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Meetings of the Ward Sabha.– (1) A Ward Sabha shall meet to transact its business once in six months which shall be at least one month ahead of the meeting of the gram sabha and the manner of conduct of the meeting shall be as hereinafter provided, namely: – (i) every meeting held shall be presided over by the elected member of the ward representing the area of the concerned ward and in his/her absence, by any other voter of the Gram Panchayat elected from the said ward sabha as the case may be, at the meeting. In case of wards having more than one elected member, elected member among them determined by Gram Panchayat shall call such meeting. (ii) where an elected member of the ward fails to convene and preside over a meeting of the Ward Sabha as the case may be, when due or is necessary, he shall be liable to pay rupees one Hundred to the Gram Panchayat fund and give explanation for such failure. Then the concerned panchayat development officer or secretary, as the case may be, shall convene such meeting and any other voter of the Gram Panchayat may be selected by the members present at the meeting of the Ward Sabha may preside over the meeting; (iii) the quorum for the meeting of a Ward Sabha shall be not less than one-fifth of the total voters or twenty members of the Ward Sabha, whichever is less, of whom at least thirty percent of the voters shall be women and persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in proportion to their population: Provided that, no quorum shall be required for an adjourned meeting. (iv) all resolutions in respect of any subject in the meeting held under this section shall be passed by a majority of the members present and voting: Provided that, the needs outlined by habitation sabha and affected group at their meetings shall be taken up at the meeting of the Ward Sabha and recorded as its own for being sent to the Gram Sabha. (v) The procedure for convening and conducting the meeting of the Ward Sabha shall be such as may be prescribed; (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) a special meeting of the Ward Sabha shall be convened where at least ten percent of the voters of the ward make a request in writing, specifying the subject for the meeting: Provided that no two special meetings shall be held within a period of three months; (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) or (2), an emergency meeting of the Ward Sabha may be convened by the elected member whenever a natural calamity has occurred or a matter of urgent public importance has arisen and the elected members of the said ward and the Adhyaksha or the Upadhyaksha or any elected members of the concerned Gram Panchayat shall be required to attend such emergency meeting. The Adhyaksha shall preside such meeting and his absence the Upadhyaksha shall preside. (4) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall be construed as preventing affected group coming together as often as they may, to hold meetings among themselves and outline the developmental needs of their group along with suggestions for addressing them, for being placed before the Gram Sabha at its regular meetings.