Part I – Preliminary

• Section 1 – Short title, extent, application and commencement
• Section 2 – Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

Part II – Gram Panchayat

• Section 3 – Declaration of a village for the purposes of this Act
• Section 4 – Constitution of Gram Panchayats for villages and their incorporation
• Section 5 – Township
• Section 6 – Gram Sabha
• Section 7 – Total strength of a Gram Panchayat:- A Gram Panchayat shall consist of such number of
• Section 8 – Election of members:- All members of the Gram Panchayat shall be elected by the registered
• Section 9 – Reservation of seats of members of Gram Panchayats
• Section 10 – Division of wards:- For the purpose of electing members to a Gram Panchayat, the Commissioner
• Section 11 – Preparation and Publication of electoral roll for a Gram Panchayat
• Section 12 – Rearrangement and republication of electoral rolls:- Where, after the electoral roll for the
• Section 13 – Term of Office of members
• Section 14 – Election and term of office of Sarpanch
• Section 15 – Reservation of Office of Sarpanch: Out of total number of offices of Sarpanch in the State,
• Section 16 – Fresh elections in certain cases
• Section 17 – Qualifications of candidates:- No person shall be qualified for election as a member of a Gram
• Section 18 – Disqualification of certain office holders etc.
• Section 19 – Disqualification of candidates
• Section 20 – Disqualification of members:- Subject to the provisions of section 22, a member shall cease to
• Section 21 – Restoration of members to office
• Section 22 – Authority to decide questions of disqualifications of members
• Section 23 – Resignation of members, Upa Sarpanch, Sarpanch
• Section 24 – Cessation of Upa-Sarpanch:- The Upa-Sarpanch shall cease to hold the office as such on the
• Section 25 – Powers and functions of the Sarpanch: Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, the
• Section 26 – Devolution and delegation of Sarpanch’s powers and functions and filling up of vacancies in
• Section 27 – Removal of temporary Sarpanch:- The Commissioner may, by order, for sufficient cause to be
• Section 28 – Rights of individual members
• Section 29 – No Sarpanch, Upa-Sarpanch or members to receive remuneration:- No Sarpanch, Upa
• Section 30 – Appointment of Executive Authoritys for certain Gram Panchayats
• Section 31 – Functions of Executive Authority: The Panchayat Secretary, with the approval of, or on
• Section 32 – Functions of the Executive Authority:- The Executive Authority shall –
• Section 33 – Emergency powers of Sarpanch:- In case of emergency, the Sarpanch may, in consultation with
• Section 34 – Exercise of functions of Executive Authority by Health Officer in certain cases:- The
• Section 35 – Delegation of functions of Executive Authority:- Subject to such restrictions and control as
• Section 36 – Officers and other employees of Gram Panchayat
• Section 37 – Presidency at meetings:- Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, every meeting of a
• Section 38 – Minutes of proceedings:- The minutes of the proceedings at every meeting of a Gram Panchayat
• Section 39 – Power to call for records:- A Gram Panchayat or a committee thereof may, at any of its
• Section 40 – Beneficiary committees and functional Committees
• Section 41 – Proceedings of Gram Panchayats and Committees
• Section 42 – Appointment of Joint Committee:- A Gram Panchayat may, and if so required by the
• Section 43 – Administration report:- The Executive Authority of every Gram Panchayat shall prepare a
• Section 44 – Powers of inspecting and superintending Officers and of the Government
• Section 45 – Duty of Gram Panchayat to Provide for Certain Matters
• Section 46 – Power of Gram Panchayat to provide for certain other matters:- Subject to the provisions of
• Section 47 – Maintenance of common dispensaries, child welfare centres etc.:- Subject to the provisions of
• Section 48 – Transfer of management of forests to Gram Panchayat
• Section 49 – Transfer to Panchayats of institutions or works
• Section 50 – Power of Commissioner of Land Revenue to transfer, resume control of endowments and
• Section 51 – Limitation of power to accept donations and trusts:- A Gram Panchayat may accept donations
• Section 52 – Maintenance of cattle pounds
• Section 53 – Vesting of public roads in Gram Panchayat
• Section 54 – Collected sewage etc., belong to Gram Panchayat:- All rubbish, sewage, filth and other matter
• Section 55 – Vesting of Communal Property or Income in Gram Panchayat:- Any property or income
• Section 56 – Maintenance of irrigation works, execution of kudimaramat etc.
• Section 57 – Vesting of the management of ferries in Gram Panchayats etc.:- Notwithstanding anything in
• Section 58 – Certain Government porambokes to vest in Gram Panchayat etc.
• Section 59 – Acquisition of immovable property required by Gram Panchayat:- Any immovable property
• Section 60 – Taxes leviable by Gram Panchayats
• Section 61 – House Tax
• Section 62 – Levy of House Tax on a direction by Government
• Section 63 – Tax on advertisement:- Every person who erects, exhibits, fixes or retains upon or over any
• Section 64 – Prohibition of advertisement without written Permission of Executive Authority
• Section 65 – Permission of the Executive Authority to become void in certain cases:- The permission
• Section 66 – Owner or person in occupation to be deemed responsible:- Where any advertisement is
• Section 67 – Removal of unauthorised advertisements:- If any advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or
• Section 68 – Collection of tax on advertisements:- The Executive Authority may farm out of the collection
• Section 69 – Duty on transfers of property
• Section 70 – Vehicle tax
• Section 71 – Special tax leviable by a Gram Panchayat:- Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, a Gram
• Section 72 – Composition of tax payable by owner of a factory or a contiguous group of buildings
• Section 73 – Power to write-off irrecoverable amounts:- Subject to such restrictions and control as may be
• Section 74 – Gram Panchayat Fund
• Section 75 – Expenditure from Gram Panchayat Fund
• Section 76 – Election expenses to be borne by the Government:- The cost of the preparation and revision of
