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(1) The parties to cases triable by a Nyaya tiapr,eofpar- Panchayat shall appear personally before such Panchayat: a8. Provided that the Panchayat, if it sees reason so to do, may dispense with the personal attendance of an accused ,. and permit him o appear by agent. (2) The parties to suits triable by a Nyaya Panchayat may appear by agent. Attendance of wit- nesses. . E.vplanation :-"Agent" in. sub-sections (1) ancl (2), means a person who is authorised in writing to appear and plead for either party. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1) or sub-section (2), no person whose name is included in a list of touts framed and published by Subdivisional Magistrates under section 80A oF the Indian Registration Aet, 1908, shall be permitted to appear as an agent of a party before a Nyaya Panchayat. xr, 1908, The West Bengal Panchayat Acat, 1956. 49 D of 1957.J (Part Il.-Chapte1· Xl.-Nyaya Panchayats.- Sections 103-107.) . 10~.. Notwithstnncling anything contained in the Legal Legal prac- Practationers Act, 1879, legal practitioners shall not i itioners permutted to practise before a Nara Panciaae. ,2.7,