The Land Control Act CAP. 302

Section 15 of The Land Control Act CAP. 302: Procedure of boards

(1) If the Chairperson of a board is absent from a meeting of the board, the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.
(2) The quorum of a meeting of a land control board or a provincial land control appeals board, where the total number of members of the board is an even number, shall be one-half of that number, and where the total number is an uneven number it shall be one-half of the even number which is greater than the uneven number by one.
(3) The quorum of a meeting of the central land control appeals board shall be three.
(4) If there is an equality of votes on any matter before a board, the Chairperson of the board or other member presiding shall have a casting vote as well as an original vote.

Check the current authoritative text and amendment history before relying on this provision.

View all provisions of The Land Control Act CAP. 302 →

Continue through this Act

View all →

Section 16 — Decisions of boards

(1) Every decision of a board shall be given in writing in the prescribed manner and shall be signed by or on behalf of the Chairperson or other person presiding, and where consent is refused or an ap…

Section 17 — Power to order attendance

(1) Where an application for consent or an appeal is before a board, the board may— (a) require the applicant or appellant or any person interested in or affected by the application to attend before i…

Section 18 — Power to inspect land

Any member of a board and any person authorized in writing by a board may, at any reasonable time after giving at least forty-eight hours’ notice, and on production of his authority to any person reas…

Section 20 — Registration of documents

(1) The registrar shall refuse to register an instrument effecting a controlled transaction unless he is satisfied that any consent required by this Act to be obtained in respect of the transaction ha…

Section 21 — False statements

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an application or appeal under this Act, or who knowingly gives any false information to any person in connexion with the determination of an appl…