Responsibility of Councillors for misapplication of Municipal funds.-

Every Councillor shall be personally liable for the misapplication of any fund or property of the Council to which shall have been a party or which shall have happened througfh or been facilitated by gross neglect of his duty as a Councillor and may be sued for recovery of the money or property so misappropriated or loss suffered thereby either by the Council or the State Government: Provided that no Councillor shall be personally liable in respect of any contract or agreement made, or for any expense incurred by or on behalf of a Council and the Municipal fund shall be liable for and be charged with all costs in respect of any such contract or agreement and all such expenses.