Subs. by sec. 61 U. P. Act No. 09 of 1994. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

1 . Subs. by sec. 61 U. P. Act No. 09 of 1994. SCHEDULE — VIII (See section 273) After clause (w) After section 16 Power to make contribut -ions, etc. outside jurisdiction After section 19 Power to require compulsory labour in certain cases till a committee is elected, perform the functions of the committee and the Chairman thereof and shall for all purposes be deemed to be the committee or the Chairman, as the case may be.‖ II — U. P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 For the existing clause, substitute the following :— ―(f) 1 [Zila Panchayat] and ‗Panchayat' shall have the meanings assigned to them under clause (II) of section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961.‖ For the existing clause, substitute the following :– ―(q) ‗prescribed authority‘ means,— (i) for the purposes of the provisions of this Act mentioned in Schedule III of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961, the Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat as may be specified in column 3 of that Schedule ; and (ii) in respect of any other provisions of this Act, the authority notified as such by the State Government whether generally or for any particular purpose.‖ Add the following as a new clause (x) :– ―(x) ‗Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti‖ means a Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti established or deemed to be established under section 28 -A.‖ The following shall be inserted as a new section 16-A :– ―16 -A — 1 A Gram Panchayat may contribute such amounts for such organizations, institutions and functions outside the jurisdiction of the Gram Sabha as the State Government may be general or special order permit.‖ The following shall be inserted as a new section 19-A : ―19 -A. (1)A Gram Panchayat may by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of its members for the time being direct in respect of any work of any general public utility prescribed by rule and meant exclusively for the benefit of the Gram Sabha which the Gram Panchayat proposes to undertake, that such work shall be done or constructed with manual labour of the male members of the Gram Sabha not above the age of 45 years, each such member being required to render such labour in relation to the work for such number of days as the Gram Panchayat may determine : Provided that such compulsory labour shall not — (a) exceed 96 hours in a year; (b) extend to more than 48 days in a year or eight hours on any day. The 1 Gram Panchayat may recover as arrears of land revenue from any member of the Gram Sabha who has not rendered in whole or

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