Section 7: Proceedings, etc., of the Commission.

(1) The Commission shall meet for the conduct of its business at such times, places and on such days as the chairman may appoint.
(2) The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission but if he is absent from any meeting of the Commission the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.
(3) During the chairman's absence on leave or if the chairman is otherwise not available or is unable to perform his functions, the President may appoint any member of the Commission to act as chairman for any specified period.
(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Commission shall be not less than one third of the total number of members of the Commission at the date of the meeting.
(5) Questions put before the Commission at a meeting shall be decided by consensus and, where this is not possible, by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(6) The chairman shall in the case of an equality of votes have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
(7) Subject to this section, the Commission shall have power to regulate its proceedings and may make standing orders with respect to the holding of meetings, the notice to be given, the procedure thereat, the keeping of minutes of such proceedings and the custody and production for inspection of such minutes.
(8) The validity of any proceedings of the Commission shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership or any defect in the appointment of a member or by reason that a person not entitled to do so took part in the proceedings.