State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

2- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) "Nyaya Panchayat" means a Nyaya Panchayat established under section 42 and includes bench thereof; (b) "adult" means a person who has [attained the age of twenty-one years]2 ; [(bb) “backward classes” means the backward classes of citizens specified in Schedule-I of the Uttar Pradesh public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1994;]9 (c) [“Criminal Case”]3 means a criminal proceeding in respect of an offence triable by a Nyaya Panchayat; [and includes a proceeding under section 53]7; (d) "circle" means the area within which a Nyaya Panchayat exercises jurisdiction under section 42 ; [(e) "Collector" or "District Magistrate" or "Sub-Divisional Magistrate", with reference to a [Gram Sabha]8, means the Collector, District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate of the district or the sub-division, as the case may be, in which such [Gram Sabha]8 is constituted. and shall respectively include Additional Collector, Additional District Magistrate and Additional Sub-Divisional Magistrate;]4 [(f) "Zila Panchayat" shall have the meaning assigned to it under clause (ii) of section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961; (g) "Gram Sabha " means a body established under section 3, consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of a Gram Panchayat; (h) "Gram Panchayat" means the Gram Panchayat “constituted” under section 12 ;]6 [(hh) “Finance Commission” menas the Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution; (hhh) “Kshettra Panchayat” shall have the meaning assigned to it under clause (6) of section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961;]7 [(i) “Electoral Registration Officer” means an officer so nominated or designated under sub-section (1) of section 9;]3; (j) [* * * ]1 [(k) "Munsif " and "Judicial Magistrate", with reference to a Nyaya Panchayat, mean the Munsif or the Magistrate, as the case may be, having local jurisdiction in respect of civil or criminal case respectively, in the circle of such Nyaya Panchayat;]4 [(kk) “State Election Commission” means the State Election Commission referred to in Article 243-K of the Constitution; [(kkk) ‘Mukhya Nirvachan Adhikari (Panchayat)’ means an officer of the State Government appointed, designated or nominated as such by the State Election Commission in consulatation with the State Government;]10 (l) "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published; (ll) “Panchayta area” means the territorial area of a Gram Panchayat declared as such under sub-section (1) of section 11-F;]8 (m) [* * * ]5 [(mm) "Public property" and "public land" means any public building, park or garden or other place to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access whether on payment or otherwise;]2 (n) "public servant" means a public servant as defined in section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ; (o) "public street" means any road, street, bridge, lane, square, court, alley or passage which the public has a right to pass along, and includes on either side the drains or gutters and the land up to the defined boundary of any abutting property notwithstanding any projection over such land of any verandah or other superstructure [but does not include any such road, street, bridge, lane, square, court, alley or passage owned, maintained or repaired by the State Government or the Central Government or any other local authority;]1 (p) "prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or rules made thereunder ; [(q) “Prescribed authority” means : - (i) for the purposes of the provisions of this Act mentioned in Schedule III of the [Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961]10, the [Zila Panchayat]9 or the [Kshettra Panchayat]9, as may be specified in column 3 of that Schedule, and (ii) in respect of any other provisions of this Act the authority notified as such by the State Government whether generally or for any particular purpose.]7 (r) [* * * ]2 (s) [“Civil case”]3 means a civil triable by a Nyaya Punchayat ; [(ss) “Sub Divisional Officer”; includes an Additional Sub-divisional Officer designated or appointed as such by the appropriate authority;] 6 (t) "village" means any local area, recorded as a village in the revenue records of the district in which it is situate [and includes any area which the State Government may by general or special order, declare to be a village for the purposes of this Act ]4; (u) [ * * * ]5 (v) [ * * * ]5 (w) [ * * * ]6 [(x) "Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti" means a Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti established or deemed to be established under section 28-A.]8