Part IXA: The Municipalities
Articles 243P–243ZG
- The Municipalities
- Article 243P DefinitionsIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “Committee” means a Committee constituted under…
- Article 243Q Constitution of Municipalities(1) There shall be constituted in every State, (a) a Nagar Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a…
- Article 243R Composition of Municipalities(1) Save as provided in clause (2), all the seats in a Municipality shall be filled by persons chosen by…
- Article 243S Constitution and composition of Wards Committees, etc(1) There shall be constituted Wards Committees, consisting of one or more wards, within the territorial…
- Article 243T Reservation of seats(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Municipality and the…
- Article 243U Duration of Municipalities, etc(1) Every Municipality, unless sooner dissolved under any law for the time being in force, shall continue…
- Article 243V Disqualifications for membership(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a Municipality— (a) if he…
- The Municipalities
- Article 243W Powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities, etcSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow (a) the…
- Article 243X Power to impose taxes by, and Funds of, the MunicipalitiesThe Legislature of a State may, by law, (a) authorise a Municipality to levy, collect and appropriate such…
- Article 243Y Finance Commission(1) The Finance Commission constituted under article 243-I shall also review the financial position of the…
- Article 243Z Audit of accounts of MunicipalitiesThe Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the maintenance of accounts by the…
- Article 243ZA Elections to the Municipalities(1) The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct…
- Article 243ZB Application to Union territoriesThe provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union…
- Article 243ZC Part not to apply to certain areas(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the Scheduled Areas referred to in clause (1), and the tribal areas…
- Article 243ZD Committee for district planning(1) There shall be constituted in every State at the district level a District Planning Committee to…
- Article 243ZE Committee for Metropolitan planning1\) There shall be constituted in every Metropolitan area a Metropolitan Planning Committee to prepare a…
- Article 243ZF Continuance of existing laws and MunicipalitiesNotwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Municipalities in force in a…
- Article 243ZG Bar to interference by courts in electoral mattersNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution, (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of…