(1) Every Panchayat Samiti, save as
otherwise provided in this Act, shall continue for a term of five years from
the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer.
(2) No amendment of any law for the time being in f orce shall have the
effect of causing dissolution of Panchayat Samiti w hich is functioning
immediately before such amendment, till the expirat ion of its duration
specified in sub-section (1).
(3) The election to constitute a Panchayat Samiti shall be completed in the
following manner –
(a) before the expiry of its duration as specified in sub-section (1);
(b) in case of dissolution, before the expiration o f a period of six
months from the date of such dissolution;
Provided that where the remainder of the period fo r which the dissolved
Panchayat Samiti would have continued is less than six months, it shall
not be necessary to hold any election under this clause for constituting the
Panchayat Samiti for such period.
(4) A Panchayat Samiti constituted consequent upon the dissolution of an
earlier Panchayat Samiti before the expiration of i ts duration, shall
continue only for the remainder of the period for w hich the dissolved
Panchayat Samiti would have continued under Sub-sec tion(1), had it
not been so dissolved.
Section 39 • THE BIHAR PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 2006
Section 39. Duration of Panchayat Samiti
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Section 39
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