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(L) The Corporation shall, in its first meeting in each year or as Commhicc soorl ns 111 a-v ;tny nice ling subsequent Lhcrcio, constituteaMunicipal Accounts Committee. (2) The Municipal Accounts Committee shall consist of— (a) such number or persons, not being less than five and more than seven, as the Corporation may determine, to be elected by [he members of the Corporation from amongst themselves in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting al such election shall be by secret ballot. The members of ihe Mayor-in- Council shall not be eligible for such election: and (b) such number of persons, nol being the members, officers or employees of the Corporation and nol exceeding two in number, having knowledge and experience in financial matters, as may be nominated by iheCorporation. (3) The members of the Municipal Accounts CommiUcc shall elect from amongst themselves one member lo be its Chairman. (4) Subjcci to the other provisions of this Act, ihe members of ihe Municipal Accounts Committee shall hold office unlil ;i new committee is constituted. The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Aci, I9S0. 46 LIX or 1980.] (Pan II.—Constitution and Government.—Chapter il.—The M u n ic i p a l A u t h or i ti es . — S ec t i o n I I . ) . (d) lo consider the report of [lie auditors in cases where the Corporation requires them to couduct a special audit of any receipt or expenditure of Ihe Corporation or lo examine the accounts or stores and slocks of the Corporalion or to check the inventory of the properties of ihe Corporation including its land holdings and buildings; and (e) to discharge such other functions as may be prescribed. (7) The Municipal Accounts Committee may call for any book or documeniif, in its opinion, such bookordocument is necessary for its work and may send for such officers of the Corporation as it may consider necessary for explaining any matter in connection with its work, (S) The manner of transaction of business of the Municipal Accounts Committee shall be such as m:iy be determined by the Corporation by regulations: Provided that the persons nominated under clause (b) of subsection (2) shall have no right of voting at the meeting of the Municipal Accounts Committee. 11, (1) The Corporation shall, at its first meeting after a general Borough election or as soon as may be at any meeting subsequent thereto, group Ihe Commilti;w wards of the Corporation which are contiguous into '[fifteen] boroughs, each consisting of such number of wards as the Corporation may determine, and constitute a Borough Committee for each such borough. (2) Each Borough Committee shall consist oT the Councillors, -ltI * * elected from the wards constituting the borough: Provided thai no act or proceedings of a Borough Committee shall be called in question or shall become invalid merely by reason or any vacancy in it. (3) A member of a Borough Committee representing a constituent ward shall hold officc for so long as he continues lo be the Councillor representing such ward. (4) The members ofeach Borough Committee shall elect from amongst ihemsclvcs one member to be iis Chairman ''[who shall not be a member or Lhc Mayor-in-Council or the Chairman or the Chairman or the Corporation!. 'The wort) within the square brackets was substituted for the word "ten" by s. 4 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Acl. 19S3 (Wcsl lien. Acl XXXII of 19SJ). The words and figure other than the Chairman elected under see: ion 6 and i he Mayor and (he Deputy Mayor," were omitted hy s. 4(1){a) of the Wesl Bengal Municipal Corpora I ion Laws (Third Amendment) Acl, 1994 (West Ben. AclXXXVl of 1904). Priurin litis omission the words "and ihe Mayor and lite Deputy Mayor," were substituted for lhc words and figures "and [he members nominated under section 93 and lite Councillors who are members of llic Mayor-in-Council," by s. 2 or thi; Calcutta Municipal Corporalion (Amendment) Act, 1985 (West Ben. Acl XXItt of 1985). 'The woiils w iihin the square brackets were inserted by s. 4(3)(b) of ihe Wesl Bengal Municipal Corporalion Laws (Third Amendment) Acl. I'J'.M (Wot Den. Act XXXV] or 1994). The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Aci, I9S0. 47 Ward Com mi l lee. Municipal Consultative Cpmininccs. Remuneration and facilities of Mayor. Chairman, members of tfic Mayor- in-Council and members of Com minces under this Chap'icr, 590 (West Ben. Acl (Pari II,—Constitution and Government.—Chapter II.—The Municipal Authorities.—Sections HA, 12 & 13.) (5) The Chairman may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing lo lhe Mayor and ihe resignation shall lake effect from lhe dale of ils acceptance by lhe Mayor. (6) A Borough Committee shall, subject to the general .supervision and control of the Mayor-in-Council, discharge, wilhin lhe local limits of Ihe borough, the funclioiis of lhe Corporation relating ID provision of supply pipes and sewerage and drainage connections lo premise*, removal of accumulated water on sirecis or public places due lo rain or otherwise, collection and removal of solid wastes, disinfection, provision of health immunization services and bustee services, provision of lighling, repair of category IV, category V and category VI roads, maintenance of parks, drains and gulleys, and such other functions as the Corporation may, from lime lo lime, determine by regulations. (7) The officers and employees of the Corporation who arc assigned lo a particular Borough for lhe discharge oFthe functions as aforesaid shall carry out such directions as may be issued by the Borough Committee in this behalf (8) The manner of Iranasction of business of the Borough Committee shall be such as may be determined by the Corporation by regulations. '11A. (1) Each ward ofthc Corporation shall haveaWardCommittee, (2) The composition and functions of the Ward Commiliee shall be such as 2[may be prescribed.} (3) The Councillor elected from a ward shall be the Chairperson of the Ward Commiliee for lhai ward.