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EXTRAORDINARY

PART n—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 164] " NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER >9, 197G/AGRAHAYANA 8,1898

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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th November, 1916/Agrahayana 8, 1898 (Saka)

The following President's Act is published for general information: —

THE MADRAS CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976

[No. 42 OF 1976]

Enacted by the President in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India,

An Act further to amend the Madras City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1919.

41 of 1978.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Tamil Nadu State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1976, the President is pleased to enact as follow/s: —

1. This Act may be called the Madras City Municipal Corporation

(Second Amendment) Act, 1P76.

Short title.

2. In section 55-B of the Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, in sub-section < 1), for the words "'within a period of two years", the words "within a period of three yearn" shall be substituted.

Amend- ment of section B5-B.

Tumil Nadu Act IV ot lOlt).

FAKIIRUDDIN ALI AHMED,

Preside/'!

Under sub-section (i) of section 55-B of the Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 (Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1919), the period within which the Special Officer of the Municipal Corporation of Madras should make arrangements for the holding of elections to the Council of the Corporation was extended up to the 30lh November, 1976. The proposals for the delimitation of the Madras City into 150 territorial divisions have not yet been finalised, as the question of including within the Madras City limits certain areas where the Tamil Nadu Housing Board has extended its activities is under the active consideration of the Tamil Nadu Government. After the delimitation of Madras City into 150 divisions is finalised, 1he electoral rolls prepared in the year 1973 have to be updated, after door-to-door enumeration, if necessary. The said items of work will require a minimum period of one* year. It is, therefore, not possible to conduct elections to the Corporation of Madras before the 30th November, 1976.

2. The Government of Tamil Nadu have, therefore, proposed to extend the period within which the Special Officer should make arrange- ments for the conduct of elections to the Council of the Corporation of Madras for a further period of one year from the 30th November, 1976.

3. The proposed measure seeks to amend the Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, suitably to give effect to the above proposal.

4. The President issued a Proclamation on the 31st January, 1976 under article 356 of the Constitution, in relation to the State of Tamil Nadu, declaring, inter alia, that the powers of the Legislature of the State shall be exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament, Parliament has, under article 357(l)(a) of the Constitution, now conferred on the President, the powers of the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu to make laws vide the Tamil Nadu State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1976 (41 of 1976).

5. In view of the urgency of the matter, it is not practicable to consult the Consultative Committee on Tamil Nadu Legislation. The measure is accordingly being enacted without reference to the Consultative Committee,

N. J. KAMATH,

Secretary to the Government of India,

Ministry of Works and Housing.