CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ACT - 1963 (ACT 170)

Section - 12 - Meetings of the Council

(1) The Council shall meet at least once in each month, at such time and place as it may determine.

(2) A meeting of the Council may at any time be called by the President or Vice-President, or at the request in writing, addressed to the secretary, of five members of the Council.

(3) Notice in writing of a meeting of the Council shall be delivered or sent to each member of the Council at least seven clear days before such meeting, excluding the day on which the notice is delivered or sent and the day on which the meeting is to be held.

(4) The notice shall contain, as far as is practicable, a statement of the business to be transacted at the meeting and the same shall be deemed to have been duly delivered or sent unless the contrary is shown; and accordingly, subject to the provisions of this section the non-receipt of any notice by any member shall not affect the validity of the proceedings of any such meeting:

Provided that whenever the President or Vice-President certifies in writing that an emergency exists, the notice calling for the emergency meeting may be delivered or sent only one clear day before such meeting, excluding the day on which the notice is delivered or sent and the day on which the meeting is to be held; and in any such case the non-existence in fact of the supposed emergency shall not affect the validity of the proceedings of the meeting.

(5) The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Council and in the absence of both the President and the Vice-President the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to preside.

(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the person presiding at any meeting of the Council may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place; but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

(7) No notice need be given of any adjourned meeting unless it be so directed in the resolution for the adjournment.

(8) Five members of the Council shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Council.

(9) Proper minutes shall be recorded of all resolutions and proceedings of meetings of the Council and of any committees thereof; and every minute signed by the person presiding at the meeting to which it relates, or at a subsequent meeting, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated.