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the Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) Act, 2002 (Karnataka Act 45 of 2003 Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 59 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 65 SHASANA 2025] [Entries 5, 6, 28, 32 of List II and entry 20 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinaryNo.577 in part-IVA dated:12.09.2025] 28 XXXI Amendment Act 30 of 2026:- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993) to,- (i) ensure that elections are conducted in a free, fair, and transparent manner, reflecting the democratic will of the people under Article 326 of the Constitution of India; (ii) ensure the secrecy of the ballot voters, and protect voters from coercion, intimidation, and undue influence, thereby safeguarding the sanctity of the democratic process; (iii) implement the Supreme Court judgment given in Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006); and (iv) to strengthen electoral mechanisms that prioritize anonymity and transparency. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 03 of 2026, File No. SAMVYASHAE 03 SHASANA 2026] [Entry 5 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.281 in part-IVA dated:15.04.2026] 29 KARNATAKA ACT No. 14 OF 1993 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Thirtieth day of April, 1993) THE KARNATAKA 1[Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj]1 ACT, 1993 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Thirtieth day of April, 1993) (As Amended by Acts 10 of 1995, 9 of 1996,17 of 1996, 1 of 1997, 10 of 1997, 29 of 1997, 29 of 1998, 10 of 1999, 21 of 1999, 8 of 2000, 11 of 2000, 30 of 2001, 8 of 2003, 37 of 2003,17 of 2007, 24 of 2010, 34 of 2011, 23 of 2014, 17 of 2015 , 44 of 2015, 37 of 2017 , 49 of 2020, 25 of 2021, 19 of 2022, 27 of 2022, 01 of 2024, 22 of 2024, 27 of 2025, 61 of 2025 and 30 of 2026) 1[An Act to constitute units of Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj to provide for:- (i) establishment of three tier panchayat raj system with the elected bodies at grama, taluk and district levels to fulfill the spirit of 73rd Amendment of the Constitution of India and for greater participation of the people to function as units of Grama Swaraj, the local self-government; (ii) effective implementation of rural development programmes for enhancement of living standards of rural people; (iii) a litigation-free, exploitation-free, and fear-free egalitarian rural Karnataka; (iv) clean villages which are free from practice of open defecation; (v) Panchayat Raj system empowering women to achieve gender equality; (vi) reservation for socially deprived classes of people to attain economic prosperity and social equality; (vii) alternative sources of income in the lives of rural people through economic activities and to enhance the standard of living by providing civic amenities; (viii) building a creative, proud, self-reliant, prosperous, contented and harmonious society; (ix) constitution of habitation sabha, Ward Sabha and gram sabha with commitment and to resonate the voice of the real sovereign through direct participation of rural India in policy making by using them as a platform for developmental activities and thereby resolving to establish true Gram Swaraj- the cherished dream of Mahatma Gandhiji;”]1 BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Forty-fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:-