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(1) There shall be a Managing Committee for every Distributary committee and the said committee shall consist of such number of members, not exceeding five including President, as may be specified by the State Government. (2) The Project Authority shall cause arrangements, in the prescribed manner, for the election by the method of secret ballot of the President and Members of the Managing Committee from among the Members of the General Body of the Distributary Committee: Provided that the Government may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, from time to time postpone elections. (3) If, at an election held under sub-section (2), the President and the Members of the Managing Committee are not elected, fresh elections shall be held. 3[] (4) The term of office of the President and the Members of the Managing committee shall, if not recalled earlier under section 10, be co-terminus with the term of general body specified in sub-section (3) of section 6. (5) The Managing Committee shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Distributary Committee.