The Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994State Act of Punjab · Act 9 of 1994
It shall be the duty of the Gram Panchayat within the Gram Sabha area to perform -
(a) the duties of the panchayat under the Punjab Village and Small Town Patrol Act, 1918 or any other law for the time being in force; and
(b) such duties of village headman in connection with village watchman as the State Government may prescribe by rules under section 39-A of the Punjab Laws Act, 1872 or any other law for the time being in force.