No confidence motion against President and Vice-President

No confidence motion against President and Vice-President --

1. (1) A motion of no-confidence may be moved by the Zila Panchayat against the President or Vice-President by a resolution passed by a majority of the elected members constituting the Zila Panchayat for the time being, of more than two-thirds of the total number of the elected members of the Zila Panchayat present and voting and if such a motion of no-confidence is passed, the President or Vice-President against whom such a motion is passed, shall cease to be the President or Vice-President with immediate effect.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder, no President or Vice-President shall preside over a meeting in which a motion of no-confidence is being discussed against him, such a meeting shall be convened in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be presided over by such officer as the prescribed authority may appoint. The President or Vice-President as the case may be, shall have the right to speak or otherwise take part in the proceedings of such a meeting.
3. (3) No motion of no-confidence shall be brought against the President or Vice-President within —
   • (i) a period of two and half years from the date on which the President or Vice-President enters upon his office;
   • (ii) a period of six months preceding the date on which the term of office of the President or Vice-President expires as the case may be;
   • (iii) a period of six months from the date on which previous motion of no-confidence was not passed.
4. (4) If the President or Vice-President as the case may be, desires to challenge the validity of a motion passed under sub-section (1), he shall refer the dispute to the State Government within ten days from the date on which such motion is passed, which shall decide the same within forty-five days from the date on which it is received, as far as possible, and its decision shall be final.