State Act
Section 54-1A. Special provisions relating to village and Gram Sabha.
The Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.
3[54-1A. Special provisions relating to village and Gram Sabha.— Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 4, 5 or any other provisions of this Act, in the Scheduled Areas,— (a) a habitation or a group of habitations or a hamlet or a group of hamlets comprising a community and managing its affairs in accordance with traditions and customs, and which is declared as a village in the prescribed manner shall be the village for the purposes of this Chapter ; (b) every village, so declared under clause (a), shall have a Gram Sabha consisting of persons whose names are included in the electoral rolls for the panchayat at the village level and a panchayat may comprise of one or more than one of such villages.]