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This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

[77-A (1) If any Panch appointed to a Bench constituted under section 49 is absent at any hearing, the remaining Panches may notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, try the [criminal case or civil case ]10 : Provided, however, that at least three Panches including the Chairman, are present and provided that at least one of the punches present is able to record evidence and proceedings. (2) No trial as aforesaid shall be invalid by reason merely that all the five Panches forming the bench were not present at any hearing or that the same Panches were not present at all the hearings. (3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply to an inquiry made by a Nyaya Panchayat under section 63.]1