(1) The Administrator shall, after making such inquiry as may be necessary, by notification, declare a local area, comprising of a village or a group of villages or any part or parts thereof or a combination of any two or more of them to be a Panchayat area, for the purposes of this Regulation and shall also specify its headquarters.
(2) The Administrator shall, by notification in Official Gazette, constitute a Gram Sabha by a name for each Panchayat area.
4. A Gram Sabha shall consist of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village or group of villages comprising the Panchayat area:
Provided that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Gram Sabha if he is- Declaration of Panchayat area and constitution of Gram Sabha Composition of Gram Sabha.
(a) less than eighteen years of age;
(b) not a citizen of India;
(c) of unsound mind and stands so declared by competent court; and
(d) not ordinarily a resident within the village for which the Gram Sabha is constituted.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this section , a person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in a village if he has been ordinarily residing in such village or is in possession of a dwelling house therein ready for occupation.
and th e Official Gazette5. Every Gram Sabha shall, by tltesname succession notified sesl and shall ,unde r subject to be a body corporate having pe rpetual such restrictions and conditions as may be imposed by or under this Regulation, have power to acquire , hold, administer and transfer property, both movable and immovable , and to enter into a contract and shall , by the said name, sue or be sued:
Provided that the powers and duties of the Gram Sabha shall, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Regulation, be exercised, performed and discharged by the Gram Panchayat constituted under sub -section (1) of section 12.