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(1) The Commission shall meet for the despatch of business at times and places determined by the members but shall meet at least once in every two months.

(2) The chairperson shall summon a special meeting of the Commission within fourteen days of the receipt of a written request signed by not less than five members of the Commission.

(3) The quorum at a meeting of the Commission shall be not less than seven members.

(4) A member who is absent without reasonable excuse from three Consecutive meetings of the Commission shall cease to be a member.

(5) The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Commission but in the absence of the chairperson a member of the Commission elected by the members present from among their numbers shall preside.

(6) The validity of the proceedings of the Commission shall not be affected by a vacancy in its membership or by any defect in the appointment or qualification of a member.

(7) Questions before the Commission shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting.

(8) The chairperson or the person presiding at a meeting of the Commission shall have an original as well as a casting vote.

(9) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commission shall regulate procedure at its meetings.