The Deori Autonomous Council Act, 2005

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    "title": "The Deori Autonomous Council Act, 2005",
    "short_title": "The Deori Autonomous Council Act, 2005",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 25 of 2005",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "The Deori Autonomous Council Act, 2005",
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            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) 'bye-law' means the bye-law framed by the General Council;\n(b) 'Constitution' means, the Constitution of India ;\n(c) 'Constituency' means, a constituency referred to in section 48;\n(d) 'Council Area' means the Deori Autonomous Council Area;\n(dd) 'Core Areas' means the compact and contiguous areas predominantly inhabited by Deori community and having more than 50% Scheduled Tribes populations as a whole in the area and not necessarily in the individual villages;\n(e) 'Executive Council' means the executive body of the General Council of the Deori Autonomous Council constituted under section 3 (3) and 24;\n(f) 'Elector' in relation to a constituency means a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that constituency;\n(g) 'General Council Fund' and 'Village Council Fund' means the funds constituted under section 61;\n(h) 'Government' means the State Government of Assam;\n(i) 'Governor' means the Governor of Assam;\n(j) 'General Council' means the General Council of the Deori Autonomous Council referred to in Section 3;\n(k) 'Gaon Panchayat' , 'Anchalik Panchayat' and 'Zila Parishad' have the same meaning defined in the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 Assam Act 18 of 1994;\n(l) 'Member' means a member of the Village Council or the General Council or the Executive Council, as the case may be;\n(m) 'Municipality' has the same meaning as in the Assam Municipal Act, 1956 Assam Act 15 of 1957;\n(n) 'Notification' means the notification issued under this Act;\n(o) 'Official Gazette' means the Official Gazette of Assam;\n(p) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(q) 'Satellite area' means the area or areas consisting of non-contiguous cluster of villages predominantly inhabited by Deori community and having more than 50% Scheduled Tribes population as a whole in the cluster and not necessarily in the individual villages;\n(r) 'Village Council' means the Village Councils referred to in section 4; and\n(s) 'Village Council Area' means the area declared to be the area of a Village Council by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Deori Autonomous Council.",
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            "title": "4. Village Council.",
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            "content": "Chapter II\nThe General Council",
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            "title": "5. Incorporation of the General Council.",
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            "title": "6. Constitution of the General Council.",
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            "content": "(i) One member to be the Chairman;\n(ii) One member to be the Deputy Chairman;\n(iii) One Chief Executive Councilor of the Executive Council;\n(iv) One Deputy Chief Executive Councilor of the Executive Council;\n(v) As many Executive Councilor as may be decided by the General Council, but not exceeding one-third of the total members of the members of the General Council.",
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            "title": "8. Resignation of Members of the General Council.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Removal of Members of General Council.",
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            "content": "(a) after his election, is convicted by a criminal court of an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for any period exceeding six months, or\n(b) incurs any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 54 after his election as Member of the General Council, or\n(c) is absent from three consecutive meetings of the General Council.",
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            "title": "10. Salaries, allowances and other emoluments.",
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            "title": "11. Filling up of Vacancies.",
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            "title": "12. Powers, functions and duties of the Chief Executive Councilor.",
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            "content": "(a) be responsible for the maintenance of the records of the General Council ;\n(b) have general responsibility for the financial and executive administration of the General Council;\n(c) exercise administrative supervision and control over the officers and employees of the General Council and the officers and employees whose services may be placed at the disposal of the General Council by the Government;\n(d) for transaction of business under this Act or for the purpose of making any order under this Act, exercise such powers, perform such functions and discharge such duties as may be exercised, performed or discharged by the General Council under this Act or the rules made thereunder:\n(e) exercise such other powers, perform such other duties as the General Council may, by general or special resolution, direct or as the Government may, by rules made in this behalf, prescribe.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Meeting of the General Council.",
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            "title": "14. Oath or affirmation by members.",
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            "title": "15. Quorum.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Headquarter of the General Council.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Secretariat of the Deori Autonomous Council.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nPowers and Functions of the General Council",
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            "title": "18. Subjects to be under the control and administration of the General Council.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Forest other than Reserved Forest,",
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            "title": "4. Agriculture,",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Rural Roads and Bridges,",
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            "title": "6. Sericulture,",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Education;",
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            "content": "(a) Adult Education,\n(b) Primary Education,\n(c) Up to Higher Secondary including Vocational Training,",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Cultural Affairs,",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Soil Conservation,",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Co-Operation,",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Fisheries,",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Panchayat and Rural Development,",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Handloom and Textile,",
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            "title": "14. Public Health Engineering-Drinking Water,",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Minor Irrigation,",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Social Welfare,",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Flood Control Schemes for protection of villages (not of highly technical nature),",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Sports and Youth Welfare,",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Weights and Measures,",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Library Services,",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Museum and Archaeology,",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Urban Development, Town and Country Planning,",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Tribal Research,",
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        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Land and Land Revenue,",
