the Board and shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as may be prescribed or as may, from time to time, be delegated to him by the Board or by the Chairman and shall be directly responsible for the due fulfilment of the purposes of this Act.
(3) Subject to such rules as may be made by the Government in this behalf, the Board may, with the prior sanction of the Government, appoint such other officers and servants as it may consider necessary for the efficient performance of its functions. All the officers and servants of the Board shall be subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer.]
CHAPTER III FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.