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(1) The State Government may, by notification, declare 5hy mevt ofGaon|o c a i area comprising a revenue vihage or a grout cf revenue Fanchayat. v j]|a ge s o r a Forest vijJage or a Tea G rden area or hamlets forming part of revenue village or Fores village or Tea Garden area or other such administrative unit or par thereof to be Gaon Panchayat with population of its territory not less than six thousand and not more than ten thousand :. Provided that, vhere a greu f revenue villages or Forest villages or Tea Garden areas or hamlets or other such administrative units or part thereof is declarer to be a village, the Village sl ab be known of as revenue tillage, hamlet, adwfo Lvative -nri. o/ prrt thereof as., the case may be, having the largest population. THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. MAY 6, 1994 601 (2) After consultation with the Gaon Panchayat, if' it had already been established, the Government may, by similar notification, at any time— (a) include within or exclude from any village, any local area or otherwise, from the limit of any village; or (b) declare that any local area shall cease to be a village and thereupon the local area shall be so excluded from the limit of the village so altered. (3) Every Gaon Panohayat shall be a body corporate by the name of ............ ........ Gaon Panchayat having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable, whether within or without the limits of the village over which it has authority and may in its corporate name sue and Mr be sued. tionofGaon ®a o n Panchayat shall consist o f: Panchayat, (a) Ten members to be directly elected by the voters of the territorial constituencies of the Gaon Panchayat area—one from each constituency in the manner prescribed. (b) President of the Gaon Panchayat who shall be elected directly by the voters of the territorial constituencies of the Gaon Panchayat area in the manner prescribed. (2) For the convenience of election, :he prescribed: authority shall in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf by the Government, divide the area of the Gaon Panchayat into ten territorial constituencies and allot one seat for each constituency. (3) When the Gaon Panchayat is constituted under this Seetion, the Deputy Courtissioner or an officer authorised by the Deputy <t Commissioner for this purpose shall call a meeting of the Gaon Pan chayat (which shall be fa erein-after called the first meeting of the Gaon Panchayat) for election of a Vice-President from amongst the members « in the manner prescribed. Duration