15No. 14 Consumer Protection Filling of vacancies Chairman and vice chairman Invited persons Remuneration of members of the Council or committees Meetings of the Council four timesNon-liabilities of members of the Council or committees (a) if the holder resigns his office by notice to the Minister: or (b) if the holder of the office ceases to be a member of the Council. (6) Whenever the Chairman is absent or is for any cause unable to discharge the functions of his office, the Vice-Chairman shall discharge the functions of the Chairman. 15. A member of the Council a committee shall be paid out of the funds of the Council, such remuneration and allowances, if any, a_ the Minister may determine. 16.-(I) Subject to subsection (2), the Council shall hold ordinary meetings for the dispatch of business at least four times a year. (2) An extraordinary meeting of the Council (a) may be convened by the Chairman at any time; (b) shall be convened by the Chairman within twenty-one (21) days of receipt by him of a request in writing signed by not less than five (5) members of the Council and specifying the purpose for which the meeting is to be convened. (3) At any meeting of the Council (a) the Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman, shall preside; (b) in absence of both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, the members present and forming a quorum shall elect one of their number to preside; and (c) the quorum shall be formed by seven (7) members. (4) An ex officio member of the Council shall attend any meeting of the Council in person. (5) At any meeting of the Council a decision on any matter shall be that of the majority of the members present and voting at that meeting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. (6) The Council shall regulate its own procedure.