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Assam Panchayat Act, 1994
Assam Panchayat Act, 1994
Sections
1. Short title Extend and commencement.
Section 12. Definition.
Section 23. Constitution of District Planning Committee.
Section 34. Gaon Sabha.
Section 45. Establishment of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 56. Constitution of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 67. Duration of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 78. Election to Constitute Gaon Panchayat.
Section 89. Reservation of Seats of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 910. Election of President and Vice-President of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 1012. Term of Office and conditions of service of president and vice president of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 1213. Powers, Function and Duties of President and Vice-President of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 1314. Resignation and Removal of President and Vice-President.
Section 1415. No confidence motion against the President and Vice President.
Section 1516. Resignation of Members.
Section 1617. Meeting of the Gaon Panchayat.
Section 1718. Quorum & Procedure.
Section 1819. Function of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 1920. Assignment of Functions.
Section 2021. General Powers of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 2122. Standing Committees.
Section 2223. Property & Fund of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 2324. Gaon Panchayat Fund.
Section 2425. Taxation.
Section 2526. Financial Assistance to Gaon Panchayat.
Section 2627. Budgets.
Section 2728. Accounts of the Gaon Panchayat.
Section 2829. Audit.
Section 2930. Staff of Gaon Panchayat.
Section 3031. Establishment & Area of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3132. Constitution of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3233. Election of Members.
Section 3334. Reservation of Seats.
Section 3435. Duration of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3536. Election Process for Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3637. Election of President & Vice President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3738. Reservation for the offices of the President and Vice-President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3839. Allowances of President and Vice-President and other members of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 3940. Power, Functions & Duties of the President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4041. Power, Functions & Duties of Vice-President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4142. Resignation & Removal of the President and Vice President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4243. No confidence motion against the President and the Vice-President of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4344. Resignation of members of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4445. Meeting of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4546. Quorum of Anchalik Panchayat meeting.
Section 4647. Proceedings & Minutes book of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4748. Presence of Government officer in Anchalik Panchayat Meetings.
Section 4849. General Functions of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 4950. General Powers of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 5051. Delegation of Powers.
Section 5152. Standing Committees of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 5253. Functions of the Standing Committee.
Section 5354. Procedure of Committees.
Section 5455. Power to Aquire, Hold & Dispose Property.
Section 5556. Anchalik Panchayat Fund.
Section 5657. Taxes.
Section 5758. Loan & Sinking fund.
Section 5859. Budget of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 5960. Accounts of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 6061. Auditing.
Section 6162. Staff of Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 6263. Power & Functions of the Executive Officer of the Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 6364. Establishment of Zilla Parishad.
Section 6465. Constitution of Zilla Parishad.
Section 6566. Reservation of seats for schedule castes and scheduled Tribes.
Section 6667. Woman's Reservation.
Section 6768. Term of Zilla Parishad.
Section 6869. Election to Disolved Zilla Parishad.
Section 6970. Election of President & Vice-President of Zilla Parishad.
Section 7070A. Reservation for the Offices of the President and the Vice President of the Zilla Parishad.
Section 70A71. Allowances of President, Vice-President & Members.
Section 7172. Resignation or Removal of President & Vice-President.
Section 7273. No confidence in the office of the President & Vice-President.
Section 7374. Removal of President & Vice-President of Zilla Parishad.
Section 7475. Meeting of the Zilla Parishad.
Section 7576. Quarum of Zilla Parishad Meeting.
Section 7677. Powers, Functions & Duties of President & Vice-President.
Section 7778. Presence of Government officers in ZP Meeting.
Section 7879. Functions of Zilla Parishad.
Section 7980. Assignment of functions of Zilla Parishad.
Section 8081. Standing Committees.
Section 8182. Chairman of the Standing Committee.
Section 8283. Functions of Standing Committees.
Section 8384. Delegation of powers & functions to standing committee.
Section 8485. Procedure of Committees.
Section 8586. Delegation of powers of Chief Executive Officer & Other Officers.
Section 8687. Power to acquire, hold & dispose of property.
Section 8788. Power to divert, discontinue & close roads.
Section 8889. General Powers of Zilla Parishad.
Section 8990. Functions & Powers of Zilla Parishad.
Section 9091. Zilla Parishad Fund.
Section 9192. Custody & investment of ZP Fund.
Section 9293. Application of ZP Fund & Property.
Section 9394. Rent & Fees.
Section 9495. Taxation.
Section 9596. Budget of ZP.
Section 9697. Accounts.
Section 9798. Audit.
Section 9899. Power to raise loans and forming of a Sinking funds.
Section 99100. Prohibition of expenditure not covered by the budget.
Section 100101. Government's power to place other Property with Zilla Parishad.
Section 101102. Staff of ZP.
Section 102103. Functions of CEO & Other Officers of ZP.
Section 103104. Right to requisition records.
Section 104105. Settlement of Hats by Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 105106. Settlement of Public Ferries and distribution of sale proceeds thereof.
Section 106107. Settlement of private hat, ghat and fisheries etc. by the Gaon Panchayat.
Section 107108. Transfer of Government fisheries to the Gaon Panchayat & Anchalik Panchayat.
Section 108109. Settlement of Fisheries and distribution of proceed thereof.
