Constitution of Village Panchayats and their incorporation

Constitution of Village Panchayats and their incorporation. –

1. (1) A Village Panchayat shall be constituted for each Panchayat Village consisting of such number of elected members, with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification issued in that behalf by the Inspector.
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 to any Panchayat Union Council or the District Panchayat or other authority.
3. (3) Every Village Panchayat shall be a body corporate by the name of the Panchayat Village specified in the notification issued under Section 4, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restriction or qualification imposed by or under this Act or any other law, shall be vested with the capacity of suing or being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, movable or immovable, of entering into contracts, and of doing all things necessary, proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted. (4)
4. (5) The Government, may by notification, classify the Village Panchayats into various grades for the purpose of effective administration of the said Village Panchayats as in accordance with such norms as may be prescribed.