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Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of District Panchayat.- (1) The elected members of the District Panchayat shall as soon as may be, elect two members from among themselves, to be respectively the Chairman and Vice-Chairman. (2) The provisions of 1[sub-section (2) of Section 50, sub-section (2) of Section 51 and Sections 52,53 and 54] shall as far as may be, apply in relation to the office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of District Panchayat, as they apply in relation to the office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Panchayat Union Council and any reference to Panchayat Union Council or Commissioner in the said Sections shall be deemed to be a reference to the District Panchayat or 2[Secretary] as the case may be, in so far as it applies to the office of Chairman and Vice- Chairman of District Panchayat.