Bar to personal interest

(1) No member of a Panchayat shall take part in any case, suit or proceeding to which he or any near relation, employer, employee or partner in business is a party or any person for whom any of them may be personally acting. (2) If by reason of the number of Panches disqualified under sub-section (1) there remains no quorum, the Panchayat shall send the case or the suit to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or the District Judge or Collector having jurisdiction as the case may be, for disposal in accordance with law.