Amendment of Section 16

In sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Principal Act, the word “Deputy Commissioner” shall be substituted by “the State Government”. After sub-section 4 of Section 16 of the Principal Act, the following new sub-sections (5) and (6) shall be added as follows namely:- “(5) The President shall be responsible to pass on the letters received by him to the Village Council Secretary for records. (6) He shall fully relinquish Village Council charge and hand over Village Council records, documents, properties and assets including Village Council seal to the new Village Council President as the case may be”.