Postponement of election and consequences

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Panchayat Samit Act, or any Notification or order issued thereunder,— (a) the election of member including the Chairman for reconstitution of every Panchayat Samit of the State shall be held within the 31st January, 1992; (b) during the period beginning with the date of commencement of this Act and until the reconstitution of the Panchayat Samiti, the powers and duties of every Panchayat Samiti and its Chairman shall be exercised and discharged by the Sub-Collector having jurisdiction over the concerned Block. (2) The election of members including the Chairman as referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be held in accordance with the Panchayat Samiti Act and the rules made thereunder. (3) The Panchayat Samiti so reconstituted shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been constituted under, and be governed by, the provisions of the Panchayat Samiti Act and the rules made thereunder.