Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

executive session

A session of a board or governmental body that is closed to the public and that only invited persons may attend. "Virtually all open meeting statutes expressly authorize the use of executive sessions, typically specifying the particular circumstances in which executive sessions are permitted. When the specific circumstances are specified, generally no other exceptions are permitted .. . . Use of the executive session to discuss matters not properly hidden from the public is a clear violation of the open meeting law. Many states expressly or implicitly forbid use of the executive session as a subterfuge to defeat the purposes of the open meeting law." Ann Taylor Schwing, Open Meeting Laws § 7.1 (2d ed. 1999).