{
    "act_title": "Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 1954",
    "act_slug": "delhi-panchayat-raj-act-1954",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "87",
        "title": "87. Appointment in case of default in filling up vacancies on a Circle Panchayat or of a Sarpanch or Naib Sarpanch.",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "(1) A Gaon Sabha fails to elect a panch under sub-section (3) of Section 4 or Section 52, or\n(2) a Circle Panchayat fails to elect a Sarpanch or a Naib Sarpanch, under sub-section (5) of Section 44 or Section 52, within the time prescribed, the Chief Commissioner or any officer appointed by him in this behalf may appoint a duly qualified person to hold office as a panch, Sarpanch or a Naib Sarpanch of the Circle Panchayat, as the case may be, and any person so appointed shall hold office as if he had been duly elected under this Act.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 81
    },
    "prev_section": "86",
    "next_section": "88"
}