Section 4

Any person appointed to be a member of the Board under subsection (1) shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years but at the expiration of the period of appointment of any member it shall be lawful for the Minister to re-appoint him for a further period not exceeding three years and from time to time thereafter to renew his appointment for a like period.

The Minister may dismiss or suspend any member of the Board and may appoint another person in his place or in place of any member who dies, retires or who, for the time being, is unable to act.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), on the occurrence of any vacancy in the Board, it shall not be necessary for the Minister to fill the vacancy so long as the number of members of the Board is not reduced to less than seven. [Act 21/62, s. 3.]

SOCIAL AND WELFARE SERVICES LOTTERIES BOARD

Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting and all acts, matters or things authorized or required to be done by the Board may be decided by a majority at any meeting at which such a quorum is present.

The Chairman shall, when every meeting of the Board, and member of the Board as may be chosen by the members present shall preside.

The Chairman or member presiding at a meeting shall have the right to vote on any question and, in the event of the division of votes being equal, he shall also have a casting vote.

All acts done by the Board shall, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board or that it is afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of a person purporting to be a member thereof, be as valid as if no such vacancy or defect had existed.

Subject to this section, the Board shall have power to regulate its own procedure at its meetings and to appoint a Secretary of the Board and to provide for the taking and custody of minutes of the meetings of the Board.