54Statutory bodies, majority and quorum provisions

##### 54. Statutory bodies, majority and quorum provisions (1) Where a written law confers or imposes a function upon a body or number of persons consisting of not fewer than 3 persons, the function may be performed by a majority of those persons. (2) Where a written law establishes a board, commission, committee, council or other similar body consisting of 3 or more members (in this section called an association) — (a) at a meeting of the association, a number of members of the association equal to — (i) at least one half of the number of members provided for by the written law, if that number is a fixed number; and (ii) if the number of members provided for by the written law is not a fixed number but is within a range having a maximum or minimum, at least one half of the number of members in office if that number is within the range, constitutes a quorum; and (b) an act or thing done by a majority of the members of the association present at a meeting, if the members present constitute a quorum, shall be deemed to have been done by the association.