Chapter III MISCELLANEOUS

Any casual vacancy in the office of member due to death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled up by fresh election or, as the case may be, nomination in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the person so elected or nominated, as the case may be, shall hold office for the unexpired period of the term of the member in whose place he is so elected or nominated.

Any member other than an Ex-officio member, may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Government and shall be deemed to have vacated his office with effect from the date his resignation is accepted by the Government.

The Government may, by notification, remove from office a member of the Committee, if he- (i) is found to have any pecuniary interest in the schemes or works included in the plans or programmes prepared by any of the Municipalities or by the Zilla Parishad ; or (ii) is convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or (iii) is found to be guilty of corrupt practice upon the trial of an election petition.

(1) The office of the Chairperson and every other member shall be honorary; Provided that the may be paid such honorarium as the Government may, by rules, determine from time to time. (2) The members shall be paid such sitting fee for every meeting they attend and such travelling the daily allowances as the Government may, by rules, determine.

The Government may, with a view to ensuring the proper functioning of the Committee, issue from time to time such administrative orders, directions and instructions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and rules, as they deem fit for the purposes of this Act and in particular in relation to the preparation of appropriate plans.

The procedure relating to the convening of the meetings of the Committee and the transaction of its business shall be such as may be prescribed.

No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be invalid on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the Constitution of the Committee.

(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, nearly:- (a) manner of constitution of Committees and the election of members thereto under section 3; (b) provision relating to honorarium, sitting fee and travelling and daily allowances payable to the members under section 9; (c) procedure relating to convening of the meetings of the Committee and the transaction of the business; (d) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, as occasion may require, by order, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the rules, which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the doubt or difficulty. Provided that no order shall be issued under this section after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

Chapter, VIA of the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 is hereby repealed.