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CHAPTER IV DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION

Section 22: Meetings of Commission

The Competition Act, 2002

1[(1) The Commission shall meet at such times and such places, and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be provided by regulations.

(2) The Chairperson, if for any reason, is unable to attend a meeting of the Commission, the senior-most Member present at the meeting, shall preside at the meeting.

(3) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Commission shall be decided by a majority of the Members present and voting, 2***:

Provided that the quorum for such meeting shall be three Members.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 39 of 2007, s. 17, for section 22 (w.e.f. 12-10-2007).
  2. 2.The words “and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson or in his absence, the Member presiding, shall have a second or casting vote” omitted by Act 9 of 2023, s. 18 (w.e.f. 18-5-2023).

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