(1)

On the constitution of the District Panchayat for the first time under this office . Regulation or on its reconstitution, a meeting shall be called on a date fixed by the Administrator for taking oath of office by all the members in the form set out in the First Schedule before Secretary Panchayat.

1. (2) The officer appointed by the Administrator shall preside over at such meeting, but not have the right to vote.
2. (3) No member of the District Panchayat who has not taken such oath shall vote or take