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GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR
SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT
-----NOTI FICATION
Imphal, the 20th Sept,1996
No.2/23/96-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent
of the Governor of Manipur on 19-9-1996 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.
(Sd/- L.Ibomcha Singh)
Secretary to the Govt. of Manipur
-----THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (AMENDMENT)ACT, 1996
(Manipur Act No. 5 of 1996)
An
Act
to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj, Act, 1994
(No.20 of 1994)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the forty Seventh year of the Republic of
India as follows :1. Short title and commencement :1) This Act may be called the (Manipur Panchayati Raj Amendment) Act, 1996.
2) It shall be deemed to come into force with effect from the 17th day of September,
1996.
2. Amendment of Section 3 :In section 3 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, (herein after referred to as the
Act):
(a) Sub-section (1) shall be re-numbered as (1-A) and the following new sub-section
(1-B) and (1-C) shall be inserted namely:(1-B) The State Government shall by Notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Gram
Sabha for a village or a group of adjoining villages having population of not less than three
thousand and not more than six thousand subject to such variation not being larger than two
thousand, as may be necessary on consideration of the local situation.
(1-C) A notification under this section shall specify the name of the Gram Sabha by which it
shall be known and shall define the limits of the area within its jurisdiction.
(b) After sub-section (2), the following new sub-section (3) shall be inserted, namely :(3) Every member of the Gram Sabha unless disqualified under this Act or any other law for
the time being in force, be qualified to vote at the election of the members of a Gram
Panchayat and Pradhan of the Gram Sabha and also at the election of the directly elected
members of the Zilla Parishad constituency in the area of which the Gram Sabha lies.
Contd. (2)

-23. Amendment of Section 7:

After sub-section (2) of Section 7 of the Act, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely : Provided that no quorum shall be necessary for a meeting adjourned for want of
quorum, for the second time.
4. Amendment of Section 17 :In section 17 of the Act, for the figure 350, the figure 600 shall be substituted.
5.

Amendment of Section 18:In Sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Act :(a) for clause (1) , the following shall be substituted, namely:(i) Divide the area of the Gram Sabha into territorial constituencies.
(b) clause (ii) shall be deleted.

6.

Amendment of Section 22:In section 22 of the Act:(a) sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be deleted.
(b) In sub-section (2), the words or an Administrator shall be deleted.
(c) In sub-section (3), for the words cease, the word continue shall be substituted and
the words or an administrator and or Administrator, as the case may be shall be
deleted.
(d) In sub-section (4) the words or Administrator, or the Administrator and or the
Administrator , as the case may be shall be deleted.
(e) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section (5) shall be inserted, namely:(5) Not withstanding anything contained in the Act, if the State Government is
satisfied that the first elections to Gram Panchayats after the commencement of this Act
can not be held, the State Government may appoint Administrative Committees to
exercise the powers and to perform the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat for a
period not exceeding six months.

7. Amendment of Section 25 :In Section 25 of the Act:(a) for clause (i), the following shall be substituted, namely :(i)
such number of offices of Pradhan of Gram Panchayat in the district for scheduled
castes and scheduled tribes and the number of offices so reserved shall bear as
nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of offices in the district as
the population of the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes in the district bears to the
total population of that district,
(b) in clause (ii), the words and up-pradhan, as the case may be, shall be deleted.

Contd. . (3)

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8. Amendment of section 30 :For sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :(1) (a) Every Pradhan shall be deemed to have vacated forthwith if the resolution
expressing want of confidence in him is passed by a majority of not less than two-third of the
members of the Gram Sabha present and voting at the meeting specially convened for the
purpose. The requisitions for such a special meeting shall be signed by not less than half of
the total number of members of the Gram Sabha then on the roll and shall be delivered to the
prescribed authority. The prescribed authority shall, within seven days from the date of
receipt of requisitions, convene a special meeting of the Gram Sabha. The meeting shall be
held by issuing ten clear days notice. The meeting shall be presided over by the prescribed
authority or an official nominated by him for the purpose.
(b) Every Up-pradhan shall be deemed to have vacated his office forthwith if a
resolution expressing want of confidence in him is passed by a majority of not less two-third
of the members of the Gram Panchayat present and voting, at a meeting specially convened
for the purpose. The requisitions of such a special meeting shall be signed by not less than
half of the total numbers of members of the Gram Panchayat then on the roll and shall be
delivered to the prescribed authority. The prescribed authority shall, within seven days from
the date of receipt of the requisition, convene a special meeting of the Gram Panchayat. The
meeting shall be held by issuing seven days clear notice. The meting shall be presided over
by an official nominated by him for the purpose.
No motion of no confidence under clause (a) or (b) shall be moved against the
Pradhan or the Up-pradhan in the initial two years of their respective terms. If the motion of
no confidence is once rejected, no fresh motion of no confidence shall be brought within a
period of one year from the date of such rejection of the motion.
11.
Substitution of Section 35 :For Section 35 the following shall be substituted, namely:35. The Gram Panchayat shall perform such functions which may lie within their
competence and jurisdiction to be specified by the Government, in respect of items
enumerated in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The functions specified by
the Government shall be published in the Official Gazzette.
10. Amendment of Section 38 :In clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 38 of the Act, for the sentence The Pradhan
shall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Social Justice Committee, the sentence
The Up-pradhan shall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Social Justice
Committee shall be substituted.
11. Amendment of Section 49 :For the second proviso to Section 49 the following shall be substituted, namely:provided further that all the members of Zilla Parishad whether elected or not from
territorial constituencies in the Zilla Parishad area shall have the right to vote in the meeting
of the Zilla Parishad except in the election of Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha, in the case of
which only the elected members shall have the right to vote.

