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This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

[59- No Nyaya Panchayat shall take cognizance of any criminal case against a person where such person- ---- (a) has been previously convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or more, (b) has been previously fined for theft by any Nyaya Panchayat, (c) has been bound over to be a good behavior under section 109 or 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [or of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.]4 (d) has been previously convicted under the Public Gambling Act, 1867, or (e) is a public servant.]3