(1)An Anchalik Panchayat shall hold a meeting for the transaction of business at least once in two months (hereinafter in this section called the ordinary meeting) and shall subject to the provisions of the following sub-sections, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or with any rules made thereunder with respect to the date, hour, notice, management and adjournment of its meetings and generally with respect to transaction of business thereto.(2)Every meeting of the Anchalik Panchayat shall ordinarily be held at the Head Quarters of the Anchalik Panchayat.(3)The date of the first meeting of the Anchalik Panchayat, after the first constitution or re-constitution, shall be fixed by the Deputy Commissioner of the District and date of each subsequent ordinary meeting shall be fixed at the previous meeting of the Anchalik Panchayat, provided that the President may for sufficient reasons, alter the day of the meeting to a subsequent date. The President may whenever he thinks fit, shall, upon the written request of not less than one-third of the total number of members and on a date within fifteen days from the receipt of such request, call a special meeting. Such request shall specify the object for which the meeting is proposed to be called. If the President fails to call the special meeting, the Vice-President or one-third of the total number of members may call the special meeting for a day not more than fifteen days after representation of such request and require the Executive Officer to give notice to the members and to take such action as may be necessary to convene the meeting.(4)Ten clear days notice of an ordinary meeting and seven clear days notice of a special meeting specifying the time at which the meeting is to be held and the business to be transacted thereat shall be sent to the members and pasted up at the office notice board of the Anchalik Panchayat. Such notice shall include, in the case of a special meeting, any motion or proposition mentioned in the written request made for such meeting.
