(1) Th e Mohkuma Parishad as established — Act X X IV of 1959

22. (1) Th e Mohkuma Parishad as established (i) the Presidents of all Anchalik Panch ayats within the a rea of the Mo hkum a Parish ad ; " Constitution of the Mohkuma Parishad. under section 4 shall consist o f - (ii) the Deputy Commissioner and theS ubdivisional Officer ; (iii) all mem bers of Parliam ent and members of State Legislature, representing the area of the Mo hkum a Parishad ; (iv) the Cha irmen of Municipalities, Tow n Comm ittees and Co-operative Central Bank falling w ithin the area of the Mohkuma Parisha d as Ex-officio mem bers ; (v) such Gov ernment officials as Ex-officio mem bers as the State Gov ernment may appo int from time to tim e : Provide d th at if no person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes , as" the case may be, is a member, the Moh kuma Parish ad shall co-opt from within its are a one such mem ber from among st the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled ib h b g Trib es, as th e case may b e : Amendm ent of section 23 Provided furthe r th at the Mohkuma Parishad shall from within the area of its jurisdiction , co-opt two women mem bers if no woman is elected and one wom an member, if only one is ele cted. No persons shall be elected or co-opted and rem ain as mem ber of the Moh kuma Parisha d, if he suffers from any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1) (a) to (g) of section 16. An ex-officio member of the Mo hkum a Parishad shall h ave no right to vo te." In section 23 of th e principal Ac t,— XXIV™ ACo'f W after sub-section (1) the following shall be 1959. inse rted as sub-section (2) and the existing sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be ren um bered as sub-sections (3) and (4) respectively, na mely:— " (2) If the President of an Anchalik Panch ayat is elected as the President of the Mohkuma Parishad he shall on and from the date of his election as suc h, cease to be, and vacate the office of the Presiden t of the Anchalik Panchayat bu t such cessation shall not affect in any way his election as the President o f the Mohku ma Parish ad as such and he shall continu e to hold the office of the Preside nt of the Mo hku ma Parishad ." ; for sub-section (3) as so renumbere d the following shall be sub stitute d, na m el y:— " (3) Th e Mo hkum a Parishad shall form such numb er of Standin g Com mittees and with such powers and functions as may be pre scr ibe d." ] 3. After section 23 of the Principal Act, the don W23A M ow in g shall be inserted as section 23A, nam ely :—■ Insertion o f in Assam Act XX IV of 1959. " Additional n ? e m ^ r , o f ku m aP ar i- ° ? shad.

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