Part IX · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS

Article 243 Definitions.

This article defines the words of Part IX. A district means a district of a State. A Gram Sabha is the body of registered voters in a village area. A Panchayat is an institution of self-government for a rural area, at the village, intermediate, or district level. A Intermediate level means a level between village and district.

1. 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.

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