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Preparation and publication of electoral roll for a gram panchayat – (1) The 3[XXXX]electoral roll for gram panchayat shall be prepared by the person authorised by the *[Andhra Pradesh Election Commissioner for Local Bodies] in such manner by reference to such qualifying date as may be prescribed and the electoral roll for the gram panchayat shall come into force immediately 4[upon its publication]in accordance with the rules made by the Government in this behalf. The 3[XXXX] electoral roll for the gram panchayat shall consist of such part of the electoral roll for the Assembly Constituency published under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (Central Act 43 of 1950) as revised or amended under the said Act, upto the qualifying date, as relates to the village or any portion thereof: 5[Provided that any amendment, transposition or deletion of any entries in the electoral roll, or any inclusion of names in the electoral roll of the Assembly Constituencies concerned, made by the Electoral Registration Officer under section 22 or section 23, as the case may be, of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (Central Act 43 of 1950), up to the date of election notification, for any election held under this Act, shall be carried out in the electoral roll of the Gram Panchayat and any such names included shall be added to the part relating to the last ward] Explanation - Where in the case of any Assembly Constituency there is no distinct part of the electoral roll relating to the village, all persons whose names are entered in such roll under the registration area comprising the village and whose addresses as entered are situated in the village shall be entitled to be