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Chapter 17. General and miscellaneous

Article 251

Performance of functions of commissions and authorities

This is the official English text as consolidated on 31 December 2023. The English text is the law.

(1)

Any commission or authority established by this Constitution may, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, regulate its own procedure or confer powers or impose duties on any officer or authority of the Government for the purpose of discharging its functions.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, any decision of any commission or authority established by this Constitution shall require the concurrence of a majority of all its members; and it may act notwithstanding the absence of any member or any vacancy in the office of a member.

(3)

In this Article, “commission or authority” includes a council and a committee of the commission or authority.