(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all matters required to be decided by the municipal council shall be decided by the majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

(2) The voting shall be by show of hands, but the municipal council may, subject to such rules as may be made under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 323 resolve that any question or class of questions shall be decided by ballot.

(3) At any meeting, unless voting be demanded by at least four members, a declaration by presiding officer at such meeting that a resolution has been carried or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings shall, for the purposes of this Act, be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.

(4) If voting as aforesaid is demanded, the votes of all the memberspresent who desire to vote shall be taken under the direction of the presiding officer at the meeting and the result of the voting shall be deemed to be the resolution of the municipal council at such meeting.