DIVISION III

PROVISIONS FOR GOVERNANCE OF THE CODE

PROVISION 5
PROCEDURE AND VOTING AT THE NOMENCLATURE SECTION

5.1. A qualified majority (at least 60%) of votes cast is required for the following decisions:

(a) accepting a proposal to amend the Code;

(b) referring items to the Editorial Committee;

(c) accepting a motion to end discussion and proceed to a vote (to “call the question”);

(d) accepting a motion to set a time limit for a debate;

(e) rejecting a singled-out recommendation of the General Committee (see Prov. 5.3);

(f) rejecting one or more recommendations of the General Committee on conservation, protection, or rejection of names, suppression of works, or binding decisions.

5.2. A simple majority (more than 50%) of votes cast is required for all other decisions, including the following:

(a) electing the Nominating Committee for the Nomenclature Section;

(b) accepting the Code that arose from the previous International Botanical Congress as the basis for discussion at the Nomenclature Section;

(c) choosing between two alternative proposals;

(d) accepting an amendment to a proposal;

(e) establishing an ad hoc committee;

(f) establishing and referring items to a Special-purpose Committee;

(g) accepting recommendations of the General Committee not included in Prov. 5.1(e) or (f);

(h) approving the nominations made by the Nominating Committee.

5.3. When a report of the General Committee contains more than one recommendation, the Nomenclature Section may vote separately on an individual recommendation if such a procedure is proposed by a member of the Section, supported (seconded) by five other members (see Prov. 5.7), and approved by a simple majority (more than 50%) of the Section.

5.4. When a vote to reject a General Committee recommendation achieves the required majority (Prov. 5.1(e) or (f)), that recommendation is cancelled and the matter is referred back to the General Committee. Retention or rejection of a name or suppression of a work is no longer authorized (Art. 14.15, 56.3, and 34.2).

5.5. Any proposal to amend the Code that receives 75% or more “no” votes in the preliminary guiding vote is automatically rejected at the Nomenclature Section unless a proposal to discuss it is moved by a member of the Section and supported (seconded) by five other members.

5.6. Any proposal to amend the Code that concerns only Examples (excluding voted Examples) or the Glossary is automatically referred to the Editorial Committee unless a proposal to discuss it is moved by a member of the Section and supported (seconded) by five other members (but see Prov. 5.5).

5.7. A new proposal to amend the Code (i.e. one not previously published) or an amendment to a proposal to amend the Code may be introduced at the Nomenclature Section by a member of the Section only when supported (seconded) by five other members.

5.8. A member of the Nomenclature Section may propose a friendly amendment to a proposal to amend the Code; if accepted by the original proposer(s), such an amendment does not require the support of other members (seconders).

5.9. There are two kinds of votes at the Nomenclature Section:

(a) Personal votes. Each member of the Section has one personal vote. No accumulation or transfer of personal votes is permissible.

(b) Institutional votes (see Prov. 3). An institution may authorize in writing any member of the Section as a delegate to carry its votes.

No single person will be allowed more than 15 votes, including personal vote and institutional votes.

5.10. A card vote requires members of the Nomenclature Section to deposit anonymous cards printed to indicate the kind and number of votes, which are counted by the Tellers (see Prov. 4.5). A card vote may be conducted when the required majority cannot be detected by other means or may be requested in advance of the vote by at least five members.