THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992 [20th April, 1993.] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992. (2) It shall come into force on such date_680 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Insertion of new Part IX.- After Part VIII of the Constitution, the following Part shall be inserted, namely:- "PART IX * THE PANCHAYATS 243. Definition -In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires:- a) "district" means a district in a State; b) "Gram Sabha" means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Panchayat at the village level; c) "Intermediate level" means a level between the village and district levels specified by the Governor of a State by public notification to be the intermediate level for the purposes of this Part; d) "Panchayat" means an institution ( by whatever name called) of self-government.....
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