ARUNACHAL PRADESH PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

153 THE ARUNACHAl PRADESH PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002. {Act No. 6 of 2002) . further to amend the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 (Act No. 5 of 2001). WHEREAS it was expedient to amend the Arunacha! Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 (Act No. 5 ol 2001); AND WHEREAS it was considered necessary to immedia!ely amend the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 ; ANO WHEREAS the Aruna.chal Pradesh Legis- lative Assembly is not in session ; . AND WHEREAS lhe Governor of Arunachal Pradesh was satisfied lhat circumstances ex!sled wh!ch rendered it necessary for him to make immediate action to amend the aforesaid Act, therefore, promulgated the ArunachaJ Pradesh Panchayat Raj {Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 on 251h June, 2002. AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act or the State Legislature ; it is hereby enacted in the Fifty-third year of the Re- public of India as follows :- 1 {i) This Act may be called the Arunachal Short title and Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Commence- ment. Act, 2002. (Ii) !l shall be deemed to have come into force on 25th June, 2002. 2 (i) In Section~ 1o of the Arunacha! Pradesh Amendment of Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 (hereinafter Section~ 1O referred to as the Principal Act), for Sub- seciion (1} of Sectlon-10, the following Sub-section shail be substituted namely ; 154 "(a) The Gram Panchayatshan consist of such number of Members or the Gram 5abha or the Gram Sabhas as may be notified from time to time by the Deputy Commls- sloner. al the rate ot one member tor ev- ery hundred populations ; Provided that in case the population of a village ls less than one hundred and more than fifty than one member can be elected to represent that particular vitlage : Provided that in case the population is more than one hundred fifty but less than three hundred in a panicular village or the group of villages, the number may be increased to two members". {a} ln Sub-section {2) of Seclion-10 the words uon non party basis" shall be omitted. Amendment of 3. (i) For Clause {a) of Section-56 of 1he Principal Section•56. Act, 1he following clause shall be subsllluted, namely: "(a) one member directly elected from each Gram Panchayatterritorial constituency in the manner prescribed". (ii) The second proviso under ciause (I) shall be omitted. {iii) After clause {h), the following new clause shall be added, namely : "{i) Ai! members of the Anchal Sam!tl, whether or not elected directly, sha11 have the right lo vote in the meeting of Anchal Samiti except for election and removal of Chairperson of Anchal Samiti, for which purpose only directly elected members may vote", 155 4. (i) For Subwsection {1) of Sectlon-63 of the Amendment of Principal Act, 1he to!fowin:g Sub-section shall Section""63, be substituted, namely:

u(1) A motion of no confidence may be moved by one-third of the to!al number of directly elected members of a Gram Panchayat or an Ancha! Samiti or a Zilla Parlshad against its Chairperson after giving at least seven days nolice In writing to the Member Secretary or any other prescribed authority of Gram Panchayat or Anchal Samiti or Zilla Parishad of their intention to move such a motion". (ii) For Sub~section {2) the fol!owlng Sub- section shall be subsmuted, namely : u{2} If the motion is carried by a majority of not less than twcHhfrd of the total number of directly elected members of the Gram Panchayat or an Anchal Samiti or a ZIiia Parlshad, present and voting. the Chairpetson shall cease to hold office". 5. (i) For clause (1) of Sub-section (2} of Section- Amendment of Section-85. 85 of the Principal Act, the following clause shall be substituted, namely : "(I) One member dlreclly elected from each Anchal Samiti territorial constituency in the manner prescribed". (ii) For Sub-section (3} of section-85 of the Principal Act, the following Sub-section shall be substituted. namely : 156 "(3j All members of the Zilla Parishads, whether or not elected by direct election, shall have ,ight to vote in !he meeling ol the Zilla Parfshad excepl for ereclion -and removal of -chairperson ot zma Parishad, for which purpose only direcUy elected members may vo1e". Repeal and 6. (I) The Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Saving. (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 is hereby repeated, (ii) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Ac!, as amended by thls Act.