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his remuneration for their benefit;
      (b) is absent, except on leave granted by the Minister, from three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or
      (c) fails to comply with his obligations under the next succeeding sub-section,
the Governor-General shall, by notice in the Gazette, declare that the office of the Commissioner is vacant, and thereupon the office shall be deemed to be vacant.
"(2.) A Commissioner who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Commission, otherwise than as a member, and in common with the other members, of an incorporated company consisting of not less than twenty-five persons, shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Commission.
"(3.) A disclosure under the last preceding sub-section shall be recorded in the minutes of the Commission, and the Commissioner—
      (a) shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of the Commission with respect to that contract; and
      (b) shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Commission for any such deliberation or decision.

"(4.) Sub-section (2.) of this section does not apply in relation to a contract between a Commissioner and the Commission for the carriage of the Commissioner or another person or of any goods.

Meetings of Commission.
"15.—(1.) The Commission shall hold such meetings as, in the opinion of the Chairman, are necessary for the efficient conduct of its affairs.
"(2.) The Minister may at any time convene a meeting of the Commission.
"(3.) The Chairman shall, on receipt of a written request signed by not less than two Commissioners, call a meeting of the Commission.
"(4.) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he is present.
"(5.) In the event of the absence of the Chairman from a meeting of the Commission, the Vice-Chairman shall preside at that meeting.
"(6.) In the event of the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman from a meeting of the Commission, the Commissioners present shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting.
"(7.) At a meeting of the Commission, three Commissioners constitute a quorum.
"(8.) A question arising at a meeting of the Commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Commissioners present.
"(9.) The person presiding at a meeting of the Commission has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
"(10.) The general manager shall, as far as practicable, attend all meetings of the Commission but, if the Commission so directs, he shall retire from