SIKKIM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983

SIKKIM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983

Preamble - SIKKIM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983

THE SIKKIM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983

[Act No. 05 of 1983]

[31st March, 1983]

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend the Sikkim Panchayat Act, 1982.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Section 1 - Short title and commencement

(1)     This Act may be called the Sikkim Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 1983.

(2)     It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th day of December, 1982.

Section 2 - Amendment of section 6

In the Sikkim Panchayat Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 6, clause (3) shall be omitted.

Section 3 - Insertion of new sections 101A and 101B

In the principal Act, after section 101, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:--

"101A. "Electoral Offences''.

Any act of commission or omission which is an electoral offence in relation to elections to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim under Chapter VII of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), or under any law for the time being in force shall be deemed to be an electoral offence in relation to the elections to the Gram Panchayats under this Act.

101B. Requisition of premises, vehicles etc., for election purpose

The State Government shall have the same powers in the matter of requisition of premises, vehicles and animals for the purpose of the conduct of elections to the Gram Panchayats as in the case of elections to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly."

Section 4 - Amendment of section 115

In the principal Act, in section 115, after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:--

"(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder for which no penalty is provided for under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both."

Section 5 - Repeal and Saving

(1)     The Sikkim Panchayat (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance 3 of 1982) is hereby repealed.

(2)     Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance so repealed, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.