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HARYANA GOVERNMENT
LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 22nd August, 2022
No. Leg. 25/2022.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received
the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 18th August, 2022 and is hereby published for
general information:-
HARYANA ACT NO. 25 OF 2022
THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022
AN
ACT
further to amend the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-third Year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
1.
This Act may be called the Haryana Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022.
Short title.
2.
In section 87 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (hereinafter called the
principal Act),-
(i)
in clause (c) of sub-section (1), for the words and signs “as the Government may,
by notification, direct”, the words and signs “as the Government may, by
notification, in respect of each Corporation, direct” shall be substituted and shall be
deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st April, 2021;
(ii)
for the words “The amount of the duty so collected shall be paid to the
Corporation” existing at the end of sub-section (1), the words and sign “The
amount of the duty so collected shall be paid to the Corporation or on behalf of the
Corporation to the Haryana Urban Infrastructure Development Board for the
development of infrastructure in any area of the Corporation of the State, as the
Government may determine, by notification” shall be substituted and shall be
deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st April, 2021.
Amendment of
section 87 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
3.
Section 330 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
Omission of
section 330 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
4.
For section 331 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
“331. Place/premises not to be used for certain purposes without licence.- (1) No
person shall use or permit to be used any place/premises for the purpose specified by the
Government as dangerous to life, health or property or likely to create nuisance, without or
otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Commissioner in
this behalf.
(2)
The Commissioner may impose such other conditions while granting
licence, as it may deem necessary.”.
Substitution of
section 331 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
5.
After section 331 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
“331A. Prohibition of keeping animals or birds in Municipal area.-
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, no quadruped animals or
birds shall be permitted to be kept and reared within the limits of Corporation:
Provided that cat or dog or bird may be kept as domestic pets in terms of the licence
granted by the Commissioner:
Insertion of
section 331A in
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
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Provided further that cows or she-buffalos or any other milch animals or their young
ones shall be allowed to be kept for domestic use in the villages falling in the outer
periphery included in the limits of Corporation:
Provided further that villages falling in the outer periphery included in the limits of
Corporation and the period for keeping milch animals on the basis of change in
demographic profile of such areas shall be decided by the concerned Corporation by way of
resolution. The Corporation shall also provide reasonable time for rehabilitation of animals
from prohibited area to permitted area by its resolution:
Provided further that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable in zones
where such kind of activities are permitted as per the plan notified under the provisions of
the Haryana New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 (Punjab Act 1 of 1953), the
Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development
Act, 1963 (Punjab Act 41 of 1963) and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994
(16 of 1994):
Provided further that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to cattle
pounds and gaushalas owned/managed by the Corporation or any other department of the
Government including registered gaushalas.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,-
(i)
“quadruped animals or birds” means animals or birds which are prohibited under any
law for keeping and rearing;
(ii) “villages falling in the outer periphery” means and includes such villages or areas, as
specified by the Corporation as per demographic profile;
(iii) “milch animals” means cow, she-buffalo, she-goat, she-camel etc. which are not
prohibited under any law for keeping and rearing.”.
Omission of
section 335 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
6.
Section 335 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
Omission of
section 336 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
7.
Section 336 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
Amendment of
section 352 of
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
8.
For sub-section (2) of section 352 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be
substituted, namely:-
“(2)
Notwithstanding any fee imposed by the Corporation under this Act or bye-
laws made thereunder, for every licence or written permission, the Corporation may charge
such fee at such rate and for such period, as specified by the Government from time to
time.”.
Omission of
Second
Schedule to
Haryana Act 16
of 1994.
9.
The existing Second Schedule to the principal Act shall be omitted.
Amendment of
Third Schedule
to Haryana Act
16 of 1994.
10.
In the Third Schedule to the principal Act, the entries under columns 1, 2, 3 and 4 related to
sections 330, 335 and 336 shall be omitted.
BIMLESH TANWAR,
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
HARYANA, LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
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