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Under the proviso to Section 5 of the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas)…

The proviso to section 5 provides that all Panchayats existing immediately before the President's assent "shall continue till the expiration of their duration", unless…

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Under the proviso to Section 5 of the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, all Panchayats existing immediately before the date on which the Act received the President's assent shall continue:

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The proviso to section 5 provides that all Panchayats existing immediately before the President's assent "shall continue till the expiration of their duration", unless sooner dissolved by a resolution of the State Legislature. The one-year limit in the main section applies to inconsistent laws, not to the term of existing Panchayats.

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