Lawgist52Adjournment of meeting in the absence of quorum
(1) No business shall be transacted at a meeting unless a quorum of one-third of the total number of Councillors of a Nagar Panchayat, or a Council be present:
Provided that in cases where the total number of Councillors of a Nagar Panchayat or a Council is not divisible by three, the total number shall be increase by such minimum number as to make the total number divisible by three.
(2) If there be no quorum present at a meeting the Chairperson or in his absence the Vice-Chairperson shall adjourn the meeting to such hour of any future day as he may reasonably fix. A notice of such adjournment shall be fixed upon a notice board in the municipal office, and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting, has there been a quorum thereat, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting and may be disposed of at such meeting or at any subsequent adjournments thereof whether there be a quorum present or not.
(3) A notice of adjournment exhibited in the notice board of the municipal office on the day on which the meeting is adjourned, shall be sufficient notice of the subsequent meeting.
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- 49 Meeting of a Nagar Panchayat or of a Council
- 50 Chairperson of meeting
- 51 Manner of deciding questions
- 52 Adjournment of meeting in the absence of quorum
- 53 Minutes of proceedings
- 54 Modification and cancellation of resolution
- 55 Right of Government Officers to attend, address and take part in the meeting of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council
- 56 Appointment of Committees
- 57 Chairperson of Committee
- 58 Liability for loss, waste or misapplication of funds and property
- 59 Disqualifications of Councillors having share or interest in contract
- 60 Penalty in case Councillors, executive officer, etc., having interest in a contract, etc., with the Nagar Panchayat or Council
- 61 Disqualification from voting
