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| (1) Ordinary meetings of a Village Council shall be held for the despatch of business on such dates or at such intervals as may be fixed by by-laws made or deemed by virtue of any written law to have been made under this Ordinance. |
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| (2) A special meeting of a Council may be convened by the Chairman whenever he considers it desirable, and shall be convened whenever a written requisition is presented to him signed by members of the Council not less in number than the quorum prescribed for ordinary meetings of the Council. |
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| (3) The special meeting in compliance with any requisition shall be convened within seven days of the receipt of the requisition by the Chairman. |
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| (4) If the Chairman of any Council refuses or wilfully neglects to convene a special meeting within seven days of the receipt of any requisition presented to him, it shall be lawful for the Assistant Commissioner to convene a special meeting at any time thereafter and to preside or to depute an officer of Government to preside over that meeting. |
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| (5) Not less than two days' notice of the date appointed for each special meeting under this section and of the business to be transacted thereat shall be given to, or left at the residence of, each member of the Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts