Section 344: Quorum and effect of vacancies in constitutional bodies

(1) A body established by or under this Constitution may act even if there are one or more vacancies in its membership, provided that the members of the body who authorise or perform the act are a quorum.

(2) Unless this Constitution or a law regulating the proceedings of the body concerned makes some different provision, half the total membership of any body established by or under this Constitution constitutes a quorum.

(3) Any reference in this Constitution to the votes of—

    (a) half of the membership of a body whose membership is not a multiple of two;

    (b) two-thirds of the membership of a body whose membership is not a multiple of three;

or

    (c) three-quarters of the membership of a body whose membership is not a multiple of

four;

is to be interpreted to mean that the number of votes must be not less than the whole number next above one-half, two-thirds or three-quarters, as the case may be, of the body’s membership.

(4) Any reference to the total membership of Parliament is a reference to the total number of persons who for the time being are Members of Parliament.