Members and servants to be public servants

Every member or servant of a Circle Panchayat, Panchayat Adalat, a Gaon Panchayat or any committee constituted under this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant. [***] (1) Immediately after the commencement of the hour fixed for polling, the Presiding Officer shall declare that the poll has started and shall count the electors present at the meeting and shall record their number in the Polling return. (2) Where it is brought to the notice of the Presiding Officer that any person present at the meeting is not an elector, the Presiding Officer shall hold a summary enquiry into the matter. If after the enquiry, the Presiding Officer is of the opinion that the person concerned is not an elector, he shall require such person to leave the place of meeting and shall keep a note of the same in the record of the meetings to be prepared under sub-rule (5) of Rule.31.