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In section 11 of the principal Act,— Amendment (1) for sub-section (1) and (2) the following of section 11 shall be substituted, name ly:— °X ^rv 1ofCt “ (1) Every Gaon Sabha shall have an 1959, Executive Committee called the Gaon Panchayat con sisting of nine members to be elected in the m an ner prescribed : Provided that every Gaon Sabha having a population over two thousand five hundred shall be entitled to one additional member for the Gaon Panchayat for every increase of population of five hundred subject to a maximum of eleven : Provided further that the Gaon Panchayat shall co-opt from amongst the members of the Gaon Sabha, two women members if no' woman is elected, and one woman member if only one is elected: Provided further that wherever five per cent or more of the members of a Gaon Sabha are Scheduled Castes, then in case no mem ber belong ing to the Scheduled Castes is elected to the- Gaon Panchayat, the Gaon Panchayat shall co opt one such member from amongst the mem bers of the Gaon Sab ha: Provided further that wherever five per cent or more of the members of the Gaon Sabha are Scheduled Tribes, then in case no member belong ing to the Scheduled Tribes is elected to the Gaon Panchayat, the Gaon Panchayat shall co opt one such member from amongst the members of the Gaon Sab ha: Provided further that this representation shall continue only as long as special representation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes continues to be provided for in the Constitution of In dia: Provided further that such co-opted members shall be in addition to the members provided in the first proviso to this sub-section. (2) When th e constitution of the Gaon Pancha yat under sub-section (1) is complete, the Deputy Commissioner or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, shall call a meeting of the Gaon Pancha yat (which shall be called the first meeting of the Gaon Panchayat) for election of a President and Vice-President from amongst its members in the manner prescribed.’, 3 (2) In sub-section (3) for the woid ‘three’ occurring between the words ‘be’ and ‘years’ the word ‘four’ shall be substituted. (3) The existing sub-section (5) shall be deleted and sub-section (6) shall be renumbered as sub section (5). Substitution