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        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Publicity and Public Relation,",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Tourism,",
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        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Transport,",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Any other matter connected with development,",
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        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Municipal Board, Improvement Trust, District of Boards and other local-self Government of Village Administration,",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Tribal Welfare,",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Market and Fair,",
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Lotteries, Theatres, Dramatic performances and Cinema,",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Vital Statistics including registration of birth and deaths,",
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        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Food and Civil Supplies.",
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            "title": "19. Other matters to be under the control and administration of the General Council.",
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            "content": "(i) formulate integrated development plans for the Council Area;\n(ii) implement schemes and programs for the development of the Council Area;\n(iii) have powers to appoint Class-111 and Class-IV staff within the Council Area;\n(iv) have powers to regulate trade and commerce within the Council Area in accordance with the existing laws including issue of permit or licenses to individuals within the Council Area;\n(v) guide customs and traditions and social justice of the Deori Community according to the traditional laws;\n(vi) Organize special recruitment drive into Army Navy, and other para-military Forces. Police Forces and other Central Government establishment for appointments of the persons belong to the Deori Community;\n(vii) Allot permits for trade and commerce to the people residing in the Council Area preference being given to the Deori Community.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Powers to impose, levy and collect taxes.",
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            "content": "(a) levy tolls on persons, vehicles or animals of any class, for the use of any bridge or road other than kacha road, or ferry constructed or established and managed by it;\n(b) levy the following fees and rates, namely:\n(i) fees on the registration of boats or vehicles;\n(ii) fees for providing sanitary arrangements at such places of worship, pilgrimage, fairs, melas, other public places within the Council Area as may be specified by the Government by Notification in the Official Gazette;\n(iii) fees or licenses;\n(iv) water rates, where arrangements for irrigation or drinking water is made by it within the Council Area ;\n(v) lighting rate where arrangements for lighting of public street or places are made by it within the Council Area.",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to entrust functions.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Power to acquire, hold and dispose of property.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Power to make bye-laws.",
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            "content": "Chapter IV\nThe Executive Council",
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        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. The Executive Council.",
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        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Term of office of the Executive Council.",
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            "content": "(a) ceases to be a member of the General Council, or\n(b) resigns his office in writing under his hand addressed to the Chief Executive Councilor in which case the resignation shall take effect from the date of acceptance thereof:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Powers and functions of the Executive Council.",
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        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. General powers of the Chief Executive Councilor.",
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            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Special power of the Chief Executive Councilor.",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Meeting of the Executive Council.",
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Quorum.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nThe Village Council",
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Incorporation of the village council.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Constitution of the Village Council.",
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            "content": "(i) one member to be the President who shall also be the Chief of the Village Council, and\n(ii) one member to be the Vice President who shall be the Deputy Chief of the Village Council.",
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Term of Office.",
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            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Resignation of members of the Village Council.",
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            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Removal of members of the Village Council.",
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            "content": "(a) after his election, is convicted by a criminal court of an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with the imprisonment for any period exceeding six months; or\n(b) incurs any of the disqualifications mentioned, in section 54 after his election as member of the Village Council; or\n(c) is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Village Council.",
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Filling up of vacancy in the office of the President or Vice-President.",
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            "number": "37",
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        },
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            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Powers, functions and duties of the President and Vice-President.",
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        },
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            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Meeting of the village Council.",
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            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Oath or affirmation.",
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            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Quorum.",
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            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Office of the Village Council.",
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            "content": "Chapter VI\nPowers and Functions of the Village Council",
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            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Subjects to be under the control and administration of the Village Council.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Agriculture including Agricultural Extension,",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Poultry,",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Fisheries,",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Social and Farm Forestry/Minor Forest produce, fuel and fodder,",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Khadi, Village and Cottage Industries,",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Rural Housing,",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Drinking Water,",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Road, building, culverts, bridges, tunnels, waterways and other means of communication.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Rural Electrification,",
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        {
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