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CHAPTER IV Powers, Duties, Functions and Administration of Gram Panchayats

Section 29: Committees

The Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.

Chapter VI (The Nyaya Panchayat), sections 42 to 94-A, is printed only as a heading with the official footnote "Chapter VI comprising sections 42 to 94-A Omitted by sec. 16 of U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.", so those sections have no pages here.

The marginal headings printed beside each section in this edition are shown as the section headings; sections 37, 37-A, 95-A and 109 carry no marginal heading in this copy.

Marginal references to other enactments (for example "U.P. Act No. I of 1951") printed beside the text are not reproduced.

1[(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, every Gram Panchayat shall constitute such committee or committees as may be notified by the State Government from time to time, to assist the Gram Panchayat in the performance of all or any of its function and may delegate to such committee or committees such of its powers of functions as it may deem fit.

(2) Every committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of a Chairman and six other members, who shall be elected by the members of the 2[Gram Panchayat] from amongst themselves in the prescribed manner :

Provided that in each such committee there shall be atleast one woman member, one member belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes and one member belonging to backward classes :

Provided further that the State Government may, by notifiation, direct that the Pradhan or 3[ x x x ] or any other member of 2[Gram Panchayat] shall be the Chairman of any such committee.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 2 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.
  2. 2.Subs. by sec. 37 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.
  3. 3.Omit. by section 2 of U.P. Act No. 44 of 2007.

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