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ACT V OF 2010 ACT V OF 2010 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 2010 An Act to provide for the constitution and continuance of Local Government Institutions in Balochistan, and to consolidate law relating to the Local Government and to provide for the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 13th May, 2010] No. PAB/Legis: V(8)/2010, dated 13-5-2010.---The Balochistan Local Government Bill, 2010 having been passed by the Provincial. Assembly of Balochistan on 10th May, 2010 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 11th May, 2010 is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---Whereas the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan under Article 32 requires the State to encourage Local Government Institutions composed of elected representatives of the areas concerned and having special representation of peasants workers and women: Whereas the Constitution requires the provincial, government to decentralize the government administration under Article 140-A so as to facilitate expeditious disposal of its business to meet the convenience and requirements of the public: And Whereas it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to Local Government Institutions so as to the obligation in line with the requirements of the Constitution: Now therefore, it is enacted as under: CHAPTER V EXECUTIVE POWERS AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS 65. Meeting.---(1) A Local Council shall within three months of the assumption of office frame bye-laws for the conduct of its meetings which may, besides other natters, provide for-- (a) the types of meetings, that is to say, ordinary, special or emergent; (b) The types of business to be conducted in different types of meetings; (c) The place of meetings; (d) Notices required for different meetings; (e) Authority to call meetings; (f) Notice of-agenda for the meetings; (g) Quorum for special and emergent meetings; (h) Order of business to be conducted in meetings; (i) The manner of asking questions; (j) Motions and amendments and their withdrawal or discussion on them; (k) Speeches to be delivered; (1) Training discourses or discussions to be arranged at the meeting; (m) Preservation of order; (n) Decision by votes; (o) Language to be used; (p) Adjournments or postponements; (q) Co-opting of other members or official; (r) Re-consideration of the matters once disposed of; (s) Entertainment to be arranged at the time of meetings; and (t) Suspension of meetings. (2) All Local Councils shall hold at least one meeting during a month. (3) No member shall be liable to any proceedings in any Court in respect of anything said and any vote given by him in the meeting of Local Council or a committee thereof so long as such action does not--- (a) Undermine the ideology, security, integrity solidarity of Pakistan; (b) Seek to create or excite feelings of enmity, ill will, or hatred among different communities, sects, classes or sections of the citizens of Pakistan; (c) Contain any indecent, obscene, scurrilous or ironical expressions or defamatory remarks against or seek to defame any person; and (d) relate to any matter basically not relevant to or beyond the scope of this Act. (4) A member who acts in contravention of the provisions of subsection (3) shall, without prejudice to any other action against him be disqualified and removed from membership forthwith. (5) All meetings of Local Councils shall be public except when a Local Council by majority of votes decides` to consider any matter in a session attended exclusively by its members. (6) Minutes of the names of members present and of the proceedings at each meeting shall be drawn up and recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose which shall be signed by the person presiding at the meeting and shall at all reasonable times and without charge be open to inspection by members; provided that no member shall be entitled to object to the minutes of any meeting in which he was not present. (7) A member who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any partner, employer or employee, has any share or interest in respect of any matter or has acted professionally, in relation to any matter on behalf of any person having therein any such shares or interest as aforesaid, shall not vote or take any other part in any proceedings of a Local Council or any of its Committees in relation to that matter.