(1)The quorum for a meeting of the Gram
Panchayat shall be half of the total number of memb ers. If, at the time
appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not complete or if the meeting has
begun and attention is drawn to the want of quorum the presiding officer
shall wait for one hour, and if within such period there is no quorum, the
presiding officer shall adjourn the meeting to such time on the following
day or such future day as he may fix. The business which could not be
considered at the meeting so postponed for want of quorum, shall be
brought before and disposed of at the subsequent ad journed meeting or
meetings for which the same quorum of half of the t otal number of
members shall be required.
(2) All questions shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be decided
by a majority of votes of the members present and v oting. The
Mukhiya or Up-Mukhiya as the case may be, presiding over the
meeting, unless he refrains from voting, shall give his vote before
declaring the number of votes for and against a que stion and in case
of equality of votes, he may give his casting vote.
(3) No member of a Gram Panchayat shall vote on, o r take part in the
discussion of, any question coming up for considera tion at a meeting
of the Gram Panchayat, if the question is one in wh ich, apart from its
general application to the public, he has any pecun iary or personal
interest and if the person presiding has such an in terest, he shall not
preside over the meeting when such question comes u p for
consideration.
(4) If any member present at the meeting believes that the person
presiding has any pecuniary or personal interest in any matter under
discussion, and if a motion to that effect be carried, the latter shall not
preside over the meeting during such discussion or vote on or take
part in it. Any member of the Gram Panchayat may be chosen to
preside at the meeting during the continuance of such discussion.
Section 21 • THE BIHAR PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 2006
Section 21. Quorum and Procedure
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