[Zila Panchayat]
17. [(1) There shall be a Zila Panchayat for each district bearing the name of the district and constituted as hereinafter provided.
(2) The Zila Panchayat shall be a body corporate. ]
[ (2-A) The [Zila Panchayat] shall have its office at such place as may be determined by the State Government, and until so determined, at the place at which it was situated immediately before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh [Kshettra Panchayats] and [Zila Panchayat] (Sanshodhan) Adhyadesh, 1965. ]
(3) Where a new district is created, the [Zila Panchayat] having jurisdiction in any area therein immediately before the creation of the new district shall continue to exercise such jurisdiction until a new [Zila Panchayat] is established in that district, and on the establishment of a new [Zila Panchayat] -
(i) all taxes, fees, fines ro penalties imposed or levied and all licenses or permits granted on the date immediately preceding the date on which such [Zila Panchayat] is established (hereinafter called the said date), by the [Zila Panchayat] which had jurisdiction in the area of the new district, shall be deemed to have been imposed, levied or granted by the new [Zila Panchayat] under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall, until abolished, modified or changed, continue to be so realizable or effective ; and
(ii) anything done or any action taken, including any appointment or delegation make, notification, order or direction issued, rule, regulation, form, by-law ro scheme framed, permit or license granted or registration effected under the provisions of this Act by the [Zila Panchayat] having jurisdiction in the area of the new district immediately preceding the said date, shall with respect to the new district, be deemed to have been done or taken by the new [Zila Panchayat] under the provisions of this Act and shall continue in force accordingly unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act.
(4) If at any time any area is newly included in any existing district and on the date immediately preceding the date of such inclusion a [Zila Panchayat] was exercising jurisdiction over such area, the provisions of sub-section (3) shall apply as if the area newly included were a new district and the [Zila Panchayat] newly constituted for the enlarged district were the new [Zila Panchayat] for the purpose of the sub-section.
[(5) Any vacancy in any category of members referred to in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (1) of section 18 shall be no bar to the constitution or reconstitution of a Zila Panchayat.
(6) The constitution of a Zila Panchayat shall be notified in the Gazette. ]