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CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2020

Margazhi 15, Saarvari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2051

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2020

[Price: Rs. 2.40 Paise.

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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The following Ordinance which was promulgated by the Governor on the

29th December 2020 is hereby published for general information:—

TAMIL NADU ORDINANCE No.13 OF 2020.

An Ordinance further to amend the laws relating to the Municipal

Corporations and Municipalities in the State of Tamil Nadu.

WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly of the State is not in session

and the Governor of Tamil Nadu is satisﬁ ed that circumstances exist which

render it necessary for him to take immediate action for the purposes

hereinafter appearing;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause

(1) of Article 213 of the Constitution, the Governor hereby promulgates

the following Ordinance:—

PART – I.

PRELIMINARY.

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws

(Fourth Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

PART – II.

AMENDMENT TO THE CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 1919.

Tamil Nadu Act IV of

1919.

2. In section 414-B of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1919, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 414-B

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PART – III.

AMENDMENT TO THE TAMIL NADU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITIES

ACT, 1920.

Amendment of

section 375-B.

3. In section 375-B of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act,

1920, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act V of

1920.

PART – IV.

AMENDMENT TO THE MADURAI CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 1971.

Amendment of

section 510-AAA.

4. In section 510-AAA of the Madurai City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1971, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 15 of

1971.

PART – V.

AMENDMENT TO THE COIMBATORE CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 1981.

Amendment of

section 511-AAA.

5. In section 511-AAA of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1981, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 25 of

1981.

PART – VI.

AMENDMENT TO THE TIRUCHIRAPPALLI CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 1994.

Amendment of

section 10-A.

6. In section 10-A of the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1994, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 27 of

1994.

PART – VII.

AMENDMENT TO THE TIRUNELVELI CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 1994.

Amendment of

section 10-A.

7. In section 10-A of the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation

Act, 1994, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 28 of

1994.

PART – VIII.

AMENDMENT TO THE SALEM CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

ACT, 1994.

Amendment of

section 10-A.

8. In section 10-A of the Salem City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994,

for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the expression

“upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 29 of

1994.

PART – IX.

AMENDMENT TO THE TIRUPPUR CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2008.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

9. In section 9-A of the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008,

for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the expression

“upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 7 of

2008.

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PART – X.

AMENDMENT TO THE ERODE CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

ACT, 2008.

Tamil Nadu Act 8 of

2008.

10. In section 9-A of the Erode City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008,

for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the expression

“upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

PART – XI.

AMENDMENT TO THE VELLORE CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2008.

Tamil Nadu Act 26 of

2008.

11. In section 9-A of the Vellore City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008,

for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the expression

“upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

PART – XII.

AMENDMENT TO THE THOOTHUKUDI CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2008.

Tamil Nadu Act 27 of

2008.

12. In section 9-A of the Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation

Act, 2008, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

PART – XIII.

AMENDMENT TO THE THANJAVUR CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2013.

Tamil Nadu Act 24 of

2013.

13. In section 9-A of the Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation Act,

2013, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

PART – XIV.

AMENDMENT TO THE DINDIGUL CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2013.

Tamil Nadu Act 25 of

2013.

14. In section 9-A of the Dindigul City Municipal Corporation Act,

2013, for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”, the

expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 9-A.

PART – XV.

AMENDMENT TO THE HOSUR CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

ACT, 2019.

Tamil Nadu Act 10 of

2019.

15. In section 10 of the Hosur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019, in

sub-section (4), for the expression “upto the 31st day of December 2020”,

the expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 10.

PART – XVI.

AMENDMENT TO THE NAGERCOIL CITY MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION ACT, 2019.

Tamil Nadu Act 11 of

2019.

16. In section 10 of the Nagercoil City Municipal Corporation

Act, 2019, in sub-section (4), for the expression “upto the 31st day of

December 2020”, the expression “upto the 30th day of June 2021” shall

be substituted.

Amendment of

section 10.

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Eච඘ඔඉඖඉග඗කඡ Sගඉගඍඕඍඖග.

The Special Oﬃ cers to the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations were appointed in pursuance

of the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in W.P.No.33984 of 2016, dated the 4th October 2016. The term of oﬃ ce

of the said Special Oﬃ cers of the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations was extended from time to

time and lastly upto the 31st December 2020.

2. Following the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in I.A. No.182868 of 2019 in Civil Appeal Nos. 5467-

5469 of 2017, dated the 6th December 2019 read with Writ Petition (Civil) No.1443 of 2019, dated the 11th December

2019 relating to delimitation of territorial wards of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Unions and District Panchayats in

the nine newly reconstituted districts, namely, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Thirupathur, Ranipet, Villupuram,

Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi, the Tamil Nadu Delimitation Commission has conducted series of meetings with the

District Delimitation Authorities for ﬁ nalisation of territorial wards of the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal

Corporations also, in the above said nine newly reconstituted districts and submitted its recommendation thereon to the

Government and the same are under active consideration of the Government. Further, for conducting ordinary elections to

Urban Local Bodies, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission has initiated swift actions, namely, preparation of Local

Body Electoral Rolls, identiﬁ cation of Polling Stations, revision of certain Booklets, training for handling Electronic Voting

Machines to oﬃ cials and development of software for randomisation of polling oﬃ cial and Electronic Voting Machines.

3. In the meantime, due to sudden outbreak of the pandemic disease, namely, COVID-19, high alert / lock down was

declared by the Central Government and the State Government and an order under section 144 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) was issued. Consequent on the said measures, only limited employees of the

Government were permitted to work in the oﬃ ces. Further, the machinery of the Government and Urban Local Bodies were

engaged in taking preventive, protective, relief and welfare measures in a war footing, to mitigate the suﬀ ering of the people

due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Certain restrictions are still in force and extended upto the 31st December 2020. Hence,

the notiﬁ cation of delimitation of territorial wards of Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations in the said

nine newly reconstituted districts and the preparatory works for the conduct of ordinary elections could not be completed

as per the planned schedule of activities.

4. Further, after notiﬁ cation of the delimitation of territorial wards of Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal

Corporations, the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women in the territorial wards of all

the Urban Local Bodies in the nine newly reconstituted districts will have to be notiﬁ ed. Only thereafter, the Tamil Nadu

State Election Commission could be enabled to notify the schedule for the conduct of ordinary elections to the Urban Local

Bodies after ensuring conducive atmosphere for the consideration of the health and safety of the people/voters/candidates/

election machineries and the security personnel for eﬀ ective participation in the electoral process without any risk. In view

of the above, additional time is required for the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to complete the preparatory works

for the conduct of elections to the Urban Local Bodies. To that eﬀ ect, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order, dated the 4th

December 2020 has allowed the Interlocutory Application No.114726/2020 seeking extension of six months time to comply

with the Court’s Order, dated 11.12.2019 passed in Writ Petition (C) No.1443 of 2019.

5. In the circumstances stated above, as the term of oﬃ ce of the Special Oﬃ cers expires on the 31st December

2020, the Government have decided to amend the laws relating to the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal

Corporations, so as to extend the term of oﬃ ce of the Special Oﬃ cers for a further period of six months upto the 30th June

2021 or until the ﬁ rst meeting of the council is held after the ordinary elections to the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and

Municipal Corporations, whichever is earlier.

6. The Ordinance seeks to give eﬀ ect to the above decision.

(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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