Section 3, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-XYB]

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 3, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-XYB]. Machine: S1Y-XYB.

3. Appointment of Gram Panchayat.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification, appoint an authority, to be known as the Gram Panchayat, to exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act. (2) The Gram Panchayat may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, appoint such officers and other employees as it considers necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under this Act. (3) The Central Government may, by notification, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act, except the power to make rules under section 65, shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by the Gram Panchayat.

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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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