Contd. ..(4)

-412. Amendment of Section 50 :In Section 50 of the Act

(a) in sub-section (1), for the figure 15,000, the figure 18,000 shall be substituted.
(b) for clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted, namely:(a) divide the area of Zilla Parishad into territorial constituencies;
(b) each constituency shall elect one member by direct election to the Zilla Parishad.
13. Amendment of Section 52 :In sub-section (1) of Section 52 of the Act, for the words seats shall bear, the words
seats so reserved shall bear shall be substituted.
14. Amendment of Section 54 :For clause (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 54 of the Act, the following shall be
substituted, namely
(a) such number of offices of the Adhyaksha of Zilla Parishad in the State for persons
belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of offices so
reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices of
Adhyaksha in the Zilla Parishad as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled
Tribes in the Zilla Parishad areas in the State bears to the total population of the Zilla
Parishad areas in the State;
(b) not less than one-third of the total number of offices of the Adhyaksha for women.
15. Amendment of Section 57 :In sub-section (4) of Section 57 of the Act, for the words one-fifth, the words onehalf shall be substituted.
16. Amendment of Section 61 :For section 61 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely
61. The Zilla Parishad shall perform such functions with such powers and authority as
may be specified therein by the State Government in the Official Gazette in respect of items
enumerated in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
17. Amendment of Section 65 :In sub-section (4) of Section 65 of the Act, the words not shall be deleted.
18. Amendment of Section 76 :After sub-section (2) of Section 76 of the Act, the following new sub-section (2-a)
shall be inserted, namely:(2-a) The Chief Executive Officer shall also be the ex-officio Secretary of the Zilla
Parishad.
19. Amendment of Section 96 :For sub-section (5) of Section 96 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:
(5) The Adhyaksha of the Zilla Parishad shall be the Chairman of the District Planning
Committee.
20. Amendment of Section 100 :In Section 100 of the Act, after the words of the Gram Panchayat, the words or Zilla
Parishad shall be inserted.
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GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR
SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT
-----N O T I F I C A T I O N
Imphal, the 10th September, 1997
No.2/21/97-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent
of the Governor of Manipur on 6-9-1997 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.
(Sd/- L.Ibomcha Singh)
Secretary to lthe Govt. of Manipur
-----THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997
(Manipur Act No. 4 of 1997)
An
Act
further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Forty-eight year of the Republic of India as
follows :
1.

Short title and commencement:(1) This Act may be called the Manipur Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment)
Act, 1997.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th day of June, 1997.

2.
Substitution of Section 82 :- For Section 82 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj
Act, 1994, the following shall be substituted, namely :82.Powers of Government to reconstitute Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad in case of
alteration of area- (1) when on account of the reason that the territorial limits of an area of
Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad are altered or on the separation of the limits of an area of a
district, the Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette, reconstitute the Gram
Panchayat and the Zilla Parishad into such number of Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad
constituencies under the provision of this Act.
(2) The sitting members of the Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad constituencies in
the state of Manipur shall, notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of the constituencies by
virtue of the notification under sub-section (1) continue to be members of the Gram
Panchayat or Zilla Parishad and be deemed to have been respectively elected to the said
Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad constituencies as so altered.
(3) The sitting Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha of a Zilla Parishad shall continue to
hold their respective offices for the remaining period of the term of the reconstituted Zilla
Parishad under Sub-section (1).

Contd. (2)

