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(1) The State Government may for the purpose of this Act establish and constitute a Board to be known as the Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board, with Headquarters at Shillong, consisting of not more than fifteen members and which shall includes the following, namely- (a) Six official members, that is- (i) The Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya in the Agriculture Department; (ii) The Director of Agriculture, Meghalaya; (iii)The Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Meghalaya; (iv) The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Meghalaya; and (v) Two others. (b) Nine non-official members, that is- (i) The Managing Director of the Meghalaya State Warehousing Corporation; (ii) The Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the three District Council in the State; (iii)One Agricultural representing the Market Committees; (iv) One progressive farmer; (v) One Licensee; (vi) One representative of the Co-operative Marketing Societies; and (vii) One representative of the Financial Institutions; (2) The members in item (v) of clause (a) and in items (iii) (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be nominated by the Government. (3) The Secretary to the Government in the Agriculture Department shall be the Ex-officio Chairman of the board and the Government shall appoint an officer of the Agriculture Department not below the rank of a Deputy Director to be its Secretary. (4) The term of office of the non-official members of the Board shall be three years; Provided that the any non-official member in items (iii),(v) (vi) and (vii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall cease to be a member of the Board from the date he ceases to be an Agriculturist member representing the Market Committee, a licensee, a representative of the Marketing Societies or a representative of the Financial Institutions, as the case may be. (5) A non-official member of the Board may resign his membership by tendering his resignation to the Chairman of the Board and such resignation shall take effect from the date of acceptance. (6) In case of vacancy in the Board caused by the resignation of otherwise of any non-official member the Government may nominate another person in his place in the manner provided under this act and such person shall remain in office for the remaining term of his predecessor. (7) Five persons shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the Board; Provided that if a meeting is adjourned for want of quorum, no quorum shall be necessary at such adjourned meeting. (8) All questions before a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and in case of equality of votes the Chairman may exercise a casting vote. (9) No act or proceeding of the board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the constitution thereof.