LEXIS AND COMPANY

 Description [2](1) The provisions of the Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State[1] other than the States of Assam, Meghalaya[3], Tripura and Mizoram[4]. [2](2) The provisions of the Sixth Schedule shall apply to the administration of the tribal areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya[3], Tripura and Mizoram[5]. ----- 1. Omitted words by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Sch. 2. Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s.71, (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 3. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1984, s.2, (w.e.f. 1-4-1985). 4. Subs. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s.39, (w.e.f. 20-2-1987). 5. Subs. by s.39, ibid., (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).

 Description Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow: (a) the Municipalities with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as institutions of self-government and such law may contain provisions for the devolution of powers and responsibilities upon Municipalities, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, with respect to: (i) the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; (ii) the performance of functions and the implementation of schemes as may be entrusted to them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Twelfth Schedule; (b) the Committees with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to carry out the responsibilities conferred upon them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Twelfth Schedule.

 Description Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow the Panchayats with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as institutions of self-government and such law may contain provisions for the devolution of powers and responsibilities upon Panchayats at the appropriate level, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, with respect to: (a) the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; (b) the implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice as may be entrusted to them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule.Description Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow the Panchayats with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as institutions of self-government and such law may contain provisions for the devolution of powers and respon

 Description 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 constituted under article 243B, for the rural areas; (e) Panchayat area means the territorial area of a Panchayat; (f) Population means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published; (g) village means a village specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purposes of this Part and includes a group of villages so specified.

 Description (1) Save as otherwise provided by Parliament by law, every Union territory shall be administered by the President acting, to such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator to be appointed by him with such designation as he may specify. [1](2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part VI, the President may appoint the Governor of a State as the administrator of an adjoining Union territory, and where a Governor is so appointed, he shall exercise his functions as such administrator independently of his Council of Ministers. -----

 Description [The States in Part B of the First Schedule]. Rep. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Sch.

 Description (1) Appointments of persons to be, and the posting and promotion of, district judges in any State shall be made by the Governor of the State in consultation with the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to such State. (2) A person not already in the service of the Union or of the State shall only be eligible to be appointed a district judge if he has been for not less than seven years an advocate or a pleader and is recommended by the High Court for appointment.