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Duration of Panchayat.-(l) Every Panchayat shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer unless sooner diss91ved under this Act.. (2)An election to constitute a PanchayaVshall be completed- (a) before the expiry of its duration specified In sub-section (1); (b) before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution; . Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved panchay.at would have continued is less than six months it shall not be necessary to hold any election under this clause for constituting the Panchayat for such period. (3) A Panchayat constituted upon the' dissolution of aPanchayat before the expiration of its duration shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved panchayats. would have continued under clause (I) had it not been so dissolved. S.7.L PANCHAYAT RAJ AVAM GRAM SWARAJ ADHl., 1993 (PA)38 .. • • • • • • S.7-K PANCHAYAT RAJ AVAM GRAM SWARAJ ADfII., 1993 (PA)37 J : •I. -r \ \ • (al donations, (b) income from oth<;rsources, I[(c) any sum received from the District Panchayat Raj Fund or from the Funds of three-tier Panchayats, the proceeds of the land revenue. ce~s qn land revenue, royalty received on niinor minerais, income received form lease of fishing rights, grazing fees and shala bhawan upkar as prescribed or fixed by the State Government. (d) the taxes, duties, toils and fees imposed as mentioned iti the Schedule IAand Schedule lIAand other income of the Gram Sabha.) (e) any sums received by Gram Panchayat under various schemes sponsored by the Central Government or the State Government, to be ailotted to the Gram Sabha according to norms prescribed by the Central Government or the State Government. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the. rules made thereunder ail property vested in the Gram Sabha and the. Gram Kosh shail be applied for the purposes of this Act or for other purposes connected with the activities for the development of viilage or for such other expenses as the Gram Sabha may approve: Provided that funds rec.eivedunder any; scheme, shall be.utilised,c.," " according to the guidelines issued by the Central Government, or the " State Government, as the cas~may be. . (3)The Gram Kosh shall be kept and maintained in such manner and in such form as may be prescribed. 2[(4) The Gram Kosh shail be operated by the Gram Vikas Samiti and ail amounts from the Gram Kosh shail be drawn under Joint .signature of the 3[President of the Gram 4[Vikas] Samiti and the Secretary of the Gram Panchayatl with the approval of Gram Sabha and accounts of the drawalshall-be maintained bythe Secretary of the Gram Vikas Samiti. The information regarding all receipts into ~nd drawals from the Gram Kosh shall be placed before the Gram Satha. in its next meeting.] (5i 5['; x x-I 7-K. Account and Audit.-The Gram Sabha shail cause to be maintained proper books of accounts and prepare annual statement of accounts. The accounts of the Gram Sabha shall be audited from time. to .time in such manner and by 'isuch authority as may be •..prt<Scribe,!.and.the Audit Report submitted',shall be"placed before the next rrieeting of the Gram Sabha . ..~ . 1 Clauses (c) & (d) subs. by M.P. Act 23 of 2001 {lO-1O-200l}. 2 Sub-sec. (4) subs. by M.P. Act 23 of2001 {lO-1O-200l}. 3 Subs. by M.P. Act 16 of2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2005 4 Subs. for the word "Nirman" by M.P. Act 20 of 2005, w.e.f. 30-8- 2005. 5 Sub-sec. (5) omitted by M.P. Act }6 0[2004, w.e.f. }-}-2005. . rr[ " " ~. • • . . 8.69 PANCHAYAT RAJ AVAM GRAM SWARAJ ADHl., 1993 (PA)117 f i'I , \ .'. I J I J Secretary and one or more Assistant Secretaries for a Gram Panchayat. who shali discharge such functions and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the State Government or prescribed autholity:] Provided that the person hoiding the charge of a Secretary of Gram Panchayat immediateiy before the commencement of this Act shall continue to function as such till a Secretary is appointed in accordance with this section. 1[Provided further that a person shall not hoid charge of a 2[Secretary or Assistant Secretary] of Gram Panchayat, if such a person happens to be relative of any office bearer of the concerned Gram Panchayat. Explanation.-for the purpose of this sub-section the expression "relative" shall mean father. mother. brother. sister, husband. wife, son, daughter. father-in-law, mother-In-law. brother-in- law, slster-in- law. son-In-law. daughter-in-law.] 3[(2) The S'tate Government shall appoint for every Janpad Panchayat a Chief Executive Officer and may be also appoint one or more Additional Chief Executive Officer, who shall discharge such functions and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer]. 4[(3) The State Government shall appoint for every Zlla Panchayat a Chief Executive Officer and may also appoint one or more Additional Chief Executive Officers, .Deputy Chief Executive Officersand.-Execu--' tive Officers who shall discharge such f)lnctions and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer]. (4) Duling the absence of a Secretary of Gram Panchayat or 5[Chlef Executive Officer ofJanpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat] due to leave, retirement, death, resignation or otherwise the presclibed authority shall, as soon as possible, make such arrangements as he deems fit, for carrying on the office of Secretary of Gram Panchayat or 6[Chief Executive Officer of Janpad Panchayat or Zlla Panchayati as the case may be. Aperson while carrying on such officeshall exercise al) powers. conferred by this Act or-niles madetiiereunder on the Secretary of Gram Panchayat or 7[Chlef Executive Officer of Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayats] as the case may be. (5) The Secretary of the Gram Panchayat, the 8[Chlef Executive Officer of the Janpad Panchayat and Zila Panchayat] shall be respon- sible for keeping and maintaining the records of the Gram Panchayat, Janapad Panchayat or Zlla Panchayat as'the case may be. 1 Ins. byMP 2 of 1997[7-1-19971. , . , 2 Subs. by M.P. Act No. 26 of 2012 (23-5-2012) for'the words "Secretary". 3 Subs.byMP43of1997[5-12-19971. 4 Subs.byMP2 ofJ997 (7-1-19971 . .5 'Subs. by M,P. 26 of 1994 (30.5.94) for the words "Chief Executlve Officer of Janpad Panchayat or Secretary of Zila Panchayat" 6 Subs. ibid. 7 Subs. ibid. S Subs. by M.P. 26 of 1994 (30.5.94] for the words "ChIef Executive Officer of Janapad Panchayat or Secretary of Zila Panchayat" 8.67 (PA)116 PANCHAYAT RAJ AVAM GRAM SWARAJ ADHI., 1993 ,