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Section 52: Removal of the Chairperson and the member of Panchayati Adalat.

The Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 9 of 1989

(1) The [Government or any other officer specially empowered or authorised in this behalf] may remove the [Chairperson] or member of a Panchayati Adalat after giving him opportunity of being heard and after such enquiry, as the [Government or any other officer specially empowered or authorised in this behalf] deems necessary, if in the opinion of the [Government or any other officer specially empowered or authorised in this behalf], such [Chairperson] or member, as the case may be, has been guilty of misconduct in the discharge of his duties or of any disgraceful conduct or neglect or refusal to perform or is incapable to perform the functions of the Panchayati Adalat.

(2) If an enquiry is held under sub-section (1), the [Government or any other officer specially empowered or authorised in this behalf] may suspend the [Chairperson] or the member of the Panchayati Adalat.

(3) A person removed from the Panchayati Adalat under sub-section (1) shall not be eligible for nomination to such Panchayati Adalat.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989
Section52
Marginal noteRemoval of the Chairperson and the member of Panchayati Adalat.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Substituted by S.O. 3654(E) dated 16.10.2020 for “Government”.
  • substituted, Act XIII of 2016. . Substituted for “Chairman” by Act XIII of 2016, s. 12.

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