The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 1970

Assa m act xi x of 197® (Received the assent of the Governor on the 19th December, 1970] THE ASSAM PANCHA YAT (AM END MENT) ACT, 1970 (Published in the Assam Gazett e Ex traord ina ry, dated the 19th Decem ber, 1970) An Act fa rthe r to amen d the Ass am P anchayat Act, 1959. Preamble. Whereas it is expedient fu rther to amend the Assam Assam Act Panchayat Act, 1959 here inaf ter called the princi pal x x v̂ o f Act, in the manner here inaf ter app ear ing ; 195 ' It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-firs t Yea r of the Repub lic of India as fol low s:— Short t it le , 1.(1) This Act may be called the Assam Panch aya t extent a n d (Amendment) Act, J 97O. commence­ ment. (2) I t sha ll have the like extent as t he pr inc ipa l Act. (3) It sh al l c ome in to force at once . Amendment 2. In section 11 of the prin cipal Act, for f AC tl° n s u b-sect ion (2) the following shall be subs tituted* Act XX IV nam el y of 1959. "(2 ) Notwithstand ing any vacancy in the mem ­ bership of the Gaon Pan cha yat , the Depu ty Commiss ioner or the Subd ivisional Officer as the case may be, shall cal l a meeting of the Gaon Panchaya t (which meetin g shall be called the first meeting of the Gaon Panchayat ), for election of a President and a Vice-Pre siden t from amongst its members in the manner prescribed.” Amendment 3. For section 13 of the principa l Act, the follow* of tection jn g shall be sub stituted, na mely:— 13 of the Auam Act XX IV of 1959. “ 13. (1) Th e M ahkuma Pa ns ha d shall app oin t a Secretary of the Gaon Panchayat who shall also fun ction as the Secre tary of the Gao n Sabha conce rne d: Provided that one Secretary may be appointed for more than one Gaon Panchayat. 2 (2) Qua lification, sala ry and other conditions of service including disciplina ry actions of the Secre tary so app oin ted shall be govern­ ed by the rules to be ma de for the purpose .” Amendmen t 4. In section 18 of the principa l Act, for sub- °w Se? :?n section (1) the following shall be substitu ted, 18 of the „ OTV,„ i„ .Assam A ct n a m e ty • X X IV o f 1959. “ (1) Notwithstand ing any vacancy in the membership of the Anchalik Panch aya t, the Dep uty Commissioner or the Sub- divisional Officer, as t he case m ay be, shall call a meet ing of the Anchalik Panchayat (wh ich mee ting shall be called the first meet ing of the Anchalik Pan chayat) for t he elect ion of a Preside nt and a Vice-President from amongst its members in the manne r prescribed .” Amen dmen t 5, In section 23 o f the prin cipal Act, for sub- ^ ’oFthe s c c t’o n t î e following shall be subst itu ted , Assam Ac t namely X X IV o f 1959. “ (1) Notwithstanding any vacancy* in the me mb er­ ship of the Mahkuma Par isha d, the Dep uty Commis­ sioner o r the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, shall call a meet ing of the Mahku ma Parish ad (which meeting shall be called the first meet ing of the Mah­ kuma Parishad ) for the election of a Pres iden t and a Vice-President fro m amongst its mem bers in the manner prescribed.” Amendment 6. In secdon 32 of the principa l Act, in the existing Act X X IV of 1959 a» amended by Assam Panchayat (Amend­ ment) A ct , 1966. (1) the words “except Gaon Pan cha yat Sec reta ries” occurring between the words “ employees” and “ app oin ted ” and the word “ Firs t” occu rring between he word “ Panch aya t” a nd brac ket and word “ (Amend­ ment)” shal l be .deleted ; 7 / 3 (2) the punctua tion "ful l-stop (.) ” occ urr ing a t the end shall be substi tuted by the p unctuat ion "colon ( :) ” and thereaft er the following proviso shall be added, name ly:— "Provided further tha t a ll the G aon Panchayat Secre­ taries appo inted by th e State Governme nt after th e date of coming into force o f the Assam Panchyat (Amend- Assam Act ment) Act, 1964 shall be deemed to have been appo in- \ ted by the Mahkuma Par ishad under this Act .” 7. (1) The Assam Pancha yat (Amendm ent) Ordi- Am*™ O*- nance, 1970 is hereby repeale d. kf*v}70 (2) Notwi thst and ing such rep eal , anyth ing done or any action taken under th e Assam Panchaya t (Amendm ent) Ordin ance, 1970 shall be deemed to have been don e or take n under this Act as i f this Act had commenced on the twenty-sixth day of Sep tember, 1970 (the da te of p rom ulg ation o f the Ordin anc e). AGP (Law) 4/7 1-6 ,0 00—29-1-71,