(1) There shall be a Village Court for each village.
(2) Each Village Court shall be composed of members of the Village Council constituted under the Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 (Nagaland Act No. 1 of 1979) including Gaonburas and Angs of the respective village
Provided that in “An area” members of the traditionally established village institutions like Putu Menden and recognised as Village Council under the aforesaid Act and the Gaonburas shall constitute a village court.
(3) There shall be a Chairman and a Secretary of each village court. Provided that a sitting member of any Area Councils under the Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 shall not he entitled to he a Chairman of any Village Court.
(4) The Chairman of the Village Council under the Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 shall be the Chairman of the Court. The Secretary of the Village Court shall he selected and appointed by the Village Court from amongst the Members of the Village Court.
Provided that the village inhabited by persons belonging to Sema, Konyak or any other Tribe or Tribes having hereditary Chiefs/Angs by custom or inhabited by majority of any of such Tribes the Chairman of such Village Court shall he the hereditary Chief of such village.
(5) REMOVAL OF CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF ANY VILLAGE COURT The State Government having given an opportunity to explain. mat remove the Chairman any Member of any Village Court it’ he is persistently omitting or refusing to carry out or disobeying the provisions ot this Act and the Rules made thereunder or any lawful order issued thereunder or he ceases to reside within his own village area continuously for a period of more than twelve months or he becomes otherwise incapable of acting or is declared insolvent or convicted by a Criminal Court for any offence involving moral turpitude :
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