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This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

[52- (1) The following offences as well as abetments of and attempts to commit such offences, if committed within the jurisdiction of a Nyaya Panchayat, shall be cognizable by such Nyaya Panohayat----- (a) offences under sections 140, 160,172,174,179,269, 277, 283, 285,. 289, 290, 294, 323, 334, 341, 352, 357,358. 374,379,403,411 (where the value of the stolen or mis-appropriated property in cases under sections 379, 403 and 411 does not exceed fifty rupees), 426, 428, 430 , 431, 447, 448, 504, 506, 509 and 510 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ; (b) offences under sections 24 and 26 of the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 ; (c) offences under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the United Provinces District Board Primary Education Act, 1926 ; (d) offences under sections 3,4, 7 and 13 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 ; (e) any other offence under aforesaid enactments or any other enactment as may, by notification in the official Gazette, be declared by the State Government to be cognizable by a Nyaya Panchayat ; and (f) any offence under this Act or any rule made thereunder ; (1-A) The State Government may by order published in the official Gazette empower any Nyaya Panchayat to take cognizance of offences under sections 279,286, 336 and 356 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and may like-wise withdraw any offence referred to in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (1) from the cognizance of Nyaya Panchayats generally or such Nyaya Panchayats as may be specified.]2 (2) Any criminal case relating to an offence under sections 143, 145, 151 or 153 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, pending before any court may be transferred for trial to the Nyaya Panchayat if in the opinion of such court the offence is not serious.