Section 109110. Hats situated in the area excluded from a Gaon Panchayat and included in Town Committees or Municipality.
Section 110111. Disqualification.
Section 111112. General Powers of Government.
Section 112113. Finance Commission.
Section 113114. State Panchayat Election Commission.
Section 114115. Power over decision of committees.
Section 115116. Power of GP to make Law.
Section 116117. Powers of AP to make regulations.
Section 117118. Powers of ZP to make regulations.
Section 118119. Government power to make model regulations.
Section 119120. Government power to reconstitute GPs.
Section 120121. Inquiry into the affairs of the Panchayats by the Government.
Section 121122. Direction from Government.
Section 122123. Restriction or withdrawal of powers & functions from the Panchayats.
Section 123124. Zilla Parishad power of Suspending and executing power, order etc, of the Gaon Panchayat.
Section 124125. Dissolution of Panchayat.
Section 125126. Preparation of Development plans.
Section 126127. Constitution of Panchayat election tribunal.
Section 127127A. Promoting enmity between classes in connection with election.
Section 127A127B. Prohibition of public meeting on the day proceeding the Election Day and on the Election Day.
Section 127B127C. Disturbances at election meeting.
Section 127C127D. Restriction on the printing of pamphlets posters etc.
Section 127D127E. Maintenance of secrecy of voting.
Section 127E127F. Officers etc., at election to act for candidates or influence voting.
Section 127F127G. Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling stations.
Section 127G127H. Penalty for disorderly conduct in or near polling stations.
Section 127H127I. Penalty for misconduct at the polling station.
Section 127I127J. Penalty for failure to observe procedure for voting.
Section 127J127K. Penalty for liable hiring or procuring of conveyances at election.
Section 127K127L. Breaches of official duty in connection with election.
Section 127L127M. Penalty for Government servants for acting as election agent or counting agent.
Section 127M127N. Removal of ballot papers from polling station to be an offence.
Section 127N127O. Offence of booth capturing.
Section 127O127P. Other offence and penalty therefor.
Section 127P127Q. Trial by competent Court.
Section 127Q127R. Offence to be tried summarily.
Section 127R128. Annual Administrative Report.
Section 128129. Bar to interference by Courts in election matters.
Section 129130. Repeal and Saving.
Section 130131. Repeal of previous Act.
Section 131132. Removal of difficulties.
Section 132133. Vesting in properties etc., of Panchayat bodies on withdrawal of provision of Act.
Section 133134. Taking of Oath.
Section 134135. Dispute between GP & Local Authority.
Section 135136. Augmentation of Consolidated funds of the state.
Section 136137. Appeal against any other PRI.
Section 137138. Delegation of powers to DC, SDC or any other Gazetted Officer.
Section 138139. Power of AP & GP to make Subsidiary Rules.
Section 139140. Staff selection board.
Section 140141. Power to make Rules.
Section 141142. Repeal & Saving.
Section 142
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"content": "(a) before the expiration of its duration specified in Section (7)\n(b) In case of dissolution, before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution. Provided that where the reminder of the period for which the dissolve Gaon Panchayat would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election under this sub-section for constituting the Gaon Panchayat for such period.",
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"content": "(a) such number of offices of the President and the Vice-President of Gaon Panchayats in the district for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the number of such offices bearing, as nearly as may be the same proportion to the offices in the District on the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the district bears in the total population of the district.\n(b) not less than one-third of the total number of offices of President and Vice-Present of Gaon Panchayat in the District from each of the categories which are reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and of those which are not reserved for women:\n11.",
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"content": "(a) be responsible for convening the meeting if Gaon Sabha.\n(b) be responsible for convening the meeting of the Gaon Panchayat and preside over its meetings.\n(c) be responsible for the maintenance of the records of the Gaon Panchayat.\n(d) have the general responsibility for the financial and executive administration of the Gaon Panchayat.\n(e) exercise administrative supervision and control over work of the staff of the Gaon Panchayat and the officers and employees whose services may be placed at the disposal of the Gaon Panchayat by any other authority;\n(f) for the transaction of business connected with this Act or for the purpose of making any order authorised thereby, exercise such powers, perform such functions or discharge such duties as may be prescribed performed of discharged by the Gaon Panchayat under this Act or the rules made thereunder;\n(g) Exercise such other powers, perform such other functions and discharge such other duties as the Gaon Panchayat may, by general or special resolution, direct or as the Government may by rules made in this behalf, prescribe,\n(a) Exercise such of the powers, perform such of the functions and discharge such of the duties of President as the President may, from time to time subject to rule made in this behalf by the Government, delegate to him order in writing:\n(b) During the absence of the President, excise all the powers perform all the functions and discharge all the duties of the President with the approval of the President of the Gaon Panchayat.\n(c) Exercise such other powers, performs such other functions and discharge such other duties as the Gaon Panchayat may, by general or special resolution, direct or as the Government may, by rules made in this behalf prescribe.\n(d) exercise all the powers, perform all the functions and discharge all the duties of the President as provided under sub-section (1) of Section 13, if the President be removed, and or dies or resigns, till the office of the President is filled up in the manner as provided under sub-section (1) (b) of section 6.",
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"content": "I. General Function\n(1) Preparation of Annual Plans for the development of the Gaon Panchayat area.\n(2) Preparation of Annual budget of Gaon Panchayat.\n(3) Mobilization of relief's in natural calamities.\n(4) Removal of encroachments on public properties.\n(5) Organizing voluntary labors and contribution for community works.\n(6) Maintenance of essential statistics of villages.\nII. Agriculture Including Agriculture Extension\n(1) Identification and implementation of various Agricultural Schemes amounting not exceeding rupees fifty thousand for agricultural development in the Gaon Panchayat Area with technical assistance from Agriculture, Co-operation, Irrigation and other concerned departments.\n(2) Development of waste lands.\n(3) Development and maintenance of village grazing lands and preventing unauthorized alienation and use.\nIII. Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Poultry:\n(1) Improvement of breed of cattle, poultry and other livestock.\n(2) Promotion of dairy farming, poultry and pig grey.\n(3) Grassland development.\nIV. Fisheries:\n(1) Development of fisheries in the villages.\nV. Social and Farm Forestry/minor Forest Produce Fuel and Fodder:\n(1) Planning and preservation of trees on the sides of roads and other public land under its control.\n(2) Plantation of firewood trees and fodder development.\n(3) Promotion of farm forestry.\n(4) Development of social forestry.\nVI. Khadi, Village and Cottage Industries :\n(1) Promotion of rural and cottage industries.\n(2) Organization of awareness camps, seminar and training programme, agricultural and industrial exhibition for the benefit of the rural people.\nVII. Rural Housing :\n(1) Distribution of house sites within its jurisdiction.\n(2) Maintenance of records relating to the houses, site and other private/public properties.\nVIII. Drinking Water:\n(1) Construction, repairs and maintenance of drinking water wells, tanks and ponds and tube wells.\n(2) Prevention and control of water pollution.\n(3) Maintenance of rural water supply scheme.\nIX. Roads, Buildings, Culverts, Bridges, Ferries, Waterways and other Means of Communication\n(1) Construction and maintenance of village roads, drains and culverts.\n(2) Maintenance of buildings under its control or transferred to it by the Government or any public authority.\n(3) Maintenance of boats, ferries water ways.\nX. Rural Electrification:\n(1) Including and identification of locality for distribution of electricity, providing for and maintenance of lighting of public streets and other places.\nXI. Non.Conventional Energy Sources:\n(1) Promotion and development of Non-conventional energy sources.\n(2) Maintenance of Community Non-Conventional Energy device, including bio-gas plants.\n(3) Propagation of improved chulhas and other efficient energy devices.\nXII. Proverty Alleviation Programme:\n(1) Promotion of public awareness and participation in implementation of proverty alleviation programme for fuller employment and creation of productive assets for the community.\n(2) Selection of beneficiaries under various programmes including IRDP through Gaon Sabha.\n(3) Participation in effective implementation of various schemes and monitoring thereof.\nXIII. Education Including Primary Schools :\n(1) Promotion of public awareness and participation in Primary and Secondary Education.\n(2) Ensuring full enrolment and attendance in Primary Schools and its engagement including the attendance of the Primary School teachers.\nXIV. Adult and Non-Formal Education\n(1) Promotion of Adult Literacy.\nXV. Libraries\n(1) Organization of village library and reading rooms.\nXVI. Cultural Activities:\n(1) Promotion of social and cultural activities.\nXVII. Markets and Fairs:\n(1) Regulation of fairs including Cattle Fairs and Festivals.\nXVIII. 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"content": "(a) Transfer to any Gaon Panchayat the management and maintenance of a forest situated in the Panchayat area.\n(b) Make over to the Gaon Panchayat the management of waste lands, pasture lands or vacant lands belonging to the Government situated within the Panchayat area.\n(c) Provided that when any transfer of the management and maintenance of a forest is made under clause (a) the Government shall direct that any amount required for such management and maintenance or an a adequate portion of income from such forest be placed as the disposal of the Gaon Panchayat.",
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"number": "23",
"title": "23. Property & Fund of Gaon Panchayat.",
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"content": "(a) all common properties;\n(b) all public streets, including the soil, stones and other material thereof and all drains, bridges, culverts, trees, erection, materials implements and other things provided for such streets;\n(c) All public channels, water courses, springs, tanks, ghats reservoirs, wells, pipes, pumps and other water works whether made laid or erected at the cost of the Gaon Panchayat or otherwise, and all bridges, buildings, engine, works, materials connected therewith or pertaining thereto and also any adjacent land (not being private property) pertaining to any public tank.\n(d) all sewage rubbish and offensive matter deposited on street or collected by the Gaon Panchayat from street, latrines, urinals, sewers and other places:\n(e) all public lamps, Lamp posts and apparatus connected there with or pertaining thereto; and:\n(f) all buildings crested by the Gaon Panchayats and all lands and buildings or the property transferred to the Gaon Panchayat by the Central or the State Government or acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise for local public purposes.",
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"content": "(a) contribution and grants, if any made by the central or the State Government;\n(b) Contribution and a grants, if the made by the Zilla Parishad, Anchalik Panchayat or any other local authority;\n(c) Loans, if any, granted by the Central or the State Government;\n(d) All receipts on account of taxes, rates and fees levied by it;\n(e) All receipts in respect of any schools, hospitals, dispensary, buildings, institutions or works vested in, constructed by or placed under the control and management of the Gaon Panchayat.\n(f) all sums received as gifts or contribution and all income from any trust or endowment made in favour of the Gaon Panchayat;\n(g) such fines and penalties imposed or realized under the provisions of this Act as may be prescribed;\n(h) all other sums received by or on behalf of others Gaon Panchayat.",
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"content": "(a) tax on houses and structures within the local limits;\n(b) on trades and callings carried on or held within the local limits of its jurisdiction, a tax on the basis of the total annual income accrued from such trades and calling.\n(a) a duty in the shape of an additional stamp duty on all payments for admission to any entertainments:\n(b) a fee for providing sanitary arrangement at such places of workshop or pilgrimage fairs and melas within its jurisdiction as may be specified by the Government;\n(c) a water rate, where arrangement for the supply of water for drinking irrigation or any other purpose is made by the Gaon Panchayat within its jurisdiction;\n(d) a lighting rate, where arrangement for lighting of public streets and places is made by the Gaon Panchayat at within its jurisdiction:\n(e) a conservancy rate, where arrangement for cleaning private latrines, urinals is made by the Gaon Panchayat within its jurisdiction.\n(a) sale of firewood and thatch conservancy and slaughter house;\n(b) private hat, and private fisheries;\n(c) shops, pharmacies, tailoring, laundry, hair cutting saloon, carpentry works and automobile work shops, TV, VCR, radio and tape recorder repairing shops;\n(d) Cultivable land lying fallow for two consecutive years at a rate not exceeding twenty five paise per bigha for every year, being payable jointly or severally by the owners of such land.\n(e) a cess or fee on\n(i) registration of cattle sold within the local area;\n(ii) license for starting tea stall, hotel, sweet, meat stall, restaurants;\n(iii) carts, carriages, bi-cycles, boats and rickshaws of any kind;",
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"content": "Chapter - V\nEstablishment and Constitution of Anchalik Panchayat",
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"content": "(a) One member from each Gaon Panchayat to be directly elected from the territorial constituencies of the Gaon Panchayats under the jurisdiction of the Anchalik Panchayats,\n(b) The Presidents of the Gaon Panchayats falling within the jurisdiction of the Anchalik Panchayats.\n(c) The Members of the House of people and the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State represent ting constituencies which comprise wholly or partly, the Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"content": "(a) before the expiry of its duration specified in Section 35;\n(b) in case of dissolution, before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its resolution.",
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"content": "(a) such number of offices of the President of Anchalik Panchayat in the district for the person belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes and the number of such offices bearing as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of offices in the District as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the Districts or of the Scheduled Tribes in the District bears to the total population of the District.\n(b) not less than one-third of the total number of offices of President and Vice-President of the Anchalik Panchayats in the district for each of the categories reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and those which are non-reserved for women:",
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"number": "39",
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"content": "(a) Convene, preside over and conduct meetings of Anchalik Panchayat.\n(b) discharge all duties imposed and exercise all the powers conferred on him under this Act, and the rules made thereunder and perform such functions entrusted to him by the Government from time to time.\n(c) exercise supervision over the Executive Officer for securing implementation of the resolutions or decisions of the nchalik Panchayat or of the Standing Committees which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or any general or special direction issued under this Act;\n(d) Exercise overall supervision over the financial and executive administration of the Anchalik Panchayat and place before the Anchalik Panchayat all questions connected therewith which shall appear to him to require its orders and for this purpose may call for records of Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"number": "41",
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"content": "(a) in the absence of the President, preside at the meeting of the Anchalik Panchayat;\n(b) exercise such powers and perform such duties of the President of the Anchalik Panchayat as the President from the time to time may subject to the rules made by Government in that behalf, delegate to him by an order in writing; and\n(c) pending the election of the President or during the absence of the President from the Panchayat area or by reason of leave for a period exceeding thirty days, exercise the powers and perform the duties of the President.\n(d) exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties and functions of president as provided under sub-section (a) to (d) of section 40, if the president be removed and /or dies or resigns until the office of the president is filled up in the manner under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 37.",
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"number": "48",
"title": "48. Presence of Government officer in Anchalik Panchayat Meetings.",
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"title": "49. General Functions of Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"content": "(a) Preparation of Annual Plans in respect of the schemes entrusted to it by virtue of the Act and those assigned to it by the Government or the Zilla Parishad and submission thereof to the Zilla Parishad within the prescribed time for integration with the District Plan;\n(b) Construction and consolidation of the Annual plans of all Gaon Panchayat under the Anchalik Panchayat and submission of consolidated plan to the Zilla Parishad;\n(c) preparation of Annual Budget of the Anchalik Panchayat and submission to Zilla Parishad for approval within the prescribed time;\n(d) performing such functions and executing such works as may be entrusted to it by Government or the Zilla Parishad;\n(e) to assist the Government in relief operation in natural calamities;\n(2) Agriculture including Agriculture Extension.\n(b) maintenance of agricultural seeds farms horticultural nurseries;\n(c) Storing and distribution of insecticides and pesticides;\n(d) propagation of improved methods of cultivation;\n(e) promotion of cultivation and marketing of vegetable, fruits and flowers;\n(f) training of farmers and extension activities.\n(3) Land Improvement and Soil Conservation.\n(4) Minor Irrigation, Water Management, Watershed Development.\n(b) implementation of individual irrigation works;\n(c) assisting the Government and the Zilla Parishad in the implementation of schemes on Development of Ground Water Resources, and Watershed Development Programmes.\n(5) Poverty Alleviation Programme.\n(6) Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Poultry.\n(b) improvement of breed of cattle, poultry and other livestock;\n(c) promotion of dairy farming, poultry and pig grey;\n(d) prevention of epidemics and contangious disease;\n(7) Fisheries.\n(8) Khadi, Village and Cottage Industries.\n(b) organization of conference, seminars and training programmes, agricultural and industrial exhibitions;\n(9) Rural Housing.\n(10) Drinking Water.\n(b) prevention and control of water pollution;\n(c) implementation of rural sanitation schemes;\n(11) Social and Farm Forestry, Minor Forest produce, Fuel and Fodder.\n(b) fuel plantation and fodder development;\n(c) promotion of farm forestry;\n(12) Roads, Building, Bridges, Ferries, Waterways and other means of communication.\n(b) maintenance of buildings of other properties vested in the Anchalik Panchayat;\n(c) maintenance of boats, ferries and waterways not under the Government or any other local bodies.\n(13) Non-Conventional Energy Sources.\n(14) Education including Primary and Secondary Schools.\n(b) Construction, repairs and maintenance of Primary School Buildings.\n(c) Promotion of Social Education through Youth Clubs and Mahila Mandals.\n(15) Technical Training and Vocational Education.\n(16) Adult and Non-Formal Education.\n(17) Cultural Activities.\n(18) Market and Fairs.\n(19) Health and Family Welfare.\n(b) Promotion of immunization and vaccination programme.\n(c) Health and Sanitation at fairs and festivals.\n(20) Women and Child Development.\n(b) Promotion of school health and nutrition programme.\n(c) Promotion of participation of voluntary organizations in women and child development programme.\n(21) Social Welfare including Welfare of Handicapped Mentally Retarded.\n(b) Monitoring the old age and windows pensions and pensions of the handicapped.\n(22) Welfare of the weaker section and in particular of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.\n(b) Preventing such castes and classes from social injustice and explotation.\n(23) Maintenance of Community Assets.\n(b) Preservation and maintenance of other community assets.\n(24) Public Distribution System.\n(25) Rural Electrification.\n(26) Co-operation.\n(27) Libraries.",
