National Institute for Productivity (Board of Directors) Regulations, 1974

Government Notice 151 of 1974

National Institute for Productivity (Board of Directors) Regulations, 1974

Citation: Government Notice 151 of 1974
Primary work: Public Corporations Act
Date: 31 July 2002
Language: English
Type: Government Notice

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Public Corporations Act

National Institute for Productivity (Board of Directors) Regulations, 1974

Government Notice 151 of 1974

Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
Commenced
[This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
[Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]

(Paragraph 10 of the National Institute for Productivity (Establishment) Order)[G.N. No. 151 of 1974]

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the National Institute for Productivity (Board of Directors) Regulations and shall be read as one with the National Institute for Productivity (Establishment) Order¹.¹G.N. No. 124 of 1974

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise—"Board" means the Board of Directors provided for in paragraph 5 of the Order;"Order" means the National Institute for Productivity (Establishment) Order².²G.N. No. 124 of 1974

3. Vice-Chairman

The Board shall elect one of its members to be the Vice-Chairman and any member elected as the Vice-Chairman shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office of Vice-Chairman for a term of one year from the date of his election and shall be eligible to be re-elected.

4. Temporary member

Where any member of the Board who is a member by reason of holding any office in unable to discharge his duties as a member by reason of illness or absence from the United Republic, the person for the time being acting in the office held by him, shall be a temporary member of the Board.

5. Tenure of office

(1)A member of the Board shall, unless his appointment is revoked or he otherwise ceases to be a member, hold office for any period which may be specified in the terms of his appointment or, if no period is specified, for a period of two years from the date of his appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(2)If any member is, without the permission of the Chairman or the Board, absent from more than three consecutive meeting of the Board, he shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, cease to be a member of the Board.

(3)A member of the Board may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the Minister and from the date specified in the notice or if no date is specified, from the date of the receipt by the Minister of the notice, he shall cease to be a member.

6. Meetings

(1)The Board shall meet at least once in every six months and may meet at any other times which may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business.

(2)All meetings of the Board shall be convened by the Chairman or, in his absence from the United Republic or incapacity through illness, the Vice-Chairman, who shall appoint a suitable time, place and date for the holding of each meeting.

(3)The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman, shall preside at the meetings of the Board and in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman from a meeting, the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to be Chairman for that meeting.

7. Quorum

(1)A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board.

(2)All acts, matters and things, authorised to be done by the Board shall be decided by resolution at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present.

(3)A decision of the majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be a decision of the Board.

(4)Every member of the Board shall have one vote and in the event of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.

8. Decision by circulation of papers

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 7, where the Chairman or, in his absence from the United Republic or incapacity through illness, the Vice-Chairman, so directs, a decision may be made by the Board without a meeting by circulation of the relevant papers among all the members and the expression in writing of their views, but any member shall be entitled to require that that decision be deferred until the subject matter is considered at a meeting of the Board.

9. Minutes to be kept

Minutes in proper form of each meeting of the Board shall be kept and those minutes shall be submitted to the Board at its next meeting and, if confirmed by the members, shall be signed by the Chairman of the meeting.

10. Execution of documents

(1)The seal for the Institute shall be affixed by the Managing Director, the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman, or any other officer of the Institute whom the Board may appoint in that behalf and shall be witnessed by the person affixing the same or member of the Board or officer of the Institute whom the Board may nominate in that behalf.

(2)All contracts, guarantees, bonds, securities, mortgages, charges, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank drafts, letters of credit and other instruments whatsoever to which the Institute is a party shall be executed on behalf of the Institute—

(a)by the Chairman; or

(b)by the Managing Director and any other person or persons who may be authorised by the Board in that behalf:Provided that as respects any instrument specified in this paragraph, the Chairman may in writing delegate his functions under this paragraph to any officer of the Institute, but that delegation shall not prevent the Chairman from exercising the function himself.

11. Member to declare interest

It shall be the duty of every member of the Board who is in any way, either directly or indirectly, interested in any project or matter under consideration by the Board, to declare his interest to the Board, and the remaining members of the Board shall decide whether or not that member shall participate in the Board's deliberations upon the project or matter, or vote on any resolution pertaining to it.

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