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Article 18
 

Meetings of Electoral Commissions



  1. Meetings of Electoral Commissions shall be convened ex officio by the respective Chairman or at the request of two members. The Secretary shall deputize for the Chairman in the discharge of this function where the Chairman is unable to act for a justified reason.

  2. For a meeting to be valid three at least of the Provincial or Judiciary District Commission’s members must be present. For a Central Electoral Commission’s meeting the presence of seven at least of its members is required.

  3. All summonses shall be issued by whatever means ensuring that reception thereof, date of meeting, agenda and other particulars of the proposed meeting are duly established. Members of the Commission who have been duly summoned must attend and are liable to prosecution for in attendance without having given a justifiable reason in time.

  4. Notwithstanding the preceding subsections a Commission shall be deemed to be duly convened and validly constituted to deal with any matter if all members are present and unanimously agree to hold the meeting.

  5. Decisions shall be taken a majority of members present. The Chairman shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie.

  6. The Chairmen of Electoral Commissions shall cause their decisions, as well as the contents of the consultations answered, to be made public where the general nature thereof makes it advisable. Publication shall take place in the State’s Official Gazette in the case of the Central Electoral Commissions and in the respective Provincial Official Gazette in all other cases.