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GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR

SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

DEPARTMENT

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N O T I F I C A T I O N

Imphal, the 20th

Sept,1996

No.2/23/96-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent

of the Governor of Manipur on 19-9-1996 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.

(Sd/- L.Ibomcha Singh)

Secretary to the Govt. of Manipur

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THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (AMENDMENT)ACT, 1996

(Manipur Act No. 5 of 1996)

An

Act

to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj, Act, 1994

(No.20 of 1994)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the forty Seventh year of the Republic of

India as follows :-

1. Short title and commencement :-

1) This Act may be called the (Manipur Panchayati Raj Amendment) Act, 1996.

2) It shall be deemed to come into force with effect from the 17th

day of September,

1996.

2. Amendment of Section 3 :-

In section 3 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, (herein after referred to as the

Act):

(a) Sub-section (1) shall be re-numbered as (1-A) and the following new sub-section

(1-B) and (1-C) shall be inserted namely:-

“(1-B) The State Government shall by Notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Gram

Sabha for a village or a group of adjoining villages having population of not less than three

thousand and not more than six thousand subject to such variation not being larger than two

thousand, as may be necessary on consideration of the local situation.

(1-C) A notification under this section shall specify the name of the Gram Sabha by which it

shall be known and shall define the limits of the area within its jurisdiction.”

(b) After sub-section (2), the following new sub-section (3) shall be inserted, namely :-

“(3) Every member of the Gram Sabha unless disqualified under this Act or any other law for

the time being in force, be qualified to vote at the election of the members of a Gram

Panchayat and Pradhan of the Gram Sabha and also at the election of the directly elected

members of the Zilla Parishad constituency in the area of which the Gram Sabha lies.”

Contd. …… (2)

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3. Amendment of Section 7:

After sub-section (2) of Section 7 of the Act, the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely :-

“ Provided that no quorum shall be necessary for a meeting adjourned for want of

quorum, for the second time.”


In section 17 of the Act, for the figure “350”, the figure “600” shall be substituted.

5. Amendment of Section 18:-

In Sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Act :-

(a) for clause (1) , the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(i) Divide the area of the Gram Sabha into territorial constituencies”.

(b) clause (ii) shall be deleted.

6. Amendment of Section 22:-

In section 22 of the Act:-

(a) sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be deleted.

(b) In sub-section (2), the words “or an Administrator” shall be deleted.

(c) In sub-section (3), for the words “cease”, the word “continue shall be substituted and

the words” or an administrator” and “or Administrator, as the case may be” shall be

deleted.

(d) In sub-section (4) the words “or Administrator”, “or the Administrator” and “or the

Administrator , as the case may be” shall be deleted.

(e) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section (5) shall be inserted, namely:-

“(5) Not withstanding anything contained in the Act, if the State Government is

satisfied that the first elections to Gram Panchayats after the commencement of this Act

can not be held, the State Government may appoint Administrative Committees to

exercise the powers and to perform the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat for a

period not exceeding six months”.


In Section 25 of the Act:-

(a) for clause (i), the following shall be substituted, namely :-

(i) “such number of offices of Pradhan of Gram Panchayat in the district for scheduled

castes and scheduled tribes and the number of offices so reserved shall bear as

nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of offices in the district as

the population of the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes in the district bears to the

total population of that district”,

(b) in clause (ii), the words “and up-pradhan, as the case may be”, shall be deleted.

Contd. ……. (3)

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8. Amendment of section 30 :-

For sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

(1) (a) Every Pradhan shall be deemed to have vacated forthwith if the resolution

expressing want of confidence in him is passed by a majority of not less than two-third of the

members of the Gram Sabha present and voting at the meeting specially convened for the

purpose. The requisitions for such a special meeting shall be signed by not less than half of

the total number of members of the Gram Sabha then on the roll and shall be delivered to the

prescribed authority. The prescribed authority shall, within seven days from the date of

receipt of requisitions, convene a special meeting of the Gram Sabha. The meeting shall be

held by issuing ten clear days notice. The meeting shall be presided over by the prescribed

authority or an official nominated by him for the purpose.

(b) Every Up-pradhan shall be deemed to have vacated his office forthwith if a

resolution expressing want of confidence in him is passed by a majority of not less two-third

of the members of the Gram Panchayat present and voting, at a meeting specially convened

for the purpose. The requisitions of such a special meeting shall be signed by not less than

half of the total numbers of members of the Gram Panchayat then on the roll and shall be

delivered to the prescribed authority. The prescribed authority shall, within seven days from

the date of receipt of the requisition, convene a special meeting of the Gram Panchayat. The

meeting shall be held by issuing seven days clear notice. The meting shall be presided over

by an official nominated by him for the purpose.