• Section 77 – Preparation and sanction of budget
• Section 78 – Contribution to expenditure by other local authorities:- If the expenditure incurred by the
• Section 79 – Recovery of loans and advances made by the Government
• Section 80 – Vesting of water works in Gram Panchayats
• Section 81 – Setting apart of public tanks etc., for certain purposes
• Section 82 – Prohibition against using places so set apart for purposes other than those Notified:- No
• Section 83 – Contribution from persons having control over places of pilgrimage etc.:- Where a mosque,
• Section 84 – Cleaning of Private Latrines:- The Executive Authority of a Gram Panchayat may contract with
• Section 85 – Registration of burial and burning grounds
• Section 86 – Licensing of places for disposal of the dead
• Section 87 – Provision of burning and burial grounds:- A Gram Panchayat may, and shall, if no sufficient
• Section 88 – A book to be kept of places registered, licensed or provided
• Section 89 – Prohibition against burying or burning in unauthorised places:- No person shall bury, burn or
• Section 90 – Notices to be given to Gram Panchayat of burials etc:- The person having control of a place
• Section 91 – Prohibition against use of burial and burning grounds dangerous to health or overcrowded
• Section 92 – Power to destroy stray pigs or dogs
• Section 93 – Prohibition against allowing outflow of filth:- No owner or occupier of any premises shall allow
• Section 94 – Power as to sanitation and conservancy
• Section 95 – Prohibition against working of quarry near public roads
• Section 96 – Prohibition against destruction in or over public roads:- No person shall build any wall or
• Section 97 – Prohibition against and regulation of door, gate, bar or ground floor window opening
• Section 98 – Removal of encroachments
• Section 99 – Power to allow certain projections and erections
• Section 100 – Prohibition of building on sewer, drain etc., without permission
• Section 101 – Prohibition against making holes and causing obstruction in public roads
• Section 102 – Prohibition against planting or felling trees on public roads etc., without permission
• Section 103 – Recovery of penalty and compensation for unauthorised occupation of land
• Section 104 – Public Markets
• Section 105 – Licence for private markets
• Section 106 – Fee for licence:- When a licence granted under section 104 permits the levy of any fees of the
• Section 107 – Power exercisable by Executive Authority in respect of public markets:- The Executive
• Section 108 – Powers exercisable by Gram Panchayat in respect of private markets
• Section 109 – Decisions of disputes as to whether places are market:- If any question arises as to whether
• Section 110 – Prohibition of sale in unlicensed private market etc.:- No person shall sell or expose for sale
• Section 111 – Prohibition against sale in or upon public roads:- The Executive Authority may, with the
• Section 112 – Classification of markets
• Section 113 – Vesting of places used as markets situated in estates taken over by the Government:- With
• Section 114 – Classification of public roads, fairs and festivals etc:- The classification of public roads, fairs
• Section 115 – Public landing places, cart-stands etc:- Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Gram
• Section 116 – Private cart-stands:- No person shall open a new private cart-stand and or continue to keep
• Section 117 – Public slaughter houses:- Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, every Gram Panchayat
• Section 118 – Prohibition or regulation of the use of places for slaughtering animals and licensing of
• Section 119 – Purposes for which places may not be used without licence:- The Gram Panchayat may notify
• Section 120 – Applications to be made for construction, establishment, or installation of factory,
• Section 121 – Construction of buildings:- No piece of land shall be used as a site for the construction of a
• Section 122 – Power of Gram Panchayat to issue directions for abatement of nuisance caused by steam or
• Section 123 – Form of licences, notices, permissions:- All licences, notices, permissions, given, issued or
• Section 124 – Power of Government to pass order to give directions:- The Government may, either
• Section 125 – Modification of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Places of Public Resort Act, 1888
• Section 126 – Power to name streets and number buildings
• Section 127 – General provisions regarding licences and permissions
• Section 128 – Appeal from the order of Executive Authority
• Section 129 – Limitation of time for appeal:- In any case in which no time is fixed by the foregoing
• Section 130 – Government and Market Committees not to obtain licences and permissions:- Nothing in
• Section 131 – Time for complying with notice, order etc., and power to enforce in default
• Section 132 – Powers of entry and inspection
• Section 133 – Testing of weights and measures:- The Executive Authority or any person authorised by him
• Section 134 – Power to call for information from Executive authority
• Section 135 – Limitation for recovery of dues:- No distraint shall be made, no suit shall be instituted and no
• Section 136 – Persons empowered to prosecute:- Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no person
• Section 137 – Power to compound offences
• Section 138 – Prosecutions and compositions to be reported to Gram Panchayat:- Every prosecution
• Section 139 – Assistance of police to the Gram Panchayat:- Every Police Officer in whose jurisdiction the
• Section 140 – Wrongful restraint of Executive Authority or his delegates:- Any person who prevents the
• Section 141 – Punishment for obstructing Gram Panchayat:- Whoever obstructs a Gram Panchayat or the
• Section 142 – Penalty for not giving information or giving false information:- Any person required by this
• Section 143 – O
• Section 144 – Public roads, markets, wells, tanks etc., to be open to all:- All roads, markets, wells, tanks,
• Section 145 – Power to farm out fees:- A Gram Panchayat shall have power to farm out the collection of any
• Section 146 – Extension of provisions of law relating to District Municipalities or of rules thereunder
• Section 147 – Transfer of functions of Gram Panchayats to other local authorities or vice-versa

