State Act

14-A

Section 14-A. Punishment for failure to handover records, etc.

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

Act no. 26 of 19471947RepealedUttarakhand (State Act)

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

14-A Outgoing Pradhan obligation to deliver records and money of [Gram Sabha] 4 - [(1) Any person on ceasing to act as Pradhan, Sarpanch or Sahayak Sarpanch wilfully fails, in spite of being required to do so by the prescribed authority, to handover all records, money or other property of [Gram Sabha] 4, [Gram Panchayat]4 or Nyaya Panchayat, as the case may be, to his successor or to any person authorised in this behalf by the prescribed authority, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.]3 (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), any such money may on a certificate issued in that behalf by the prescribed authority be recovered as arrears of land revenue.]2