law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  4. Meetings of
  
  Authority.-
  1.  The
  
  Authority shall meet at such time and place and shall observe such rules of
  
  procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings [including
  
  the quorum at its meetings and the transaction of business of its standing
  
  Committee appointed under sub-section (7) of section 3] as may be prescribed.
  2.  The
  
  Chairperson of the Authority shall preside at the meetings of the Authority.
  3.  If,
  
  for any reason the Chairperson is unable to attend any meeting of the
  
  Authority, any member of the Authority chosen by the members present shall
  
  preside at the meeting.
  4.  All
  
  questions which come before any meeting of the Authority shall be decided by a
  
  majority of the votes of the members of the Authority present and voting and in
  
  the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson of the Authority or in his
  
  absence, the person presiding shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.
  
  
  5. Every
  
  member who is in any way, whether directly, indirectly or personally, concerned
  
  or interested in the matter to be decided at the meeting shall disclose the
  
  nature of his concern or interest and after such disclosure, the member,
  
  concerned or interested, shall not attend that meeting.
  6. 
  
    No
  
  act or proceeding of the Authority shall be invalid merely by reason of-
  a.   any vacancy in, or
  
  any defect in the constitution of, the Authority; or
  b.   any defect in the
  
  appointment of a person acting as the Chairperson or a member of the Authority;
  
  or
  c.   any irregularity in
  
  the procedure of the Authority not affecting the merits of the case.