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The Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance)

( Ordinance NO. XXVI OF 1977 )

Chapter V

EXECUTIVE POWER AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Disposal of business
34. (1) All business of a Paurashava shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed, be disposed of at its meetings, or at the meetings of its committees, or by its Chairman, or commissioners, or officers or employees.
 
 
 
 
1[(2) All meeting of a Paurashava shall be presided over by the Chairman and in his absence, by the Commissioner on the Panel of Chairman performing or entitled to perform the functions of the office of the Chairman during his absence.]
 
 
 
 
(3) No act or proceedings of a Paurashava shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Paurashava, or by reason only that some person, who was not entitled to do so, sat or voted or otherwise took part in its proceedings.
 
 
 
 
(4) Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of a Paurashava shall be drawn up and recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose.
 
 
 
 
(5) All decisions of a Paurashava shall be reported to the Prescribed Authority within fourteen days from the date on which the minutes of the meeting are signed.

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    Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 17 of the Paurashava (Third Amendment) Act, 1992 (Act No. LII of 1992)
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