Term of office of certain panchayats

A.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 27, the term of office of the members of every panchayat which under that section—
   • (a) has expired after the commencement of this Act but before the commencement of the Bombay Village Panchayats (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 1962, or
   • (b) expires on or after the commencement of the said Ordinance but before the 1st April 1963, shall be deemed not to have so expired or, as the case may be, not to so expire but shall be deemed to have been extended hereby upto the end of the 31st March 1963 and in respect of every such panchayat the provisions of this Act shall have effect as if the term of office of its members had been extended under section 27.
2. (2) Any thing done or action taken by or on behalf of or in respect of a panchayat to which clause
   • (a) of sub-section
3. (1) applies which but for the provisions of sub-section
4. (1) would have been invalid, shall be valid and shall not be called in question merely on the ground that the term of office of the members of such panchayat had expired when such thing was done or such action was taken.