Election of Members of Panchayat Union Council

Election of members of Panchayat Union Council.- Every Panchayat Union Council shall consist of persons elected from the wards in the Panchayat Union, as may be notified from time to time by the Government [at the rate of one member for such population as may be prescribed] of the Panchayat Union area as ascertain the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. Such a ward of the Panchayat Union area may either comprise a full ward or one or more wards of the Village Panchayats : Provided that no person shall be eligible to be elected as a member of more than one ward in the same Panchayat Union or as a member of more than one Panchayat Union Council under this Act: Provided further that a person who stands for elections as a member of a Panchayat Union Council shall not be eligible to stand for election as a member of a Village Panchayat, President of a Village Panchayat or a member of a District Panchayat: Provided also that no member of a Panchayat Union Council shall be eligible to stand for election as a member of a Village Panchayat, President of a Village Panchayat or a member of a District Panchayat.