(1) The presiding member while transacting business at the meeting may adjourn any meeting of a Village Panchayat with the consent of the majority of the members for valid reasons to be recorded in writing in the minutes.
When once a meeting is adjourned sine die for valid reasons, it shall not continue its meeting.
(2) While transacting the business, if a meeting is validly adjourned by the presiding member with the consent of the majority of the members present at the meeting, the meeting held on adjourned date shall, for all purposes, be a continuation of the original meting and no fresh notice shall be necessary for such an adjourned meeting.
(3) If the President adjourns the meeting contrary to the wishes of the members present and there by interrupts or leaves un-finished, the business for which the meeting was convened, the remaining members may lawfully continue the business. In the absence of President, the Vice-President, in the absence of Vice-President, a member elected from among themselves may preside over the meeting and continue the business. Any business which was duly notified in the notice for the meeting shall alone be transacted to completion and if it is so transacted, it shall be valid.