Tehsil Municipal Administration: Conduct of the business of Tehsil Council

  1. The Tehsil Council shall regulate its business in accordance with the bye-laws made by it.

  2. The Tehsil Council shall meet at least once in every month.

  3. Decisions of the Tehsil Council shall be taken by resolutions passed by a simple majority of the members present and voting and a copy of each resolution shall be transmitted to the Provincial Local Government Commission. The member presiding the meeting shall not vote except in the case of equality of votes.

  4. In the first meeting of the Council to be convened and presided over by the Returning Officer nominated by the Chief Election Commissioner, the members of the Tehsil Council shall elect from amongst themselves a Naib Tehsil Nazim securing majority votes of total membership of the Council through a secret ballot.The Naib Tehsil Nazim so elected, shall be the Convener of the Tehsil Council and shall preside its meetings and shall perform such other functions as are assigned to him by the Tehsil Nazim.

  5. After the election of Naib Tehsil Nazim, the Tehsil Council shall, in order of precedence elect a panel of not less than three members as presiding officers securing highest number of votes who shall, in the absence of,or in case of the suspension of, Naib Tehsil Nazim, or where a no confidence motion has been moved against him, convene and preside over the meetings of the Tehsil Council.

  6. The quorum of the meetings of the Tehsil Council shall be fifty-one percent of its total membership.

  7. The meetings of the Tehsil Council shall be open to public, unless the Council, by a resolution, decides to hold any meeting in camera.

  8. The minutes of the meetings of Tehsil Council shall be recorded and maintained by an officer authorized by the Tehsil Council.


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