The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home

(iii) he shall to the best of his ability prevent and he may interpose for the
purpose of preventing, the commission of any offence specified in the First
Schedule;
(iv) he shall assist private persons in making such arrests as they may
lawfully make, and he shall report such arrests without delay to the officer-incharge
of the police-station having jurisdiction over the area;
(v) he shall observe and from time to time report to such officer-in-charge,
the movements of all bad characters within the jurisdiction of the Gram
Panchayat;
(vi) he shall report to such officer-in-charge the arrival of suspicious
characters in the neighbourhood;
(vii) he shall report in such manner as may be directed by the District
Magistrate, the births and deaths which have occurred within the local limits of
the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat;
(viii) he shall give immediate information to the Pradhan of the Gram
Panchayat of the outbreak of any epidemic disease among men or livestock
within the local limits of its jurisdiction;
(ix) he shall supply any local information which the District or Subdivisional
Magistrate or any police-officer may require;
(x) he shall obey the orders of the Grant Panchayat in regard to keeping
watch within its jurisdiction and in regard to other matters connected with his
duties;
(xi) he shall give immediate information to the Gram Panchayat of the
commission of any offence under this Act or any rule made thereunder which has
come to his knowledge and of any encroachment on, or obstruction to, any road
or waterway within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat, and
of any damage to any property vested in the Gram Panchayat or under its
control;
(xii) he shall assist any person duly authorised by the Gram Panchayat to
collect any rate, tax or fee;
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