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Constitution, incorporation and Composition of *[Zilla Praja Parishad] - (1) There shall be constituted by the Government by notification a *[Zilla Praja Parishad] for a District with effect from such date as may be specified therein. (2) Every *[Zilla Praja Parishad] shall, by the name of the District for which it is constituted, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contracts and may by its corporate name, sue and be sued. (3) Every *[Zilla Praja Parishad] shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) persons elected under section 179; (ii) the Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing the constituency which comprises either wholly or partly the district concerned: Provided that such Member of the Legislative Assembly shall have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of a meeting of any Standing Committee of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] but he shall not be entitled to vote at a meeting of such Standing Committee, unless he is also a member of that Standing Committee: Provided further that no Member of the Legislative Assembly representing a constituency the whole of which forms part of the local area within the jurisdiction of any of the Municipal Corporations or any of the Municipalities in the State shall be the member of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] of the concerned district; 1[(iia) any Member of the Legislative Council of the State who is a Member of the Mandal Praja Parishad; Provided that such Member of the Legislative Council of the State shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of a meeting of any standing committee of the zilla Praja Parishad, but he shall not be entitled to vote at a meeting of that standing committee, unless he is also a member of that standing committee.] (iii) The Member of the House of People representing the constituency which comprises either wholly or partly the district concerned: Provided that no Member of the House of the People representing a constituency the whole of which forms part of the local area within the jurisdiction of any of the Municipal Corporations in the State shall be the Member of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad]: Provided further that a Member of the House of the People representing a constituency which comprises more than one district including a portion of any district, shall be a member of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad]of all such districts with the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of their meetings with voting rights; he shall also have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the meetings of any Standing Committee of the *[Zilla Praja