Section 30: Meeting and Decision of the Committee

1) The meetings of the Committee shall be held at least once every six months and for any number of times as required.

2) The meetings of the Committee shall be held on the date, venue, and time specified by the chairperson.

3) The Member-Secretary shall inform members about the meeting of the Committee along with the agenda, date, time, and location at least twenty-four hours before the meeting is held.

4) Notwithstanding whatsoever is written in sub-section (3), if a meeting needs to be called for a special reason, the meeting can be summoned by giving notice with less time than aforementioned.

5) The meeting of the Committee shall be deemed to have met its quorum if more than fifty per cent of the members are present.

6) The decision of the majority of the meeting of the Committee shall be deemed to be the decision of the Committee. And, in case of a tie of votes, the person presiding over the meeting shall cast their decisive vote.

Provided that, in case of fixing the rate of contribution of the contributable income exceeding twenty per cent for employers and eleven per cent for workers, such a decision should be taken at the meeting attended by members pursuant to Clause (g) and (h) of sub-section 1 of Section 29.

7) The Committee may invite, as required, any expert or specialist to the meeting of the Committee. Such invitee shall not have voting rights in the meeting.

8) The decision of the meeting of the Committee shall be certified by the Member-Secretary.

9) Other procedures concerning the meeting of the Committee shall be as specified.