Section 6. _

6. (1) A Board shall consist of a chairman and two or four other members, as the appointing authority thinks fit, or may, if such authority thinks fit, consist of one independent persorf. (2) Where the Board consists of more than one person, the &airman shall be an independent person and the other me$bers shall be either independent persons or persons appointed iu equal numbers to represent the parties to the dispute; i l l persons appointed to represent any -party shall be appointed . on the recommendatioll of that party : - Provided -that, if any party fails to make the necessary recommendation within the prescribed time, the'appointing authority shall select and-appoint such persons as it thinks fit t o represent that party. (3) A Board, having the prescribed quorum, may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the number of its members other than the chairman: Provided that, where a Board includes an equal number of persons representing the parties to the dispute and the services of any such person cease to be available before the Board has completed its work, the authority appointing the Board shall appoint, in the manner specified in sub-section (Z), another person to take his place, and the proceedings shall be continued before the Board so re-constiguted.