(1) For the purposes of bringing the provisions of any law in force in India or in any part thereof, immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, into accord with the provisions of this Constitution as amended by that Act, the President may by order made before the first day of…

Article 243V of Constitution of India deals with Disqualifications for membership Original Text of Article 243V of Constitution of India (1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a Municipality—(a) if he is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for…

Article 243U of Constitution of India deals with Duration of Municipalities, etc. Original Text of Article 243U of Constitution of India (1) Every Municipality, unless sooner dissolved under any law for the time being in force, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer: Provided that a…

Article 243T of Constitution of India deals with Reservation of seats Original Text of Article 243T of Constitution of India (1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Municipality and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the…

Article 243S of Constitution of India deals with Constitution and composition of Wards Committees, etc. Original Text of Article 243S of Constitution of India (1) There shall be constituted Wards Committees, consisting of one or more wards, within the territorial area of a Municipality having a population of three lakhs or more. (2) The Legislature…

Article 243R of Constitution of India deals with Composition of Municipalities Original Text of Article 243R of Constitution of India (1) Save as provided in clause (2), all the seats in a Municipality shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Municipal area and for this purpose each…

Article 243Q of Constitution of India deals with Constitution of Municipalities Original Text of Article 243Q of Constitution of India (1) There shall be constituted in every State, —(a) a Nagar Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a transitional area, that is to say, an area in transition from a rural area to an urban…

Article 243P of Constitution of India deals with Original Text of Article 243P of Constitution of India In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) “Committee” means a Committee constituted under article 243S;(b) “district” means a district in a State;(c) “Metropolitan area” means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in…

Article 243O of Constitution of India deals with Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters. Original Text of Article 243O of Constitution of India Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—(a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made…

Article 243N of Constitution of India deals with Continuance of existing laws and Panchayats. Original Text of Article 243N of Constitution of India 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…