(J) Government may, by notification, declare any Demarcation of — Ph. Act TV.) | GRAM PANCHAYAT

4. (J) Government may, by notification, declare any Demarcation of r group of contiguous villages with a population °°" *"* by notification, declare any Demarcation village or group of contiguous villages with a population °°" *"* of not less than five hundred to constitute one or more village or group of contiguous villages with a population of not less than five hundred to constitute one or more Sabha areas : of not less than Sabha areas : Provided that neither the whole nor any part of— (a) a Notified Area under section Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 "for 241 ny of the her Act Notified Area under section 241 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 "for any other Act for the time being in force ] ; or 1911 "for for the time being in force ] ; or a Cantonment; or (c) a Municipality of any class ; shall be included in a Sabha area unless the majority of voters in any Notified Area or Municipality of the shall be included in a Sabha area unless the majority of voters in any Notified Area or Municipality of the Third Class desire the establishment of a Gram Sabha in which of the Third Class desire the establishment of a Gram Sabha in which case the assets and liabilities, Class desire the establishment of a Gram Sabha in which case the assets and liabilities, if any, of the Notified Area Committee or the Municipal Committee, as the case may any, of the Notified Area Committee or the Municipal Committee, as the case may be, shall Committee or the Municipal Committee, as the case may be, shall vest in the Gram Sabha thereafter established and the Notified Area~ Committee or the Municipal Sabha t and the Notified Area~ Committee Committee reafter or the established Municipal and the Notified Area~ Commit Committee shall cease to exist : . Provided further that the Government may, in any particular case, relax the limit of five hundred. Government may, by' notification, include any / (3) Ifthe whole of the Sabha area is included in a Ca or Notified Area under section Sabha area is included in a municipality, Cantonment, or Notified Area under section 241 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, *[or any other Act municipality, Cantonment, or Notified Area under section 241 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, *[or any other Act for the time being in force] the Sabha shal icipal Act, 1911, *[or any other Act for the time being in force] the Sabha shall cease to exist and Its assets and liabilities shall be disposed of in e] the Sabha shall cease to exist and Its assets and liabilities shall be disposed of in the man- ner prescribed. ner prescribed. 'The whole Chapt prescribed. 'The whole Chapter II substituted by Punjab Act No. 26 of 1960, section 4. "Inserted by the Punjab Zila Prishads, Panchayat Samitis and Gram Sa 'The whole Chapter II substituted by Punjab Act No. 26 of 1960, section 4. "Inserted by the Punjab Zila Prishads, Panchayat Samitis and Gram Sabhas nstitution and Re-organisation) Order, 1969, Second Schedule. "Inserted by the Punjab Zila Prishads, Panchayat Samitis an (Reconstitution and Re-organisation) Order, 1969, Second Schedule. Establishment 5. (1) Government may, by notification, establish, aE eatin Gram Sabha by name tn every Sabha area. | Every Gram Sabha shall, by the name Notified 1](3) Every person who, for the time being, is entered as of the Punjab Legislative Assem. 1](3) Every person who, for the time being, is entered as a voter on the electoral roll of the Punjab Legislative Assem. bly, the Haryana Legislative Assembly, the Himacha| a vot bly, Prad the Haryana Legislative Assembly, the Himacha| h Legislative Assembly and the Parliamentary bly, the Haryana Pradesh Legislative constituency of the U egislative Assembly ion Territ ssembly, the Himacha| and the Parliamentary y of Chandigarh for the Pradesh Legislative Assembly and the Parliamentary constituency of the Union Territory of Chandigarh for the time being in force, and pertaining to the Sabha area, as the case may be, shall be a member of the Sabha of that time being in force, and pertaining to the Sabha area, as the case may be, shall be a member of the Sabha of that Sabha area.]

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