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(1) In the event of any difference of opinion among etc._, m rela · the members of a Board or among the Magistrates of tion to Ch'ld ' C h · · f h · · h 11 Boards and a 1 ren s ourt, t e op1111on o t e maJOr1ty s a Children's prevail, but where there is no such majority, the Courts. opinion of the Chairman or of the Senior Magistrate, as the case may be, shall prevail. (2) A Board or Children's Court may act notwith- standing the absence of any member of the Board or, as the case may be, any Magistrate of the Children's Court and no order made by the Board or Children's Court shall be invalid by reason only of the absence of any member or Magistrate, as the case may be, during any stage of the proceeding. (3J No person shllll be appointed as a mernbe1 of the Board 01 as a Magistrate in the Children's Court unless he has, in the opinion of the State Government special knowledge of child psychology and child welfari:.