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Term of office of members of interim Grama Panchayat and their powers.- (1) The Government shall take steps to hold election for a new Grama Panchayat within a period not exceeding five years from the date on which the interim Grama Panchayat has been constituted under section 115: Provided that where an interim Grama Panchayat has been constituted to a panchayat area converted under section 115 prior to the date on which the first elections to the Grama Panchayats are held under this Act, no election to constitute a new Grama Panchayat for such area shall be held before the date on which the unexpired portion of the term of office of the 1[councillors of municipal council or Town Panchayat] 1, as the case may be, would have ended: