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125                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                          (Part IX.—The Panchayats)

       (3) The Governor of a State shall, when so requested by the State
Election Commission, make available to the State Election Commission such
staff as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred on the
State Election Commission by clause (1).
      (4) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a
State may, by law, make provision with respect to all matters relating to, or in
connection with, elections to the Panchayats.
        243L. Application to Union territories.—The provisions of this Part
shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union
territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State were
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references to the Administrator of the Union territory appointed under article
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239 and references to the Legislature or the legislative Assembly of a State
were references, in relation to a Union territory having a Legislative Assembly,
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to that Legislative Assembly:
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       Provided that the President may, by public notification, direct that the
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provisions of this Part shall apply to any Union territory or part thereof subject
to such exceptions and modifications as he may specify in the notification.
       243M. Part not to apply to certain areas.—(1) Nothing in this Part
shall apply to the Scheduled Areas referred to in clause (1), and the tribal areas
referred to in clause (2), of article 244.
      (2) Nothing in this Part shall apply to—
          (a) the States of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram;
         (b) the hill areas in the State of Manipur for which District Councils
      exist under any law for the time being in force.
   (3) Nothing in this Part—
          (a) relating to Panchayats at the district level shall apply to the hill
      areas of the District of Darjeeling in the State of West Bengal for which
      Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council exists under any law for the time being
      in force;
         (b) shall be construed to affect the functions and powers of the
      Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council constituted under such law.

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