(1) This Regulation may be called the Daman and Diu (Administration) Regulation, 1987.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Daman and Diu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title, extent and commencement.
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2. In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) "Chairman" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Goa, Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962;
(c) "panchayat" means a panchayat established under section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962;
(d) "Pradesh Council" means the Pradesh Council constituted under section 3;
(e) "Union territory" means the Union territory of Daman and Diu,
CHAPTER II PRADESH COUNCIL
3. (I) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Regulation, there shall be constituted a Pradesh Council for the Union territory consisting of—
(a) the Administrator;
(b) the member of the House of the People representing the Union territory;
(c) Collector of Daman district;
(d) Collector of Diu district;
(e) presidents of the Municipal Councils for Daman district and Diu district constituted under the Goa, Daman and Diu Municipalities Act, 1968; (
(f) chairman of panchayats of Daman district and Diu district; |
(g) one person from Daman district belonging to any of the Scheduled Tribes to be nominated by the Administrator if no person from that district belonging to any Scheduled Tribe becomes a member of the Pradesh Council under any of the foregoing clauses;
(h) one woman to be nominated by the Administrator if no woman becomes a member of the Pradesh Council under any of the foregoing clauses;
(i) members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu representing Daman and Diu immediately before the 30th day of May, 1987.
(2) Any member referred to in clause (a) to (f) of sub-section (1) shall cease to be such member when he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he became such member and the members referred to in clause
(i) of that sub-Section shall cease to be such members on the expiry of the term of the first Pradesh Council.
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Constitution of Pradesh Council and Its composition.
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4. A person shall be disqualified for being nominated as, and for being, a member of the Pradesh Council if he has incurred or incurs any of the disqualifications specified in section 11 of the Goa( Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962:
Provided that a person shall not be disqualified under this section merely on the ground of his holding the office by virtue of which he becomes, or has been nominated as, such member.
5. The Pradesh Council, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for four years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of four years shall operate as a dissolution of the Pradesh Council:
Provided that the Administrator may, with the previous approval of the President, by order in writing, extend the said period by a period or periods not exceeding one year in the aggregate, and every such order shall be notified in the Gazette of India.