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No. 79 Poudouchéry
Mercredi
5
Novembre
2025
No.
Puducherry
Wednesday
5th
November
2025
(14 Kartika 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LAW DEPARTMENT
No. 130/Leg./2025-LD.
Puducherry, dated 5th November 2025.
The following Act of the Legislative Assembly, Puducherry, received
the assent of the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the 04th day of
November, 2025 and is hereby published for general information.
JHANAZ RAFFI @ JHANSI,
Under Secretary to Government (Law).
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[PART–II
THE PUDUCHERRY VILLAGE AND COMMUNE
PANCHAYATS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025
(Act No. 6 of 2025)
(04-11-2025)
A N
ACT
further to amend the Puducherry Village and
Commune Panchayats Act, 1973.
BE it enacted by the Puducherry Legislative
Assembly in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of
India as follows :—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Puducherry
Village and Commune Panchayats (Amendment) Act,
2025.
(2) It shall come into force on and from the
date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In Puducherry Village and Commune
Panchayats Act, 1973 (here after referred to as the
principal Act,) for section 121, the following shall be
substituted, namely:—
(1) No business or trade shall be carried on
within the jurisdiction of the Commune Panchayat
without the trade licence
issued
by
the
Commissioner. The Government shall make rules to
prescribe the procedure to be followed by the
Commissioner for issuing of the trade licence.
(2) The trade licence issued shall be valid for
not exceeding five years on payment of the trade
licence fee as notified by the Government.
(3) The trade licence issued shall be renewed
on application by the licence holder and on
payment of the licence fee.
Short title and
commencement.
Amendment of
section 121.
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(4) If it is found that the licence was obtained
by making a false statement or misrepresentation of
any material facts, the same shall be revoked as per
the prescribed procedure.
(5) Where the existing trade licencee has filed
the required application for renewal before the
commencement of this Act within the time provided
under the existing provisions of the Act, it shall be
considered for renewal under the provisions of the
Act.
(6) The provisions contained in this Act or
any rule or regulations made thereunder shall
continue to apply to the trade licences, so far as
they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Chapter.
3. In the principal Act, section 122 shall be
omitted.
4. (1)
In the principal Act, in section 123 in
sub-section (1) the clause (c) shall be omitted.
(2)
In the said section, the sub-section (2)
and the proviso clause thereunder, shall be omitted.
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Amendment of
section 122.
Amendment of
section 123.