Mandal Parishads

• Section 148 – Constitution and incorporation of Mandal Parishads
• Section 149 – Composition of Mandal Parishad
• Section 150 – Division of Mandal into constituencies:- For the purpose of electing the members specified in
• Section 151 – Election of members from territorial constituencies
• Section 152 – Reservation of seats of Members of Mandal Parishad
• Section 153 – Election, reservation and term of office of President, Vice-President
• Section 154 – Term of office of member of Mandal Parishad:- Save as otherwise provided in this Act, –
• Section 155 – Qualification of candidates for election:- No person shall be eligible for election as member of
• Section 156 – Disqualifications
• Section 157 – Resignation of President, Vice-President or member:- The President, the Vice-President,
• Section 158 – Permanent invitees to the meetings of the Mandal Parishad:- The Collector, the Sarpanches
• Section 159 – President of a Mandal Parishad may invite certain persons to attend its meetings
• Section 160 – Rules for the conduct of the business at a meeting of a Mandal Parishad:- Every Mandal
• Section 161 – Powers and functions of a Mandal Parishad
• Section 162 – Maintenance of common water works and other institutions
• Section 163 – Power of Mandal Parishad to call for documents from the Mandal Parishad Development
• Section 164 – Power of Mandal Parishad to call for information from Executive Authority:- A Mandal
• Section 165 – Powers and functions of the President and Vice-President
• Section 166 – Right of individual members to draw attention in respect of Mandal Parishad etc.:- Any
• Section 167 – Powers and functions of Mandal Parishad Development Officer
• Section 168 – The Mandal Parishad Development Officer and other officers and staff of a Mandal
• Section 169 – Officers and other employees of Mandal Parishad
• Section 170 – Allowances for attending a meeting of the Mandal Parishad
• Section 171 – Mandal Parishad Fund
• Section 172 – Income and expenses of a Mandal Parishad
• Section 173 – Election expenses to be borne by the Government:- The cost of the election expenses
• Section 174 – Budget of Mandal Parishad
• Section 175 – Joint Committee of Mandal Parishad and other local authorities:- A Mandal Parishad may,
• Section 176 – Constitution, powers and functions of Joint Committee: The constitution, powers and

