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Public roads, markets, wells, tanks etc. to be open to all. Citizens Charter to be published. Power to farm out fees. Extension of p rovisions of the Municipal laws or of the rules there under. Delegation of powers etc. Appeal and Revision. Construction of reference to Panchayat and District Council. Reference to President in other enactments and in notifications etc., issued there under. Village Panchayat to regulate the use of certain porambokes. Power to remove difficulties. Offences by companies. Adjudication of disputes between Panchayats. Power of Government to alter Schedules. Repeal and savings. Transitional provisions. SCHEDULE I - VIII First Schedule Second Schedule Third Schedule Fourth Schedule Fifth Sechedule Sixth Sechedule Seventh Sechedule Eighth Sechedule Form of oath or affirmation Form of oath or affirmation Functions of Village Panchayat Functions of Block Panchayat Functions of District Panchayat Penalties Penalties for continuing breaches Omitted THE KERALA PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1994 (Act 13 of 1994 as amended by Acts 7 of 1995, 7 of 1996, 8 of 1998, 11 of 1999, 13 of 1999,13 of 2000 ,12 of 2001, 9 of 2003, 3 of 2005 & Act 5 of 2005) An Act to replace the present enactment relating to panchayats and District Councils by a comprehensive enactment. Preamble - Whereas it is expedient to replace the present enactments relating to Panchayats and district councils by a comprehensive enactment to establish a three-tier Panchayat Raj system in the State in line with the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, for securing a great measure of participation of the people in planned development and in local Governmental affairs, by constituting Village, block and district Panchayats; And endow such Panchayats with such powers and authority to enable them to function as institutions of self-Government. And entrusting such panchayats the preparation of plans and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice including the implementation of schemes in relation to the matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution: Be it enacted in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follow: - CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY