(1) Subject to the general or
special orders of the Government, the District Magi strate may, by
notification in the District Gazette, declare any l ocal area comprising a
village or a group of contiguous villages or part t hereof to be a Gram
Panchayat area with a population within its territo ry as nearly as seven
thousand.
Provided that the District Magistrate may, after consultation with
the Gram Panchayat concerned, by a notification, at any time, include
within or exclude from any Gram Panchayat area any village or part
thereof and alter the name of the Gram Panchayat.
(2) If the State Election Commission, suo motu or on receipt of a written
representation from an aggrieved person, is of the opinion that there
is sufficient reason for doing so, may review the l egality and propriety
of any Gram Panchayat declared under sub-section (1 ) and may call
for the relevant records for this purpose, and subj ect to the provisions
of this Act, may pass such order which the Commission deems fit and
proper.
Provided that after the notification of the date of Panchayat election
by the Governor under section 124 of the Act, the C ommission shall
not consider any such new case.
(3) Every Gram Panchayat shall be a body corporate by the name of its
Gram Panchayat and shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal and subject to such restrictions as are impose d by or under this
Act or any other enactment, shall be vested with th e capacity of suing
or being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and
transferring property, movable or immovable, whethe r without or
within the limits of the area over which it has authority, or entering into
contracts and of doing all things necessary, proper and expedient for
the purpose for which it is constituted.
Section 11 • THE BIHAR PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 2006
Section 11. Declaration of Gram Panchayat Area
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