URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Mantralaya, Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mumbai 400 032, dated the 30th November 2021.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. XIII OF 2021.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, for the

purpose hereinafter appearing;

III of

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In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following

translation in English of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Ordinance,

2021 (Mah. Ord. XIII of 2021), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

SATISH WAGHOLE,

I/c. Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

[Translation in English of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment)

Ordinance, 2021 (Mah. Ord. XIII of 2021), published under the authority of the Governor].

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NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1)

of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is

hereby pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:—

1.

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Mumbai Municipal Corporation

(Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2.

In section 5 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in

sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words “two hundred and twenty-seven”

the words “two hundred and thirty-six” shall be substituted.

Short title

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commence-

ment.

Amendment

of section 5 of

III of 1888.

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STATEMENT

Section 5 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888)

provides the number of Councillors directly elected at ward elections in

Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai. The existing number of directly

elected Councillors are based upon the population figures of 2001. After the

Census of 2011, the number of directly elected Councillors are not changed.

2. As per the population data of 2011 Census in the decade of 2001 to

2011, there is growth of 3.87 per cent. in the population in the limits of the

Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai. Considering this growth in urban

population and the growing speed of urbanization, to ensure that the

increased population to be proportionately represented in the Corporation,

it is considered expedient to enhance the number of directly elected

Councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai. It is, therefore,

proposed to amend section 5 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act,

suitably.

3. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the

Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render

it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Mumbai

Municipal Corporation Act, for the purpose aforesaid, this Ordinance is

promulgated.

Mumbai,

BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI,

Dated the 27th November 2021.

Governor of Maharashtra.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

MAHESH PATHAK,

Principal Secretary to Government.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,

RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,

MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS,

21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.