Food Production Corporation Instrument 1971, L.I 711
Regulation 4
(l) The members of the Board other than the Managing Director shall hold office for three years and shall be eligible for terms of membership re-appointment.
of the Board.
(2) Any member of the Board other than the Managing Director may resign his membership of the Board by notice in writing addressed to the President through the Minister.
(3) A member of the Board may be removed from membership of the Board—
(a) if he is adjudged to be a person of unsound mind;
(b) if he is absent from three consecutive meetings of the
Board without permission;
(c) if he is proved guilty of serious misconduct in relation to his duties as a member of the Board;
(d) if he is sentenced to death or to imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months without the option of a fine or is convicted of an offence involving dishonesty ; (e) if he is declared insolvent or bankrupt under any law in force in Ghana or in any other country;
(f) if being a person possessed of professional qualifications, he is disqualified or suspended, otherwise than at his own request, from practising his profession in Ghana or in any other country by order of any competent authority made in respect of him personally; or (g) for any other just cause, by the President acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
Subject to the provisions of this Instrument every member of the Board shall hold omce on such terms and conditions relating to the payment of remuneration and allowances as may be determined by the Government.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Instrument, where any Member of the Board is incapacitated by absence from Ghana, or illness or any other sumcient cause from performing the duties of his office, the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister shall appoint another person to hold omce in his place until the incapacity of that person has terminated or until the term of office of such member expires, whichever first occurs.
5. (l) The Board shall meet for the discharge of its functions Meetings of at such times and places as the Chairman may appoint, so however, the Board. that the Board shall meet at intervals not exceeding three months.
(2) The Chairman may, and shall on the request in writing of not less than five members of the Board, call an extraordinary meeting of the Board at such time and place as he may determine.
(3) The Chairman, if present, shall preside at every meeting of the Board, and in his absence any member of the Board, designated by the Chairman shall preside at the meeting.
(4) If no member of the Board is so designated the members of the Board present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(5) The quorum at any meeting of the Board shall be four.
(6) All questions proposed at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a simple majority of the members present and voting and where the votes are equal the Chairman or the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote.
The Board may, and shall, if the Minister thinks fit, request the attendance of any person to act as adviser at any meeting of the Board, and that person while so attending shall have all the powers of a menber except that he is not tovote on any question and his presence at the meeting is nt to count towards the constitution of a quorum.
8. the validity of any act or proceeding of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or any defect in the appointment of a member thereof.
9. subject to the preceeding provisions of this paragraph, the board may regulate its own procedure.
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Responsible Institution
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Kinbu Rd, Accra
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