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(1) A village panchayat may constitute an Executive Committee for performing such of its functions and duties (not being those pertaining to its Social Justic Committee) as the panchayat may assign to it. (2) The Executive Committee shall consist of five members to be elected by the panchayat from amongst its members, out of whom one shall belong to a Scheduled Castes or a Scheduled Tribes and one shall be a woman. (3) A village panchayat shall constitute a committee called the Social Justice Committee for performing such functions as are essential for securing social justice to the weaker sections of the society including persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as may be prescribed, and the constitution of such committee shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) In addition to the aforesaid committees, a village panchayat may with the previous approval of the State Government constitute one or more committees consisting of such members of the panchayat and other residents of the village as the panchayat may determine, or appoint any of its members, to execute any work or scheme decided upon by the panchayat or to inquire into and report to the panchayat on matters which the panchayat may refer to such committee or member. The panchayat may make regulations for the procedure to be followed by any such committee. (5) Where any committee is constituted under this section the members of the committee shall elect from amongst themselves the Chairman of the committee: Provided that— (a) where the Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch both are members of any such committee, the Sarpanch shall be the ex-officio, Chairman of such committee and if he declines to hold the office the Upa-Sarpanch 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. (6) (a) The term of each of the committee other than the Executive Committee and the Social Justice Committee shall be such as may be determined by the panchayat. (b) The term of the Executive Committee shall be two years and on the expiry of its term, the committee may be reconstituted; and the term of the Social Justice Committee shall be co-extensive with the duration of the panchayat: