Custody and investment of Zilla Panchayat Fund.

226. Custody and investment of Zilla Panchayat Fund. - (1) The amounts at the credit of the Fund shall be kept in the Government Treasury. (2) It shall be lawful for a Zilla Panchayat to deposit at interest with the Government Savings Bank or with the sanction of the Government, any scheduled bank or co -operative bank in the State, any surplus funds in its hands which may not be required for current charges and with like sanction to invest such funds in securities of the Government of India or the Stat e Government or in such other securities as the Government may, from time to time, approve in this behalf and to vary such investment or dispose of such securities with like sanction.