Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
Whenever it may appear necessary to the '[ '[State] Government], the '[State] Government], may '[appoint to a taluka one or more Mahalkaris] and, subject to the orders of '[the '[State] Government], '[[ *]] the Collector may '[[assign to a Mahalkari] within his local limits such of the duties and powers of a Mamlatdar as he may from time to time see fit, and may also from time to time direct whether the Mahalkari's immediate superior shall, for the purposes of section 203 '[[ * *]] be deemed to be the Mamlatdar or the Assistant or Deputy Collector, or the Collector in charge of the taluka. '[When a defined portion of a taluka is placed in charge of a Mahalkari, such portion shall be called a mahal.]