Section 11 in The West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003
11. Cessation of membership when character of the constituency is altered or changed.
- Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, if at any time the whole of the area of a constituency or a portion thereof of a Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad is included in a municipality, town committee or a cantonment, member or members elected from such constituency to such Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad shall cease to be a member of such Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad from the date of such inclusion.
