(1) Any member who intends to move a motion of no confidence against the

President or Vice-President may give a notice thereof in the prescribed form to the panchayat. If the notice is supported by such number of members as may be prescribed, the motion may be moved.

1. (2) If the motion is carried by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of the then members of the panchayat, the President or the Vice- President, as the case may be, shall cease to hold office after a period of three days from the date on which the motion is carried, unless he has resigned earlier; and thereupon the office held by such President or Vice-President shall be deemed to be vacant.
2. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder a

President or Vice-President shall not preside over a meeting in which a motion of no

confidence is discussed against him; but he shall have a right to speak or otherwise to take