10. For every cantonment there shall be a Cantonment Board and an Executive Officer.

11. Every Board shall, by the name of the place by reference to which the cantonment is known, be a body corporate having prepetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.

12.(1) The Executive Officer of every cantonment shall be appointed by the Government, or by such person as the Government may authorise in this behalf, ²[* * *]: ³[* * *] (2) Not less than half the cost of the salary of the Executive Officer and a proportionate share of the his leave salary and pension contribution shall be paid to the Government from the cantonment fund: ⁴[* * *] (3) The Executive Officer shall be the Principal Executive Officer of the Cantonment Board and the Secretary of the Board and of every committee of the Board but shall not be a member of the Board or of any such committee. He shall have the right to take part in the discussions but not to move any proposals at the meetings of the Board and of the Committees.

13.(1) Cantonments shall be divided into three classes, namely:- (i) Class I Cantonments, in which the civil population exceeds ten thousand; (ii) Class II Cantonment, in which the civil population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand; and (iii) Class III Cantonments, in which the civil population does not exceed two thousand five hundred. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the civil population shall be calculated in accordance with the latest official census, or, if the Government, by general or special order, so directs, in accordance with a special census taken for the purpose.

⁵[13A.(1) In Class I Cantonments, the Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) the Officer Commanding the station or, if the Government so directs in respect of any cantonment, such other civil or military officer as may be nominated in his place by the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command; ⁶[* * *] (c) a Magistrate of the first class nominated by the District Magistrate; (d) the Health Officer; (e) the Executive Engineer; (f) four civil or military officers nominated by the Officer Commanding the station by order in writing: ⁷[* * *] (2) In Class II Cantonments, the Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) the Officer Commanding the station or, if the Government so directs in respect of any cantonment, such other civil or military officer as may be nominated in his place by the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command; ⁸[* * *] (c) a Magistrate of the first class nominated by the District Magistrate; (d) the Health Officer; (e) the Executive Engineer; (f) three civil or military officers nominated by the Officer Commanding the station by order in writing: ⁹[* * *] (3) In Class III Cantonments, the Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) the Officer Commanding the station or, if the Government so directs in respect of any cantonment, such other civil or military officer as may be nominated in his place by the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command; ¹⁰[* * *] (c) one civil ¹¹[and one] military officer nominated by the Officer Commanding the station by order in writing. (4) The Officer Commanding the station may, if he thinks fit, with the sanction of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, nominate in place of any civil or military officer whom he is empowered to nominate under clause (f) of sub-section (1), clause (f) of sub-section (2) or clause (c) of sub-section (3), any person, whether in the service of the ¹²[Republic] or not, who is ordinarily resident in the cantonment or in the vicinity thereof. (5) The name of every ¹³[* * *] nominated member of the Board, and every vacancy in the membership thereof, shall be notified by the Government in the official Gazette.]

14.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 13A, if the Government is satisfied- (a) that, by reason of military operations it is necessary, or (b) that, for the administration of the cantonment, it is desirable, to vary the constitution of the Board in any cantonment under this section, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect. (2) Upon the making of a declaration under sub-section (1), the Board in the cantonment shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) the Officer Commanding the station; (b) one military officer nominated by name by the Officer Commanding the station by order in writing; (c) one member, not being a person in the service of the ¹⁴[Republic], nominated by the Officer Commanding the station: ¹⁵[* * *] (3) Every nomination of a member of a Board constituted under this section, and every vacancy in the membership thereof, shall be notified by the Government in the official Gazette. (4) The term of office of a Board constituted by a declaration under sub-section (1) shall not ordinarily extend beyond one year: Provided that the Government may from time to time, by a like declaration, extend the term of office of such a Board by any period not exceeding one year at a time: Provided also that the Government shall forthwith direct that the term of office of such a Board shall cease if, in the opinion of the Government, the reasons stated in the declaration whereby such Board was constituted, or its term of office was extended, have ceased to exist. (5) When the term of office of a Board constituted under this section has expired or ceased, the Board shall be replaced by the former Board which, but for the declaration under sub-section (1), would have continued to hold office, or, if the term of office of such former Board has expired, by a Board constituted under section 13A.

16-17. [Omitted by section 7 of the Cantonments (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. XXXVIII of 1960).]

15. ¹⁶[(1) The term of office of a member of a Board shall be five years and shall commence from the date of the notification of his nomination under sub-section (5) of section 13A, or from the date on which the vacancy has occurred in which he is nominated, whichever be later.] (2) The term of office of an ex-officio member of a Board ¹⁷[* * *] shall continue so long as he holds the office in virtue of which he is such member. (3) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).] (4) An outgoing member shall, unless the Government otherwise directs, continue in office until the ¹⁸[* * *] nomination of his successor is notified under sub-section (5) of section 13A. (5) An outgoing nominated member may, if qualified, be renominated.

