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Suspension of office bearers of Panchayats.- (1) The prescribed authority may suspend from office any office bearer- 7[(a) who remained in custody for more than fourteen days on a criminal charge or otherwise or against whom charges have been framed in any criminal proceedings under chapter V-A, VI, IX-A, X, XII, sections 302, 303, 304-B, 305, 306, 307, 312 to 318, 336-A, 366-B, 373 to 377 of Chapter XVI, sections 395 to 398, 408, 409, 420, 436, 458 to 460 of Chapter XVII and Chapter XVIII of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860) or under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985) or under sections 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of