Amendment of section 53

Amendment of section 53 12. In section 53 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "every Gram Panchayat", the words "every Gram Panchayat or Mandal Praja Parishad" shall be substituted;
2. (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "the Gram Panchayat", occurring in the two places, the words "the Gram Panchayat or Mandal Praja Parishad, as the case may be," shall be substituted;
3. (c) in sub-section (3), for the words "a Gram Panchayat", the words "a Gram Panchayat or a Mandal Praja Parishad" shall be substituted;
4. (d) in sub-section (4), for the words "the Gram Panchayat", the words "the Gram Panchayat or the Mandal Praja Parishad, as the case may be," shall be substituted.