(1) The Presiding Authority may prohibit any office bearer of the Panchayat from voting on or taking part in the discussion of any question in which he believes such office bearer to have any pecuniary interest or he may require such office bearer to absent himself during the discussion.
(2) Such office bearer may challenge the decisions of the Presiding Authority, who shall thereupon put the question to the meeting and the decision of the meeting shall be final.
(3) The office bearer concerned shall not be entitled to vote on the question referred to in sub-rule(2) and the Presiding Authority shall not be entitled to vote on the motion referred to in sub-rule(4).
(4) If the Presiding Authority of the Panchayat is believed by any office bearer present in the meeting to have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any subject under discussion, the Presiding Authority may, if a motion to that effect is carried, be required to absent himself from the meeting during such discussion.