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(1) There shall be a Gram I'anchayat for every Uran. Sabha. (2) The members of a Gram, Sabha shall elect in the ·manner p-resC'ribed from amongst themselves such number of members not being· less than nine or more than ffteen as may be determined by the prescribed authority, and the members so elected shall constitute the Gram Panchayat. I of 1957.] The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1956. 7 (<) (Fart ].-Chapter III.-Gram Panchayat.-Ser;t,ion 12.) (3) The prescribed authority may divide the area of a Gram Sabha into such number of constituencies as may be convenient for the purpose of election. (4) Every Gran Panchayat shall be a body corporate by the name of the Gram Panchayat having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, subject to the restrictions or qualifications, if any, imposed under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force, have power to accept a gift of, acquire, hold, administer and transfer property both movable and immovable and to enter into any contract or do all things necessary for carrying out its duties under this Act and shall, by its name, sue and be sued. (5) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (2), the State Government may associate with any Gram, Panchayat elected under that sub-section or appointed under section 13, for such period as it thinks :fit, any person whether- a member of the Gram Sabha concerned or not, ho may, in the opinion of the State Government, possess special qualifications for serving on the Gram Panchayat to enable it to function effectively; an<l all such person or persons. shall be deemed to be members of the Gram Panchayat for all purposes except that they shall not have the right to vote and shall not be elgible for being elected as Adhgakshc or Upadhaaksla: Provided that the total number of persons so associated with a Gram Panchayat shall not exceed one-third of the total number· of members constituting the Gram Panchayat. (6) Every Gram Panchayat shall, at its first meeting- at which a quorum is present elect, subject tc the provisions of sub-section (6), one of its members to be the Adhyaksha and another member to be the Upadhyalsfa of the Gram Panchayat in the manner prescribed: Provided that if the Gram Panchayat fails to elect an Adhyal,;sha,, the Aclhvaksha of the outgoing Gramm, Panchayat shall resume office and continue to hold the same until a new Adhyaksha is elected.