MADHYA PRADESH STATE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES (MEETINGS) RULES 19751

1 · Short title - These rules may be called the Madhya Pradesh State Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Board and its Committees(Meetings) Rules,1975 2. Definitions.-In these rules, unless the context otherwise require: a) Act" means the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)Act; 1974 (No.6 of 1974): (b "Board" means the Madhya Pradesh State Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Board constituted under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Act: "Chairman' means the Chairman of the Board: "Member Secretary' means the Member-Secretary of the Board:: "Member" means the member of the Board 3. Convening of Meetings of the Board. (1) A meeting of the Board shall be either ordinary O special. 2 The date of every meeting shall be fixed by the Chairman: (3)2 Notice of every meeting specifying the time and place there-of and the business to be transacted there in shall be sent to every member under certificate of posting and exhibited at the office of the Board seven clear days before an ordinary meeting and three clear days before Special meeting: Beside this, with the permission of the Chairman additional proposal, if any, may be brought before the committee, if it is exhibited at the appropriate time at the office of the board and at the place of the meeting: 4 Power of Chairman to call special meeting The Chairman may whenever he thinks fit; call a special meeting for the transaction of the business of urgent nature. 5. Place of meeting Every meeting of the board shall ordinarily be held in premises used as office by the board but the chairman may if he thinks fit; hold a meeting at any place in Madhya Pradesh: 6. Chairman of meeting:-At every meeting of the Board, the Chairman if present o in his absence, such one of their members as the members may elect, shall preside. 7. Quorum-(1) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Board unless quorum of six members be present throughout the meeting: (2 If there be no quorum present at meeting at any time, the presiding authority shall adjourn the meeting to such hour 0 the following O such other further day as he may reasonably fix. A notice of such adjournment shall be fixed up at the place of the meeting adjourned, and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting had there been quorum there at shall be brought before the adjourned meeting and may be disposed of at such meeting o at any subsequent adjourned meeting, whether there be a quorum present or not_ A notice of adjournment exhibited at the place of the meeting adjourned on the day on which the meeting is adjourned shall be sufficient notice of the subsequent meeting:

10 · Application of Rules to meeting of Committees. Rules 3 to 7 shall apply mutates mutandis to the meeting of the committees constituted under section 9 of the Act subject to the modification that the fixation of place of meeting shall be subject to the approval of the chairman.