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Art. 243ZF Part IXA: The Municipalities

Continuance of Existing Laws and Municipalities

Exact text — Constitution of India

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Act, 1992, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the expiration of one year from such commencement, whichever is earlier: Provided that all the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...

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

The Municipal counterpart to Article 243N — gave states a one-year grace period after the 74th Amendment's 1992 commencement to align existing Municipal laws with this Part's new requirements, while letting existing Municipalities continue until their term naturally expired.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

Like its Panchayat equivalent, this Article's direct transitional effect is now historical, having managed the one-time shift to the post-1992 constitutional Municipal framework.

Read alongside this one

Art. 243n — Continuance of Existing Laws — Panchayats

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 243ZF

Is this Article still actively relevant today?

Its transitional one-year window ended long ago; it remains in the text as a record of how the 1992 transition to the current Municipal framework was managed.

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