Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) There shall be a Chief Executive Officer in the District Council. (2) A Chief Executive Officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be appointed by the State Govern- ment and shall be paid out of the District Fund such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be fixed by the State Government. . (3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal Executive Officer of the Di~trict Council and all other officers and servants of the District Council shall be subordinate to him. He shall have the same right of being present at a meeting of the members of the District Council or of Executive Committee of the District Council or of any Committee established by the District Council, and of taking part in the discussions thereat as if he were a member of the District 13 Council or a member of Executive Committee or a ember of any Committee and with the consent of e Chairman or the President of the meeting, as the c se may be, he may at any time make a statement or xplanation of facts, but he shall not, be entitled to vote or make any proposition at such meeting. (4) The Chief Executive Officer shall act in respect of all other matters under the direction of the Chairman through whom he shall be responsible to the members of the District Council. (5) Except as in provided in the rules framed by the State Government the Chief Executive Officer shall not be removed from office by the members of the District Council except on resolution carried at a special meeting called for the purpose and supported by the votes of the majority of the total number of the members holding office for the time being. (6) The State Government may at any time suspend, remove, dismiss or otherwise punish the Chief Executive Officer appointed under this section. CHAPTER III POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL.