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CHENNAI, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

Maasi 21, Sobakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2055

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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CONTENTS

Pages.

ACTS:

No. 5 of 2024.— The Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders (Amendment) Act, 2024.

No. 6 of 2024.— The Tamil Nadu Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2024.

23-24

No. 7 of 2024.— The Chennai Uniﬁ ed Metropolitan Transport Authority

(Amendment) Act, 2024.

25-32

No. 8 of 2024.— The Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024.

33-34

No. 9 of 2024.— The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2024.

35-36

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An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Transparency

In Tenders Act, 1998.

Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in

the Seventy-ﬁ fth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

Short title and

commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders

(Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment of

section 16.

2. In section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998

for clause (bb), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

Tamil Nadu Act

43 of 1998.

“(bb) of a service, other than operations and maintenance, project

or facility management, supervision, supply of manpower, outsourcing of

tasks, leasing of machinery, equipment or vehicles and insurance, from

relevant academic or research or non-commercial organisations, as may

be notiﬁ ed by the Government, subject to the condition that each instance

of such procurement shall be made after obtaining the prior approval

of the Committee comprising of the Secretary to Government of the

department concerned, Secretary to Government, Finance department or

his representative, the Chief Executive Oﬃ cer or the head of the procuring

entity and a technical representative of the procuring entity;”.

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 1st March 2024 and

is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 5 OF 2024.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu

Contingency Fund Act, 1954.

Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of

Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-ﬁ fth Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Contingency

Fund (Amendment) Act, 2024.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

Tamil Nadu

Act II of 1954.

2. In sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Contingency

Fund Act, 1954, for the words "one hundred and ﬁ fty crores of rupees"

the words "ﬁ ve hundred crores of rupees" shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 2.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 1st March 2024 and

is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 6 OF 2024.

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An Act further to amend the Chennai Unified

Metropolitan Transport Authority Act, 2010.

Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu

in the Seventy-ﬁ fth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Chennai Uniﬁ ed Metropolitan

Transport Authority (Amendment) Act, 2024.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government

may, by notiﬁ cation, appoint.

Tamil Nadu

Act 44 of 2010.

2. In section 2 of the Chennai Uniﬁ ed Metropolitan Transport

Authority Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—

Amendment

of section 2.

(1) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted,

namely: —

“(aa) “Comprehensive Mobility Plan” means a policy

document outlining the strategies and related actions, for the

provision of eﬃ cient urban transport and mobility of people and

goods in the notiﬁ ed planning area;”;

(2) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted,

namely: —

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 1st March 2024 and

is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 7 OF 2024.

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“(ba) “notiﬁ ed planning area” means the Chennai

Metropolitan Planning Area as notiﬁ ed under the Tamil Nadu Town

and Country Planning Act, 1971;”;

Tamil Nadu Act

35 of 1972.

(3) after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(ca) “regulations” mean the regulations made by the

Authority under this Act;

(cb) “Schedule” means the Schedule to this Act;

(cc) “transport investment programme” means a

detailed investment programme for urban transport within the

notiﬁ ed planning area, for a period of ﬁ ve years;

(cd) “urban transport” with its all grammatical

variations and cognate expressions covers all aspects of transport

namely, infrastructure facilities, vehicles and services available to

the general public in the notiﬁ ed planning area, including but not

limited to private transport vehicles and services, and all modes and

means of transportation within the categories as may be speciﬁ ed in

the Schedule.”.

Amendment of

section 3.

3. In section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the

following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having

perpetual succession and a common seal, with power subject to the

provisions of the Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of properties, both

movable and immovable and enter into contract, and shall by the

said name sue and be sued.”.

Substitution of

section 4.

4. For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely: —

“4. Composition of the Authority.- (1) The Authority shall

consist of the following members, namely:-

(a) the Chief Minister, who shall be the Chairperson,

ex-oﬃ cio;

(b) the Minister in-charge of Chennai Uniﬁ ed

Metropolitan Transport Authority, who shall be the Vice-Chairperson,

ex-oﬃ cio;

the Co-Vice Chairperson, ex-oﬃ cio;

(d) the Mayor, Greater Chennai Corporation, ex-oﬃ cio;

(e) the Chief Secretary to Government, ex-oﬃ cio;

(f) the Vice-Chairperson of the Chennai Metropolitan

Development Authority, ex-oﬃ cio;

(g) the Secretary to Government in charge of Transport

department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(h) the Secretary to Government in charge of Finance

department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(i) the Secretary to Government in charge of Housing

and Urban Development department, ex-oﬃ cio;

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(j) the Secretary to Government in charge of Highways

department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(k) the Secretary to Government in charge of Home

department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(l) the Secretary to Government in charge of Municipal

Administration and Water Supply department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(m) the Secretary to Government in charge of Planning,

Development and Special Initiatives department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(n) the Secretary to Government in charge of Revenue

and Disaster Management department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(o) the General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai,

ex-oﬃ cio; and

(p) the Member-Secretary of the Authority, to be

appointed by the Government, from among the oﬃ cers of the Indian

Administrative Service or the Central Civil Services Group ‘A‘.

(2) The Authority may nominate not more than three

additional members in accordance with such procedure, terms and

conditions as may be prescribed.

(3) When the Chairperson of the Authority is unable

to discharge the functions owing to his absence, one of the

Vice-Chairpersons, senior in rank, shall discharge the functions

of the Chairperson until the Chairperson assumes charge of his

functions.”.

5. In section 5 of the principal Act, the expression “or co-opted”

shall be omitted.

Amendment of

section 5.

6. In section 6 of the principal Act,—

(1) the proviso to sub-section (1) shall be omitted;

Amendment of

section 6.

(2) in sub-section (2), for the expression “the Government”

occurring in two places, the expression “the Authority” shall be

substituted.

7. For section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

Substitution of

section 7.

“7. Removal from Membership of the Authority.— If,

at any point of time, it appears to the Authority that a member

nominated has conducted himself in a manner unﬁ t to hold oﬃ ce

or has been guilty of misconduct or neglect, which in the opinion

of the Authority renders his removal from the membership of the

Authority as expedient, the Authority may, after giving such member,

a reasonable opportunity to show cause, by an order, remove such

member from the oﬃ ce.”.

8. Section 8 of the principal Act shall be omitted.

Omission of

section 8.

9. In section 9 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the

following sub-section shall be substituted,namely:-

Amendment of

section 9.

“(1) The Member-Secretary of the Authority shall be the

Chief Executive Oﬃ cer of the Authority.”;

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(2) in sub-section (2), after the expression “considers

necessary”, the expression “in such manner as may be prescribed”

shall be inserted.

Substitution of

section 10.

10. For section 10 of the principal Act, the following sections

shall be substituted, namely:—

“10. Powers and functions of the Authority.-- The

Authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, have the following

powers and functions, namely:-

(a) formulate policy, and frame regulations, directions

and guidelines for urban transport in the notiﬁ ed planning area;

(b) act as a co-ordinating authority in the areas of

transport of passengers and goods and integration of land-use and

transport planning;

investment programmes, annual budgets and other plans and

sub-plans required for sustainable urban transport and monitor and

audit their compliance;

(d) facilitate the ﬁ nancing of transport investment

programmes in the notiﬁ ed planning area, either from out of the

urban transport fund or by borrowing funds with the consent of the

Government;

(e) supervise and exercise control over the actions

and proceedings of the Executive Committee and other oﬃ cers and

employees of the Authority;

(f) approve the fare structure recommended by

the Executive Committee for public passenger transport modes,

para-transit modes and for parking on street as well as oﬀ street and

other such fares, charges and fees, as the Authority may decide;

(g) make recommendations to the Union Government

in regard to the Railways, National Highways, Sea Port and Airport

wherever necessary, for improving the transport system; and

(h) perform such other functions as may be entrusted

to it by the Government from time to time.

10A. Executive Committee.— (1) There shall be an Executive

Committee comprising of the following members, namely:—

(a) The Chief Secretary to Government, who shall be the

Chairperson, ex-oﬃ cio;

(b) the Secretary to Government in charge of Finance

department, ex-oﬃ cio;

Urban Development department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(d) the Secretary to Government in charge of Highways

and Minor Ports department, ex-oﬃ cio;

(e)

the

Member-Secretary,

Chennai

Metropolitan

Development Authority, ex-oﬃ cio;

(f) the Transport Commissioner, ex-oﬃ cio;

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(g) the Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation,

ex-oﬃ cio;

(h) the Director of Municipal Administration, ex-oﬃ cio;

(i) the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, ex-oﬃ cio;

(j) the Managing Director, Chennai Metro Rail Limited,

ex-oﬃ cio;

(k)

the

Managing

Director,

Metropolitan Transport

Corporation, ex-oﬃ cio;

(l) the General Manager, Southern Railways, ex-oﬃ cio;

(m) the General Manager, Regional Oﬃ ce, Chennai,

National Highway Authority of India, ex-oﬃ cio; and

(n) the Member-Secretary, Chennai Uniﬁ ed Metropolitan

Transport Authority, ex-oﬃ cio;

(2) The Executive Committee shall, for the purposes of this Act,

have the following powers and functions, namely:-

(a) prepare a comprehensive mobility plan, transport

investment programmes, other plans and sub-plans addressing

the planning and development of all public passenger transport

modes and related infrastructure and recommend to the Authority

for implementation of the same through the transport agencies

concerned;

(b) prepare annual budgets with the concurrence of the

Authority and recommend the same to the Government to apportion

funds accordingly to the agencies concerned for implementation of

the comprehensive mobility plan;

implementation of various traﬃ c and transportation measures

including promoting the cause of public passenger transport systems

and regulate their operations, besides implementation of certain

traﬃ c and transportation measures of special nature in the notiﬁ ed

planning area;

(d) update the comprehensive mobility plan periodically in

tune with the changes in the traﬃ c and transportation situation in the

notiﬁ ed planning area;

(e) monitor, co-ordinate and evaluate the implementation of

the comprehensive mobility plan;

(f) take decisions on matters that would impinge on the

mobility in the notiﬁ ed planning area and ensure that no steps

are initiated by any agency or local body that impedes the overall

eﬃ ciency of the comprehensive mobility plan;

(g) regulate route plan for the public passenger transport

modes and para-transit modes based on periodical review of routes;

(h) recommend fare structure for public passenger transport

modes and para-transit modes based on periodical assessment;

(i) manage a road safety cell;

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(j) secure compliance of inter-agency requests and resolve

diﬀ erences that come up between such agencies;

(k) form sub-committees and nominate members for

sub-committees;

(l) commission studies and research needed to improve the

performance or eﬃ ciency of the public passenger transport modes

and para-transit modes and maintain a data base;

(m) engage experts, whose assistance or advice is

considered necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions

of this Act;

(n) regulate measures to integrate and consolidate

any other action plan of the line agencies which fall outside the

comprehensive mobility plan relating to public passenger transport

modes and related infrastructure in the notiﬁ ed planning area and

facilitate implementation of the same.

(3) The Executive Committee shall meet at such times and

places and observe such procedure in regard to the transaction of

business at its meetings as may be prescribed.”.

Substitution of

section 11.

11. For section 11 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“11. Exemption from compliance.—The Government

may, in public interest, subject to such condition as they deem ﬁ t,

by general or special order exempt any agency involved in planning,

operating or managing transportation system in the notiﬁ ed planning

area, from the compliance of any of the decision of the Authority.”.

Substitution of

section 12.

12. For section 12 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“12. Meetings of the Authority.— (1) The Authority shall

meet, as often as may be necessary, and observe such rules of

procedure as may be prescribed in the regulations:

Provided that the Authority shall meet at least once in a year.

(2) No act or proceeding of the Authority shall be invalid

merely on the ground of the existence of any vacancy, or deﬁ ciency

in the quorum or any defect in the constitution or conduct of meetings

of the Authority.

(3) The Authority may invite such number of persons

having expertise in the ﬁ eld of transportation, structural engineering,

ﬁ nance, environment, urban planning or public administration, or

persons of eminence or high repute as deemed ﬁ t, to attend any of

the meetings of the Authority as special invitees. The special invitees

shall take part in the discussion but shall not have the right to vote.”.

Substitution of

section 14.

13. For section 14 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“14. Delegation.—The Authority or the Executive Committee

may, by general or special order, delegate to any of its member or

to any oﬃ cer of the Authority, subject to such conditions, as may

be speciﬁ ed in the order, any of its powers and functions, as the

Authority or the Executive Committee may deem necessary.”.

