Term of office of President and Vice-President.

1. (1) The term of office of the President and Vice-President shall be two and a half years. 6[Provided that, the term of office of the President or Vice-President in office, on the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Mah. XLVI of 2022), may be extended upto three months by the State Government by an order published in the Official Gazette : Provided further that, notwithstanding anything contained in the above proviso, the term of office of the President or Vice-President shall be co-terminus with the terms of offices of elected Councillors as provided in section 10.]
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the term of office of the President and Vice-President in office on the 2 nd March 2000, shall be as provided hereunder :—
   • (a) in case of the Zilla Parishads which have not completed one year since the first meeting after the general elections, the term of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of such Zilla Parishads shall be two and a half years, each; These words were substituted for the words “one third” by Mah. 19 of 2011, s. 5(1)(c). Sub-section (5) was deleted by Mah. 19 of 2011, s. 5(2). This sub-section was inserted by Mah. 5 of 2009, s. 5. These provisos were substituted by Mah. 48 of 2025, s. 5. Section 43 was substituted by Mah. 27 of 2000, s. 3. These provisos were added by Mah. 46 of 2022, s. 2.

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Samitis Act, 1961

1. (b) in case of the Zilla Parishads which have completed the first year of their term but have not yet completed two years since their first meeting after the general elections, the term of the Presidents of such Zilla Parishads shall be two years, each; and
2. (c) in all other cases, the term of the Presidents who are in office on the said date shall be extended to, and co-terminus with, the term of office of the elected Councillors, as provided in section 10.]
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