Sentence examples similar to shall be absent from inspiring English sources
(a) The presence of all four members of the Tribunal or the alternate for any absent member shall be necessary to constitute the quorum.
Meetings shall be presided over by the president, unless she is absent, and in that case the treasurer shall preside.
2. Meetings shall be presided over by the lead point person, unless she is absent, and in that case the Secretary or Treasurer shall preside.
Meetings shall be presided over by the president, unless he or she is absent, and in that case the vice president shall preside.
"Absent this (lawsuit), the majority will of the company's stockholders shall be rendered meaningless". Spokeswomen for Citigroup did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
I think there may be a question of clarity of language in article 4. "The presence of all four members of the Tribunal or their alternates shall be necessary to constitute the quorum". It might clarify it if we said, "The presence of all members of the Tribunal, or the alternate for any absent member shall be-".
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