Constitution of The BahamasIn briefRequires a majority of Cabinet members to be present for business, and protects Cabinet decisions from challenge over vacancies or an unentitled participant.
No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Cabinet if there are present at the meeting less than a majority of the members for the time being of the Cabinet.
No business may be done at a Cabinet meeting if fewer than a majority of the current members of the Cabinet are present.
Subject to paragraph (1) of this Article, the Cabinet shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the Cabinet (including any vacancy nor filled when the Cabinet is first constituted or is reconstituted at any time) and the validity of the transaction of business in the Cabinet shall to be affect by reason only of the fact that some person who was not entitled so to do took part in those proceedings.
Subject to paragraph (1) of this Article, the Cabinet is not prevented from doing business because of any vacancy in its membership (including any vacancy not filled when the Cabinet is first formed or is re-formed at any time). The validity of business done in the Cabinet is not affected only because someone who was not entitled to take part in the proceedings did so.