Schedule I

Rules of procedure for the conduct of business of the corporation and committees (See section 71) 1. In these rules, 'member' means a councillor. 2. The corporation shall meet in the corporation office for the transaction of business at least once every month upon such day and such hours as may be arranged and also at other times as often as a meeting may be convened by the Mayor: Provided that no meeting shall be held or continued on any day earlier than 8- 00 A.M. or later than 7-00 P.M. 3. (1) No meeting shall be held unless at least six clear days before the day of meeting notice of the day and hour when the meeting is to be held and of the business to be transacted thereat has been given to the members. (2) In cases of urgency, the Mayor may convene a meeting after giving to the members shorter notice than that specified in sub-rule (1). In such cases notice of the day and hour of the meeting shall be published in such manner as the Mayor may deem most expedient. 4. At an ordinary meeting held in each of the months of April, June, August, October, December and February, the Mayor shall place before the corporation a statement of receipts and disbursements on account of the corporation fund from the close of the last preceding year upto the close of the month before that in which the meeting takes place. 5. (1) The Mayor shall call a special meeting on receiving a request in writing signed by not less than one-third of the members specifying the resolution which it is proposed to move. (2) No special meeting shall be held unless at least four clear days notice, specifying the purpose for which such meeting is to be held and the date and hour thereof, has been given by a separate communication addressed to each member and by advertisement in the local newspapers. 6. If the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are vacant, the duties assigned to the Mayor by rules 2 to 5 shall be performed by the Commissioner. 7. All meetings of the corporation shall be open to the public provided that the Mayor, Deputy Mayor or presiding member may direct that the public generally or any particular person shall withdraw. 8. All questions which may come up before the corporation at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of members present and voting at the meeting and in every case of equality of votes, the Mayor, Deputy Mayor or presiding member shall have and exercise a second or casting vote. 9. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless there be present at least one-third of the total number of members. 10. No resolution of the corporation shall be modified or cancelled within three months after the passing thereof except at a meeting specially convened in that behalf and by a resolution of the corporation supported by not less than two-thirds of the total number of members. 11. (1) Minutes of the proceedings of the corporation shall be entered in Kannada and in English in a book to be called the minute book specifying the names of the councillors who attended the meeting, the business transacted, the decision of the corporation in respect of each item of business, the date of the meeting and the time of commencement and closing of the meeting and shall be signed by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor or presiding member after each meeting. The minutes shall be written by the council Secretary. (2) The minute book shall be open at the corporation office at all reasonable times to the inspection of any councillor without payment and to the inspection of any other person on payment of a fee of fifty paise and subject to such conditions as the corporation may impose. 12. The Commissioner may grant copies of the proceedings of the corporation and the standing committees on payment of such fees as the corporation may by general or special order determine. 13. No subject which is not connected with the business of the corporation under this Act, the rules, the regulations or the bye-laws shall be raised or allowed to be raised or be included in the agenda of any meeting of the corporation. 14. The Mayor or Deputy Mayor or the members presiding over a meeting shall preserve order thereat and shall have all the powers necessary for the purpose of enforcing his decisions. 15. During a meeting of the corporation, a member,- (i) shall not read any book, newspaper or letter except in connection with the business of the corporation; (ii) shall not interrupt any member while speaking by disorderly expression or noise or in any other disorderly manner; (iii) shall not leave the meeting when the person presiding is addressing the meeting; (iv) shall always address the person presiding; (v) shall maintain silence when not speaking in the meeting; (vi) shall not obstruct proceeding, hiss or interrupt and shall avoid making running commentaries when speeches are being made in the meeting. 16. A member while speaking shall not,- (i) refer to any matter on which judicial decision is pending; (ii) make a personal charge against a member; (iii) use offensive expression about the conduct, or proceeding, of members of Parliament or State Legislature; (iv) utter treasonable, seditious or defamatory words; (v) use his right of speech for the purpose of obstructing the business of the corporation. 17. The Mayor or Deputy Mayor or the member presiding over a meeting may direct any councillor whose conduct is, in his opinion, grossly disorderly to withdraw immediatly from the meeting and any councillor so directed to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall absent himself during the remainder of the day's meeting. 18. (1) The person presiding may, if he deems it necessary name a member who disregards the authority of the Chair or abuses the rules of procedure by persistently and wilfully obstructing the transaction of business of the corporation meeting. (2) If a member is so named the person presiding shall forthwith put the question that the named member be suspended from the meeting of the corporation for such days as the person presiding may specify in the question: Provided that the corporation may at any time on a motion being made resolve that such suspensions be terminated. (3) A member suspended under this rule shall forthwith withdraw from the place of the meeting. If the member refuses to withdraw from the meeting, the person presiding may cause such person to have him bodily removed by the use of minimum force necessary for enforcing his decision. 19. In all matters not specifically provided for in this Act, regulations, bye-laws or the rules in regard to matters relating to conduct of business at a meeting of the corporation, the person presiding shall have and may exercise such powers as are necessary for the efficient discharge of his functions. THE STANDING COMMITTEES 20. Each standing committee shall meet at the corporation office at least once a month on such day and such hour as the standing committee shall from time to time determine. 21. The chairman of a standing committee may, at any time, call a meeting of the committee and shall do so within forty-eight hours of the receipt of a requisition signed by the Commissioner or by three members of the committee and stating the business to be transacted. 22. Every notice of meeting shall be issued by the council Secretary. 23. All questions which may come up before a standing committee at any meeting shall be decided by the majority of the votes of the members present and voting at the meeting and in every case of equality of votes, the chairman or presiding member shall have and exercise a second or casting vote. 24. (1) All minutes of the proceedings of each standing committee shall be entered in a book and shall be signed by the chairman or presiding member after each meeting. The minutes shall be written by the council Secretary. (2) The minute book shall be placed before the corporation at its next meeting. 25. In any case in which two or more standing committees have passed conflicting decisions, and such conflict has not been adjusted or otherwise dealt with by a conference of such committees or a joint committee as provided in sub-section (4) of section 62, the Commissioner shall submit a report to the Mayor who shall place the subject before a meeting of the corporation and pending the resolution of the corporation the Commissioner shall withhold all the action in regard to the matter at issue. 26.Any member of a standing committee, other than the Mayor or Deputy mayor, who fails to attend three consecutive meetings shall cease to be a member of such standing committee but may be re-elected by the corporation. 27. Every resolution of a standing committee shall be made available to every member of the committee within fifteen days from the date of the passing of such resolution and the corporation may, on a motion by any member of the corporation modify or amend or revoke any such resolution.