The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2001

- ct’5atr/iBei Regis tered No. A-768/9 7 THE ASSAM GAZETTE ^ p n w i EXTRAORDINARY W W l W tP T \s PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY •TC 186 19 ''5 U'3 l'<H , 2001 27 1923 ('“R 0 No. 186 Dispur, Friday, 19 October, 2001 27 Asvina, 1923 (S.E.) GOVER NMENT OF ASS AM ORDE RS BY THE GOV ERN OR LEG ISLATIVE DEP ARTMENT :: LEG ISLATIVE BRA NCH NOT IFIC ATION The 19th Oc tober, 2001 No.LGL . 145/98/2 2.— The following Ac t o f the Assam L egi sla tive Assem bly wh ich rece ived the as sent of the Gov erno r is he reby pub lish ed for general information. 2448___THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 ASSAM ACT NO. XVI OF 2001 (Received the assent of the Governor on 17th October, 2001 THE ASSAM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 AN ACT further to amend the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994. Pre am bl e Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, hereinafter referred to as the Act principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing, XVIII of 1 9 9 4 Sh or t tit le , exten t and com m en ce­ m en t It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :- In se rti o n of new sec ­ tion 70A 1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2001. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. In the princ ipal Act, after section 70, the following new section 70A shall be inserted, namely " R es er vati on for the of fic es of the Pr esi dent and the Vice Pr esident of the Zil la Par ishad . 70A (1) Such number of offices of the President and the Vice President of the Zilla Parishad shall be / reserved, for the persons belo ngin g to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the number of such offices bearing as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of offices in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State, in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved under sub-section (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Schedu led Castes or the Schedu led Tribes, as the case may be. (3) Not less than one-third (including the number of office s reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of offic es of the Pres iden t and the Vice President of the Zilla Parishad in the State THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. OCTOBER 19, 2001 2443 sh all be re se rv ed fo r wo me n an d suc h of fi ce s ma y be all ot te d by ro ta tio n to diff eren t Z illa Paris had s, in such m ann er as may b e p resc ribe d." Amendment 3 i n th e pr in ci pa l A ct , in se ct io n 1 4 0 , in t 4 0 S.e c ° n sub -se ction (1 ), aft er the ex ist ing pro vis ion , the fo llo w in g pr ov is o sh all be in se rt ed , namely "Pr ovide d tha t no ap po int me nt un der t his su b- se ct io n sh al l be ma de by th e C hi ef Executi ve off ice r w itho ut the pri or appr oval o f the State G ove rnm ent ." M. K. DE KA , Sec reta ry to the Go vt, o f A ssam , Legi slativ e Departme nt. GUWAHATI - Printed and Publoished by the Dy. Director (P) Directorate of Ptg. and Sty. Assam, Guwahati-21 (Ex. Gazette) No. 371-500-600-19-10-2001.