18.(1) Every ¹⁹[* * *] person who is by virtue of his office, or who is nominated to be, a member of a Board shall, before taking his seat, make at a meeting of the Board an oath or affirmation of his allegiance in the following form, namely:-I, ..............., having become/been nominated a member of this Board, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Bangladesh and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter. (2) If any such person fails to make the oath or affirmation within such time as the Government considers reasonable, the Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, declare his seat to be vacant.

19.(1) Any nominated ²⁰[* * *] member of a Board who wishes to resign his office may forward his resignation in writing through the President of the Board to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, who shall forward it for orders to the Government. (2) If the Government accepts the resignation, such acceptance shall be communicated to the Board, and there upon the seat of the member resigning shall become vacant.

20.(1) The Officer Commanding the station, or the civil or military officer nominated in his place under section 13A, shall be the President of the Board. ²¹[(2) In every Board constituted under section 13A in a class I Cantonment or class II Cantonment, there shall be a Vice-President elected by the members from amongst their number.]

21.(1) Unless he resigns his office under sub-section (2) or is removed under sub-section (3), the term of office of a Vice-President shall be five years or the residue of his term of office as a member, whichever is less. (2) A Vice-President may resign his office by notice in writing to the President and, on the resignation being accepted by the Board, the office shall become vacant. (3) A Vice-President may be removed from his office by the Government at any time during the term of his office if a no-confidence motion is passed against him by a two-third majority of the ²²[* * *] members of the Board at a meeting specially convened for this purpose, and on such removal the office shall become vacant.

22.(1) It shall be the duty of the President of every Board- (a) unless prevented by reasonable cause, to convene and preside at all meetings of the Board and to regulate the conduct of business threat; (b) to exercise supervision and control over the financial and executive administration of the Board; (c) to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers specifically imposed or conferred on the President by or under this Act; and (d) subject to any restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed by this Act, to exercise executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and to be directly responsible for the fulfilment of the purposes of this Act. (2) The President may, by order in writing, empower the Vice-President to exercise all or any of the powers and duties referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) other than any power, duty or function which he is by resolution of the Board expressly forbidden to delegate. (3) The exercise or discharge of any powers, duties or functions delegated by the President under this section shall be subject to such restrictions, limitations and conditions, if any, as may be laid down by the President and to the control of, and to revision by, the President. (4) Every order made under sub-section (2) shall forthwith be communicated to the Board and to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command.

23. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President of every Board- (a) in the absence of the President and unless prevented by reasonable cause, to preside at meetings of the Board and when so presiding to exercise the authority of the President under sub-section (1) of section 22; (b) during the incapacity or temporary absence of the President or pending his appointment or succession, to perform any other duty and exercise any other power of the President; and (c) to exercise any power and perform any duty of the President which may be delegated to him under sub-section (2) of section 22.

24. The Executive Officer shall perform all the duties imposed upon him by or under this Act, and shall be responsible for the custody of all the records of the Board, and shall arrange for the performance of such duties relative to the proceedings of the Board or of any Committee of the Board or of any Committee of Arbitration constituted under this Act, as those bodies may respectively impose on him, and shall comply with every requisition of the Board, on any matter pertaining to the administration of the cantonment.

26-31. [Omitted by section 11 of the Cantonment (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. XXXVIII of 1960).]

25. The Executive Officer may, in cases of emergency, direct the execution of any work or the doing of any act which would ordinarily require the sanction of the Board and the immediate execution or doing of which is, in his opinion, necessary for the service or safety of the public, and may direct that the expense of executing such work or doing such act shall be paid from the cantonment fund: Provided that- (a) he shall not act under this section without the previous sanction of the President or, in his absence, of the Vice-President; (b) he shall not act under this section in contravention of any order of the Board prohibiting the execution of any particular work or the doing of any particular act; and (c) he shall report forthwith the action taken under this section and the reasons therefor to the Board.

32. No member of a Board shall vote at a meeting of the Board or of any committee of the Board on any question relating to his own conduct or on any matter, other than a matter affecting generally the inhabitants of the cantonment, which affects his own pecuniary interest or the valuation of any property in respect of which he is directly or indirectly interested, or of any property of or for which he is a manager or agent.

33. Every member of a Board shall be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of any money or other property belonging to the Board if such loss, waste or misapplication is a direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct while such member; and a suit for compensation for the same may be instituted against him either by the Board or by the Government.

