Article 8

At any meeting, if the Chairman shall be of opinion on a show of hands that a proposed resolution under the Act has or has not been passed by the required majority a declaration by him that the resolution has been carried or lost and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or value of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution, unless a poll is then demanded by one or more of the persons present at the meeting in person or by proxy or attorney and entitled to turn out animals on the common.