Zilla Parishads

• Section 177 – Constitution, incorporation and composition of Zilla Parishad
• Section 178 – Mandals to be territorial constituencies:- For purposes of electing the members specified in
• Section 179 – Election of members from territorial constituencies
• Section 180 – Reservation of seats of members of Zilla Parishad
• Section 181 – Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
• Section 182 – Term of office of a member of a Zilla Parishad:- Save as otherwise provided in this Act,–
• Section 183 – Qualification of candidates for election:- No person shall be eligible for election as member of
• Section 184 – Disqualifications
• Section 185 – Resignation of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or member: The Chairperson, the Vice
• Section 186 – Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and his powers and functions
• Section 187 – Standing Committees of a Zilla Parishad
• Section 188 – Permanent invitees to Zilla Parishad
• Section 189 – Special invitees
• Section 190 – Rules for conduct of business at meetings:- Every Zilla Parishad or a Standing Committee
• Section 191 – Power of Zilla Parishad or its Standing Committee to call for documents from Chief
• Section 192 – Powers and functions of the Zilla Parishad
• Section 193 – Powers and functions of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Zilla Parishad
• Section 194 – Rights of individual members to draw attention in respect of Zilla Parishad Works:- Any
• Section 195 – Officers and other employees of the Zilla Parishad
• Section 196 – Allowances for attending meeting of a Zilla Parishad or a Standing Committee
• Section 197 – Funds of the Zilla Parishad
• Section 198 – Income and expenses of a Zilla Parishad
• Section 199 – The Budget of the Zilla Parishad

Elections and related provisions

• Section 200 – Constitution of Andhra Pradesh Election Commission for Local Bodies
• Section 201 – Powers and functions of the Andhra Pradesh Election Commissioner for Local Bodies
• Section 202 – Symbols for elections under the Act:- The Andhra Pradesh Election Commission for Local
• Section 203 – Reservation of offices 78to cease on the expiration of the period specified in Article 334
• Section 204 – Injunctions not to be granted in election proceedings: Notwithstanding anything in the Code
• Section 205 – Requisitioning of premises for election purposes
• Section 206 – Payment of compensation
• Section 207 – Power to obtain information:- The A.P. Election Commissioner for Local Bodies may with a
• Section 208 – Eviction from requisitioned premises
• Section 209 – Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning:- If any person contravenes
• Section 210 – Electoral officers and staff etc., deemed to be on deputation
• Section 211 – Corrupt practices:- The following shall be deemed to be corrupt practices for the purposes of
• Section 212 – Punishment for corrupt practice:- If any person is guilty of any such corrupt practices as
• Section 213 – Promoting enemity between classes in connection with election:- Any person who in
• Section 214 – Prohibition of public meetings on the day preceding the pre-election day and on the
• Section 215 – Disturbance at election meetings
• Section 216 – Restrictions on the printing of pamphlets, posters etc.
• Section 217 – Maintenance of secrecy of voting
• Section 218 – Officers etc, at elections not to act for candidates or to influence voting
• Section 219 – Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling stations
• Section 220 – Penalty for disorderly conduct in or near polling stations
• Section 221 – Penalty for misconduct at the polling station
• Section 222 – Breaches of official duty in connection with elections
• Section 223 – Penalty for Government servants etc., for acting as election agent, polling agent, or
• Section 224 – Offence of booth capturing:- Whoever commits an offence of booth capturing shall be
• Section 225 – Removal of ballot papers or ballot boxes from polling stations to be an offence
• Section 226 – Impersonation at elections:- Whoever at an election applies for a ballot paper or votes in the
• Section 227 – Other offences and penalties thereunder
• Section 228 – Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for:- Whoever does any act in contravention
• Section 229 – Offences by companies
• Section 230 – Application of Chapter:- This Chapter shall apply to candidates of any election held under this
• Section 230A – Account of election expenses
• Section 230B – Lodging of account with the District Election Authority:- Every contesting candidate at an
• Section 231 – Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing
• Section 232 – Power to delegate:- The A.P. Election Commissioner for Local Bodies may, subject to such
• Section 233 – Election petitions:- No election held under this Act shall be called in question except by an
• Section 234 – Prohibition of holding dual offices and vacation of seats

