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(1) (a) A President or Vice-President or member of a Gaon or Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Parishad shall immediately cease to hold office : — (t) if he suffers from any of the disqualifications of a Gaon mentioned in sub-section (1) (a) to (J") of section 16 ; or Anchalik («) if he absents himself, without assigning any Q^nCyj^a t cause, from 1 hree consecutive meetings of the Gaon or kuma Pa ri Anchalik Panchayat or the Mohkuma Parishad, as shad. the case may be. (Z>) A President or Vice-President of an Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Parishad shall immediately cease to hold office, if by three-fifths majority of votes a motion of no-confidence is passed by members in a meeting of the Anchalik Panchayat or the Moh kum a Parishad as the case may be, where at least a minimum of two-thirds of total num ber of members is presen t: Provided that at least seven days’ notice in writing shall be given to the President and the Vice-Presi dent of the Anchalik Panchayat or the Mohkuma Parishad, as the case may be, before such a motion can be discussed. (rj A President or Vice-President of a Gaon or Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Parishad, as the case may be, shall immediately cease to hold office, if he ceases to be a member of the Gaon Sabha or Anchalik Panchayat or the Mohkuma Parishad, as the case may be. (2) A President or Vice-President of a Gaon or Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Parishad may be disqualified from holding office by the State Govern ment,— (i) if he refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting ; or («) if he is guilty of misconduct or wilful neglect in the discharge of his duties ; or (in) if his continuance in office is dangerous to the public peace or is likely to bring the administra tion of a Gaon or Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Parishad into contempt. (3) A President or Vice-President or member of the Gaon or Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Pari shad who immediately ceases to hold office according to the provisions of sub-section (1) or is disqualified bv the State Government according to the provisions of 103 sub-section (2) shall be removed in the manner prescribed : Provided that no such person as aforesaid shall be removed until he has been given a reasonable opportu nity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken against him. (4) No person who has been removed from office under the provisions of this section shall be eligible for re-election to the vacancy so created.” Am endment