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ORDINANCE IX OF 2013 ORDINANCE IX OF 2013 AO POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCES ORDINANCE, 2013 An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an Institute known as the AO Post Graduate Institute of Othopaedic Sciences [Gazette of Sindh, Extraordinary, Part I, 31st May, 2013] No. S.Legis: 1(9)/2013, dated 31-5-2013.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Sindh is hereby published for general information:-- Preamble.---Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of an Institute known as the AO Post Graduate Institute of Othopaedic Sciences and to provide for matters ancillary thereto; And whereas the Provincial Assembly is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exists which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the Governor is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-- 19. Meetings of the Board.---(1) The Board shall meet at least twice a year on the dates to be fixed by the Director with the approval of the Chairperson; provided that a special meeting may be called at any time on the direction of the Chairperson or on a requisition made by not less than four members of the Board to consider a matter of urgent nature. (2) Not less than ten clear days' notice of a special meeting shall be given to the members of the Board, and the agenda of the meeting shall be restricted to the matter for which the special meeting is called. (3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be one half of its members, a fraction being counted as one. (4) The decision of the Board shall be expressed in terms of the views of the majority of the members present and if the members are equally divided, the Chairperson shall have and exercise a casting vote. (5) Subject to subsection (3), the members of the Board may take part in a meeting of the Board by using any communication equipment and the member shall be deemed to have participated in the meeting.