Constitution of village panchayats and their incorporation

Constitution of village panchayats and their incorporation. –

1. (1) A village panchayat shall be constituted for every panchayat village with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification issued in that behalf by the Government.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the administration of the panchayat village shall vest in the village panchayat but the village panchayat shall not be entitled to exercise functions expressly assigned by or under this Act or any other law to its President or executive authority or to any commune panchayat council or any other authority.
3. (3) Every village panchayat shall be a body corporate by the name specified in the notification issued under section 3, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to any restriction or condition imposed by or under this Act or any other law, to acquire, hold and dispose of property (movable or immovable), enter into contracts, and do all things necessary, for the purposes for which it is constituted and may by the said name sue and be sued.