11. The council shall meet and shall,from time to time, make such arrangements with respect to place, day, time,management and adjounment of its meeting as it thinks fit, subject to the following provisions namely:-

a) An ordinary meeting shall generally be held at least once every six months;

b) The President may whenever, he thinks fit and shall, on a requisition signed by not less than one third of the total number of members constituting the council for the time being, call a special meeting;

c) Every meeting shall be presided over by President and in his absence by the Vice-President and in the absence of both President and Vice-President, by any member chosen by the members present for the meeting to preside for the occasion;

d) All question at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting and in case of equality of votes, the person presiding shall have and exercise a second or casting vote;

e) The names of the members present and the minutes of the procedings of each meeting shall be recorded in a book to be provided for the purpose;

f) The minutes shall be approved by the council in the same meeting or the meeting next following and signed by the President or the person presiding at the meeting and a copy there of shall be forwarded to the State Government or to such officer of the State Government as the State Government may specify in his behalf, within fifteen days from the date of approval.

12. 1) The quorum for a special meeting shall be of eleven members and that for an ordinary meeting shall be of four members.

2) If in any special or ordinary meeting of the council a quorum is not present , the President shall adjourn the meeting to such hour or other day as he may think fit , and business which would have been brought before the original meeting, if there has been a quorum present , shall be brought before, and transacted at, the adjourned meeting, whether there is a quorum present or not.

13.1) The committees constituted under section 9 shall meet as often as may be necessary but not less than twice in each at such time and place as may be appointed by the council.

2) Unless otherwise provided by rules one-third of the total number of members of the committee shall form a quorum and all the act of the committee shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting.

14. No act or proceeding of the council or any committee there of shall be called in question on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the council or the committee, as the case may be.

 

15. No member shall be granted any remuneration or allowance of any kind whatsoever by the council except with the previous sanction of the State Government and in accordance with the rules made by the State Government in this behalf.