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117. (1) All debts and obligation incurred and all contracts made by or on behalf of the Gram Sabha before the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115 and subsisting on the said date shall be deemed to have been incurred and made by the Gram Panchayat in exercise of the powers conferred on it by this Act and shall continue in operation accordingly. (2) All proceedings pending before any authority of the said Gram Sabha on the said date, which under the provisions of this Act,are required to be instituted before or undertaken by the Gram Panchayat shall be transferred to and continued by the Gram Panchayat, and all other such proceedings shall, so far as may be, be transferred to and continued by such authority before or by whom they have to be instituted or undertaken under the provisions of this Act.(3) All appeals pending before any authority of the said Gram Sabha on the said date shall so far as may be practicable, be disposed of as if there was a Gram Panchayat whom they were filed.(4)All prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the said Gram Sabha and all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the said Gram Sabha or any officer of the said Gram Sabha pending on the said date, shall be continued by or against the Gram Panchayat or the officer, as the case may be, as if there was a GramPanchayat constituted when such prosecution suit or roceeding was instituted
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>117.</b> (1) All debts and obligation incurred and all contracts made by or on behalf of the Gram Sabha before the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115 and subsisting on the said date shall be deemed to have been incurred and made by the Gram Panchayat in exercise of the powers conferred on it by this Act and shall continue in operation accordingly.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>(2)</b> All proceedings pending before any authority of the said Gram Sabha on the said date, which under the provisions of this Act,are required to be instituted before or undertaken by the Gram Panchayat shall be transferred to and continued by the Gram Panchayat, and all other such proceedings shall, so far as may be, be transferred to and continued by such authority before or by whom they have to be instituted or undertaken under the provisions of this Act.<br><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>(3)</b> All appeals pending before any authority of the said Gram Sabha on the said date shall so far as may be practicable, be disposed of as if there was a Gram Panchayat whom they were filed.<br><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>(4)</b>All prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the said Gram Sabha and all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the said Gram Sabha or any officer of the said Gram Sabha pending on the said date, shall be continued by or against the Gram Panchayat or the officer, as the case may be, as if there was a GramPanchayat constituted when such prosecution suit or roceeding was instituted<br><br>