(1) A Gram Panchayat may--
(a) cause a name to be given to a street by fixing it to or painting it on any building or otherwise in such a position or manner as it may think fit ;
and
(b) cause a number to be fixed to or painted on any building in such a position or manner as it may think fit.
(2) The Gram Panchayat may require the owner or occupier of any building to paint thereon a number or itself cause such a number to be painted on any building.
(3) Any person destroying, pulling down, defacing or altering any name plate of a street or number affixed to or painted on a building under sub-sections (1) and (2) or affixing to or painting on a building a different name or number other than that affixed or painted by or under the order of the Gram Panchayat, shall, on conviction by the Gram Panchayat, be liable to a fine which may extend to 1[five hundred rupees].
36. Subject to rules made under this Act and the conditions agreed upon in writing, a Gram Panchayat may receive from any person any property vested in him, or the management of any institution, or the execution or maintenance of any work, or the performance of any duty, within its area :
Provided that no work costing more than five thousand rupees shall be entrusted to, or undertaken by a Gram Panchayat except with the previous approval of the Director.