Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)ConstitutionsConstitution of the Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Training Authority (THETA)Chapter 8 : Meetings of THETA29. Voting |
At all meetings of THETA, its Committees and Chambers:
| 29.1 | Members of the THETA Board excluding the ex officio Members shall each have one vote; |
| 29.2 | proxy votes will not be allowed; |
| 29.3 | all decisions shall be determined by a majority of votes. In the equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a ballot paper, the presiding officer of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote; |
| 29.4 | all decisions shall be decided on a show of hands unless a ballot paper is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the presiding officer of the meeting or by 5 Members personally present. The demand for a ballot paper may be withdrawn; |
| 29.5 | unless a ballot paper is so demanded, a declaration by the presiding officer at the meeting that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried or carried by a particular majority, or lost or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of THETA shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the vote recorded in favour or against any such resolution; |
| 29.6 | if a ballot paper is duly demanded, it shall be taken in such a manner and either at once or after an interval or adjournment as the presiding officer at the meeting directs. The result of such ballot paper shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting. Scrutineers shall be elected to determine the result of the ballot paper. |