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Amendment of Section 7. In Section 7 of the Principal Act, (1) First paragraph shall be substituted by the following, namely. :- “Executive- There shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer and a Secretary in each Village Council and the executive functions of the Village Council shall be vested in these four. Provided that if a Village Council having 3 (three) seats has only two members due to any reasons, the Vice President shall hold the post of Treasurer”. (2) In sub-section 2, the lines “on the advice of the President of the Village Council” shall be substituted by “on the recommendation of the executive body of the Village Council”. (3) In sub-section 7, after the last sentence, a new sentence “The State Government shall declare the seat as vacant” shall be added. (4) After sub-section (10), the following new sub-sections (11) and (12) shall be added, namely:- “(11) If the President has lost the support of the majority of members, and if a report is received in writing by the State Government, a meeting of Village Council shall be convened by the officer appointed by the State Government to elect a new President. The officer appointed by the State Government shall serve a notice of such meeting specifying the date and time and place thereof and send a copy of notice to the State Government. Such meeting shall be presided over by any officials appointed by the State Government. The report on election of the new President shall be sent to the State Government without delay. (12) If the majority of members demand re- shuffle of the executive body of the Village Council and if such report is received in writing by the State Government for reshuffle of the executive body, the same procedure as per sub-section (11) of section 7 shall be applied”.