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This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before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

[94-A (1) If any person intentionally offers any insult to a Nyaya Panchayat or any member thereof, while it is sitting in any stage of judicial proceedings in its or his view or presence or refuses to take oath duly administered or sign a statement made by the said person when legally required to do so, the Nyaya Pancbayat may at any time before rising on the same day take cognizance of the offence and sentence the offender to a fine not exceeding [tan rupees.]5 (2) The fine imposed under sub-section (1) shall, for the purpose of section 94, be deemed to be a fine imposed in a criminal case.]1