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Meetings of the Area Sabha.- (1) The Area Sabhas shall hold meetings as per the requirement but not less than once in three months. (2) The meetings shall be conducted in any of the public buildings belonging to either the Municipality or any other Government Department or Government Undertakings. (3) In the event of Government building or public premises not being available, the meetings may be held in any private premise offered by any organisation or individual free of charges. (4) It shall be the duty of the representative of the Area Sabha to call the meetings and record the proceedings. (5) There shall not be any secretarial assistance to the Area Sabha and the Area Sabha representative shall maintain the records. The records shall be maintained atleast for a period of five years. (6) All the decisions in the Area Sabha shall be taken by simple majority. (7) The representative of the Area Sabha shall become member of the Ward Committee of the ward and participate in the proceedings of the Ward Committee as representative of the Area Sabha. (8) The representative of the Area Sabha shall raise any issue or debate on any issue in the Ward Committee only after getting the mandate and deciding on the stand to be taken in the meeting of the Area Sabha. (9) The representative shall communicate the decisions or crux of the deliberations in the Ward Committee to the members of the Area Sabha in the immediate next meeting of the Area Sabha after the meeting. (10) There shall be no secretarial assistance to the representative of the Area Sabha, they have to arrange meetings, draw up proceedings and maintain the records. (11) The records of the Area Sabha shall be maintained for a minimum period of five years.