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U.P. Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Act, 1971


U.P. Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Act, 1971 1. Short title. 2. Amendment of Section 12 of U.P. Act XXVI of 1947. 3. Amendment of Section 8 of U.P. Act XXXIII of 1961. 4. Repeal of U.P. Ordinance No. 5 of 1971

The U.P. Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Act, 1971

(U.P. Act No. 18 of 1971)

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Published in U.P. Gazette Extraordinary, dated 22nd August, 1971, at 2.

An Act further to amend the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 and the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samitis and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961

It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-Second Year of the Republic of India as follows :

  1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Act, 1971.
Object & Reasons6

 

Statement of Objects and Reasons. - The terms of Kshettra Samitis and Gaon Panchayats in the State was expiring respectively on May 4, 1971, and July 5, 1971, and the State Government had no powers to extend their term any further. Accordingly powers to extend the terms of these institutions up to a further period of one year were taken by the Uttar Pradesh Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Ordinance, 1971. The present Bill is introduced to replace the said Ordinance.
  1. Amendment of Section 12 of U.P. Act XXVI of 1947.- Amendment incorporated in the relevant Act.
  2. Amendment of Section 8 of U.P. Act XXXIII of 1961.- Amendment incorporated in the relevant Act.
  3. Repeal of U.P. Ordinance No. 5 of 1971.- The Uttar Pradesh Gaon Panchayats and Kshettra Samitis (Extension of Term) Ordinance, 1971 is hereby repealed.
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