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(1) For every Block the State Government shall constitute a Panchayat Samiti bearing the name of the Block. (2) The Panchayat Samiti shall consist of the following members, namely:— (i) Pradhans of the Gram Panchayats within the Block, ex officio; (ii) such number of persons not exceeding three as may be prescribed to be elected from each Gram within the Block, the Gram being divided for the purpose into as many constituencies as the number of persons to be elected, and the election being held by secret ballot at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, from amongst themselves by persons whose names are included in the electoral roll of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the time being in force pertaining to the constituency comprised in such Gram; (iii) members of the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly of the State elected thereto from a constituency comprising the Block or any part thereof, not being Ministers and members of the Council of States, not being Ministers, having a place of residence in the Block. (3) EVery Panchayat Samiti constituted under this section shall be notified in the Official Gazette and shall come into office with effect from the date of its first meeting at which a quorum is present. (4) Every Panchayat Samiti shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by its corporate name sue and be sued. Panchayat Samiti and its constitu- tion. 311 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. [West Ben. Act (Part III.—Panchayat Samiti.—Chapter VIII—Constitution of Panchayat Samiti.—Seetions 95, 96.) Effect of the