CourtMesh

Section 27: Determination of elected members after census

The Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act,1994State Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 21 of 1994

Upon the publication of the figures for each census, the number of elected members of a District Panchayat shall be determined in accordance with such scale as may be prescribed on the basis of the population of the district as ascertained at the last preceding census:

Provided that the determination of the members as aforesaid, shall not affect the then composition of the District Panchayat until the expiry of the term of office of the elected members then in office:

Provided further that for the first election to the District Panchayat to be held immediately after the commencement of this Act, the provisional population figures of the District Panchayat as published in relation to 1991 census, shall be deemed to be the population of the District Panchayat as ascertained in that census.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act,1994
Section27
Marginal noteDetermination of elected members after census
JurisdictionState of Tamil Nadu
StatusIn force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act,1994 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.