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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 39

Quorum

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 39 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - Quorum. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of a Board 1 [in which there is more than one elected member] shall be five or one-half of the number of members of the Board actually holding office at the time, whichever is the greater number:

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1 [(1A)The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of a Board constituted under sub-section (5) of section 13 or under sub-section (1) of section 14, shall be two.]

(2) If a quorum is not present, the President, 3 [ or in the absence of the President, the Vice-President, or in the absence of both the President and the Vice-President, the Secretary] shall adjourn the meeting and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting if there had been a quorum present thereat shall be brought before, and may be transacted at, an adjourned meeting, whether there is a quorum present or not.

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1.Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 14.

2.The proviso rep. by Act 24 of 1936, section 14.

3.Inserted by Act 15 of 1983, section 25, w.e.f. 1-10-1983.

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