There shall be not less than two ordinary meetings of the Board in a year on such dates and at such places as the Chairman may think fit and the interval between any two ordinary meetings shall not, in any case, be longer than eight months.
13. Power to call Meetings :
(1) The Chairman may, at any time call a meeting of the Board and may do so if a requisition for a meeting is presented to him in writing by at least Seven members.
(2) The Chairman may require any officer of the Board, besides the Executive Director or invite any person to attend any meeting of the Board, but such officer or person shall not be entitled to vote.
(3) At least fourteen clear days before any meeting of the Board, notice of the time and place of the intended meeting signed by the Secretary shall be sent to the Central Government and left at or posted to the address of every member;
Provided that in case of urgency, a special meeting of the Board may be summoned at any time by the Chairman, who shall inform, in advance, the Central Government and the members, of the subject matter for discussion and the reasons for which he considers the matter urgent.
(4) Not with standing anything contained in this rule, the Central Government may, at any time, call a meeting of the Board.
*The Words eight members were substituted for the words seven members vide Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules 1988 published in Gazette of India (Extraordinary) Part-II, Section-3 (i), Dt.16-5-1988.
14. Quorum :
(1) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Board unless there are present at such meeting at least *eight members.
(2) If at any time the number of members present at a meeting is less than the number of members specified in subrule (1) the member presiding shall adjourn the meeting to a date not later than three days from the date of such meeting after informing the members of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting and it shall there upon be lawful for the member presiding at such adjourned meeting to dispose of the business intended to be transacted at the original meeting irrespective of the number of members present.