section 44
Meetings of Central Authority
The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017Health2017126 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The Central Authority shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at such meetings) as may be prescribed.
- (2) The Chairperson, or if for any reason he is unable to attend a meeting of the Authority, any member chosen by the members present from amongst themselves at the meeting, shall preside at the meeting of the Authority.
- (3) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Authority shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson or the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote.
- (4) The Central Authority may associate with itself, in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed, any person whose assistance or advice it may desire in complying with any of the provisions of this Act, and a person so associated shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of the Authority, but shall not have the right to vote.
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