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"number": "50",
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"number": "51",
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"number": "52",
"title": "52. Standing Committees of Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"number": "53",
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"content": "(a) promotion of educational, economic, social, cultural and other interests of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes;\n(b) protecting them from social injustice and all other forms of exploitation;\n(c) amelioration of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes;\n(d) securing social justice to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Women and other weaker sections of the society.",
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"number": "54",
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"number": "55",
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"number": "56",
"title": "56. Anchalik Panchayat Fund.",
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"content": "(a) Contribution and grants, if any, made by Central or State Government, including such part of the land revenue collected in the State as may be determined by the Government;\n(b) Contribution and grant, if any, made by the Zilla Parishad or any other local authority;\n(c) loans, if any, granted by the Central or the State Government or raised by the Anchalik Panchayat on security of its assets;\n(d) all receipts on account of tolls, rates and fees levied by it;\n(e) all receipts in respect of any schools, hospitals, dispensaries, buildings, institutions or works, vested in, constructed by or placed under the control and management of the Anchalik Panchayat;\n(f) all sums received as gifts or contributions and all income from any trust or endowment made in favour of the Anchalik Panchayat;\n(g) such fines and penalties imposed and realized under the provisions of this Act, or of the bye-laws made there under, as may be prescribed, and all other sums received by or on behalf of the Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"number": "57",
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"content": "(a) levy rolls on persons, vehicles or animals or any class of them at any till-bar establishment by it on any road other than a katcha road or any bridge vested in it or under its management.\n(b) levy tolls in respect of any ferry establishment by it, or under its management.\n(c) levy a surcharge of land Revenue at the rate of 0.02 (two paise) per rupee;\n(d) levy a cease or water rate for recovery of cost of minor irrigation works taken up within the jurisdiction of an Anchalik Panchayat and such cease as may be necessary for the purpose of maintenance and repair of such w\\works;\n(e) levy a tax on supply of water and lighting;\n(f) levy a tax on profession trades, calling, manufacture and production save and except those levied under any provision of this Act or under any enactment for the time being in force;\n(g) levy fee for cinema halls, bricks or tile kilns, saw mills, timber depots, rice mills and hullers, fairs confectionary and bakery, private fisheries or vegetable gardens used for commercial purposes.",
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"number": "60",
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"number": "87",
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"number": "88",
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"number": "89",
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"number": "90",
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"number": "91",
"title": "91. Zilla Parishad Fund.",
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"content": "(i) the amount transferred to the Zilla Parishad Fund by appropriation form out of the consolidated fund of the State;\n(ii) all grants, assignments, loans, and contributions made by the Government;\n(iii) all fees and penalties paid to or levied by or on behalf of the Zilla Parishad under this Act and all fines imposed under this Act;\n(iv) all rents from land or other properties of the Zilla Parishad;\n(v) all interests, profits and other money acquired by gifts, grants, assignments or transfers from private individual or institutions;\n(vi) all proceeds of land, securities and other properties sold by the Zilla Parishad;\n(vii) all sums received by or on behalf of the Zilla Parishad by virtue of this Act:",
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"number": "92",
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"number": "93",
"title": "93. Application of ZP Fund & Property.",
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"content": "(a) allowances to the President and Vice-President and traveling and daily allowances to the President and the Vice-President for tour within or outside the district and traveling and daily allowances to the members of the Zilla Parishad or any Committee thereof, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the Government.\n(b) the salaries and allowances, pension and gratuity etc. of its officers and employees other than those whose salaries and allowances are paid from the consolidated fund of the State,\n(c) for the purpose specified in the Act,\n(d) any amounts falling due on any loans contracted by the Zilla Parishad,\n(e) all other purposes for which by or under this Act or the rules and regulations made there under, any other law for the time being in force, powers are conferred or duties are imposed upon the Zilla Parishad;\n(f) with the previous sanction of the Government, for any other purpose for which the application of such property or fund is necessary in public interest:",
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"number": "94",
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"number": "95",
"title": "95. Taxation.",
