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State of Punjab - Section

Section 10 in The Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

10. Constitution of Gram Panchayat.

- [(1) Every Gram Sabha shall elect from amongst its members a Gram Panchayat for the Gram Sabha area bearing the name of its Gram Sabha.(1-A) A Gram Panchayat shall consist of a Sarpanch and such number of Panches as are indicated against each slab of population under sub-section (1-C).(1-B) For the election of a Sarpanch, the Gram Sabha shall be a single member constituency.(1-C) For the election of Panches, the Gram Sabha area shall be divided into such number of wards co-relating with the number of Panches, as are indicated below against each slab of population taking Gram Sabha area to be multi-members constituencies and such wards shall be geographically contiguous having same population, as far as possible, throughout the Gram Sabha area :-
Serial Number Population Number of Panches
(1) For population 300 up to 1,000 Five
(2) For population 1001 up to 2,000 Seven
(3) For population 2001 up to 5,000 Nine
(4) For population 5001 up to 10,000 Eleven
(5) For population exceeding 10001 Thirteen :
Provided that for election of Panches in respect of a Gram Panchayat of a Gram Sabha area constituted prior to the commencement of the Punjab Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2012, with a population of less than three hundred, the number of Panches as determined prior to the commencement of the said Act shall remain the same and such Gram Sabha area shall be divided into wards as per such number of Panches for the purposes of election to be a multi-members constituencies.] [Substituted by Punjab Act No. 4 of 2012, dated 21.5.2012]
(2)Every Gram Panchayat constituted under this section shall be notified by its name in the Official Gazettee and it shall by the name so notified come into office with effect from the date of its first meeting at which quorum is present and be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restriction by or under this Act or any other law, shall have power to acquire, hold, administer and transfer property movable or immovable, and to enter into contracts and shall by the said name sue and be sued.