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52 not less than 3 members of the Board, one of whom may be the Chairman of the Board.

(9) Any act, finding or decision of any such committee shall be deemed to be the act, finding or decision of the Board.

(10) The secretary shall, from time to time, summon such members of the Board as may be nominated by the Chairman of the Board, to constitute a committee of the Board for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Part, and it shall be the duty of such members to attend at the times and places specified in the summons.

(11) Subject to subsection (12), where the Chairman of the Board is nominated under subsection (10) as a member of a committee, he shall preside at every meeting of the committee, and where the Chairman is not nominated as a member of a committee, the Chairman shall determine which member of the committee shall preside at every meeting of that committee.

(12) Where the Chairman of the Board or the member determined by the Chairman under subsection (11) (as the case may be) is absent at any committee meeting, such member of the committee as may be chosen by the members present shall preside.

(13) All matters coming before the Board or a committee of the Board at any sitting thereof shall be decided by a majority of votes of those members present and, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the Board or any other member presiding shall have a second or casting vote.

(14) Members of the Board may receive such remuneration and such travelling and subsistence allowances as the Minister may determine.

(15) The Minister may make regulations—
 * (a) prescribing the period within which appeals may be made;
 * (b) prescribing the manner in which appeals shall be made to the Board;
 * (c) prescribing the procedure to be adopted by the Board in hearing appeals and the records to be kept by the Board;
 * (d) prescribing the places where and the times at which appeals shall be heard by the Board;