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The Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1978

The Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1978

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The Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1978 provides for the temporary suspension and state control of rural local government bodies in Punjab. It applies to intermediate and district-level councils, known as Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads, including those already suspended prior to the law. Under this law, the state government transfers the powers and duties of elected council leaders to appointed officials during the suspension period. This law matters because it allowed the state government to maintain public administration and municipal services in rural areas during political or administrative disruptions until elected bodies were restored.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Supersession of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads
  4. 4. Act to apply to Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads already under supersession
  5. 5. Overriding effect
  6. 6. Power to remove difficulties

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