Section 20
Proceedings at General Meetings
of Cheng Hoon Teng Temple (Incorporation) Act 1949
(1)
Seven members of the Corporation shall form a quorum at all General Meetings.
(2)
The Chairman of the Corporation shall preside at all meetings of the Corporation but if at any meeting he be not present the Vice-Chairman of the Corporation shall preside or if neither the Chairman nor the Vice-Chairman be present the meeting shall appoint a member of the Standing Committee to preside.
(3)
Every question arising at a General Meeting shall be decided by a majority vote on a show of hands or on a ballot if a ballot be demanded by the Chairman or the person presiding at such
General Meeting or by not less than five of the members present at such General Meeting. Every Member shall have one vote and in the case of an equality of votes the Chairman or the person presiding at the meeting shall have an additional or casting vote.
The Chairman or the person presiding at a General Meeting of the
Corporation shall cause minutes to be kept of all proceedings at such General Meeting.
Notices 21.
Whenever, under this Act, a notice or other document is required to be sent to a member of the Corporation, such notice or other document shall, if sent by post addressed to such member at his address as is, for the time being, stated in the Register, be deemed to have been served at the latest within forty-eight hours after the same shall have been posted, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the cover containing the same was properly addressed and put into a Post Office. A certificate in writing, signed by at least two members of the Standing Committee, that the letter, envelope or wrapper, was so addressed and posted shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence thereof. The non-receipt of any notice or other document by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.
Seal of the Corporation 22.
The seal of the Corporation shall be kept at the office of the
Corporation and shall not be affixed to any document except by the authority of a resolution of the Standing Committee and in the presence of at least two members of the Standing Committee and the Secretary or the person acting as Secretary, and such members
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of the Standing Committee and the Secretary or the person acting as Secretary shall sign every instrument to which the seal shall be affixed in their presence and such signatures shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that the Seal has been properly affixed.