34.(1) The Government may remove from a Board any member thereof who- ²³[* * *] (b) has absented himself for more than three consecutive months from the meetings of the Board and is unable to explain such absence to the satisfaction of the Board; or (c) has knowingly contravened the provisions of section 32; or (d) has, in the opinion of the Government, so flagrantly abused in any manner his position as a member of the Board as to render his continuance as such member detrimental to the public interests; or (e) being a legal practitioner, acts or appears on behalf of any other person against the Board in any legal proceeding, or against the Government in any such proceeding relating to any matter in which the Board is or has been concerned, or acts or appears on behalf of any person in any criminal proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Board against such person; or (f) holds a contract for work to be done for, or goods to be supplied to, the Board concerned, or has otherwise any pecuniary interest in its affairs. (2) The Government may, on receipt of a report from the Officer Commanding the station, through the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, remove from a Board any civil or military officer nominated a member of the Board who is, in the opinion of the Officer Commanding the station, unable to discharge his duties as such member and has failed to resign his office. (3) and (4) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).] (5) No court shall have jurisdiction to enquire into or question the validity of anything done or any order made under this section.

35.(1) A member removed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) ²⁴[* * *] of section 34 shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-election or re-nomination. (2) A member removed under clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 34 shall not be eligible for ²⁵[* * *] nomination for the period during which, but for such removal, he would have continued in office. (3) A member removed under sub-section (2) of section 34 shall not be eligible for ²⁶[* * *] nomination until the expiry of three years from the date of his removal.

²⁷[36A. Every officer or servant, permanent or temporary, of a Board shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code ²⁸[* * *].]

36.(1) No person who has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in a contract with, by or on behalf of a Board or in any employment under, by or on behalf of a Board, otherwise than as a servant of the Board, shall become or remain a servant of such Board. (2) A servant of a Board who knowingly acquires or continues to have directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in a contract with, by or on behalf of the Board or, in any employment under, by or on behalf of, the Board, otherwise than as a servant of the Board, shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 168 of the Penal Code. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of, or employment under, by or on behalf of a Board if the same is a share in a company contracting with, or employed by, or on behalf of, the Board or is a share or interest acquired or retained with the permission of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command in any lease or sale to, or purchase by, the Board of land or buildings or in any agreement for the same. (4) Every person applying for employment as a servant of a Board shall, if he is related by blood or marriage to any member of the Board or to any person, not being a menial servant, in receipt of remuneration from the Board, notify the fact and the nature of such relationship to the appointing authority before the appointment is made, and if he has failed to do so, his appointment shall be invalid but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done by him.

37.(1) Every board shall ordinarily hold at least one meeting in every month on such day as may be fixed, and of which notice shall be given in such manner as may be provided, by regulations made by the Board under this Chapter. (2) The President may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall, upon a requisition in writing by not less than one-fourth of the members of the Board, convene a special meeting. (3) Any meeting may be adjourned until the next or any subsequent day, and an adjourned meeting may be further adjourned in like manner.

38. Subject to any regulation made by the Board under this Chapter, any business may be transacted at any meeting: Provided that no business relating to the imposition, abolition or modification of any tax shall be transacted at a meeting unless notice of the same and of the date fixed therefor has been sent to each member not less than seven days before that date.

39.(1) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of a Board ²⁹[constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13A, shall be four and of a Board constituted under sub-section (2) of section 13A shall be three]. ³⁰[(1A) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of a Board constituted under sub-section (3) of section 13A or under sub-section (1) of section 14, shall be two.] (2) If a quorum is not present, the President shall adjourn the meeting and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting if there had been a quorum present thereat shall be brought before, and may be transacted at, an adjourned meeting, whether there is a quorum present or not.

40. In the absence of- (a) both the President and the Vice-President from any meeting of a Board ³¹[* * *], (b) the President from a meeting of a Board constituted under sub-section (3) of section 13A or sub-section (1) of section 14, the members present shall elect one from among their own number to preside.

41.(1) Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be recorded in a book and shall be signed by the President before the close of the meeting, and shall, at such times and in such place as may be fixed by the Board, be open to inspection free of charge by any inhabitant of the cantonment. (2) Copies of the minutes shall, as soon as possible after each meeting, be forwarded for information to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, the Officer Commanding the District, the Officer Commanding the brigade area, the District Magistrate and the Military Estates Officer.

42. Every meeting of a Board shall be open to the public unless in any case the President, for reasons to be recorded in the minutes, otherwise directs.

