The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home
The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home
The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home
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1 (5)<br />
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this<br />
section, when the area of a district (hereinafter referred to as the former district) is<br />
divided so as to constitute two or more districts, for each of the newly constituted districts<br />
the State Government shall by notification constitute a Zilla Parishad bearing the name<br />
of the district with the following members, namely:—<br />
(i) Sabhapatis of the <strong>Panchayat</strong> Samitis within the newly constituted district, ex<br />
officio;<br />
(ii) the members elected to the Zilla Parishad of the former district under clause<br />
(ii) of sub-section (2) from the constituencies referred to therein comprised in the<br />
Blocks within the newly constituted district;<br />
(iii) members of the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly of the<br />
State elected thereto from a constituency comprising the newly constituted district<br />
or any part thereof, not being Ministers;<br />
(iv) members of the Council of Stales, not being Ministers, having a place of<br />
residence in the newly constituted district.<br />
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this <strong>Act</strong>, every Zilla Parishad constituted under<br />
this sub-section shall be deemed to have been duly constituted in accordance with the<br />
provisions of this <strong>Act</strong> and shall come into office with effect from the date of its first<br />
meeting at which a quorum is present, and the Zilla Parishad of the former district shall,<br />
with effect from the date of coming into office of the newly constituted Zilla Parishads,<br />
cease to exist.<br />
(c) <strong>The</strong> members of the newly constituted Zilla Parishad, other than the ex<br />
officio members, shall, subject to the provisions of section 145, hold office with effect<br />
from the date of its first meeting at which a quorum is present for the unexpired portion<br />
of the term of office of the members of the Zilla Parishad of the former district.<br />
(d) All rules, orders, bye-laws and notifications made or issued from time to time<br />
under any law for the time being in force, applicable to the Zilla Parishad of the former<br />
district and continuing in force immediately before the coming into office of the newly<br />
constituted Zilla Parishads under this sub-section, shall, after the coming into office of<br />
the newly constituted Zilla Parishads, continue in force in so far as they are not<br />
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