© No motion of no confidence under clause (a) or (b) shall be moved against the

Pradhan or the Up-pradhan in the initial two years of their respective terms. If the motion of

no confidence is once rejected, no fresh motion of no confidence shall be brought within a

period of one year from the date of such rejection of the motion”.

11. Substitution of Section 35 :-

For Section 35 the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“35. The Gram Panchayat shall perform such functions which may lie within their

competence and jurisdiction to be specified by the Government, in respect of items

enumerated in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The functions specified by

the Government shall be published in the Official Gazzette”.


In clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 38 of the Act, for the sentence “ The Pradhan

shall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Social Justice Committee”, the sentence

“The Up-pradhan shall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Social Justice

Committee” shall be substituted.


For the second proviso to Section 49 the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“provided further that all the members of Zilla Parishad whether elected or not from

territorial constituencies in the Zilla Parishad area shall have the right to vote in the meeting

of the Zilla Parishad except in the election of Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha, in the case of

which only the elected members shall have the right to vote.

Contd. ………..(4)

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In Section 50 of the Act –

(a) in sub-section (1), for the figure “15,000”, the figure “18,000” shall be substituted.

(b) for clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(a) divide the area of Zilla Parishad into territorial constituencies;

(b) each constituency shall elect one member by direct election to the Zilla Parishad”.


In sub-section (1) of Section 52 of the Act, for the words “seats shall bear”, the words

“seats so reserved shall bear” shall be substituted.


For clause (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 54 of the Act, the following shall be

substituted, namely –

“(a) such number of offices of the Adhyaksha of Zilla Parishad in the State for persons

belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of offices so

reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices of

Adhyaksha in the Zilla Parishad as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled

Tribes in the Zilla Parishad areas in the State bears to the total population of the Zilla

Parishad areas in the State;

(b) not less than one-third of the total number of offices of the Adhyaksha for women.


In sub-section (4) of Section 57 of the Act, for the words “one-fifth”, the words “one-

half” shall be substituted.


For section 61 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely –

“61. The Zilla Parishad shall perform such functions with such powers and authority as

may be specified therein by the State Government in the Official Gazette in respect of items

enumerated in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India”.


In sub-section (4) of Section 65 of the Act, the words “not” shall be deleted.


After sub-section (2) of Section 76 of the Act, the following new sub-section “(2-a)”

shall be inserted, namely:-

“(2-a) The Chief Executive Officer shall also be the ex-officio Secretary of the Zilla

Parishad”.


For sub-section (5) of Section 96 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:–

“(5) The Adhyaksha of the Zilla Parishad shall be the Chairman of the District Planning

Committee.”


In Section 100 of the Act, after the words “of the Gram Panchayat”, the words “or Zilla

Parishad” shall be inserted.

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DEPARTMENT

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Imphal, the 10th

September, 1997


of the Governor of Manipur on 6-9-1997 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.


Secretary to lthe Govt. of Manipur

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THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997


An

Act

further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Forty-eight year of the Republic of India as

follows :

1. Short title and commencement:-

(1) This Act may be called the Manipur Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment)

Act, 1997.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th

day of June, 1997.

2. Substitution of Section 82 :- For Section 82 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj

Act, 1994, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

“82.Powers of Government to reconstitute Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad in case of

alteration of area- (1) when on account of the reason that the territorial limits of an area of

Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad are altered or on the separation of the limits of an area of a

district, the Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette, reconstitute the Gram

Panchayat and the Zilla Parishad into such number of Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad

constituencies under the provision of this Act.

(2) The sitting members of the Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad constituencies in

the state of Manipur shall, notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of the constituencies by

virtue of the notification under sub-section (1) continue to be members of the Gram

Panchayat or Zilla Parishad and be deemed to have been respectively elected to the said

Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad constituencies as so altered.

(3) The sitting Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha of a Zilla Parishad shall continue to

hold their respective offices for the remaining period of the term of the reconstituted Zilla

Parishad under Sub-section (1).

Contd. ……… (2)

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(4) Subject to the provisions contained in Section 54, the sitting members of a

reconstituted Zilla Parishad shall elect two members from among themselves to be

Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha thereof, in case there is no sitting Adhyaksha or Up-

Adhyaksha in a reconstituted Zilla Parishad, and for such election the Deputy Commissioner

of the district shall convene a meeting of the sitting members of the reconstituted Zilla

Parishad on a date specified by him, as soon as may be, after the notification in sub-section

(1).

(5) When a Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad has been reconstituted under this

section so much of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad fund and other property vesting in

the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad immediately before, reconstitution shall vest in and

such portion of the debts, and obligations shall be transferred to, the Gram Panchayat or Zilla

Parishad reconstituted under this section as the Government may direct by an order made in

writing.

(6) The rights and liabilities of the Gram Panchcayat or Zilla Parishad immediately

before the reconstitution, in respect of civil and criminal proceedings, contract, agreements

and other matters of things arising in and relating to any part of the area subject to the

authority of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad reconstituted shall vest in such Gram

Panchayat or Zilla Parishad.

