8. (1) Every Kshettra Panchayat shall, unless sooner dissolved under this Act, continue for five years the da… — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

[8. (1) Every Kshettra Panchayat shall, unless sooner dissolved under this Act, continue for five years the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer.

1 [8. (1) Every Kshettra Panchayat shall, unless sooner dissolved under this Act, continue for five years the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer. (2) The term of office of a member of a Kshettra Panchayat shall, unless otherwise determined under the provisions of this Act, expire with the term of Kshettra Panchayat. (3) An election to constitute a Kshettra Panchayat shall be completed — (a) before the expiry of its duration specified in sub-section (1) ; (b) before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution ; Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Kshettra Panchayat would have continued is less than six months, its shall not be necessary to hold any election under this subsection for constituting the Kshettra Panchayat for such period.

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