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भारत का राजपत्र The Gazette of India

असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

Missing Nos. 11 , 28 , 34 , 36, 11.42

भाग II-कुण्ड 2

PART II- Section 2

43:44 .

प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

सं० 1] No. 1 ]

नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार , फरवरी 22 , 1983 /फालतुम 3 , 1904 NEW DELHI , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 , 1983 / PHALGUNA 3 , 1904

इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह जलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके ।

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.

LOK SABHA

The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on the 22nd February, 1983:-

BILL NO . 12 OF 1983

A Bill further to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act , 1957

BE it anacted by Parliament in the Thirty- fourth Year of the Re- pub'ic of India as follows : -

1. (1 ) This Act may be called the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act , 1983 .

Short title and com- mence. ment.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of January , 1983 .

65 of 1957 . 2. In the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 ( hereinafter referred to as the principal Act ) , after section 5, the following section shall be inserted , namely: --

Insertion of new section 5A.

" 5A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 or section 5, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2000 have been published , it shall not be necessary ,

Special provision as to delimita- tion, etc. (a ) to alter the number of councillors and the number of councillors to be reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes as determined under section 3 on the basis of the popula- tion of Delhi as ascertained at the 1971 census , or

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(b) to alter the number of wards , or the extent of any ward, as determined under section 5 on the basis of the popula- tion of Delhi as ascertained at the 1971 census , and for this purpose , the reference in sub - section ( 6) of section 3 to each census and the references to population in that sub - section and in sub -section ( 1) of section 5 shall be construed , respectively , as references to the 1971 census and to the population as ascertained at the 1971 census . " .

3. ( 1) The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance , 2 of 1983 . 1983 , is hereby repealed .

Repeal and saying.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal , anything done or any action taken under the principal Act , as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act , as amended by this Act .

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act , 1957 provides that for the purposes of election of Councillors , Delhi shall be divided into single- member wards in such manner that the population of each of the wards shall , so far as practicable , be the same throughout Delhi . It also pro- vides for determination of wards and reservation of seats for the Sche- duled Castes . The figures of 1981 Census being available, it is necessary to delimit the wards on the basis of 1981 Census , but the process of delimitation of the wards being time consuming and the holding of elec- tions to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi immediately having become urgently necessary , the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Or- dinance, 1983 was promulgated to facilitate elections being held to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on the basis of existing wards and re- servation of seats for Scheduled Castes determined after 1971 Census , on the lines of similar provisions in the Constitution of India relating to elections to the Members of Parliament and the Members of the Legis- lative Assemblies in the States .

2. The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.

NEW DELHI;

P. C. SETHI .

The 16th February , 1983 .

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BILL NO . 13 OF 1983

A Bill to amend the Delhi Administration Act , 1966

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty- fourth Year of the Repub- lic of India as follows : -

1. (1 ) This Act may be called the Delhi Administration (Amend- ment ) Act , 1983.

Short title and commen- cement.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of January, 1983 .

Amend- ment of section 3 .

2. In the Delhi Administration Act , 1966 ( hereinafter referred to as 19 of 1966 . the principal Act , in section 3 , for sub - section (5 ) , the following sub- section shall be substituted , namely: -

' (5) For the purposes of this section and section 4 , the expres- sion "population " means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published :

Provided that the reference in this sub - section to the last pre- ceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall , until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2000 have been published , be construed as a reference to the 1971 census .' .

3. In section 4 of the principal Act , after sub - section ( 5) , the follow- ing sub-section shall be inserted , namely : -

Amend- ment of section 4.

" ( 6) For the removal of doubts , it is hereby declared that until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2000 have been published, it shall not be necessary to readjust the divi- sion of Delhi into constituencies under this section ." .

4. (1 ) The Delhi Administration (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1983 , is 1 of 1983. hereby repealed .

Repeal and saving.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal , anything done or any action taken under the principal Act , as amended by the said Ordinance , shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act , as amended by this Act.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Delhi Administration Act , 1966 requires that for the purposes of elections to the Metropolitan Council of Delhi , the Union territory of Delhi shall be divided into single - member constituencies in such manner that the population of each of the constituencies shall , as far as practicable , be the same throughout the Union territory of Delhi . It also provides for delimitation of the constituencies and reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes . The figures of 1981 census being available , it is necessary to delimit the constituencies on the basis of the 1981 census , but the process of delimitation of the constituencies being quite time consuming , and holding of elections to the Metropolitan Council of Delhi having become urgently necessary, the De'hi Administration (Amend- ment) Ordinance , 1983 , was promulgated to facilitate elections being held to the Metropolitan Council of Delhi on the basis of the existing constituencies , and reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes determined after the 1971 census , on the lines of similar provisions in the Constitu- tion of India relating to elections to the Members of Parliament and the Members of Legislative Assemblies in the States .

2 The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance .

NEW DELHI ;

P. C. SETHΙ ,

The 16th February , 1983

AVTAR SINGH RIKHY, Secretary .

PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS , DELHI , 1983 NEW DELHI AND

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