Provided that the Government may, by notification, extend the term of office of a Panch by such period as it may deem fit.

Qualification of electors Qualification of electors.--Every person who is for the time being entered as an elector on the electoral roll of the State Legislative Assembly for a Panchayat area who is not less than twenty-one years of his age, shall be qualified to be an elector of the Panchayat.