Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
No: 26 Dated: Apr, 23 1994
The Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
(Act No. 26 of 1994)
An Act to provide for the constitution and organisation of Panchayats as units of local self-Government in the rural areas of Manipur and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Whereas it is expedient to reorganise Panchayats in rural areas of Manipur by comprehensive enactment to establish a two-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State with elected bodies at the Gram and District levels, in keeping with the Constitutional provisions relating to Panchayats for greater participation of the people and more effective implementation of rural development programmes.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Manipur excepting any area to which the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act, 1971 (Manipur Act 76 of 1971) or the Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act, 1956 (Manipur Act 80 of 1956) extends, or which has been or may hereafter be declared as, or included in, a municipality under any law for the time being in force, or which has been or may hereafter be declared as, or included in a cantonment under the Cantonment Act, 1924 (2 of 1924).
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha" means an Adhyaksha and a Up-Adhyakhsa of a Zilla Parishad elected under section 54 of this Act;
(b) "Chairperson" means Chairperson of a Standing Committee of a Zilla Parishad or a Gram Panchayat, as the case may be, constituted under the provisions of this Act;
(c) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of a Zilla Parishad appointed under section 75 of this Act;
(d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Government in the Development and Panchayati Raj or such other person as may be appointed by the State Government to exercise the powers of a Commissioner under this Act;
(e) "district" means the revenue district;
(f) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of District;
(g) "Government" means the State Government of Manipur;
(h) "Gram Sabha" means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of the Panchayat at the village level;
(i) "Gram Panchayat" means the Gram Panchayat constituted under the Act;
(j) "Official Gazette" means the Manipur Gazette;
(k) "Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat and a Zilla Parishad constituted under the provisions of this Act;
(l) "Panchayat area" means the territorial area of a Panchayat;
(m) "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published,
(n) "Pradhan" means a Pradhan of a Gram Panchayat elected under section 21 of this Act;
(o) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Act;
(p) "Secretary" means the Secretary of a Gram Panchayat appointed under this Act;
(q) "Standing Committee" means a Standing Committee constituted by a Zilla Parishad or a Gram Panchayat under this Act;
(r) "Up-Pradhan" means a Up-Pradhan of a Gram Panchayat elected under section 24 of this Act;
(s) "village" means a village specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purpose of this Act and includes a group of villages so specified; and
(t) "Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Parishad of a district constituted under section 48 of this Act.
CHAPTER II
Gram Sabha
3. Membership of Gram Sabha and disqualification. - (1) A Gram Sabha shall, subject to sub-section (2), consist of all persons whose names are included in electoral rolls referred to in section 15 within the area of the Gram Sabha:
Provided that no person shall be a member of more than one Gram Sabha.
(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Gram Sabha, if-
(a) he is not a citizen of India; or
(b) he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) he is for the time being disqualified from voting under the provision of any law relating to corrupt practices and other offences in connection with election to State Legislature.
4. Cessation of membership. - (1) A member of Gram Sabha shall cease to be a member, if he has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the Gram Sabha area.
(2) Where any person ceases to be a member of Gram Sabha under sub-section (1) he shall also cease to hold any office to which he may have been elected or appointed by virtue of being a member thereof.
5. Periodicity of meetings. - The Gram Sabha shall meet from time to time but six months shall not intervene between any two meetings.
6. Convening of meetings. - The meeting of the Gram Sabha shall be held in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.