43.(1) All questions coming before a meeting shall be decided by the majority of the votes of the members present and voting. (2) In the case of an equality of votes, the President shall have a second or casting vote. (3) The dissent of any member from any decision of the Board shall, if the member so requests, be entered in the minutes, together with a short statement of the grounds for such dissent.

³²[43A.(1) Every Board constituted under section 13A in a Class I Cantonment or Class II Cantonment shall appoint a committee consisting of the ³³[Vice-President] of the Board, the Health Officer and the Executive Engineer for the administration of such areas in the cantonment as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be bazar areas, and may delegate its powers and duties to such committee in the manner provided in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 44. (2) The Vice-President of the Board shall be the Chairman of the committee appointed under sub-section (1).]

44.(1) A Board may make regulations consistent with this Act and with the rules made thereunder to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the time and place of its meetings;(b) the manner in which notice of the meeting shall be given;(c) the conduct of proceedings at meetings and the adjournment of meetings;(d) the custody of the common seal of the Board and the purpose for which it shall be used; and(e) the appointment of committees for any purpose and the determination of all matters relating to the constitution and procedure of such committees, and the delegation to such committees, subject to any conditions which the Board thinks fit to impose, of any of the powers or duties of the Board under this Act other than a power to make regulations or bye-laws. (2) No regulation made under clause (e) of sub-section (1) shall take effect until it has been approved by the Government. (3) No regulation made under this section shall take effect until it has been published in such manner as the Government may direct.

³⁴[45A. Every board shall, as soon as may be after the close of the year and not later than the date fixed in this behalf by the Government, submit to the Government through the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, a report on the adminis-tration of the cantonment during the preceding financial year, in such form and containing such details as the Government may direct. The comments, if any, of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, on such report shall be communicated by him to the Board which shall be allowed a reasonable time to furnish a reply thereto, and the comments together with the reply, if any, shall be forwarded to the Government along with the report.]

45.(1) A Board may- (a) join with any other local authority- (i) in appointing a joint committee for any purpose in which they are jointly interested and in appointing a chairman of such committee; (ii) in delegating to such committee power to frame terms binding on the Board and such other local authority as to the construction and future maintenance of any joint work or to exercise any power which might be exercised by the Board or by such other local authority; and (iii) in making rules for regulating the proceedings of any such committee relating to the purposes for which it has been appointed; or (b) with the previous sanction of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, and the ³⁵[Government], enter into an agreement with any other local authority regarding the levy of any tax or toll whereby the said tax or toll respectively leviable by the Board and by such other local authority may be levied together instead of separately within the limits of the aggregate area comprising the areas subject to the control of the Board and such other local authority. (2) If any difference of opinion arises between any Board and other local authority acting together under this section, the decision thereon of the Government or of an officer appointed by the Government in this behalf shall be final. (3) When any agreement such as is referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) has been entered into, then (a) where the agreement relates to an octroi or terminal tax or toll, the other local authority with which the Board has made such agreement shall have the same powers to establish octroi limits and octroi stations and places for the collection of the terminal tax and terminal toll within the cantonment, as it has within the area ordinarily subject to its control; (b) such other local authority shall have the same power of collecting such tax or toll in the cantonment, and the provisions of any enactment in force relating to the levy of such tax or toll by such other local authority shall apply in the same manner, as if the cantonment were comprised within the area ordinarily subject to its control; and (c) the total of the collection of such tax and toll made in the cantonment and in the area ordinarily subject to the control of such other local authority and the costs thereby incurred shall be divided between the cantonment fund and the fund subject to the control of such other local authority, in such proportion as may have been determined by the agreement.

46. The Government may at any time require a Board- (a) to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document in its possession or under its control; (b) to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account or statistics relating to its proceedings, duties or works; (c) to furnish or obtain and furnish any report.

47. The Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, may depute any person in the service of the ³⁶[Republic] to inspect or examine any department of the office of, or any service or work undertaken by, or thing belonging to, a Board, and to report thereon, and the Board and its officers and servants shall be bound to afford the person so deputed access at all reasonable times to the premises and property of the Board and to all records, accounts and other documents the inspection of which he may consider necessary to enable him to discharge his duties.

48. The Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, may, by order in writing,- (a) call for any book or document in the possession or under the control of the Board; (b) require the Board to furnish such statements, accounts, reports and copies of documents relating to its proceedings, duties or works as he thinks fit.

