meetings of the Council.
44.
On the advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with
the Leader of the Opposition, the Governor-General shall appoint
one of the members of the Council to be the Senior Member who
shall preside over any meeting of the Council at which the
Governor-General is absent. If at any meeting of the Council
the Senior Member is absent, the members present shall elect
one of their number to exercise the powers and perform the
duties of the Senior Member at that meeting. In the event
that votes are equally divided on any question, the member
presiding, other than the Governor-General, shall have a
casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
45.
In any case where the Council is summoned to discharge its
duties under paragraphs 82 and 85 it shall be presided over by
a member who holds or has held judicial office deputed by the
Governor-General acting in his own deliberate judgment. A
quorum of the Council shall not be less than five members.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the Council
may regulate its own procedure. The question whether the
Council has validly performed any function vested in it by
the Constitution or by any other law shall not be questioned
in any court.
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