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26 (i) To manage or supervise such competitions; (ii) To amend the Regulations applicable to any such competition consequent upon Resolution of the Council; (iii) To adopt, approve and apply the Rules, Regulations and Codes of Conduct governing the international tennis competitions, which are managed or directly or indirectly authorised by the Company; (iv) Where a challenge/entry has been accepted from a Nation for a team competition, to refuse the further participation of any Nation in the competition, if in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such participation may result in the competition being endangered. No decision of the Board of Directors in this respect shall be valid unless at least nine members are present at the meeting held in respect thereof and such decision is supported by at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors present and voting. (3) To administer the finances (including without limitation), the assets and the liabilities of the Company for any of the purposes of the Company and for carrying on any business or transaction which the Company is authorised to carry on under the Act. (4) In relation to any of the duties set out in the above Articles and to the extent necessary to authorise the exercise of any such duty or power, the objects of the Company which are principally set out in the Memorandum of Association and the Bye-laws, shall be deemed to include as an additional object of the Company, any such duty or power set out in this Article, provided always that no additional object shall be included which conflicts with or derogates from the objects set out in the Memorandum of Association and the Bye-laws. 23. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (a) Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. (b) Notices of meetings of the Board of Directors shall be served upon the Board of Directors by the Professional Staff and each of them thirty (30) days before the respective dates fixed for such meetings provided that in cases of urgency, the President may authorise any shorter period of notice. (c) The Chairman of the Board of Directors may convene a meeting of the Board of Directors whenever, in his opinion, the importance of the business makes it necessary and the Chairman shall convene a meeting of the Board of Directors on the demand of any four other members of the Board of Directors. (d) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors as Chairman or, if there is no President for the time being or if the President is unable or unwilling to attend, the members of the Board of Directors present shall choose one of their number to be the Chairman of the meeting. (e) Unless otherwise required by these Articles, all questions (other than questions

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