ACT 575 Traditional Medicine Practice Act, 2000 (3) A member of the Board may at any time resign from office in writing addressed to the President through the Minister. (4) A member of the Board who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without sufficient cause ceases to be a member of the Board. (5) The President shall by letter addressed to a member nominated by a body as its representative on the Board revoke the appointment of that member on the request of the body. 5. Meetings of the Board (I) The Board shall meet at least once every three months for the dispatch of business at the times and at the places determined by the chairman. (2) The chairman shall at the request in writing of not less than one-third of the membership of the Board convene an extraordinary meeting of the Board at the place determined by the chairman. (3) The quorum at a meeting of the Council is seven members. (4) The chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Board and in the absence of the chairman a member of the Board elected by the members present from among their number shall preside. (5) Matters before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes the person presiding shall have a casting vote. (6) The Board may co-opt a person to attend a meeting of the Board but that person shall not vote on a matter for decision by the Board. (7) The proceedings of the Board shall not be invalidated by reason of a vacancy among the members or a defect in the appointment or qualification of a member. (8) A member of the Board who has an interest in a contract, or any other transaction proposed to be entered into with the Councilor an application before the Board shall disclose in writing the nature of the interest and is disqualified from participating in the de liberations of the Board in respect of the contract, application or the other transaction. (9) A member who infringes subsection (8) ceases to be a member of the Board. (10) Subject to this section the Board shall determine the procedure for its meetings. 6. Establishment and appointment of committees (I) Subject to subsection (3) the Board may appoint committees composed of members of the Board or non members or both to perform any of its functions under this Act. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (I), the following committees are hereby established. [Issue 1] (a) Finance, General (b) Purposes, (c) Research, VII - 3104