Procedure to be followed by the Board and powers of the Board

(1) The Director, Local Government, Punjab shall be the Chairman of the Board. In his absence, such member as Chairman as the members present in the meeting of the Board, may elect from amongst themselves. (2) The meeting of the Board shall be convened by the Director, after giving atleast ten days notice of the date, time and place of the meeting of all the members of the Board. (3) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at the meeting of the Board shall be four. (4) All questions which come before any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting. The Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote in case of an equality of votes. (5) The Board shall have power to act notwithstanding the temporary absence of a member, or an associate member or of the existence of a vacancy in the Board, and no act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid or called into question on the ground merely of temporary absence of a member or associate member, or the existence of such a vacancy. (6) An associate member shall not have the right to vote or to sign any decision of the Board.