Notwithstanding anything contained in section 11 or any other provisions of this Act, in respect of any Scheduled Area falling within the jurisdiction of a Gram Sabha and a Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, it shall be competent for such Gram Sabha or a Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad to enforce prohibition or to regulate or restrict the sale and consumption of intoxicant in Scheduled areas within its jurisdiction :
Provided that, the decision taken by majority of the Gram Sabhas concerned by passing a resolution in the above matter shall be binding on the concerned Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad as the case may be.
Explanation.—For the purpose of this section,—
(i) the expression Gram Sabha, Panchayat and Scheduled Areas shall have the meanings, respectively assigned to them in the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 Bom. Ill of 1959.;
(ii) the expression Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads shall have the meanings respectively, assigned to them in the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 Mah. V of 1962.