43. The minutes of the votes and proceedings of the Council shall be entered in a book kept for such purpose by the secretary of the Community. They shall be signed by the secretary and by the member who presided at the meeting; where the latter is not the chairman and cannot sign the minutes owing to absence, inability to act or vacancy of office, his signature shall be replaced by the chairman’s signature.
The minutes of a meeting shall be read by the secretary and approved by the Council at a subsequent meeting which may not be later than the second regular meeting following. However, the secretary is dispensed from reading the minutes if a copy has been given to every member of the Council not later than at the time of convocation for the subsequent meeting.
1969, c. 83, s. 54; 1972, c. 71, s. 4; 1987, c. 68, s. 64; 1993, c. 67, s. 14; 1996, c. 52, s. 50.