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"content": "(a) levy tolls in respect of any ferry establishment by it under its management;\n(b) levy the following fees and rates, namely\n(i) fees on the registration of boat or vehicle,\n(ii) a fee for providing sanitary arrangement at such places of worship or pilgrimage, fairs and melas within its jurisdiction as may be specified by the Government of notification.\n(iii) a fee for license for fair or mela.\n(iv) a lighting rate where arrangement for lighting public streets and places is made by the Zilla Parishad within its jurisdiction and\n(v) water rate, where arrangement for the supply of water for drinking, irrigation or any other purpose is made by the Zilla Parishad within its jurisdiction.",
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"number": "96",
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"number": "97",
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"number": "98",
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"number": "99",
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"number": "100",
"title": "100. Prohibition of expenditure not covered by the budget.",
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"content": "(a) refund of moneys which the Zilla Parishad is authorized to make under this Act or the Rules and regulations made thereunder;\n(b) payment of moneys belonging to the contractors or other persons held in deposit and of moneys credited to the Zilla Parishad fund by mistake;\n(c) sums which the Zilla Parishad is required or empowered by this Act to pay by way of compensation;\n(d) every sum payable\n(i) under this Act by order of the Government;\n(ii) under a decree or order of a Civil Court, and\n(iii) under a compromise of any suit or other legal proceedings, or claim.",
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"number": "101",
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"number": "102",
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"number": "103",
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"content": "(a) carryout the policies and directions of the Zilla Parishad and take necessary measures for the speedy execution of all works and development schemes of Zilla Parishad.\n(b) discharge the duties imposed upon him, by or under this Act, or the rules and regulations made there under;\n(c) supervise works of the officers and officials of the Zilla Parishad under the general Superintendence of the President of the Zilla Parishad and under such rules as may be prescribed;\n(d) have custody of all papers and documents relating to Zilla Parishad, and\n(e) draw and disburse money out of the District Rural Development funds and exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed.",
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"number": "104",
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"content": "Chapter-VII\nSettlement of Hats, Ghats, Ferry, Etc., & Distribution of Proceeds & Maintenance & Regulation Thereof.",
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"number": "105",
"title": "105. Settlement of Hats by Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"content": "(a) an amounts equivalent to twenty percent of the total sale proceeds of Hats, shall be made over to the Zilla Parishad funds, and\n(b) an amount equivalent to forty percent of the sale proceeds of Hats shall be equally distributed to all the Gaon Panchayats under the Anchalik Panchayat and remaining forty percent retained in the Anchalik Panchayat Fund:",
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"number": "106",
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"content": "(a) an amount equivalent to twenty percent of the sale proceeds of public ferry shall be made over to the Zilla Parishad Fund;\n(b) an amount equivalent to forty percent of the sale proceeds of public ferries shall be retained in the Anchalik Panchayat Fund:\n(c) An amount equivalent to forty percent of the sale proceeds of pubic ferries shall be equally distributed among all the Gaon Panchayats falling within the jurisdiction of the Anchalik Panchayat.\n(d) The sale of all public ferries falling within two or more Anchalik Panchayats shall be conducted by the Anchalik Panchayats by rotation every year. In case of dispute between two Anchalik Panchayats the matter shall be referred to the Zilla Parishad/Government, whose decision shall be final.",
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"number": "107",
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"number": "108",
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"number": "109",
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"content": "(a) Twenty percent of the total sale proceeds of the Anchalik Panchayat fisheries shall be made over to the Zilla Parishad fund.\n(b) Forty percent of the total sale proceeds of the Anchalik Panchayat fisheries shall be retained with the Anchalik Panchayat Fund.\n(c) Forty percent of the total sale proceeds of Anchalik Panchayat fisheries shall be distributed equally among the Gaon Panchayats falling within the jurisdiction of the Anchalik Panchayat.",
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"number": "110",
"title": "110. Hats situated in the area excluded from a Gaon Panchayat and included in Town Committees or Municipality.",
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"content": "Chapter-VIII\nDisqualification of the President, Vice-President & Member of Zilla Parishad, Anchalik Panchayatand Gaon Panchayat.",
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"number": "111",
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"content": "(a) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude or ordered to give security for good behavior under Section 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, unless a period of four years has lapsed on the date fixed for holding election from the date of his release in case of a sentence or imprisonment and in case of sentence other than imprisonment from the date of concoction; or\n(b) has been dismissed from Government service for commission of act involving moral turpitude unless a period of, five years has clasped on the date fixed for holding election from the date of his dismissal; or\n(c) applies to be declared as an uncertified bankrupt or undischarged insolvent;\n(d) has been proclaimed a tout under the Legal Practitioners Acts; or\n(e) holds any service of profit under Government (or any educational institution recognized and receiving grant from the Government or holds remunerated office under Zilla Parishad, Anchalik Panchayat and Gaon Panchayat or holds any contract under any of the aforesaid bodies or under the Government; or\n(f) has been during the four years immediately preceding the date of election convicted of an offence punishable under Section 135, or clause (a) or sub-section (2) of section 136 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 or has been found by a component authority to have resorted to corrupt practice resulting in setting aside of his election to any local body or to any legislature in India, or\n(g) has been a defaulter of payment of any rate, tax, sees or fee imposed under the provisions of this Act and the Rules framed there under or of any loan of co-operative society;\n(h) if any question arises as to whether