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291                 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                (Sixth Schedule)

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        [(4) On and from the date appointed by the President under
sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4 in relation to any autonomous district or
autonomous region, nothing contained in this paragraph shall, in its
application to that district or region, be deemed to authorise the Governor to
confer on the District Council or Regional Council or on courts constituted
by the District Council any of the powers referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of
this paragraph.]
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        [6. Powers of the District Council to establish primary schools,
etc.— (1) The District Council for an autonomous district may establish,
construct, or manage primary schools, dispensaries, markets, 3[cattle
pounds], ferries, fisheries, roads, road transport and waterways in the district
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and may, with the previous approval of the Governor, make regulations for
the regulation and control thereof and, in particular, may prescribe the
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language and the manner in which primary education shall be imparted in
the primary schools in the district.  di
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       (2) The Governor may, with the consent of any District Council,
entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Council or to its
officers functions in relation to agriculture, animal husbandry, community
projects, co-operative societies, social welfare, village planning or any other
matter to which the executive power of the State 4*** extends.
      7. District and Regional Funds.—(1) There shall be constituted for
each autonomous district, a District Fund and for each autonomous region, a
Regional Fund to which shall be credited all moneys received respectively
by the District Council for that district and the Regional Council for that
region in the course of the administration of such district or region, as the
case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.



1. Ins. by the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969), s. 74 and
   Fourth Sch. (w.e.f. 2-4-1970).
2. Subs. by s. 74 and Fourth Sch., ibid. for "paragraph 6" (w.e.f. 2-4-1970).
3. Subs. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1974 (56 of 1974), s. 4, for "cattle
   ponds" (w.e.f. 20-12-1974).
4. The words "of Assam or Meghalaya, as the case may be," omitted by the North-
   Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 71(i) and Eighth Sch.
   (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).

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