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Power to make Rules 147 _ 228 Repeal and Savings 149 SCHEDULES | TO Ill & NOTIFICATIONS 449-157 THE PUNJAB PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 (Punjab Act 9 of 1994) Notification The 21st April, 1994 No. 9-Leg/94 — The Following Act of the Legislature of The State of Punjab received the assent of the President of India on 20th April, 1994, and is hereby published for general information: - An Act to replace the Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, relating to Gram Panchayats, and the Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads Act, 1961, relating to the Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads by a comprehensive new enactment, Whereas it is expedient to replace the present enactments by a comprehensive new enactment to establish a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State of Punjab with elected bodies at the village, Block and District levels, in keeping with the provisions of the Constitution (Seventy- third Amendment) Act, 1992 for greater participation of the people and more effective implementation of rural development and Panchayati Raj system. Be it enacted by the State Legislature of the State of Punjab in the forty-fifth year of the Republic of India as follows: -