section 85
CHAPTER-V ZILLA PARISHAD Constitution and composition of Zilla Parishad.
The Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997Infrastructure1997130 of 132 sections available
Statutory text
- (1) The *[State Election Commission] may, by notification,constitute a Zilla Parishad for cach district with effect from such date as may be specified therein.
- (2) Every Zilla Parishad shall consist of - ##[(i) one member directly elected from such numbers of Gram Panchayats Territorial constituencies earmarked for the purpose for electing gram panchayats in the manner prescribed J; *k[(1i)....... Deleted] ; *[ substituted by Act 1 of 2015.5.19(1) (w.e.f. 3.3.2015)] **[ substituted by Act 6 of 2018.5.21(1) (w.e.f. 21.4.2018)] #4 substituted by Act 6 of 2018.5.19(2) (w.e.f. 21.4.2018)]
- (iii) the members of the Parliament and the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representating a part or whole of the district whose constituencies lie within the district, ex-officio :
- (iv) not less than one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Zilla Parishad shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation by the Deputy Commissioner to different constituencies in a Zilla Parishad, in such manner as may be prescribed.
- (3) ***#[All members of the Zilla Parishad whether or not elected by direct election in the Zilla Parishad shall have right to vote in the meeting of the Zilla Parishad except for election and removal of Chairperson for which purpose only directly elected members may vote]: Provided that no person shall be elected or after having been elected remain a member of Zilla Parishad, if he/she suffers from any of the disqualifications specified in clauses (a) to (j) of section 57. *ER4[ substituted by Act 6 of 2006.5.5(3) (w.e.f. 25.6.2002)]
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