For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated August 18, 1960. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated August 18, 1960.

2. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated August 18, 1960. Short title, extent and commencement [ Received the assent of the President on November 29, 1961, under Article 201 of the Constitution of India and was published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated December 3, 1961. ] AN ACT to provide for the establishment of 1 [Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats] in Uttar Pradesh WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of 1 [Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats] in the districts of Uttar Pradesh to undertake certain governmental functions at Kshettra and district levels respectively in furtherance of the principle of democratic decentralization of governmental functions and for ensuring proper municipal government in rural areas, and to correlate the powers and functions of 1 [Gram Panchayat] under the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, with 1 [Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats] . IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows ; (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh 2 [Kshettra Panchayats] and 2 [Zila Panchayats] Adhiniyam, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the Uttar Pradesh.

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