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The Panchayats shall be assembled according to the rules prescribed for assembling Village and District panchayats, and their proceedings in cases referred under this Regulation shall be conducted according to the general rules enacted in Regulations V 1 and VII 2, 1816, for their guidance, with the following qualifications. Second.- When panchayat to be formed on challenge of one party. When only one of the parties shall appear before the District Munsif, the Panchayat shall be formed upon the challenge of such party only, and shall proceed to try the suit. [x x x x] Third.- Sending copies of decree to Collector. When the decree has been framed and two copies of it prepared, it shall be read in the presence of the parties, and the two copies shall be sealed up in a packet and delivered to the Munsif, who shall forward it to the Collector sealed as he received it. Fourth.- Decrees to be confirmed before execution. When to be set aside. Decrees of the Village and District Panchayats in suits which may be referred to them by the Collectors under this Regulation shall not be carried into execution until confirmed by the Collector, nor shall they be set aside for any other cause than gross partiality on the part of the Panchayat. Repealed by Madras Act II of 1920. Mad. Reg. VII of 1816 has been repealed by Central Act HI of 1873. Certain obsolete words have been repealed by Act Central XII of 1876.