(1) For every Panchayat Samiti there shall be constituted a Panchavat Samiti Fund bearing the name of the Panchayat Samiti and there shall be placed to the credit thereof—
(a) contributions and grants, if any, made by the Central or the State Government including such part of the land revenue collected in the State as may be determined by the State Government;
(b) contributions and grants, if any, made by the Zilla Parishad or any other local authority;
(c) loans, if any, granted by the Central or the State Government or raised by the Panchayat Samiti on security of its assets;
(d) all receipts on account of tolls, rates and fees levied by it;
(e) all receipts in respect of any schools, hospitals, dispensaries, buildings, institutions or works, vested in, constructed by or placed under the control and management of, the Panchavat Samiti;
(f) all sums received as gift or contribution and all income from any trust or endowment made in favour of the Panchayat Samiti;
(g) such fines or penalties imposed and realised under the provisions of this Act or of the bye-laws made thereunder, as may be prescribed; and
(h) all other sums received by or on behalf of the Panchayat Samiti.
(2) Every Panchayat Samiti shall set apart and apply annually such sum as may be required to meet the cost of its own administration including the payment of salary, allowances, provident fund and gratuity to the officers and employees.
326 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
XLI of 1973.]
(Part 111.—Panchayat Samiti.—Chapter XIL—Property and Fund.—Section 133.)
(3) Every Panchayat Samiti shall have power to spend such sums as it thinks fit for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(4) The Panchayat Samiti Fund shall be vested in the Panchayat Samiti and the balance to the credit of the Fund shall be kept in such custody as the State Government may, from time to time, direct.
(5) Subject to such general control as the Panchayat Samiti may exercise from time to time, all orders and cheques for payments from the Panchayat Samiti Fund shall be signed by the Executive Officer.