State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 57– In the comunidades, where the revenue obtained from the average of last three trienniums is 28[inferior to Rupees 5000/-, the allowance per meeting shall be of Rupees 50/- to the presidents and Rupees 25/- to every one of the remaining members of the board; with the exception of the registrar, and when the average income is higher than that amount, the allowance shall be of Rupees 100/- and Rupees 50/-respectively] there being not more than thirty paid meetings per year, unless in cases of triennial auctions, when the allowances may be increased to the total of forty-two meetings. § 1. The president of the committee or whoever substitutes him, and the attorney and his substitute shall also be entitled to the allowance due to them when they take part in the meetings of the comunidade. There shall be not more than ten paid meetings a year. They shall not be entitled to this allowance when the meetings of the comunidade and of the committee are held on the same day. § 2. When the number of comunidade meetings or of the managing committee, exceeds the fixed number, the value of the allowance corresponding to this total number shall be divided by the number of meetings held. § 3. The allowance shall not be paid, just because the non-holding of meetings of the comunidades and of the committee have been recorded in the respective reports of the meetings of the comunidade. § 4. In the cases, due to the fault of the clerk of comunidades, the minutes of the meeting has not been written, the committee members shall be entitled to the remuneration which shall be paid by the clerk, by order of the administrator.