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

(i)
2 he has not attained the age of twenty-one years on the date fixed for the
scrutiny of nominations for any elections; or
(j)
2 he has been convicted under section 189 at any lime during the last ten years;
or
(k)
2 he has been surcharged or charged under section 192 at any time during the
last ten years; or
(l)
2 he has been removed under section 213 at any time during the last five
years.
98. (1) Every Panchayat Samiti shall, at its first meeting at which a quorum is present,
elect, in the prescribed manner, one of its members to be the Sabhapati and another
member to be the Sahakari Sabhapati of the Panchayat Samiti:
Sabhapati and
Sahakari
Sabhapati
Provided that members referred to in 1 [clauses (i) and (iii) of subsection (2) of
section 94 2 [shall neither participate in, nor be eligible for, such election:]
3 Provided further that subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the
State Government, a member shall not be eligible for such election unless he
declares in writing that on being elected, he shall be a whole time functionary of
his office and that during the period for which he holds or is due to hold such
office, he shall not hold any office of profit unless he has obtained leave of
absence from his place of employment or shall not carry on or be associated with
any business, profession or calling in such manner that shall or is likely to
interfere with due exercise of his powers, due performance of his functions or due
discharge of his duties:
4 Provided also that subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government
in this behalf, the offices of the Sabhapati and the Sahakari Sabhapati shall be
reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in such manner that
the number of offices so reserved at the time of any general election shall bear, as
nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices within a
district as the population of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, as the
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