Section 11F: Declaration of Panchayat area

The United Provinces Panchayat Raj ActState Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 26 of 1947

[11-F. (1) The State Government may, by notification, declare any area comprising a village of group of villages, having, so far as practicable a population of one thousand, to be a Panchayat area for the purposes of this Act by such name as may be specified :

Provided that for the purpose of declaration of a Panchayat area no revenue village or any hamlet thereof shall be divided :

[Provided further that in the hill districts of Nainital, Almora Pithoragarh, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun, Chamoli or Uttarkashi, the State Government may declare the area of a Gaon Sabha established under section 3 of this Act as it stood before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Laws (Amendment) Act, 1994, to be a Panchayat area though such area may have population of less than one thousand.]

(2) The State Government may, on the request of the Gram Panchayat concerned of otherwise, and after previous publication of the proposal, by notification at any time –

(a) modify the area of any Panchayat area by including therein or excluding therefrom any area of a village or group of villages;

(b) after the name of the Panchayat area; or

Where this provision sits

Act	The United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act
Section	11F
Marginal note	Declaration of Panchayat area
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994. Subs. by section 17 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994
substituted, U.P. Act No. 21 of 1995. Subs. by section 7 of U.P. Act No. 21 of 1995.

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