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283                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                (Sixth Schedule)

              (f) any other matter relating to or connected with elections or
       nominations to such Councils;
              (g) the procedure and the conduct of business 1[(including the
       power to act notwithstanding any vacancy)] in the District and
       Regional Councils;
              (h) the appointment of officers and staff of the District and
       Regional Councils.
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         [(6A) The elected members of the District Council shall hold office
for a term of five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the
Council after the general elections to the Council, unless the District
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Council is sooner dissolved under paragraph 16 and a nominated member
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shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor:
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       Provided that the said period of five years may, while a Proclamation
of Emergency is in operation or if circumstances exist which, in the opinion
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of the Governor, render the holding of elections impracticable, be extended
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by the Governor for a period not exceeding one year at a time and in any
case where a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation not extending
beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate:
       Provided further that a member elected to fill a casual vacancy shall
hold office only for the remainder of the term of office of the member
whom he replaces.]
       (7) The District or the Regional Council may after its first
constitution make rules 1[with the approval of the Governor] with regard to
the matters specified in sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph and may also
make rules 1[with like approval] regulating—
              (a) the formation of subordinate local Councils or Boards and
       their procedure and the conduct of their business; and
              (b) generally all matters relating to the transaction of business
       pertaining to the administration of the district or region, as the case
       may be:



1. Ins. by the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969), s. 74 and
    Fourth Sch. (w.e.f. 2-4-1970).

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