Where a general election is held for the purpose of constituting a new Panchayat, there shall be notified by the Commission in the Official Gazette, as soon as may be, after the results of the elections in all the wards, other than those in which the poll could not be taken for any reason on the date originally fixed or for which the time for completion of the election has been extended under the provisions of these rules, have been declared by the Returning Officer, the names of the members elected for those wards and upon the issue of such notification that Panchayat shall be deemed to be duly constituted:
Provided that the issue of such notification shall not be deemed –
(a) to preclude –
(i) the taking of the poll and the completion of the election in any ward or wards in which the poll could not be taken for any reason on the date originally fixed or, SERIES - I (2015) THE D.&N.H. EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE (Serial No. 50) Page -32
(ii) the completion of the election in any ward or wards for which time has been extended under the provision for these rules; or
(b) to affect the duration of the Panchayat functioning immediately before the issue of the said notification.
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