Amendment of Section 22

In section 22 of the Act,-

1. (a) sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be deleted. (b) in sub-section (2), the words " or an Administrator" shall be deleted; (c) in sub-section (3), for the words "cease", the word "continue" shall be substituted and the words " or an Administrator" and "or Administrator, as the case may be" shall be deleted;
2. (d) in sub-section (4), the words "or Administrator", "or the Administrator" and "or the Administrator, as the case may be" shall be deleted;,
3. (e) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section (5) shall be inserted, namely, - "(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, if the State Government is satisfied that the first elections to Gram Panchayats after the commencement of this Act cannot be held, the State Government may appoint Administrative Committees to exercise the powers and to perform the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayats for a period not exceeding six months."