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14. In section 15 of the principal Act, for the expression “The

Authority shall be entitled to appoint”, the expression “The Authority

may appoint” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 15.

15. For section 17 of the principal Act, the following section

shall be substituted, namely:—

Substitution of

section 17.

“17. Urban Transport Fund.— (1) The Authority shall have its

own Fund called the ‘Urban Transport Fund’.

(2) The Government may pay to the Authority in each

ﬁ nancial year sums as may be considered necessary for the

functioning of the Authority and may also from time to time, notify

any other source of money for the Fund.

(3) All sums which may, from time to time, be paid to it by

the Government and all the receipts of the Authority shall be credited

to such Fund.

(4) All expenditure incurred by the authority under or for

the purposes of this Act, including ﬁ nancing of transport investment

programmes, shall be defrayed from out of the said Fund and any

surplus remaining, after such expenditure has been met, shall be

invested in such manner as may be prescribed.”.

16. For section 19 of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

Substitution of

section 19.

“19. Annual Report.— (1) The Authority shall, as soon as

may be, after the end of each ﬁ nancial year, prepare and submit

to the Government, before such date and in such form as may

be prescribed, a report giving an account of its activities during

the previous year and the report shall also give an account of the

activities, if any, which are likely to be undertaken by the Authority in

the next ﬁ nancial year.

(2) The Government shall cause every such report to be

laid before the Legislative Assembly, as soon as may be, after its

receipt.”.

17. Section 20 of the principal Act, shall be renumbered as

sub-section (1) of that section, and after sub-section (1) as so

renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely:—

Amendment of

section 20.

“(2) In the event of any dispute between the Authority and

any other authority, local body, body corporate, department or any

agency of the Government, the matter shall be resolved by the

Government and the decision of the Government shall be ﬁ nal and

binding on the parties involved in such dispute:

Provided that the Government shall not pass an order in

relation to any dispute without aﬀ ording the parties concerned an

opportunity of being heard.”.

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Tඐඍ Sඋඐඍඌඝඔඍ

(see section 2 (cd))

Modes and Means of Transportation

(1) Buses.

(2) Tramways.

(3) Metro Railway.

(4) Electric Trolley Bus.

(5) Cable Car.

(6) Bus Rapid Transit System.

(7) Light Rail Transit.

(8) Inter-city Railways/SubUrban Rail.

(9) Boats.

(10) Water Metro.

(11) Any other mode irrespective of its fuel or propulsion type including private vehicles which meet the

requirements of Mass Transportation.

(12) Para Transit.-This includes systems provided by operators within the notiﬁ ed planning area available

to person on hire basis for individual and multiple trips, such as:-

(a) Auto rickshaws/Shared auto rickshaws/E-rickshaws;

(b) Taxi Cabs, Hire a Cab or Shared Taxi;

(d) Any transport vehicle operated under an aggregator;

(e) Any other mode irrespective of its fuel and propulsion system, which meet the requirements of

Para transit.

(13) Bicycle, cycle rickshaw and any other green mode of transport that do not consume fuel propulsion or

cause pollution.

(14) Urban Freight.- The movement of freight vehicles whose primary purpose is to carry goods/freight

into, out of and within the notiﬁ ed planning area.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws.

Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of

Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-ﬁ fth Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

PART-I.

PRELIMINARY.

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Universities

Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

PART-II.

AMENDMENT TO THE BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY ACT, 1981.

Tamil Nadu Act 1 of

1982.

2. In section 14 of the Bharathiar University Act, 1981, in

sub-section (1), in the proviso to clause (ii), for the expression

“ﬁ fty-eight years”, the expression “sixty years” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 14.

PART-III.

AMENDMENT TO THE BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY

ACT, 1981.

Tamil Nadu Act 2 of

1982.

3. In section 14 of the Bharathidasan University Act, 1981,

in sub-section (1), in the proviso to clause (ii), for the expression

“ﬁ fty-eight years”, the expression “sixty years” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 14.

PART – IV.

AMENDMENT TO THE ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY ACT, 1985.

Tamil Nadu Act 23 of

1985.

4. In section 15 of the Alagappa University Act, 1985, in the

second proviso to sub-section (3), for the expression “ﬁ fty-eight

years”, the expression “sixty years” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

section 15.

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 1st March 2024 and

is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 8 OF 2024.

