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LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1967 - SECT 12B
Meetings of Divisions
12B Meetings of Divisions
(1) A meeting of a Division constituted under section 12A (1) shall be
convened and presided over by the Chairperson or a member of the Division
specified for the purpose by the Chairperson.
(2) In the event of the absence
from a meeting of a Division of the member who, pursuant to subsection (1), is
to preside, those members of the Division who are present at the meeting may
elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(3) The number of
members who shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of a Division is: (a)
where the Division consists of an even number of members--one-half of that
number, or
(b) where the Division consists of a number of members that is not
an even number--one-half of the even number next above that number.
(4) A
question arising at a meeting of a Division shall be decided by a majority of
the votes of the members present and voting.
(5) If, at a meeting of a
Division at which only 2 members are present, those members differ in opinion
on a question, the member presiding shall postpone the determination of the
question to a meeting of the Division at which more than 2 of the members of
the Division are present.
(6) In the event of an equality of votes on a
question before a meeting of a Division at which more than 2 members are
present, the member presiding shall have a casting as well as a deliberative
vote.
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