(1) For every district the State Government shall constitute a Zilla Parishad bearing the name of the district.
(2) The Zilla Parishad shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(i) Sabhapatis of the Panchayat Samitis within the district, ex officio;
(ii) two persons, one from each of two such constituencies comprised in the Block within the district as may be specified by notification, elected by secret ballot, at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, from among themselves by persons whose names are included in the electoral roll of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the time being in force pertaining to the constituency comprised in such Block;
(iii) members of the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of the State elected thereto from a constituency comprising the district or any part thereof, not being Ministers;
(iv) members of the Council of States not being Ministers, having a place of residence in the district.
(3) Every Zilla Parishad constituted under this section shall be notified in the Official Gazette and shall come into office with effect from the date of its first meeting at which a quorum is present.
(4) Every Zilla Parishad shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by its corporate name sue and be sued.
(5) When the area of a district is divided so as to constitute two or more districts, the Zilla Parishad of the district shall, as from the date of such division, cease to exist and there shall be reconstitution of the Zilla Parishads for the newly constituted districts in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the properties, funds and liabilities of the Zilla Parishad shall vest in the reconstituted Zilla Parishads, in accordance with such allocation, as may be determined by order in writing by the prescribed authority, and such determinations shall be final.
Zilla Parishad and its constitution.
329 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
[West Ben. Act Term of office of members of Zilla Parishad.
(Part Parishad.—Chapter XIII.—Constitution of Zilla Parishad.—Sections 141, 142.)
(6) An order made under sub-section (5) may contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as may be necessary to give effect to such reorganisation.