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In the principal Act, in section, 16,- , d d o n 16. , , , ( i) far sub-section (I), the ' following' su6section shall be substituted, namely ' : - . , . . . , , "(1) Every didck siiail hive' $' s&Gili e&iif&tiha if th;' follb#fl members, namely :- (ij the dhaidh aid the , ~ibc-~hiirgaian df thk ~aniiti elected in thc manner provided in sub-section (3x (b) one membereiected:.di~ciJy. u p the basis c?f radpit:snQags .:fFom every constituency within the Block in the pmcnbed rnanqer; (c) Sarpanches of thc Grama Panchayats situated' within the Block; (4 every member of the Housc of the People and of the Legislative ' AssembIy rcpflenting c~nstituencies which camprise wholly or partly the area of the Samiti; and (e) every member of the CouneiI of States who is regi6tcicd as an elector within the area of the Samiti : ' 0 1 h ~ A F t l h i d e d that a Sarpanch suspended from o5ce under the of1961.. provisions of the Orissa Grama Panchayats AcC,, I964 , shall cease to be . a member of the Sarnili durtng the period of his suspension and the Naib-Sarpanch or, in his absence. the pcrson elected or 'nominated under scction 21 of the said Act to exercisc the Powers ' and perform , the functions of the Sarpanch shaU be decmed to bc a member of thc Ssmiti in placc of the Sarpanch so suspended. For the Bill see Urissa G~zerie. Extraordinary, dated the 30th March, '1994 No. 374) I Explanation-For the purposes of clause- (b), u~onstituency' shall mean a constituency as may be determined by rules mads under this Act subject to the provision in article 243-C of the Constitution."; (ii) in clause (a) of sub-section (2), for the word, brackets and letter c'clause (/I)", the word, brackets and letter "clause(b)" shall , bt substituted and after' thc words "Iota1 population of that =a", the words ."and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to diffedt consti tuencics in the Samili area'' shall bo inserted; (iii) in sub-sction (3), for the word, brackets and Ietter "cIau6e (l~)", the word, brackets and lctter "c!aus~ (b)" shalI be substituted; ( i v ) after sub-section (31, the following sub-sections shall bc inserted, namely :- "(3-a)Notwithstanding anything to 'the contrary in subsection (I),- (i) Offices of Chairmen in Samiris shaU be rcserved for the ~chcduled Castes a d tbe'soheduled Tribcs and the number of offices so rmrved for the Scheduled Castcs and the Scheduled Tribes shall bear, as nearly as map be, the same proporrion to the total number of such ofices as'the population of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes respmivcly in the State bears to the totai population of the State; (ii) a5 nearly as may be, but not less than one-third of the total number of ofices of Chairmen in Samitis shall bc iaerved for Women; (30 reservation of offices of Chairmen under this sukection shall be made by the Government by 'rotation ambng . different Samitis in the prescribed manner and the reservation so made shall be-putifished by the Election Commission . in the Gazette. (3-b) The reservation of seats under dau& (a) and (6) of sub-section (2) 'and the reservation of offices of Chairmen (othar than remyation for women) under sub-section (3-0) 6halI cease to have effect- on the expiration of the period specified in article 334 of the Constitution"; and . . ( v ) in sub-section (a, for the word, brackets and 1:tter mclause (h)", tte word . b~pkets and letter "cIausq (b)" sbalI be substituted. . - , ., . . Amendment ,