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This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

42- (1) The State Government or the prescribed authority shall divide a district into circles, each circle comprising as many areas subject to the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat]8 as may be expedient, and establish a Nyaya Panchayat for each such circle: Provided that the areas of Gram Panchayats]8 within each circle shall, as far as possible, be contiguous. (2) Subject to a minimum often and a maximum of twenty-five, every Nyaya Panchayat shall have such number of members, as may be prescribed, but it shall be lawful for a Nyaya Panchayat to function notwithstanding any vacancy therein : Provided the number of Panches therein is not less than two thirds of the prescribed strength.