THE ASSAM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000

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    "title": "THE ASSAM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000",
    "short_title": "The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2000",
    "act_number": "X",
    "act_year": 2000,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "amended",
    "enactment_date": "2000-09-20",
    "description": "The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2000",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "ASSAM ACT No. X OF 2000\n(Received the assent of the Governor on 20th September, 2000)\nTHE ASSAM PANCHAYAT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000\nAN\nACT\nfurther to amend the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994.\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (1)",
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            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2000.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
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            "content": "2. In the principal Act, in section 5, in sub-section (1), for the existing second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely :-\r\n\"Provided further that the local area of Gaon Panchayats declared under the provisions of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 with a population of less in number or more in number than the population earmarked in this section shall continue to be valid for the purposes of this Act.\"",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "200010",
        "Act Number": "X",
        "Enactment Date": "2000-09-20",
        "Act Year": "2000",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2000",
        "Department": "LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:17"
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