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Meetings of the Neighbourhood Group.- (1) The Neighbourhood groups shall hold their meetings and their deliberations in the same locality in any facility meant for the social gathering in that area, irrespective of the ownership. (2) The Neighbourhood group meetings may be called as per the requirement but not less than once in three months. (3) It shall be the duty of the representative selected among the Neighbourhood group to call the meeting of the Neighbourhood. (4) All the decisions in the Neighbourhood group shall be taken by simple majority. (5) The representative of the Neighbourhood group shall become member of the Area Sabha of the polling station area of the ward and participate in the proceedings of the Area Sabha as representative of the Neighbourhood group. (6) The representative of the Neighbourhood group shall raise any issue or debate on any issue in the Area Sabha only after getting the mandate and deciding on the stand to be taken in the meeting of the Neighbourhood group. (7) The representative shall communicate the decisions or crux of the deliberations of the Area Sabha to the members of the Neighbourhood group in the immediate next meeting of the Neighbourhood group after the Area Sabha meeting. (8) There shall be no secretarial assistance to the representative of the Neighbourhood group, they have to arrange meetings, draw up proceedings and maintain the records. (9) The records of the Neighbourhood group shall be maintained for a minimum period of five years and if the Neighbourhood group wishes it may be maintained for long period.