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Term of office of members - (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act the term of office of members elected at ordinary elections shall be five years from the date appointed by the Commissioner for the first meeting of the gram panchayat after the ordinary elections. (2) Ordinary vacancies in the office of elected members shall be filled at ordinary elections which shall be fixed 3[by the State Election Commission] to take place on such day or days within three months before the occurrence of the vacancies, as he thinks fit: