Village Administration

(1) The Village Council shall be auxiliary to the administration and shall have full powers to deal with ordinary matters of internal administration of village. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, the Village Council shall discharge the following functions, namely: - (a) to maintain law and order in the village. In serious cases offender may be arrested but such person should be handed over to nearest Administrative Officer or Police Officer without undue delay; (b) to report to the nearest Administrative Officer occurrence of any un-natural death or serious accident; (c) to inform the presence of strangers, vagabonds, suspects to the nearest Administrative Officer or Police Station; (d) to enforce orders passed by the competent authority on the village as a whole; (e) to enforce outbreak of epidemics to the nearest Administrative Officer or Medical Officer; (f) no transfer of immovable property shall be affected without the knowledge of Village Council. Written record of this shall be maintained by the local Administrative Officer.