to place but no business shall be transacted at an adjourned Meeting other than the business left unfinished at the Meeting from which the adjournment took place.
Voting
(7) At any General Meeting unless a ballot is demanded by two or more representatives of Members a declaration by the chairman of the Meeting that a resolution has been carried or has been carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be deemed to have been so carried, lost or not carried as the case may be.
No ballot in certain cases
(8) No ballot shall be demanded on the appointment of a chairman or on a question of adjournment of any Meeting.
Chairman's discretion
(9) If a ballot is demanded by two or more representatives of Members it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman of any Meeting may direct and he shall have power to take the ballot at once at the meeting or to adjourn the meeting for a reasonable time for the purpose of taking a postal ballot, and the result of such ballot shall be deemed to be the resolution of the Association in General Meeting.
Minutes as evidence
(10) Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at General Meetings signed by the chairman of the Meeting at which such Minutes were signed as correctly recorded shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated.
Chairman's casting vote
(11) A representative of a Member present shall have one vote at every meeting and the representative of every Member shall have one vote on a postal ballot. The chairman of any Meeting, in the case of an equality of votes, shall have a second or casting vote at that meeting and on a postal ballot.
The Council
6. (1) The ordinary members of the Council shall be 29 in number chosen from among the representatives of Members and of Associate Members in such manner as may be prescribed by the Bye-Laws.
Deputies
Any ordinary member of the Council may appoint a deputy to act on his behalf at a meeting of the Council, and in these Statutes 'a member of the Council' includes the deputy of such member when present at a meeting.
Election
(2) The representatives of Members so chosen shall be elected at a General Meeting to be members of the Council until the next General Meeting, when they shall be eligible for re-nomination and re-appointment. If there shall be less than the statutory number of nominations, then the General Meeting shail have power to elect without prior nomination sufficient representatives of Members to be members of the Council to complete that number having regard to the rep- resentation prescribed in the Bye-Laws.
Vacancies
(3) The office of a member of the Council shall ipso facto be vacated if his appointment as a representative of a Member is withdrawn by that Member; or if the University or University College appointing him ceases to be a Member or an Associate Member as the case may be.
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(4) Casual vacancies shall be filled by the Council from amongst the representatives of Members or Associate Members.
(5) No act or resolution of the Council shall be invalidated by reason of the existence of any vacancy or vacancies among members of the Council, but if the number of members (including officers) of the Council shall be reduced below ten the continuing members may act for the purpose only of filling vacancies or summoning a General Meeting for that purpose.
Powers and duties of the Council
General
7. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Charter and these Statutes the Council may exercise any of the powers of the Association. Any decision of the Council may be overruled by a resolution of the Association in General Meeting but any such resolution shall not affect the validity of anything done in accordance with that decision before the date of the General Meeting.
To appoint Committees
(2) The Council may appoint, in consultation with appropriate groups of Universities, special Committees to study and report on questions of interest to the Universities in more than one region of the Commonwealth and may provide the necessary secretarial assistance for such Committees.
(3) The Council may study and report on, either by means of special Committees or otherwise, any question referred to them by any Conference or Congress of Universities.
(4) The Meetings and proceedings of every Committee and Sub-Committee shall be governed by the provisions of these Statutes for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Council so far as they are applicable thereto or the Council shall not otherwise direct.
To appoint a Secretary and other officers
(5) The Council may from time to time appoint a Secretary of the Association and any other officers or servants who may be required for the performance of its business. The Council may from time to time appoint a temporary substitute for the Secretary who shall be deemed to have the powers of the Secretary or such powers as the Council may direct.
Proceedings of the Council
To elect a Chairman and other officers
8. (1) The Council shall elect annually a Chairman, a Vice- Chairman, an Honorary Treasurer and an Honorary Deputy Treasurer of the Association. If any person so elected is an ordinary member of the Council the vacancy so caused shall be filled as hereinbefore provided. If the Chairman so elected is not resident within the United Kingdom then the Vice- Chairman shall be so resident.
Quorum
(2) Unless otherwise provided by the Bye-Laws, the quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be five.
Chairman's casting vote
(3) A question arising at any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of members thereof present and voting. In the event of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.