First meeting and term of office

First meeting and term of office —

1. (1) The first meeting of the Janapad Panchayat shall be held within 30 days from the date of publication under Section 26. Such meeting shall be called by the prescribed authority and the provisions of Section 44 shall, as far as may be, apply to such meeting.
2. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the office bearers of the Janapad Panchayat shall hold office for five years from the date of the first meeting and no longer: Provided that a person who is an office bearer of the Janapad Panchayat shall cease to hold office forthwith on his ceasing to be a voter of the area of the Gram Panchayat within the Block.
3. (3) If the Janapad Panchayat is not reconstituted before the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (2), it shall stand dissolved on the expiry of the said period and the provisions of Section 87 shall apply in respect of it for such period, not exceeding six months, within which the Janapad Panchayat shall be reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act.