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Omitted by Tamil Nadu XIV of 1980 absence any member nominated by him on that behalf shall preside at a meeting of the Committee. (3)All questions at a meeting of the Committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the Committee or in his absence the person presiding, shall have a second or casting vote. 2-C. No act or proceedings of the Government shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy in the Committee or any defect in the nomination of a member thereto, or on the ground only that more than two months have elapsed between one meeting of the Committee and another. Vacancy in committee, etc., not to invalidate acts of proceedings