Presidency of council and committees

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971

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Chapter II CONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

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(1) Every meeting of the council shall be presided over by the Mayor, in his absence by the Deputy Mayor and in the absence of both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, by a councillor chosen by the meeting to preside for the occasion.
(2) Every meeting of a standing committee shall be presided over by its chairman and in his absence by a member thereof chosen by the meeting to preside for the occasion.
(3) The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, the councillor or the chairman, as the case may be, presiding at a meeting of the council or committee shall preserve order and shall decide all points of order and procedure arising at or in connection with meetings. There shall be no discussion on any point of order and the decision of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, the councillor or the chairman thereon, shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be final.
(4) The Deputy Mayor or councillor presiding at a meeting of the council and the member presiding at a meeting of a standing committee shall for that meeting and during the period that he presides over it have all the powers and be subject to all the obligations of the Mayor or the chairman, as the case may be.
(5) The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor or the councillor presiding at a meeting of the council may direct any councillor whose conduct is in his opinion grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the meeting and any councillor so ordered to withdraw shall do so forthwith and absent himself during the remainder of the day's meeting. If such councillor refuses to withdraw, the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor or the councillor presiding at the meeting may order his removal by force.

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