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CHFIAITISGARH ACT
(No. t8 of20l9)
TFM CHI{ATTISGARH MUMCIPALITIES (AMENDMENT) ACI 20 I g .....'
AnAct to fuither amend the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No.37 of 1961). . :
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:_
1. (1) This Act may be called the short tifle, . Chhattisgarh Municipalities extent and (Amendment) Act, 2olg. commencement.
(2) It shall extend to the whole State of
Chhattisgarh.
(3) It shall come into for5:e on such date. as the State Governrhent may; by notification, appoint.
2. In the chhattisgarh Municipalities Amendment of Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 7g6t), section 19. (hereinafter referred to as the principal
(i) in sub-section (1), for clause (a), the following shall : be substituted, namely:- l
, '(a) a President, who should be an elected Councilor from
some ward in the Municipal
area, atld is electefl thereafter as President bY the elected Counciiors of the Municipal Council or Nagar PanchaYat, as the
case may be;"
(iil for sub-section {4l', the folloping
shall be substituted, namelY:-
"(4) If :rny ward of any municipal area fails to elect a ' Councilor, fresh election proceedings shall be
.
commenced for such ward
within six months to frll the seat and until the seat is filled, it shall be treated as
casual va€qncy:
Provided that proceedings of election of
President or Vice-President, or any of the Committees under the Act shall not be
stayed, pending the election
to such seat."
3.
Amendment of Section 2O.
In tlre Principal Act, in Section 20, in sub-section {2), in clause (b), for sub- clause (iii), the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
"(iii) in the case of election of President
by any Councilor;"
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Amendment of Section 29-8.
4. ln the Principal AcL, in Section 29-8, after sub-section {4), the followin-g
shall be added, namely:- "(4-a) In the case of MuniciPal
Counciis and Nagar PanchaYats
where, in terms of this Section, the office of the President is ,reserved for candidate from a specific category, any elected councilor belonging to such category for which the office of the President is reserved, may
'
become a candidate for the offrce
of President, irresPective of
whether the ward he was elected from was reserved for such
category or not.l,
5.
Amendment of Section 3O.
In the Principal Act, in Section 30, after clause (c), the shall be added,
namely:- "(d) is not registered in any electoral roll related to a PanchaYat or
municipal area of a mrrniciPalitY:
Explanation-l: For the PurPose of this Section ?anchayat'shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (rn/iil of Section 2 of the
Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj
Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994):
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Explanation-2. For the PurPose o{ this Section "municipal area" shall
have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (34-a) of Section 5 of the
Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation
Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956)."
In the Principal Act, in Section 32,-
6.
Amendment of Section 32.
(i) - in sub-section (1), the words
"Presidents and" wherever theY
occur, shall be omitted.
(ii) In sub-section (2ll, the words . "Presidents and" shall be
omitted.
7.
Amendnent of Section 32-A.
In the Principal Act, in Section 32-A, in sub-section (1), for the word "Presidenf' wherever it occurs, the
word "Councilor". shd*l be substituted.
8.
Amendment of Section 32-8.
In the Principal Act, in Section 32-B, for the word "President", the word
o
Amendment of Section 32-C.
"Councilor" shall be substituted. In the Principal Act, in Section 32-C, the words "President or" shall be
omitted. In tlee Frincipal Act, in Section 33,-
' 10. -*.--
Amendment of Section 33.
(i) the words "or President" shall be
omitted;
(ii) for proviso, the following shall be
substituted, namelY:-
"Provided that no Person shall vote more than once in any
election of the Councilor."
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11.
In the Principal Act, in Section 34.-
Amendment of Section 34.
(i) in sub-section (1), clause (a) shqll
be omitted;
(ii) sub-section (a) shall be omitted.
,-2.
In the Principal Act, in Section 35,-
Amendment of Section 35.
(il the words "election nomination as a President or' shall be
omitted;
(ii) In clause (dd), the words "is less
than twenty-five years of age,
in the case of a President and"
shall be omitted.
13.
Amendrnent of Section 43.
In the Principal Act, in Section 43,- (1) in the heading, before the words "Vice President", the words othe
President and" shall be inserted.
(ii) for sub-section (1), the following
shall be substituted, namely:-
"(l)The State Election
Commission shall cause the
election of President and Vice-
President immediately after every election of Municipal Council and Nagar Parishad in such manner as may be prescribed. The elected
members of the Council shall
elect a President and a Vice- President in the prescribed manner, from elected
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as specified in Section 55."
(iii) In sub-section (3), before the
words "Vice President", the words "the President and" shall be
inserted.
L4.
Amendment,of Section 43-A.
In the Principal Act, in Section 43-A,- (il in the heading, before the words
"Vice President", the words "the
President or" shall be inserted-
(ii) in sub-section (1), before the
words "Vice Fresident", wherever they occur, the words "the
President or" shall be inserted-
(iii) in sub-section (21, in clause (ii), for the word "President", the
words "Presidente Vice-President"
shall be substituted.
15.
In the Principal Act, Section 47 shall
Amendrnent of Section 47.
be omitted.
L6.
Amendrnent of Section 55.
In the Principal Act, for Section 55, the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
"S5.First Meeting after General
Election.-(1) The State Election Commission shall, within 15 days from the date of the notification of election under
Section 45, call a meeting of the elected Councilors for the
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purpose of eleciing a Prcsident
and Vice-Presiderlt
(2) Meeting under sub-section (1) shall be called in such manner as may be determined by the State Election Commission,
which shall be presided over by 'the ofhcer authorized by the
State Election Commission. The
presiding officer shall not have
the right to vote and in case of
equality of votes, the result shall
be decided by lot."
L7.
In the Principal Act, in Section 56, the Arnendment of Section 56.
figure '47' shall be omitted.
18.
Amendment of Section 62.
In the Principal Act;lp Section 62, in sub-section (3), in the proviso to
clause (iii), the word and figure "or 47"
shall be omitted.
19.
In the Principal Act, in Section 63, in Amendrnent of Section 63 the proviso, the words "Vice President,
or the', shall be omitted.
' 20. -_..-.
Amendment of Section 3.2A.
In tl.e Principal Act, in Section 328, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), before the word "Vice-President" wherever
they occur, the words "President and"
2L.
Repeal.
shall be inserted. The Chhattisgarh Municipalities
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2Ol9 (No. 3
of 20 19) is hereby repealed.
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