a member of Panchayat body at any level become subject to any of the disqualifications under this section, the question shall be referred for decision of such authority and in such manner as the Government may by law provide;\n(i) if a person who is chosen as a member of a Panchayat at is or becomes member of the House of the People, the State Legislative Assembly or is or becomes a Municipal Council or or a Council or of a Municipal Corporation or a member of a Town Committee, then within fifteen ways from the date of commencement of the term or office of a member of the House of People, the State Legislative Assembly or of a Municipal Corporation or Council or of Municipality or member of Town Committee, his seat in the Panchayat shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned his seat in the House of People, the State Legislative Assembly of the Municipality or the Municipal Corporation or the town committee as the case may be;\n(j) no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty five years of age, if he has attained the age of twenty one years.\n(a) who has more than two living children from a single or multiple partners:\nProvided that this provision shall not be applicable in respect of those persons, who have more than two children prior to the date of commencement of this Act;\n(b) who has not passed class VI examination from an Educational Institution, for the post of Gaon Panchayat member:\n(c) who has not passed the H.S.L.O or equivalent examination under any Council or Board recognised by the State or the Central Government, as the case may be, for the post of Gaon Panchayat President, Anchalik Panchayat member:\n(d) who has not passed the H.S.S.L.O or equivalent examination under any Council or Board recognised by the State or the Central Government, as the case may be, for the post of Zilla Parishad member:\n(e) who does not have a functional sanitary toilet in his/her residence.]\nChapter-IX General Powers of Institution Supervision and Control of State Government 112. General Powers of Government. - (1) The Officers as are empowered by the Government in this behalf shall have general powers of inspection, supervision, over the performance of the administrative duties of a Zilla Parishad, Anchalik Panchayat or Gaon Panchayat and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers may:\nGeneral Powers of Institution Supervision and Control of State Government",
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"content": "(a) the principals which should govern\n(i) the distribution between the State and the Panchayats net proceeds of the taxes, duties, tolls and fees livable by the State which may be divided between them and allocation between Panchayats at all levels of their respective sale of such proceeds.\n(ii) the determination of the taxes, duties, tolls and feeds which may be assigned to or appropriated by the Panchayats.\n(iii) the Grants-in-aid to the Panchayats from the consolidated fund of the State.\n(b) the measures needed to improve the financial position of the Zilla Parishads, Anchalik Panchayats and Gaon Panchayats.\n(c) any other matter referred to the Finance Commission by the Governor in the interest of sound finance of the Panchayats;\n(d) The Finance Commission shall consists of a Chairman and two other members to be appointed by the Governor.\n(a) to call for any record from any Officer or authority;\n(b) to summon any person to give evidence or produce records; and\n(c) such other powers as may be prescribed.",
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"number": "122",
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"number": "124",
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"number": "125",
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"content": "(a) all the powers and duties of the Gaon Panchayat or Anchalik Panchayat or Zilla Parishad shall during the period of its dissolution be exercised and performed by such person or persons as the Government may from time to time appoint in this behalf;\n(b) all the property vested in the Gaon Panchayat or Anchalik Panchayat or Zilla Parishad shall, during the period of dissolution vest in the Government; and\n(c) the persons vacating office on dissolution shall be eligible for re-election.",
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"number": "126",
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"number": "127",
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"number": "127A",
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"number": "127B",
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"number": "127C",
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"number": "127D",
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"content": "(a) unless a dec1aratiorl as to the identity of the publisher thereof, signed by him and\" attested by two person to whom he is personally known, is delivered by him to the printer in duplicate; and\n(b) unless within reasonable time after the printing of the document, one copy of the declaration is sent by printer, together with one copy of the document to the District Returning officer (District Magistrate) of the district where it is printed.",
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"number": "127E",
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"number": "127F",
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"content": "(i) to persuade any person to give his vote at a Panchayat Election;\n(ii) to dissuade any person from giving his vote at a Panchayat Election.\n(iii) to influence the voting of any person at a Panchayat election in any manner.",
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"number": "127G",
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"content": "(i) canvassing for votes; or\n(ii) soliciting the vote of any elector; or\n(iii) persuading any elector not to vote for any particular candidate; or\n(iv) persuading any elector not to vote at the election; or\n(v) exhibiting any notice or sign, other than an official notice relating to the Panchayat Election.",
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"number": "127H",
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"content": "(i) use or operate, within or at the entrance of the polling station or any public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, any apparatus for amplifying or reproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or a loudspeaker; or\n(ii) shout, or other act in a disorderly manner, within or at the time. entrance of the polling station or in public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, so as to cause annoyance to any person visiting ,the polling station for the poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other person on duty at the polling station.",
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"number": "127I",
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"number": "127J",
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"number": "127K",
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"number": "127L",
