In the absence of Chairperson *[the Vice-Chairperson or in the absence of both Chairperson and Vice- Chairperson] a Councillor elected at the meeting shall preside.

Functions of the President of the meeting :— (1) The President of a meeting (hereinafter referred to as the President shall preserve order and shall decide all points of order arising at or in connection with meetings. The decision of the President on any point of order shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be final.

1. (2) Any Councillor may, at any time, submit a point of order for the decision of the President but in doing so shall confine himself to stating and explaining the point.
2. (3) The President, after having called the attention of the Councillors to the conduct of a member, who persists in irrelevance or tedious repetition, either of his own arguments used by other Councillors in debate shall direct him to discontinue his speech.
3. (4) The President may direct any member, whose conduct in his opinion grossly disorderly, to withdraw immediately from the meeting and any Councillor as ordered to withdraw shall do so forthwith and all shall absent himself for the remainder of the days meeting.
4. (5) The President may in the case of grave disorder arising in the meeting suspend its sitting for a time to be named by him.