(7) Any appointment, notification, notice, tax, order, scheme, license, permission,

rule, regulation or form made, issued, imposed or granted by the Gram Panchayat or Zilla

Parishad which has been reconstituted in respect of any part of the area subject to the

authority of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad which has been reconstituted shall be

deemed to have been made, issued, imposed or granted by such Gram Panchayat or Zilla

Parishad unless and until it is suspended by any appointment, notification, notice, form,

order, scheme, license, permission, rule and regulation made, issued, imposed or granted by

such Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad.

EXPLANATION : In this section, “sitting member”, “sitting Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha”

in relation to a Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad, as the case may be,

means a person who immediately before the reconstitution of such Gram

Panchayat or Zilla Parishad under sub-section (1) is elected member of

that Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad and Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha

of that Zilla Parishad.”

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DEPARTMENT

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of the Governor of Manipur on 12/8/98 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.


Secretary to the Govt. of Manipur

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THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998


An

Act

further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (No. 26 of 94)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Forty-ninth year of the Republic of

India as follows :

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the

Manipur Panchayati Raj (Third Amendment) Act, 1998.

(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of section 57:- In section 57 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

(a) In sub-section (4)

(i) for the words “one-half”, the words “one-third” shall be substituted.

(ii) the last sentence “in the initial two years of their term as Adhyaksha or

Up-Adhyaksha, as the case may be, of Zilla Parishad, no motion of no-

confidence shall be brought against them” shall be deleted.

(b) In sub-section (5), for the words “once rejected” and “rejection”, the words

“defeated” and “defeat” respectively shall be substituted.

Memo No. 2/32/98-Leg/L Imphal, the 14th

Aug. 1998

Copy to:-

1) The Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Manipur.

2) The Under Secretary (RD&PR), Govt. of Manipur.

3) The Director, Printing & Stationery, Manipur for favour of publication in the

Manipur Gazette Extra-Ordinary dated 14-8-98. He is requested kindly to send

50(fifty) copies of the publication to the Law Department.

Sd/-

(Th.Kamini Kumar Singh)

Asstt. Draftsman (Law)

Govt. of Manipur

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No. 157. Imphal, Thursday, September 8, 2005 (Bhadra 17, 1927)



DEPARTMENT

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Imphal, the 8th

September, 2005

No.2/10/2005-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature of Manipur which received

assent of the Governor of Manipur on 5-9-2005 is hereby published in the Official Gazette.

THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (FOURTH AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2005

(Manipur Act No.16 of 2005)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

BE it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Fifty-sixth year of the Republic of

India as follows :

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Manipur

Panchayati Raj (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2005.

(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official

Gazette.

2. Amendment of Section 5:- In section 5 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act,

1994 (hereinafter referred to as Principal Act) for the word “six”, the word “three” shall be

substituted.

3. Amendment of Section 7:- In sub-section (1) of the section 7 of the Principal

Act, for the words “one tenth”, the words, “one fifth” shall be substituted.

4. Amendment of Section 29:- For sub-section (2) of the section 29 0f the

Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely-

“(2) Every resignation under sub-section (1) shall have immediate effect.”

Contd………..(2)

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5. Amendment of Section 30:- In sub-section (1) of the section 30 of the

Principal Act,

(i) after clause (b), the following new clause (bb) shall be inserted, namely-

“(bb) Withdrawal of no-confidence motion against the Pradhan or Up-

Pradhan or both as the case may be, shall not be allowed”;

(ii) In clause (c), for the words “rejected”, “rejection” and “one year”, the

words “defeated”, “defeat” and “six months” shall be substituted.

6. Amendment of Section 56:- In clause (c) of sub-section (2) of the section 56 of

the Principal Act, the words “for a period exceeding thirty days” shall be deleted.

7. Amendment of Section 57:- (a) In section 57 of the Principal Act,

(i) for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely-

“(2) Every resignation under sub-section (1) shall have immediate

effect”;

(ii) after sub-section (4), the following provisos shall be added, namely-

“Provided that if the Adhyaksha fails to convene the said meeting

within the stipulated time, the members shall request the Deputy

Commissioner for the purpose, who shall, within five days from the

date on which he receives the request, direct the Chief Executive

Officer of the Zilla Parishad to convene the meeting within seven days.:

Provided further that withdrawal of no-confidence motion against the

Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha or both, as the case may be, shall not be

allowed”;

(iii) the existing clause (b) of sub-section (4) shall be renumbered as sub-

section (5) and in the sub-section so renumbered, for the words “one year”, the words “six

months” shall be substituted.

A. SUKUMAR SINGH,

Secretary (Law), Govt. of Manipur.

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Printed at the Directorate of Ptg. & Sty.., Govt. of Manipur/305-C/8-9-2005.

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