49. If, on receipt of any information or report obtained under section 46 or section 47 or section 48, the Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, is of opinion-(a) that any duty imposed on a Board by or under this Act has not been performed or has been performed in an imperfect, inefficient or unsuitable manner, or (b) that adequate financial provision has not been made for the performance of any such duty, it or he may, direct the Board, within such period as it or he thinks fit, to make arrangements to its or his satisfaction for the proper performance of the duty, or, as the case may be, to make financial provision to its or his satisfaction for the performance of the duty: Provided that, unless in the opinion of the Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, as the case may be, the immediate execution of such order is necessary, it or he shall, before making any direction under this section, give the Board an opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made.

50. If, within the period fixed by a direction made under section 49, any action the taking of which has been directed under that section has not been duly taken, the Government or the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, as the case may be, may make arrangements for the taking of such action, and may direct that all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the cantonment fund.

51.(1) If the President dissents from any decision of the Board, which he considers prejudicial to the health, welfare or discipline of the troops in the cantonment, he may, for reasons to be recorded in the minutes, by order in writing, direct the suspension of action thereon for any period not exceeding one month and, if he does so, shall forthwith refer the matter to the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, the reference being made, save in cases where the Officer Commanding the District is himself the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, for the purposes of this Act, through the Officer Commanding the District, who may make such recommendations thereon as he thinks fit. (2) If the District Magistrate considers any decision of a Board to the prejudicial to the public health, safety or convenience, he may, after giving notice in writing of his intention to the Board, refer the matter to the Government; and, pending the disposal of the reference to the Government no action shall be taken on the decision. (3) If any Magistrate who is a member of a Board, being present at a meeting, dissents from any decision which he considers prejudicial to the public health, safety or convenience, he may, for reasons to be recorded in the minutes and after giving notice in writing of his intention to the President, report the matter to the District Magistrate; and the President shall, on receipt of such notice, direct the suspension of action on the decision for a period sufficient to allow of a communication being made to the District Magistrate and of his taking proceedings as provided by sub-section (2).

52.(1) The Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, may at any time- (a) direct that any matter or any specific proposal other than one which has been referred to the Government under sub-section (2) of section 51 be considered or re-considered by the Board; or (b) direct the suspension, for such period as may be stated in the order, of action on any decision of a Board, other than a decision which has been referred to him under sub-section (1) of section 51, and thereafter cancel the suspension or after giving the Board a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made, direct that the decision shall not be carried into effect or that it shall be carried into effect with such modifications as he may specify. (2) When any decision of a Board has been referred to him under sub-section (1) of section 51, the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, may, by order in writing,- (a) cancel the order given by the President directing the suspension of action; or (b) extend the direction of the order for such period as he thinks fit; or (c) after giving the Board a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made, direct that the decision shall not be carried into effect or that it shall be carried into effect by the Board with such modifications as he may specify.

53. When any decision of a Board has been referred to the Government under sub-section (2) of section 51, the Government may, after consulting the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, by order in writing,- (a) direct that no action be taken on the decision; or (b) direct that the decision be carried into effect either without modification or with such modifications as it may specify.

54.(1) If, in the opinion of the Government, any Board is not competent to perform or persistently makes default in the performance of the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or otherwise by law, or exceeds or abuses its powers, the Government may, by an order published, together with the statement of the reasons therefor, in the official Gazette, declare the Board to be incompetent or in default or to have exceeded or abused its powers, as the case may be, and supersede if for such period as may be specified in the order: Provided that no Board shall be superseded unless a reasonable opportunity has been given to it to show cause against the supersession. (2) When a Board is superseded by an order under sub-section (1)- (a) all members of the Board shall, on such date as may be specified in the order, vacate their offices as such members but without prejudice to their eligibility for ³⁷[* * *] nomination under clause (c); (b) during the supersession of the Board, all powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Board by or under this Act or otherwise by law shall be exercised and performed by the Officer Commanding the station subject to such reservation, if any, as the Government may prescribe in this behalf; and (c) before the expiry of the period of supersession ³⁸[nomination shall be] made for the purpose of reconstituting the Board.

55.(1) No act or proceeding of a Board or of any committee of a Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy in the Board or committee. (2) No disqualification or defect in the ³⁹[***] nomination or appointment of a person acting as the President or a member of a Board or of any such committee shall vitiate any act or proceeding of the Board or committee if the majority of the persons present at the time of the act being done or the proceeding being taken were duly qualified members thereof. (3) Any document or minutes which purport to be the record of the proceedings of a Board or of any committee of a Board shall, if made and signed substantially in the manner prescribed for the making and signing of the record of such proceedings, be presumed to be a correct record of the proceedings of a duly convened meeting, held by a duly constituted Board or committee, as the case may be, whereof all the members were duly qualified.