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"number": "127M",
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"number": "127N",
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"number": "127O",
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"content": "(i) seizure or closure of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons making polling authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and doing of any other act which affect the orderly conduct of election;\n(ii) taking possession of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons and allowing only his or their own supporters to .exercise their right to vote and prevent others from voting;\n(iii) threatening any elector or obstructing or preventing him from going to the polling station or a place fixed for the poll to caste his vote;\n(iv) seizure or closure or taking possession of a place for counting of votes by any person or persons making the counting authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and the doing of any thing which affects the orderly counting of votes;\n(v) doing by any person in the service of the Government of all or any of the aforesaid activities or aiding or conniving at, any such activities in furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate or against the prospects of a candidate.",
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"number": "127P",
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"content": "(i) fraudulantly defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination papers; or\n(ii) fraudulantly defaces, destroys or removes any list notice or other documents affixed by or under the authority of a Returning Officer; or\n(iii) fraudulantly defaces or fraudulantly destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot papers or any declaration of identity or official envelope used in connection with voting ballot; or\n(iv) without the authority supplies any ballot paper to any person or receives any ballot paper from any person or is in possession of any ballot papers; or\n(v) fraudulantly put into any ballot box any thing other than the ballot paper which he is authorised by law to put in; or\n(vi) without due authority destroys, takes opens or otherwise interferes with any ballot box or ballot papers then in use for the purposes of the election; or\n(vii) fraudulantly or without authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts or wilfully aids or abets the doing of any such acts.\n(a) if he is Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer or a Presiding Officer at a polling station or any other officer or Assistant employed on official duty in connection with the Panchayat Election, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend, to one thousand rupees or with both;\n(b) if he is any other person be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to six months of which may extend to two hundred rupees or with both;\n(c) for the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be on official duty if his duty is to take part in the conduct of Panchayat Election or part of the election including the counting on votes or to be reasonable after the election for the used ballot paper and the other documents connected with the election, but the expression \"Official duty\" shall not include duty imposed otherwise by or under this Act.",
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"number": "127Q",
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"number": "127R",
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"number": "128",
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"number": "129",
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"content": "(a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies on the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made under Article 243 of the Constitution of India shall not be called in question any court;\n(b) no election to any Panchayat shall be called in question except by an election petition presented within sixty days from the date of declaration of election results to the Tribunal constituted under section 127.",
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"number": "130",
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"number": "131",
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"content": "(a) till such time when new Rules are framed before the expiry of one year from the coming into force of 73rdAmendment of the Constitution Act the rules framed under 1986 Act, shall remain valid;\n(b) the said repeal shall not effect the validity or invalidity of anything already done under the said enactment;\n(c) all rules and bye-laws, notification, orders appointments made, permissions and sanctions granted, taxes, cess, fees, or rates levied, contract entered into, suits instituted and proceedings taken under the Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1986 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be in force and so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, shall be deemed to have been retrospectively made, granted, levied, entered into, instituted and taken under this Act until new provisions are made under this Act;\n(d) all assets and liabilities including the funds which are vested in erstwhile Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchayats and Mahkuma Parishads under the provisions of the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, shall vest in the Dy, Commissioner or the Sub-divisional Officer as the case may be and shall be held by him in trust until it can be made over to the Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchayats and Zilla Parishads constituted under this Act under the jurisdiction of which the area of the erstwhile Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat and the Mahakuma Parishad is included;\n(e) notwithstanding the repeal of the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, any area of taxes, cess, fees and rates which were levied by the Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchayats or the Mahakuma Parishads, under provisions of the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, or any amount of money on account of fine or otherwise which was due to the Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat or Mahakuma Parishad under the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, shall be recovered by the Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat and the Zilla Parishad as the case may be and credited into the respective Panchayat Fund;\n(f) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Act; or\n(g) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of such right, privilege, obligation, liabilities, forfeiture, or punishment aforesaid and any such investigation legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed.",
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"number": "132",
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"number": "133",
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"number": "134",
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