Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
All references to the Punjab Municipal Act. 191 1 and barioos references to sections of the said Act, shall be construed as references to the H. P. Municipal Act. 1968 and the corresponding sections thereof, vide A.8. 1973 Provided that if the appointment is renewed the maximum salary inclusive of all allowances shall not exceed Rs. 2,000. (2) If at the meeting convened for the purpose of appointing an Executive Officer a resolution of appointment cannot be passed through failure of ally candidate to secure the prescribed five-eighths majority, the chairman shaIi, on requisition made in writing by not less than one-third of the total number of members constituting the committee for the time being, convence another meeting to be held within fourteen days : Provided always that such meeting shall be held within three months from the date of the notification issued under sub-section (2) of section 1. (3) The resolution of appointment of an Executive Officer, whether considered at an adjourned meeting or at a meeting convened under sub-section (2), shall not be deemed to be passed unless by the majority prescribed in sub-section (I), (4) If the committee fails to arpoint an Executive Officer within three months from the date of notification issued under sub-section (2) of section 1, the %[State Government] may appoint any person as Executive Officer of the Committee for a renewable period not exceeding five years on such rate of monthly pay not exceeding Rs. 1,500 inclusive of all allowances as it may deem fit : Provided that if the appointment is renewed the maximum salary inclusive of all allowances shall not exceed Rs. 2,000. (5) When a member of the committee is appointed Executive Officer, he shall on his appointment cease to be a member of the committee. (6) The remv.neralion of such Executive Officer shall be pa;tabla by the committee from the municipal fund. (7) The Executive Officer may at any time be suspended or removed f om the office by the State Government and shall be so suspended or removed if at a meeting of the committee convened to consider the question of his suspension or removal not less than five-eighths of the total number of members constituting the committee for the time being vote in favour of his suspension or removal, and if the Executive Officer is suspended the Committee shall appoint some person with the approval of the 1[State Government] to officiate as Executive Officer.