Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 1997
No: 10 Dated: Apr, 30 1997
THE ASSAM PANCHAYAT ( AMENDMENT ) ACT, 1997
ASSAM ACT No. X OF 1997
An Act further to amend the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994.
Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 1997.
(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 3:- In the principal Act, in section 3,—
(i) in sub-section (2), in clause (e), for the words “four fifth” appearing in ihe first line, the words “two third” shall be substituted.
(ii) in sub-section (2) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely-
“ (f) The Minister-in-charge of the District to be notified by the Government.”
(iii) for the existing sub-section (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
‘‘(5) The Minister-in-Charge of the respective District, to be notified by the Government, shall be the Chairman of the District Planning Committee and the President of the concerned Zilla Parishad shall be the Vice-Chairman of the District Planning Committee.”
(iv) (a) the existing sub-sections (6), (7) and (8) shd l be renumbered as section 3A (1), (2) and (3), respectiv ely.
(b) after renumbering the existing sub-section (6) as section 3A (1), the following marginal note, by the left hand side of the section shall be inserted, namely ;
“Duties and function of the District Planning Committee.”
3. Amendment of Secion 4:- In the principal Act, in section 4, in subsection (5), in the sixth line, for the word “will” appearing in between the words “Panchayat” and “convene”, the word “shall” shall be substituted and in the last line, after the word “time” , the “fullstop” shall be deleted and the words and fullstop “from the date of such direction” , shall be inserted.