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1993 : Guj. 18] Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993. 57 (v) A Public Works Committee for performing functions pertainning to public works, communications, buildings, rural housing and relief against natural calamities. (vi) An Appeal Committee under 1[section 243] 2[(vii) A Committee for production, co-operation and irrigation. (viii) A Committee for woman and child development and youth activities.] (2) In addition to the committees referred to in sub-section (1), a district panchayat may with the prior approval of the State Government constitute a committee or committees to execute any work or scheme decided upon by the district panchayat or to inquire into and report to the district panchayat on matters which the panchayat may refer to such committee or committees. The district panchayat may make regulations for the procedure to be followed by any such committee. (3) No committee other than the Executive Committee and the Education Committee shall consist of more than five members and the Executive Committee and the Education Committee shall consist of not more than nine members. (4) The constitution of the Education Committee and the Social Justice Committee shall, subject to sub-section (3), be such as may be prescribed. (5) The members of a committee constituted under this section shall be elected by the panchayat from amongst its members: Provided that the panchayat may appoint in accordance with rules made in this behalf any of the qualified voters of the district on a committee mentioned in clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-section (1) and the qualified voters so appointed shall have the right to speak or otherwise take part in the proceedings of a meeting of the committee but shall not be entitled to vote. (6) The members of each committee shall elect from amongst themeselves the Chairman of the committee: Provided that - (a) where the President and Vice-President both are members of any such committee, the President, shall be the ex-officio, Chairman of such committee and if he declines to hold the office, the Vice-President shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the committee, unless he also declines to hold the office, and (b) where only one of them is a member thereof he shall be the ex-officio, Chairman of the committee, unless he declines to hold the office, (c) a person who is not a member of the panchayat shall not be eligible to be Chairman of any committee : Provided further that where the person so elected as Chairman of the Education Committee is also the President of the panchayat or at any time after his election as Chairman is elected as such President, he shall not be eligible to continue as the Chairman of the committee, unless he chooses to vacate the office of such President and accordingly vacates that office. (7) (a) No member of the panchayat shall be a member of more than two committees constituted under this section. (b) If any member is simultaneously or otherwise elected as a member of more than two committees, the member shall within ten days from the date or the later of the dates on which he is so elected intimate to the President, two of the committees in which he wishes to serve and thereupon his seat in the committee or committees other than the aforesaid two committees shall become vacant. (c) Any intimation given under clause (b) shall be final and irrevocable.