Manipur Panchayati Raj Act : Term of the Gram Panchayats. Indian Bare Acts :

Manipur Panchayati Raj Act,1994

Act No : 26

Section : Term of the Gram Panchayats.

20. Term of the Gram Panchayats.- (1) Every Gram Panchayat, shall continue for a term of five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer: 7 Provided that a Gram Panchayat which is functioning immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue till the expiration of its duration. (2) The election to constitute a Gram, Panchayat shall be completed- (a). before the expiration of its duration specified in sub- section (1); and (b) in case of dissolution, before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of dissolution: Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dis- solved Gram Panchayat would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election under this clause for con- stituting the Gram Panchayat for such period. (3) A Gram Panchayat constituted upon the dissolution of a Gram Panchayat before the expiration of its duration, shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Gram Panchayat would have continued under subsection (1) had it not been so dissolved.