In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :-
(a) "Committee" means Committees constituted under section 73 of Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012.
3. District Panchayat shall appoint a General Standing Committee and such other Committees for the efficient discharge of its duties, which shall discharge such duties and exercise such powers as are delegated by the District Panchayat :
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Provided that District Panchayat may in-place of constituting Committees, may delegate functions and powers of such Committees, to the General Standing Committee or any other Committee.
4. (i) Each Committee shall consist of three members other than General Standing Committee (including Chairman) elected by the District Panchayat, from amongst its members.
(ii) The General Standing Committee shall consist of not less than five members, including the ex-officio members, elected by the District Panchayat from amongst its members.
(iii) President and Vice-President of the District Panchayat shall be the Ex-Officio members and Ex-Officio Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the General Standing Committee respectively.
(iv) The Chairman of each Subject Committee shall be Ex-Officio members of the General Standing Committee.
5. (1) The tenure of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the General Standing Committee shall be co-terminus with their term of office as President and Vice- President, District Panchayat, respectively.
The tenure of all other members of the General Standing Committee and other Committee shall be two years from the date of the constitution of the respective Committees or till the expiry of the term of the members of District Panchayat/ Gram Panchayat, whichever is earlier.
(2) (a) No member shall be Chairman of more than one Committee.
(b) No member shall be a member of more than two Committees.
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Any casual vacancy may be filled up by the District Panchayat, as soon as possible, subject to the same provisions, under which the member whose place is to be filled up was elected.
(4) If the Chairman of any Committee absents himself from the District Panchayat area for an aggregate period exceeding six months during the year whether with or without leave of the District Panchayat, he shall cease to be the Chairman of such Committee.
6. The Committee shall meet at least once in a month.
7. Other rules as applicable to District Panchayat meeting shall mutatis mutandis apply to these committee meetings.
8. (1) The other Committees shall be subordinate to the General Standing Committee and to the District Panchayat and General Standing Committee shall be subordinate to the District Panchayat.
(2) The other Committees shall report their decisions as soon as may be to the General Standing Committee for approval.
(3) The Standing Committee shall report as soon as may be all its decisions including its decisions on the decisions of the other Committees to the District Panchayat for information.
(4) If the decisions or directions of the District Panchayat conflict with the decision or directions of the General Standing Committee, the decisions and directions of the District Panchayat shall in all cases prevail.
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