Right to attend meetings of the Corporation and its committees, etc., and right of councillors and aldermen to ask questions in relation to the municipal government of Delhi.

81. Right to attend meetings of the Corporation and its committees, etc., and right of councillors and aldermen to ask questions in relation to the municipal government of Delhi.—(1) The Commissioner or any municipal officer authorised by him in this behalf may attend, speak in, or otherwise take part in the proceedings of, any meeting of the Corporation or any of its Committees, but none of the persons specified herein shall by virtue of this sub-section be entitled to vote in any such meeting. (2) A councillor or person referred to in sub-clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3 may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), ask the Commissioner questions on any matter relating to the municipal government of Delhi or the administration of this Act or the functions of any of the municipal authorities. (3) The right to ask a question shall be governed by the following conditions, namely:— (a) not less than seven clear days’ notice in writing specifying the question shall be given to the Municipal Secretary; (b) no question shall— (i) bring in any name or statement not strictly necessary to make the question intelligible; (ii) contain arguments, ironical expressions, imputations, epithets or defamatory statements; (iii) ask for an expression of opinion or the solution of a hypothetical proposition; (iv) ask as to the character or conduct of any person except in his official or public capacity; (v) relate to a matter which is not primarily the concern of the Corporation or of any of the municipal authorities; (vi) make or imply a charge of a personal character;