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PART – V.

AMENDMENT TO THE MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR

UNIVERSITY ACT, 1990.

Amendment of

section 13.

5. In section 13 of the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Act, 1990, in sub-section (1), in the proviso to clause (ii), for the

expression “ﬁ fty-eight years”, the expression “sixty years” shall be

substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 31 of

1990.

PART – VI.

AMENDMENT TO THE PERIYAR UNIVERSITY ACT, 1997.

Amendment of

section 14.

6. In section 14 of the Periyar University Act, 1997, in

sub-section (1), in the proviso to clause (ii), for the expression “ﬁ fty-

eight years”, the expression “sixty years” shall be substituted.

Tamil Nadu Act 45 of

1997.

PART – VII.

AMENDMENT TO THE TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

ACT, 2002.

Amendment of

section 13.

7. In section 13 of the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002,

in sub-section (1), for the proviso to clause (b), the following proviso

shall be substituted, namely : –

“Provided that the Registrar shall retire on attaining the age of

sixty years or on the expiry of the period speciﬁ ed in this clause,

whichever is earlier;”.

Tamil Nadu Act 27 of

2002.

PART – VIII.

AMENDMENT TO THE THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY

ACT, 2002.

Amendment of

section 14.

8. In section 14 of the Thiruvalluvar University Act, 2002, in

sub-section (1), for the proviso to clause (ii), the following proviso

shall be substituted, namely : –

“Provided that the Registrar shall retire on attaining the age of

sixty years or on the expiry of the period speciﬁ ed in this clause,

whichever is earlier;”.

Tamil Nadu Act 32 of

2002.

PART – IX.

AMENDMENT TO THE TAMIL NADU TEACHERS EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY ACT, 2008.

Amendment of

section 12.

9. In section 12 of the Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University

Act, 2008, in sub-section (1), for the proviso to clause (b), the following

proviso shall be substituted, namely : –

“Provided that the Registrar shall retire on attaining the age of

sixty years or on the expiry of the period speciﬁ ed in this clause,

whichever is earlier;”.

Tamil Nadu Act 33 of

2008.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of

Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-ﬁ fth year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats

(Sixth Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State

Government may, by notiﬁ cation, appoint.

Short title and

commencement.

Tamil Nadu Act 21

of 1994.

2. For section 159 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994

(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section

shall be substituted, namely:-

Substitution of

section 159.

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 1st March 2024 and

is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 9 OF 2024.

An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu

Panchayats Act, 1994.

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“159. Grant of trade licence.— (1) No person shall carry

on any category of trade or business, as may be notiﬁ ed by the

Government, from time to time, in any place, whether public or private,

within the panchayat village limit without a trade licence granted by

the executive authority subject to such terms and conditions as may

be prescribed and such trade licence may be renewed in the manner

as may be prescribed:

Provided that no trade licence is necessary in respect of any

place in the occupation or under the control of the Government or

the Central Government or of a market committee established or

deemed to be established under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce

Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1987 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1989).

(2) Every application for the trade licence shall be made

to the executive authority in such form and in such manner and

accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed.

(3) On receipt of such application, the executive authority

shall, if the application is in order, grant trade licence:

Provided that no application for grant of trade licence shall be

refused without giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard:

Provided further that if the application for trade licence is not

disposed of within a period of thirty days from the date of its receipt,

the trade licence applied therein shall be deemed to have been

granted on expiry of the said period.

Amendment of

Section 160.

3. In section 160 of the principal Act, for the expression

“panchayat union council”, the expression “Inspector” shall be

substituted.

Amendment of

Section 161.

4. In section 161 of the principal Act,—

(1) sub-section (2) shall be omitted;

(2) in sub-section (4), for the expression “panchayat union

council”, the expression “Inspector” shall be substituted.

Amendment of

Schedule II.

5. In Schedule II to the principal Act, for the entry in column

(3), against section 159 in column (1) thereof, the following entry

shall be substituted, namely:—

“Carrying on any trade or business without trade licence.”.

Amendment of

Schedule III.

6. In Schedule III to the principal Act, for the entry in column

(3), against section 159 in column (1) thereof, the following entry

shall be substituted, namely:—

“Carrying on any trade or business without trade licence.”.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,

Secretary to Government,

Law Department.

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