The Assam Panchayat (2nd Amendment) Act, 1964

The 22nd Dec ember 1964 No.LJL.36/64/4.—Th e following Act of the Assam Legisla tive Assembly which received the assent of th e Governor is here by publ ished for general inform atio n. (Received the asse nt of the Governor on the 21st December , 1964) ASSAM ACT No. XXVIH OF 1964 TH E ASSA M PANCHAYAT (SECOND A ME ND ME NT) AC T, 1964 [Published in the Assam Gazette Ext raor dina ry , dated the 24th December, 1964] An Act farther to amend the Ass am Panchayat Act$ 1959 Preamble Whereas it is exp edient fur the r to amend the A ct Assam Pan cha yat Act, 1959 here inafter called the oi principal Act , in the manne r hereinafter appea ring ; It is hereb y enacted in the Fift een th Year of the Republic of Ind ia as follows :— Short itlc, 1. (1) T his A ct m ay be ca lled th e Assam exte and Panch aya t (Second Amendment) Act, commence- j 964 ment. 2 (2) It shall have the like extent as the prin cipal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. Amendment 2. j n sub-section (5) of Section 14 of th e principa l ofAssam Ac .Act—-for clause (ii), the following shall be subst itu- XXIV of ted, nam ely 1959, “ (ii) Th e vot ing shall be by show of hands except in case of elect ion or no-confidence motion when voting shall be by secre t bal lot ” . Am endm ent of Sec tion 16 of A ssam Ac t Act X X IV of 1959. Sub-section (3) of Section 16 of th e prin cipal shall be dele ted. Am endm ent of Sec tion lg of Assam Act X X IV of 1959, 4. In sub-section (1) of Section 19 of the princi ­ pal Act,-—(1) in the second proviso afte r the word “co-op ted ” punctuat ion “ (, )” shall be delet ed ; (2) aft er punc tua tion “ ( , )” as so deleted , the words and punctua tion “or nom ina ted ,” shall be inserted between the words “co-opted” and “ the” . Amendment 5. j n s u b.s e c tion (1) of Section 22 of the prin- tion 22 of cipa l Act, for the second proviso, the following Assam Act shall be substituted, namely:-— X X IV of 1959. “ Provided fur the r that the Mohku ma Parishad shall from within the are a of its jur isd ic­ tion , co-opt two women members, if no wom an is a mem ber and one wom an, if only one is a memb er.” ^ f 6 n d i Sec- Section 24 of the prin cipal Act— tio n 24 of Assam Act X X IV of 1959. X I (1) in sub-section (2), for the brac kets and figures “ (ii) and (iii )” occurring between the words, bracke t and figure “ clauses (i)” , and “ of ” , the brackets and figures and word “ (iii) and (iv) ” shal l be substituted ; (2) in clause (b) the words “ Legisla tive Assembly” shall be substituted by the word “ Legislature” ; j v *! *. 3 (3) in clause (c) for the words “School Board” occurring b etween the w ord “ the” and “as” the words “ Co-o pera tive Cen tral Bank” shall be subs tituted ; (4) in sub-section (3), for the bracke t and figure “ (IV )” occ urr ing betw een the words “ clause” an d “ of” , the bracket and figure “ (V) ” shall be substituted. U. TAHB ILD AR , Depu ty Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Law Depa rtment.