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136                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                         (Part IXA.—The Municipalities)

       243ZF. Continuance of existing laws and Municipalities.—
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repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the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 by a resolution passed to that effect by the Legislative Assembly of
that State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, by each House
of the Legislature of that State.
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      243ZG. Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters.—
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Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—
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             (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of
      constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or
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      purporting to be made under article 243ZA shall not be called in
      question in any court;
             (b) no election to any Municipality shall be called in question
      except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such
      manner as is provided for by or under any law made by the Legislature
      of a State.]

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