hall consist of— — Act X X IV of 1959 — Roop's Law Assist Statutes

section 5 shall consist of— (i) all Presiden ts of th e Gao n Panch ayats falling within the ju risd iction of the A nchalik Panchayat : (ii'i one-third of total num ber of members und er the preced ing clause subje ct to a min imum of three to be elected in the prescrib ed ma nner from amongst the members of Gao n Sabha s by an electoral college consisting of all m embers of th e Gaon Pan chayats falling w ithin the juris diction of the Anchalik Pa nc ha yat: Provided th at when one third is a fraction which is h alf or more than half of a whole num ber, then the n um ber shall be roun ded to the next higher num ber and if less shall be igno red: Provided further th at i f a member of the Gaon Panch ayat is elected as a me mb er of the Anchalik Pan cha yat, he shall im med iately cease to b e a mem ber of the Gao n Panchayat; (iii) one rep res ent ative to be elected, in the ma nner prescr ibed, by the Ch airme n of Co- ope rative Societies falling within the are a of the Anchalik Panchayat from amongst themselves: Prov ided th at notwithstanding any thing herein contained no member elected before com ing into force of th e Assam Panchayat (Amendm ent) Act, 1964 shall be disqualified even if such member was no t a Chairma n of any Co-o perative Society at t he tim e o f his electio n; (iv) such num ber of member or members as vernment from the unrepre sented areas may be nomin ated by the Sta te Golike tea-gard ens and forest villages falling withi n the jurisdiction of th e Ancha lik Pa nc ha ya t." ; for sub-section (5) the following shall be sub stitute d, na mely:— " (5) No person shall be elected, co-opted or nominat ed an d rem ain as member of the Anc halik Pa nc ha ya t, if he suffers from any of the disqualifications men tion ed in sub-section (1) (a) to (g) of section 16." Existing section 18 of th e prin cipal Act shall be of sec tion ren um bered as sub-section (1) and the following sha M he Am end ment 'I c fx x iV of 1959. " (2) If the Preside nt of a Gaon Panchayat is elected as the President of the Anc halik Pan chayat, he shall, on and from the d ate of his election as such, cease to be, an d vac ate the office of the Gao n Pa nch ay at bu t such cessation shall not affect in any wa y his electio n as t he P resident of th e An chalik Panchaya t as such an d he shall continue to hold the office of the Pre sident of the Anchalik Pa nchayat," * Insertion o f 9. After section 18 of the principa l Act, t he fo llo w an ew se c -j tiI8A i n „ gjj a a ll be in serted as section 18A, nam el y:— aew se c tion I8A in „ a Assam Act XXIV of 1959. "Additional I8A. Th e Preside nt of the Gaon Panch ayat who vacates his office as such under sub-section (2) of 18 because of his having been elected as n ? e "l b c r , lil^Pancha"-s e c t ' o n yat. the Preside nt of the Ancha lik Panch aya t shall also be the member of such Anchalik Pa nchayat." Amendmen t 10. In sub-section (1) of section 19 of the pri ncipa l ofA«am Act, f° r ^ i e word " three " occurring between the Act XXIV words " be" and " years" the word "fou r" shall of 1959. be substituted. Sub stitution jj . For s e c tion 22 of the principal Act, the 22 oMssam following shall be substitu ted , namely :— Act X X IV of I95g.

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