State Act

The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961

118. Sections 111, 112 and 115 to apply to meetings of Panchayat Samitis.— The provisions of sections 111 and 112 in relation to meetings of a Panchayat Samiti and of section 115 in relation to circulation of written propositions, shall apply as they apply in relation to meetings of a Zilla Parishad or in relation to circulation of written propositions with the modification that— 2[(1a) sub-section (1) of section 111 shall be deleted,]; (a) for the words “Zilla Parishads” or the word “Parishad” the words “Panchayat Samiti”, (b) for the word “President” the words “Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti”, (c) for the words “Vice President” 3[wherever they occur except in sub-section (4) of section 111,] the words “Deputy Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti 4*****, (d) for the words “Councillor” and “Councillors” the words “member” and “members”, respectively, 5[(d1) in sub-section (4) of section 111, for the word “fifteen” the word “ten” and for the word “ten” the word “seven”,] shall be substituted, *6, 7[(e) in section 111, in sub-section (4), the proviso shall be deleted.]