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BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 CHAPTER VI‑EXECUTIVE POWERS AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS 39. Meetings.‑(1) The Government may frame rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the Local Councils meeting which may, besides other matters 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 ; notices required for different meetings ; (e) authority to call meetings ; (f) notice of agenda for the meetings ; (g) quorum for different meetings ; (h) order of the business to be conducted in meetings ; (i) the manner of asking questions ; (j) motions. and amendments and their withdrawal or discussions thereon ; (k) speeches to be delivered ; (1) training, discourses or discussions to be arranged at the meetings ; (m) maintenance of order/decorum in the meetings ; (n) provide for decision by votes ; (o) language to be used ; (p) adjournments or postponements ; (q) co‑opting of other members or officials ; (r) re‑consideration of the matters once disposed of ; (s) recreational or entertainment programme to be arranged at the time of meetings ; and (t) adjustment of meetings. (2) All meetings of a Local Council shall be presided over by its Chairman, and in his absence by a member chosen for that purpose by the members present. (3) The Local Council shall hold meetings as prescribed under the rules and regulations framed by the Government. (4) A Local Council shall hold a general meeting at least once a year to which all voters of the Local area shall be invited. The notice of such meet?ing shall be given or publicity made in such manner as the Local Council may by resolution decide from time to time. (5) A member of a Local Council shall not be liable to any proceeding in any Court in respect of anything said by him or any vote given by him in the meeting of a Local Council or in a Committee, thereof, so long as such action does not undermine the ideology, integrity or solidarity and security of Pakistan and does not infringes the Constitutional Fundamental Rights. (6) All meetings, shall be open to public except when a Local Council by majority vote decides to consider any matter in a session attended exclusively by its members. (7) Names of the members present and minutes 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. (8) All decision in a meeting of a Local Council shall be taken by majority of votes of the members present provided that the Presiding Authority may have a casting vote in case of equality of votes. (9) 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 share or interest as aforesaid, shall not vote or take any part in any proceedings relating to a matter as aforesaid of a Local Council or any of its Committees.