Unless otherwise specified in the Standing Orders, every Committee for Special Purposes, before the commencement of Business at its first meeting, shall elect one of its Members to be its Chair.
The Chair shall have an original vote and if the votes cast be equally divided the Chair shall have a casting vote.
Unless otherwise specified in the Standing Orders, vacancies of Committees shall be filled by the Committee of Selection. The filling of every such vacancy shall be announced to Parliament at its next meeting.
Unless otherwise specified in the Standing Orders, the quorum shall be three Members and it shall be the duty of the Chair of such Committee not to function without the required quorum.
Meetings of a Committee shall be summoned by the Chair.
In the absence of the Chair any other Member elected by the Committee shall preside.
Any Member who absents himself from three consecutive meetings without having obtained the prior leave of such Committee, shall be deemed to have vacated his membership of such Committee:
Provided that, the preceding provisions shall not apply where any meeting of such Committee is held on a day falling within the period during which such Member has, with the leave of Parliament first obtained, absents himself from Sittings of Parliament.
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Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fifth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
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Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | Fourth Session | Committees for Special Purposes
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