Section 31, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-YTF]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 8 June 1996.

In Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [A11-447]. This text from 8 June 1996. No other text held.

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Cite: Section 31, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-YTF]. Machine: S1Y-YTF.

31. Power to exempt.—The Central Government may, if it is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, by notification, exempt any class of contractors engaged by a Panchayat from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification.

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Panchayat: Schedule 2, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1YXXD] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "Panchayat" means an institution of self-government constituted under article 243B of the Constitution for the rural areas

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