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(4) Subject to the provisions contained in Section 54, the sitting members of a
reconstituted Zilla Parishad shall elect two members from among themselves to be
Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha thereof, in case there is no sitting Adhyaksha or UpAdhyaksha in a reconstituted Zilla Parishad, and for such election the Deputy Commissioner
of the district shall convene a meeting of the sitting members of the reconstituted Zilla
Parishad on a date specified by him, as soon as may be, after the notification in sub-section
(1).
(5) When a Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad has been reconstituted under this
section so much of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad fund and other property vesting in
the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad immediately before, reconstitution shall vest in and
such portion of the debts, and obligations shall be transferred to, the Gram Panchayat or Zilla
Parishad reconstituted under this section as the Government may direct by an order made in
writing.
(6) The rights and liabilities of the Gram Panchcayat or Zilla Parishad immediately
before the reconstitution, in respect of civil and criminal proceedings, contract, agreements
and other matters of things arising in and relating to any part of the area subject to the
authority of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad reconstituted shall vest in such Gram
Panchayat or Zilla Parishad.
(7) Any appointment, notification, notice, tax, order, scheme, license, permission,
rule, regulation or form made, issued, imposed or granted by the Gram Panchayat or Zilla
Parishad which has been reconstituted in respect of any part of the area subject to the
authority of the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad which has been reconstituted shall be
deemed to have been made, issued, imposed or granted by such Gram Panchayat or Zilla
Parishad unless and until it is suspended by any appointment, notification, notice, form,
order, scheme, license, permission, rule and regulation made, issued, imposed or granted by
such Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad.
EXPLANATION : In this section, sitting member, sitting Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha
in relation to a Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad, as the case may be,
means a person who immediately before the reconstitution of such Gram
Panchayat or Zilla Parishad under sub-section (1) is elected member of
that Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad and Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha
of that Zilla Parishad.
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GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR
SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT
-----No.2/32/98-Leg/L : The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent
of the Governor of Manipur on 12/8/98 is hereby published in the Manipur Gazette.
(Sd/- L.Ibomcha Singh)
Secretary to the Govt. of Manipur
-----THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998
(Manipur Act No. 5 of 1998)
An
Act
further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (No. 26 of 94)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Forty-ninth year of the Republic of
India as follows :
1.
Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the
Manipur Panchayati Raj (Third Amendment) Act, 1998.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2.

Amendment of section 57:- In section 57 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
(a) In sub-section (4)
(i) for the words one-half, the words one-third shall be substituted.
(ii) the last sentence in the initial two years of their term as Adhyaksha or
Up-Adhyaksha, as the case may be, of Zilla Parishad, no motion of noconfidence shall be brought against them shall be deleted.
(b) In sub-section (5), for the words once rejected and rejection, the words
defeated and defeat respectively shall be substituted.

Memo No. 2/32/98-Leg/L

Imphal, the 14th Aug. 1998
Copy to:1) The Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Manipur.
2) The Under Secretary (RD&PR), Govt. of Manipur.
3) The Director, Printing & Stationery, Manipur for favour of publication in the
Manipur Gazette Extra-Ordinary dated 14-8-98. He is requested kindly to send
50(fifty) copies of the publication to the Law Department.

Sd/(Th.Kamini Kumar Singh)

Asstt. Draftsman (Law)
Govt. of Manipur
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No. 157. Imphal, Thursday, September 8, 2005

(Bhadra 17, 1927)

GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR
SECRETARIAT: LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT
-----N O T I F I C A T I O N
Imphal, the 8th September, 2005
No.2/10/2005-Leg/L
: The following Act of the Legislature of Manipur which received
assent of the Governor of Manipur on 5-9-2005 is hereby published in the Official Gazette.

THE MANIPUR PANCHAYATI RAJ (FOURTH AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2005
(Manipur Act No.16 of 2005)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
BE it enacted by the Legislature of Manipur in the Fifty-sixth year of the Republic of
India as follows :
1.
Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Manipur
Panchayati Raj (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2005.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official
Gazette.
2.
Amendment of Section 5:- In section 5 of the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act,
1994 (hereinafter referred to as Principal Act) for the word six, the word three shall be
substituted.
3.
Amendment of Section 7:- In sub-section (1) of the section 7 of the Principal
Act, for the words one tenth, the words, one fifth shall be substituted.
4.
Amendment of Section 29:- For sub-section (2) of the section 29 0f the
Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely(2) Every resignation under sub-section (1) shall have immediate effect.

Contd..(2)

-25.
Amendment of Section 30:- In sub-section (1) of the section 30 of the
Principal Act,
(i) after clause (b), the following new clause (bb) shall be inserted, namely(bb) Withdrawal of no-confidence motion against the Pradhan or UpPradhan or both as the case may be, shall not be allowed;
(ii) In clause (c), for the words rejected, rejection and one year, the
words defeated, defeat and six months shall be substituted.
6.
Amendment of Section 56:- In clause (c) of sub-section (2) of the section 56 of
the Principal Act, the words for a period exceeding thirty days shall be deleted.
7.

Amendment of Section 57:- (a) In section 57 of the Principal Act,

(i) for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely(2) Every resignation under sub-section (1) shall have immediate
effect;
(ii) after sub-section (4), the following provisos shall be added, namelyProvided that if the Adhyaksha fails to convene the said meeting
within the stipulated time, the members shall request the Deputy
Commissioner for the purpose, who shall, within five days from the
date on which he receives the request, direct the Chief Executive
Officer of the Zilla Parishad to convene the meeting within seven days.:
Provided further that withdrawal of no-confidence motion against the
Adhyaksha or Up-Adhyaksha or both, as the case may be, shall not be
allowed;

(iii) the existing clause (b) of sub-section (4) shall be renumbered as subsection (5) and in the sub-section so renumbered, for the words one year, the words six
months shall be substituted.

A. SUKUMAR SINGH,
Secretary (Law), Govt. of Manipur.

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Printed at the Directorate of Ptg. & Sty.., Govt. of Manipur/305-C/8-9-2005.