6. (1) When a member is to be proceeded against any of the offences mentioned in section 4, the authority concerned specified in column 2 of the First Schedule shall frame a charge and specify therein the penalty proposed to be imposed and communicate it to the member, hereinafter called the accused, requiring him to show cause within a specified time which shall not be less than seven days and not more than ten days from the date the charge has been communicated to him why the penalty proposed to be imposed on him shall not be imposed and also state whether he desires to be heard in person. (2) If, after consideration of the cause shown by the accused, if any, and hearing him in person, if the accused so desires, the authority concerned finds the accused guilty of the charge, he shall, within twenty days of the receipt of the explanation, impose upon the accused the proposed penalty or any other lesser penalty under section 5.