Section 13
. (1) A Cram Panchayat shall , subject to the provisions ofsub-section (5) , consist of such number of members not less than five and not 111ore than nine, as the Secretary may, subject to the general order of the Stare Government in regard to the allocation of number of seats to different Gram having regard to the \:arying extent of population therein, determine ane! Stich members shali be chosen by direct election through secret ballot by persons whose Mli11eSare included in the electoral 1 ' 01101' the Sikk im Legislati ve Assembly for the time being in force pertaining to the area comprised in the Gram .
13 . (1) A Cram Panchayat shall , subject to the provisions ofsub-section (5) , consist of such number of members not less than five and not 111ore than nine, as the Secretary may, subject to the general order of the Stare Government in regard to the allocation of number of seats to different Gram having regard to the \:arying extent of population therein, determine ane! Stich members shali be chosen by direct election through secret ballot by persons whose Mli11eSare included in the electoral 1 ' 01101' the Sikk im Legislati ve Assembly for the time being in force pertaining to the area comprised in the Gram .
(2) Election to the Grain Panchayat shall be held in such manner as may be prescribed .
(3) Where a Gram fa ils to elect the full number of members as determlned under su b -secrion (1) it shall be called upon to elect the remaining number of members.
(4) The term of office of the members of Gram Pnnchayut shall , subject to the provisions of section 29, be co-terminus with the term of the Gram Pnnchaynt .
(5) The State Government shall , by notification reserve the seats for Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Gnun Panchnyar and the number of sears so reserved shall bear , as nearly ;IS may be, the same . proportion to the total number of seats to be filied by d ircct election in t11:ItPanchayar ;1 s the popu lnrion of the Scheel uled Castes in that pnnchayar area or of the Scheduled Tribes in that panchayat area bears to the total population of rhtu area <II d such sears shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in il Gram Panchayru in ; . h manner as may be prescribed .
((j) Not less tha 1 one-ihi rd of the total number of seats reserved under su b-section (5) shall be . reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or , as the case may be , the Scheduled Tribes .
(7) Not less than cne-thirduncludlng the number of seats reserved for women belonging 10 the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the toral number of-seats to be filled by direct election in every Gram Panchayat shall be reserved for women ancl such sears may be allotred by rotation to different wards in a Gram Panchayat in such manner as may be prescribed .