Scout Association Act 1932

16. No special business shall be submitted to a Meeting of the Council except with the consent of the chairman of such Meeting or unless within seven days after service of the notice calling the Meeting notice shall have been given to the General Secretary of the Branch of the intention to submit such special business to the Meeting. On receipt of such notice the General Secretary shall forthwith give notice thereof to each person entitled to receive such notice of Meetings.

17. The President of the Branch shall be entitled to take the chair at every Meeting. If the President of the Branch shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for such Meeting the members of the Council present shall choose one of their number to take the chair.

18. If within half an hour after the time appointed for the Meeting a quorum is not present the Meeting shall stand adjourned until such day and at such time and place as the chairman may decide and if at such adjourned Meeting a quorum is not present those members who are present shall be a quorum and may transact the business for which the Meeting was called.

19. Except as hereinafter provided every question submitted to a Meeting shall be decided by a show of hands. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to the vote to which he is entitled as a member of the Council.

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20. At any Meeting a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a specified majority or lost or not carried by a specified majority and an entry to that effect in the books of the Branch shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or relative proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.