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section 9

Declaration of Panchayat area and establishment of Gram Panchayat

The Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997
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  1. (1) Subject to the general. or special order of the Government, the Deputy Commissioner may. if. in his opinion it inexpedient to declare any area comprising a Village." Or group Of villages having a population of not less than three hundred to be a Panchayat area; after previous publication, declare such area as ‘a Panchayat area for the purposes of this Act Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may, with the previous approval of the Government, declare any area comprising a village or group of villages having a population of less than three hundred. as special cases, as Panchayat area for the purposes of this Act.
  2. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Commissioner may, at the request of the Gram Panchayat concerned -
    • (i) increase the area of any Panchayat area by including within such Panchayat area, any village or group of villages ;
    • (ii) diminish area of any Panchayat area by excluding from such Panchayat area, | any village or group of villages;
    • (iii) alter the name of any Panchayat area : or (iv).declare that any area ceases to be a Panchayat area.
  3. (3) There shall be established a Gram Panchayat in every Panchayat area declared as such under this section. ![Provided that the State Government may review the size of the population for determining the area of Gram Panchayats from time to time] inserted by Act 6 of 2018.5.3(w.e.f. 21/4/2018)] Constitution of Gram Panchayat. 10. *[(1) The Gram Panchayat shall consist of such number of elected Members as may be notified from time to time by the Deputy Commissioner, at the rate of one member for every hundred population: Provided that in case the population is less than one hundred and more than fifty than one member can be elected to represent that particular village: Provided that in case the population the population is more than one hundred fifty but less than three hundred in a particular village or the group of villages, the number may be increased to two members. [*Substituted by Act 6 of 2002.5.2 (w.e.f. 25/6/2002)] (2)The election of Gram Panchayat shall be held by ballot [**] in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. **[.Deleted by Act 6 of 2002.5.2(a) (w.e.f. 25/6/2002)] Term of Gram Panchayat.
  4. (3) The term of office of the Gram Panchayat shall be for five years from the date of Notification by the Deputy Commissioner.
  5. (4) The Deputy Commissioner shall publish, in‘ the prescribed manner the name of members elected or deemed to have been duly elected.

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