POWERS AND PROCEDURE OF BOARD
108.- 1. Upon an appeal under section 107 of this Constitution or any
law enacted in pursuance of that section, the Board may affirm or set aside the
decision appealed against or make any other decision which the authority or
person from which the appeal lies could have made.
2. Every decision of the Board shall require the concurrence of a majority of
all the members of the Board entitled to participate in the proceedings of the
Board for the purpose of making that decision.
3. Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the Board may
by regulation make provision for-
a. the procedure of the Board;
b. the procedure in appeals under this Part;
c. excepting from that provisions of section 107(1) of this Constitution
decisions in respect of public officers holding offices whose emoluments do not
exceed such sums as may be prescribed by the regulations or such decisions to
exercise disciplinary control, other than decisions to remove from office, as
may be so prescribed.
4. Regulations made under this section may, with the consent of the Prime
Minister, confer powers or impose duties on any public officer or any authority
of the Government for the purpose of the exercise of the functions of the
Board.
5. The Board may, subject to the provisions of this section and to its rules of
procedure, act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership or the absence of
any member.
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