Article 243P - Definitions - Constitution of India

1 [PART IXA.* THE MUNICIPALITIES Article.243P. Definitions.- 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 one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part; (d) "Municipal area" means the territorial area of a Municipality as is notified by the Governor; (e) "Municipality" means an institution of self-government constituted under article 243Q; (f) "Panchayat" means a Panchayat constituted under article 243B; (g) "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. ******************************* Notes : 1 . Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f 1-6-1993). *In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 243ZB of the Constitution, the President, hereby, directs that the provisions of Part IXA of the Constitution shall apply to the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli subject to the following exceptions and modification namely:- In article 243Y of the Constitution, in clause (1), for the word Governor , at both the places, the word President shall be Substituted. [vide S.O. 615(E), dated 21 st may, 2004, published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii), dated 21 st May, 2004].