Institute of Real Estate Professionals, Sri Lanka Act 2026 · As enacted
13. Meetings of the Council
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The meetings of the Council shall be held at least once in every month.
The quorum for any meeting of the Council shall be seven members of the Council.
The President of the Council shall preside at every meeting of the Council. In the absence of the President, the
Vice President or in the absence of both the President and
Vice President, a member elected by the members present at such meeting shall preside such meeting of the Council.
Notice of every meeting shall be given in writing to every member of the Council seven days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Such notice shall-
include the date, time and venue of such meeting and the business to be brought up at the meeting; and
be sent by post to the last known residential address of each member or by electronic mail to each such member.
The person presiding at any meeting of the Council may, with the consent of the majority of the members present, adjourn the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of subsection (8), any issue which arises at any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority vote of the members present and in case of equality of votes, the member presiding at the meeting shall, in addition to his own vote, have a casting vote.
A member of the Institute shall not be disenrolled and subjected to cancellation of registration or suspended from membership, except upon a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council by the majority of the total members of the
Council in office.
The Council shall cause minutes to be kept of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council in books maintained in that behalf. The minutes of such proceedings shall be signed by the Secretary.
The minutes so signed shall be prima facie evidence of the matters specified in such minutes.
No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy of the members of the Council or any defect in the appointment of a member thereof.
Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, the Council may regulate the procedure with regard to the meetings of the Council and the transaction of business at such meetings.