Section 86. Meetings of a Municipality

Municipal meetings and proceedings 86. (1) There shall be at least one meeting of the Municipality in every month to be held on a day fixed by regulation or of which notice has been given in a manner provided by regulation in this behalf. 1[(2) The 2[President]3 may convene a meeting whenever he thinks fit and shall, upon a requisition made in writing by not less than one-fifth of the members of the Municipality and served on the 2[President]3 or sent by registered post acknowledgement due addressed to the municipal Municipality at their office, convene a meeting within a period of 4[fifteen days] from the date of the service or receipt of such requisition] : 5[Provided that the President may, for reasons to be recorded, postpone a meeting, other than a meeting convened on the requisition of members as above, by giving such notice as may be provided by regulation in this behalf ; ] (3) A meeting may be adjourned until the next or any subsequent day, and an adjourned meeting may be further adjourned in like manner. (4) Every meeting shall be held at the municipal office (if any) or other convenient place of which notice has been duly given.6 7[(5) The President shall report to the District Magistrate the name of any member who has, without obtaining sanction from the Municipality, absented himself from the meetings of the Municipality for more than three consecutive months or three consecutive meetings, whichever is the longer period. ]