Constitution Section 243ZF — Continuance of existing laws and Municipalities

Part IXA — THE MUNICIPALITIES

Constitutional

Summary

Any existing state law about municipalities that does not match the rules in this Part of the Constitution will remain in force for up to one year after the 74th Amendment came into effect, unless it is changed or cancelled earlier by the state legislature or another proper authority. All municipalities that existed before the amendment will continue to operate until their normal term ends, unless the state Legislative Assembly (or both Houses, if there is a Legislative Council) passes a resolution to dissolve them sooner.

Official Text

Notwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Municipalities in force in a State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth 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Act, 1992, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the expiration of one year from such commencement, whichever is earlier:Provided that all the Municipalities 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.