Appointment of village panchayat

(1) When the Deputy Commissioner has passed an order under Section 3 he shall, unless the village is a municipality, a notified area or a small town, appoint a village panchayat for the village. (2) The village panchayat of any village in respect of which an order under section 3 has been passed shall report forthwith— (a) the number of able-bodied adult male inhabitants of the village; (b) the number of persons which in their opinion will be required for patrol duty each night; (c) the method by which in their opinion such persons shall be selected, that is, whether by rotation or by lot or otherwise. (3) Upon receipt of the report of the village panchayat the Deputy Commissioner shall determine the number of persons required for patrol duty and the method of their selection, and shall inform the village panchayat of his decision. (4) Persons shall be selected by the village panchayat for patrol duty in such numbers and according to such methods as the Deputy Commissioner may determine. (5) Where the selection is by lot, names once drawn shall not be drawn again until all the remaining names on the list have been drawn. (6) The village panchayat shall by publication of a list or otherwise inform the persons liable to patrol duty of the date, time, area and nature of such duty.