State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 42 First meeting of Panchayat Samiti, Oath of Office and Office-bearer - 1. First meeting of the Panchayat Samiti shall be held within 30 days from the date of publication under section (41), such meeting shall be called by the prescribed Authority and the provisions of section 69 shall apply to the said meeting as far as practicable. 2 (a) Oath of Office - Every person before assuming office notified under section (41) shall make and subscribe in presence of the prescribed Authority an oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner. (b) If any member denies to make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in a proper manner or refuses otherwise so to do, it shall be deemed that he has vacated his office forthwith. 3. An Office-bearer of the Panchayat Samiti shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of the first meeting and not more than this, unless otherwise provided in this Act; Provided that notwithstanding any thing contained in this sub-section, an Office-bearer of the Panchayat Samiti shall forthwith cease to hold his office if he ceases to be a voter of the Gram Panchayat area within the block. 4. In case a Panchayat Samiti is not constituted in a new from before expiration of the period prescribed under sub-section (3), the same shall get dissolved on expiry of the said period and the provisions of section (107) shall apply thereto for a period not exceeding six months within which the said Panchayat Samiti shall be reconstituted in keeping with the provisions of this Act.