s 32A Power of majority, quorum, etc., of board, etc.
32A.—(1) Where a written law confers a power or function or imposes a duty upon a statutory body consisting of 3 or more persons, the power may be exercised, or the function or duty may be performed, by a majority of those persons. (2) Where a statutory body consists of 3 or more persons —(a) a quorum is constituted at a meeting of the body by a number of members of the body equal to —(i) if the written law establishing the body fixes the number of members of the body — at least half of that number of members; and (ii) if the number of persons is not so fixed but is within a range having a maximum or minimum — at least half of the number of members in office; and (b) an act or thing done by a majority of the members of the body present at the meeting, if those members constitute a quorum, is to be regarded as having been done by the body. (3) At a meeting of a statutory body, the chairperson or other member presiding has a casting as well as a deliberative vote in all matters in which a decision is taken by vote. (4) This section is subject to any provision to the contrary in any written law. (5) In this section, “statutory body” means a board, commission, committee or similar body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established under a written law.