The Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act,1994State Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 21 of 1994
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, members of the Panchayat Union Council elected at an ordinary election, shall hold office for a term of five years.
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(2) The term of office of the members elected at an ordinary election shall commence on the date appointed for the first meeting of the Panchayat Union Council after ordinary election.
(3) The member of a Panchayat Union Council elected in a causal vacancy, shall enter upon office forthwith but shall hold office only so long as the member in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred.