Validity of proceedings.

57. Validity of proceedings. - (1) No disqualification of or defect in the election or appointment of any person acting as member or as the Adhyaksha of the Grama Panchayat or the Chairman or member of the committee of the Grama Panchayat constituted under this Act shall be deemed to vitiate any act or proceeding of the Grama Pan chayat or any such committee as the case may be, in which such person has taken part whenever the majority who were parties to such act or proceeding were entitled to act. 1[Provided that the executive officer of Taluk Panchayat concerned shall decide as to whether any resolution passed by the Gram Panchayat is in contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder and submit such resolution to the Adhyaksha of Taluk Panchayat to take action under section 237 of the Act ]1 1. Inser ted by Act 44 of 2015 w.e.f. 25.02.2016. (2) No resolution of a Grama Panchayat or of any committees of a Grama Panchayat constituted under this Act shall be deemed invalid on account of any irregularity in the service of notice upon any member, provided that t he proceedings of the Grama Panchayat or committee were not prejudicially affected by such irregularity. (3) Until the contrary is proved, every meeting of a Grama Panchayat or of the committee of a Grama Panchayat constituted under this Act in respect of proceedings whereof a minute has been made and signed in accordance with this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all the members of the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified and where the proceedings are the procee dings of a committee, such committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had the power to deal with matters referred to in the minute. 69 (4) During any vacancy in a Grama Panchayat or Committee of a Grama Panchayat, the continuing me mbers may act as if no vacancy had occurred. CHAPTER IV FUNCTIONS , DUTIES AND POWERS O F GRAMA PANCHAYAT , ADHYAKSHA AND UPADH YAKSHA