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Article 5
 

Activities of Electoral Committees

(1) The Electoral Committees shall be deemed to have a quorum irrespective of the number of members present.

(2) The chairperson shall designate the venue and time of the meetings. He or she shall invite the members to the meetings, advising them that the Committee is deemed to have a quorum irrespective of the number of members present.

(3) The time, venue and subject of discussion must be made public.

(4) The chairperson shall appoint a protocolist; he or she shall only be eligible to vote if he or she is also a Committee member.

(5) The chairperson shall advise the members and the protocolist of their obligation to carry out the functions of their offices impartially and not to disclose any information to which they have become privy in the course of their official functions.

(6) The chairperson shall be authorized to eject any persons disturbing the peace from the meeting room.

(7) The protocolist shall draw up a record of each meeting; it must be signed by the chair-person, the members and the protocolist.