Finance Commission

• Section 235 – Constitution of Finance Commission
• Section 236 – Qualifications for appointment as, and the manner of selection of, members of the
• Section 237 – Personal interest to disqualify members:- Before appointing a person to be a member of the
• Section 238 – Disqualifications for being a member of the Commission:- A person shall be disqualified for
• Section 239 – Term of office of members and eligibility for reappointment:- Every member of the
• Section 240 – Conditions of service and salaries and allowances of members:- The members of the
• Section 241 – Functions of the Commission
• Section 242B – Declaration of village in Scheduled Areas:- For the purposes of section 3, a village shall
• Section 242C – Functions of Gram Sabha
• Section 242D – Reservation of seats of members of Gram Panchayat and Mandal Parishad and offices
• Section 242E – Nomination of persons:- The Government may nominate persons belonging to such
• Section 242F – Acquisition of land in the Scheduled Areas:- The Mandal Parishad shall be consulted
• Section 242G – Management of minor water bodies in the Scheduled Areas:- Planning and management
• Section 242H – Minor minerals in the Scheduled Areas

Special provisions for Scheduled Areas

• Section 242B – Declaration of village in Scheduled Areas:- For the purposes of section 3, a village shall
• Section 242C – Functions of Gram Sabha
• Section 242D – Reservation of seats of members of Gram Panchayat and Mandal Parishad and offices
• Section 242E – Nomination of persons:- The Government may nominate persons belonging to such
• Section 242F – Acquisition of land in the Scheduled Areas:- The Mandal Parishad shall be consulted
• Section 242G – Management of minor water bodies in the Scheduled Areas:- Planning and management
• Section 242H – Minor minerals in the Scheduled Areas

General, supervisory and miscellaneous provisions

• Section 243 – Transfer of powers and functions of District Board to Mandal Parishad and Zilla
• Section 244 – Application of the relevant District Boards Act to Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads
• Section 245 – Motion of no confidence in Upa-Sarpanch, President or Chairperson
• Section 246 – Power to cancel or suspend resolution of a Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad or Zilla
• Section 247 – Power of Government to take action in default of a Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad or
• Section 248 – Power of Government to issue directions
• Section 249 – Powers of Government to remove Sarpanch, President or Chairperson etc.
• Section 250 – Powers of Government to dissolve Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad or Zilla Parishad
• Section 251 – Acts of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads not to be invalidated by
• Section 252 – Oath of allegiance
• Section 253 – Administration report
• Section 254 – Recovery of sums due to the Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads or Zilla Parishads as
• Section 255 – Power of entry of inspecting officers
• Section 256 – Power to call for records etc:- The Government or any officer or person duly empowered by
• Section 257 – Protection of acts done in good faith:- No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall be
• Section 258 – Chairperson, President, Sarpanch etc., to be public servants:- The Chairperson, the Vice
• Section 259 – Power of Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad to make bye-laws
• Section 260 – Delegation of powers etc.
• Section 261 – Power to transfer institutions and works:- The Government may transfer any institution or
• Section 262 – Emergency Powers of the Government, Commissioner and District Collector
• Section 263 – Control over electrical undertakings of Gram Panchayats:- The administration by a Gram
• Section 264 – Power of review and revision by Government
• Section 265 – Liability of Sarpanch, President, Chairperson etc., for loss, waste or mis-application of
• Section 266 – Accounts and Audit
• Section 267 – Assessments etc., not to be impeached
• Section 268 – Power of Government to make rules for the purposes of this Act
• Section 269 – Penalties for breach of rules:- A rule under this Act may provide that a breach thereof shall be
• Section 270 – Bye-laws and penalties for their breach
• Section 271 – General provisions regarding penalties specified in Schedules III and IV
• Section 272 – Recovery of amounts due as taxes:- All costs, damages, compensation, penalties, charges, fees
• Section 273 – Adjudication of disputes between local authorities
• Section 274 – Act to read subject to Schedules V and VI in regard to first constitution or reconstitution
• Section 275 – Power to remove difficulties
• Section 276 – Repeal and savings
• Section 277 – Amendment of Act 9 of 1989:- In the Andhra Pradesh State Audit Act, 1989 (Act 9 of 1989), in
• Section 278 – Transitional provisions in regard to elections:- The first ordinary elections to the Gram