(1) The meeting of the Gram Panchayat shall be public and shall be held at least once a month at the office of the Gram Panchayat and at such time as the Pradhan may fix:
Provided that the Pradhan, when required in writing by a majority of the members to call a meeting, shall do so within three days, failing which the said members shall, with the previous approval of the prescribed authority, be entitled to call a meeting after giving a notice of one week to the Pradhan and the other members.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder one-half of the 1 [office bearers] of the Gram Panchayat shall form a quorum.
1. Subs. for sub-section (3) vide Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Subs. for the words “Not less than one-third” vide Act No. 10 of 2008 effective w.e.f. 13.6.2008.
3. Subs. for the words “Not less than one-third” vide Act No. 10 of 2008 effective w.e.f. 13.6.2008.
4. Subs. for the words “not less than on-third” vide Act No. 10 of 2008 effective w.e.f. 13.6.2008..
5. Subs. for the the bracket and figure “(3)” vide Act No. 18 of 2000.
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(3) The decisions of the Gram Panchayat shall be by majority and when the voting is equal, the Pradhan, in his absence, the Up-Pradhan, shall have an additional or casting vote.