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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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