Bare ActsThe Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961

Section 64

Adjournments

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Adjournments.- (1) Any meeting of the Council may, with the consent of majority of the elected Councillors present, be adjourned , from time to time, to later hour of the same day or to any other date; but except as provided in sub-section(3) of section 61 no business other than that left over at the adjourned meeting shall be transacted at the next meeting. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section(1) if the presiding authority finds it impossible to continue the proceeding do to unruly behavior of the elected Councillors it may, after making an announcement to that effect in the meeting, adjourn the meeting and business transacted in a meeting, if any, held by a majority of elected Councillors immediately after such adjournment shall be null and void. (3) A notice of adjournment of a meeting under sub-section(1) or sub-section(2) shall contain the time, date and place of the next ensuing meeting and – (a) shall be pasted in the municipal office on the day on which the meeting is adjourned and such pasting shall be deemed sufficient notice of the next ensuing meeting to the Councillors who were present in the meeting, (b) shall be served on the Councillors who were not present in the meeting but where such adjournment is not for a period exceeding twenty four hours it shall not be necessary to serve such notice and the pasting of the notice in the municipal office as aforesaid, shall be deemed as sufficient notice of the next ensuing, meeting. 65.Modification and Cancellation of resolutions.- No resolution of a Council shall be modified or cancelled within three months after the passing thereof except by a resolution supported by not less than two-third of the total number of elected Councillors and passed at an ordinary meeting, where of notice shall have been given setting forth fully the resolution which it is proposed to modify or cancel at such meeting and the motion or proposition for the modification or cancellation of such resolution.

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