Part IXA · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS
Article 243ZC Part not to apply to certain areas.
In force
This article exempts certain areas from Part IXA. The whole Part does not apply to the Scheduled Areas and tribal areas under article 244. Parliament may however extend the Part to a Scheduled Area by law, with exceptions and modifications it chooses.
- (1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the Scheduled Areas referred to in clause (1), and the tribal areas referred to in clause (2) of article 244.
- (2) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect the functions and powers of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council constituted under any law for the time being in force for the hill areas of the district of Darjeeling in the State of West Bengal.
- (3) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may, by law, extend the provisions of this Part to the Scheduled Areas and the tribal areas referred to in clause (1) subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in such law, and no such law shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.
What it means
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This article exempts certain areas from Part IXA. The whole Part does not apply to the Scheduled Areas and tribal areas under article 244. Parliament may however extend the Part to a Scheduled Area by law, with exceptions and modifications it chooses.