Maintenance of order at and admission of public to meetings, withdrawal and suspension of councillors.

Maintenance of order at and admission of public to meetings, withdrawal and suspension of councillors. (1) The Mayor or the person presiding over a meeting shall preserve order thereat and shall have all powers necessary for the purpose of preserving such order. (2) The Mayor or the person presiding over a meeting may direct any councillor whose conduct is in his opinion grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the meeting, and any councillor so directed to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall absent himself during the remainder of the meeting. (3) If any councillor is ordered to withdraw a second time within fifteen days, the Mayor or the person presiding may suspend such councillor from attending the meetings of the Corporation for any period not exceeding fifteen days and the councillor so suspended shall absent himself accordingly; Provided that the Mayor may at any time terminate such suspension : Provided further that such suspension shall not debar the suspended councillor from serving on any committee of the Corporation of which he is a member. (4) Subject to sub-section (5) every meeting shall be open to the public, unless a majority of the members present at the meeting decide that any inquiry or deliberation pending before the Corporation shall be held in private. (5) The Corporation may make regulations for the purpose of admission of the members of the public to its meetings and for the removal by force, if necessary, of any member of the public admitted to a meeting for interrupting or disturbing the proceedings of the meeting. (6) In the case of grave disorder arising in a meeting the Mayor or the person presiding may, if he thinks it necessary to do so, adjourn the meeting to a date specified by him.