Article 243N - Continuance of existing laws and Panchayats - Constitution of India

1 [Article 243N. Continuance of existing laws and Panchayats.- Notwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Panchayats in force in a State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the expiration of one year from such commencement, whichever is earlier: Provided that all the Panchayats existing immediately before such commencement shall continue till the expiration of their duration, unless sooner dissolved by a resolution passed to that effect by the Legislative Assembly of that State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, by each House of the Legislature of that State. ] ******************* NOTES:- 1 . Inserted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 dated 20-04-1993 , w.e.f. 24-04-1993.