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(I) This Act may be called the ARUNACHAL PRADESH PAN CHAY AT RAJ ACT, 1997: (2). lt extent to the whole of the Arunachal Pradesh. (3). It shall come into force on such date as the Government may by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different areas. Definitions 2.ln this Act,. unless the context otherwise, requires (i) Additional Deputy Commissioner' means the Additional Deputy Commissioner attached to the establishment of the Deputy Commissioner of a district; Adult' means a person, male or female,who has completed his or her 18 years on the I st January of the year in which the election takes place ; [*]; [*]; Casual vacancy' means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time: Circle Officer' means a Circle Officer-in charge of a Circle ; 'Deputy Commissioner' means the Deputy Commissioner of a District ; District' means a district of the State of Arunachal Pradesh; [*] Government' means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh ; 'Governor' means the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh; 'Gram. Panchayat' means a Gram Panchayat constituted under Section 1 O; 'Gram Sabha' means a body consisting of persons registered in the Electoral Rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Gram Panchayat ; 'Notification' means a notification published in the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette ; 'Prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 'Presiding Officer' means an officer appointed by the Deputy Commissioner to conduct the election under this Act ; (xvi) 'Village' means an area recognised to be a village at the commencement of this Act and includes any area which the Government may, by notification, declare to be a village; (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xii) (xiv) (xv) (xv) (xvii) Zilla Parishad' means a Zilla Parishad constituted under Section 85 ...................... "' . [*].deleted by Act 6 of 2018.s.2(w.e.f. 21/4/2018) CHAPTER-II GRAM SABHA Gram Sabha. 3.Subject to general orders of the Government the Gram Sabha shall meet from time to time but six months shall not intervene between any two meetings. Agenda. 4.The Gram Panchayat shall prepare the agenda for discussion of the Gram Sabha and such matters shall relate to the following, namely :- ( a) the annual statement of accounts of the Gram Panchayat, (b) the report of administration of the preceding financial year and the last audit note and replies if any,made thereto ; ( c) the report in respect of development programmes of the Gram Panchayat relating to the preceding year and development programmes proposed to be undertaken during the current year. Resolution. 5.Any resolution relating to the functions entrusted to the Gram Sabha under section 6, shall have to be passed by a majority of votes of the members present and voting in the meeting of the Gram Sabha. Functions of Gram Sabha 6.A Gram Sabha shall exercise the lollowing functions, namely:- (a) rendering assistance in the implementation of development schemes pertaining to the village : (b) identification, of beneficiaries for the implementation of development schemes pertaining to the village Provided that in case the Gram Sabha fails to identify the beneficiaries within a reasonable time the Gram Panchayat can identify the beneficiaries. (c) mobilising voluntary labour and contributions in kind or cash or both for the community welfare· programmes ; (d) to promote adult education and family welfare within the village; (e) promotion of unity and harmony among all sections of society in the village; (f) such other matters as may be prescribed. Gram Sabha Meeting. 7.Every meeting of Gram Sabha shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the concerned Gram Panchayat and in his absence by a member of the Gram Panchayat to be chosen from amongst the members of the Panchayat. Quorum 8.(a) The quorum for a meeting of the Gram Sabha shall be one-tenth of its. total membership. (b) If at the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the person presiding shall wait for thirty minutes, and if within such period, there is no quorum, the person presiding shall adjourn the meeting to the same time on the same day in the following week. He shall similarly, after waiting for thirty minutes, adjourn the meeting· if at any time after it has begun, attention is drawn to the want of a quorum: A notice of the meeting so fixed shall be pasted in the office of the Gram Panchayat. The business which could not be considered at the meeting so· postponed for want of quorum, shall be brought before and disposed of at the meeting so fixed or at any subsequent adjourned meeting at which there is a quorum. • CHAPTER-III GRAM PANCHAYAT Declaration of Panchayat area and establishment of Gram Panchayat 9.( I) Subject to the general. or special order of the Government, the Deputy Commissioner may, if, in his opinion it inexpedient to declare any area comprising a Village.' Or group Of villages having a population of not less than three hundred to be a Panchayat area; after previous publication, declare such area as ·a Panchayat area for the purposes ofthis Act: Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may, with the previous approval of the Government, declare any area comprising a village or group of villages having a population of less than three hundred. as special cases, as Panchayat area for the purposes of this Act. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Commissioner may, at the request of the Gram Panchayat concerned - . (i) increase the area of any Panchayat area by including within such Panchayat area, any village or group of villages; (ii) diminish area of any Panchayat area by excluding from such Panchayat area, any village or group of villages; (iii) alter the name of any Panchayat area : or (iv).declare that any area ceases to be a Panchayat area. (3) There shall be established a Gram Panchayat in every Panchayat area declared as such under this section. 1 [Provided that the State Government may review the size of the population for determining the area of Gram Panchayats from time to time] 1[inserted by Act 6 of 2018.s.3(w.c.f. 21/4/2018)] Constitution of Gram PanchaW.: I 0. * [(l) The Gram Panchayat shall consist of such number of elected Members as may be notified from time to time by the Deputy Commissioner, at the rate of one member for every hundred population: Provided that in case the population is less than one hundred and more than fifty than one member can be elected to represent that particular village: Provided that in case the population the population is more than one hundred fifty but less than three hundred in a particular village or the group of villages, the number may be increased to two members. [*Substituted by Act 6 of 2002.s.2 (w.e.f. 25/6/2002)] (2)The election of Gram Panchayat shall be held by ballot[**] in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. **[.Deleted by Act 6 of 2002.s.2(a) (w.e.f. 25/6/2002)) Term of Gram Panchayat. (3) The term of office of the Gram Panchayat shall be for five years from the date of. Notification by the Deputy Commissioner. ( 4) The Deputy Commissioner shall publish, in· the prescribed manner the name of members elected or deemed to have been duly elected. Method of voting and grocedure