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[Collected Rules and Regulations of the Native Land Court, in English and Māori]

34.	The members of the Committee may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. The quorum shall be three.
35.	Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman, in addition to his original vote, shall have a second or casting vote.
36.	All meetings of the Committee shall be called by the Secretary, but a member of the Committee may at any time require the Secretary to summon a meeting.
37.	The members of the Committee may elect a Chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such Chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members of the Committee present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.
38.	All acts done by any meeting of the Committee shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any member thereof, or that any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every page 9person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a member of the Committee.
39.	The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business at least once in every two months, and as often in the meantime as may be necessary, and as the Committee may determine.