.....the Republic of India as follows: Section 1 - Short title This Act may be called the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 Section 2 - Definition In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, "Scheduled Areas" means the Scheduled Areas as referred to in Clause (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution. Section 3 - Extension of part IX of The Constitution The provision of Part IX of the Constitution relating to Panchayats are hereby extended to the Scheduled Areas subject to such exceptions and modifications as are provided in section 4. Section 4 - Exceptions and modifications to part IX of The Constitution Notwithstanding anything contained under Part IX of the Constitution, the Legislature of a State shall not make any law under that Part which is inconsistent with any of the following features, namely: (a) a State legislation on the Panchayats that may be made shall be in consonance with the customary law, social and religious practices and traditional management practices of community resources; (b) a village shall ordinarily consist of a habitation or a group of habitations or a hamlet or a group of hamlets comprising a community and.....
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