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[接上页] 3. (1) The Council shall elect a Chairman each year from amongst the members appointed under section 3(2) of this Ordinance and not more than 15 months shall elapse between the date of one election and the next: Provided that on the commencement of sections 2 to 4 of this Ordinance for the purpose of any meeting of the Council, prior to the election of a Chairman, the Director of Health shall exercise the functions of a Chairman until a Chairman is so elected. (2) A member elected as Chairman under subsection (1) may at any time, by notice in writing to the Council, resign from the office of Chairman. 4. (1) The Chairman may appoint the time and place for the Council to meet. (2) The Secretary shall, or a member of the Council may, on the written requisition of not less than 3 members, give notice of a meeting of the Council to be held not sooner than 7 days but within 28 days from receipt of the requisition and appoint the time and place for that purpose. (3) The Council shall meet at least once every 12 months and as often as may be necessary to transact the business of the Council. (4) The Council shall not transact business at a meeting other than to adjourn unless there is a quorum of 1/3 of the members of the Council present. (5) The Council may make rules, not inconsistent with this section, setting out the procedures to be followed at meetings. (6) The Council shall lodge a copy of any rules made under subsection (5) with the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002) 5. The Council may transact any of its business by circulation of papers amongst members whether any such member is in or outside Hong Kong, and a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of the members shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Council. 6. A certificate signed by the Secretary that an instrument of the Council purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the Council was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. 7. Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of the Council and to be signed or executed by the Secretary or a person authorized by the Council to act in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and deemed, without further proof, to be so made or issued. (Enacted 1993) |