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(1) The total number of seats in a Village Panchayat, a Block Panchayat and a District Panchayat to be filled by direct election shall be notified by the Government in accordance with the scale specified in sub-section (3) with reference to the population of the territorial area of the Panchayat concerned. (2) The Government may after, publication of the relevant figures of each census, by notification alter the total number of seats in a Panchayat notified under sub-section (1) subject to the scale specified in sub-section (3). [(3) The number of seats to be notified under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not,-- (a) in these case of Village Panchayat, be 6A[less than fourteen or more than twenty four]; (b) in these case of a Block Panchayat, be 6A[less than fourteen or more than twenty four]; (c) in these case of a District Panchayat, be 6B[less than seventeen or more than thirty three]: Provided that the ratio between the population of the territorial area of a panchayat at any level and the number of seats in such Panchayats to be filled by election shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout State.] (4) The procedure of fixing the strength of a Panchayat shall be such as may be prescribed. Sub-section (3) substituted by Act 5 of 2005, w.e.f. 09/03/2005. Substituted by ACT 15 OF 2024 Published in K.G.Ext. No. 2233 dt. 10/07/2024 (w.e.f. 10/07/2024). Prior to the Substitution it read as "less than thirteen or more than twenty three" Substituted by ACT 15 OF 2024 Published in K.G.Ext. No. 2233 dt. 10/07/2024 (w.e.f. 10/07/2024). Prior to the Substitution it read as "less than sixteen or more than thirty two"