IV-2—Ex. (252)
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CHENNAI, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025
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Part IV—Section 2
Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances
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CONTENTS
Pages.
ACTS:
No.30 of 2025—The Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Amendment) Act, 2025. ..
114-115
No.31 of 2025—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 ..
..
116-117
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd June 2025 and
is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 30 OF 2025.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies
Act, 1998.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
Short title and
commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Urban Local
Bodies (Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State
Government may, by notification, appoint.
Amendment of
section 2.
2. In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (27), the
following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
“(27-A) “person with disability” shall have the same meaning as
in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016;”.
Tamil Nadu Act 9
of 1999.
Central Act 49
of 2016.
Amendment of
section 37.
3. In section 37 of the principal Act,—
(1) in sub-section (1),—
(a) after clause (i), the following clause shall be
inserted, namely:—
“(i-a) one person with disability to be nominated as a
member, by the Government in respect of municipal corporation and
by the Director in respect of municipal council and town panchayat,
in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that two persons with disability shall be
nominated as members where the strength of the council exceeds
one hundred.”;
(b) in the first proviso, for the expression “clauses (ii)”,
the expression “clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be substituted;
(2) after sub-section (1-A), the following sub-section shall
be inserted, namely:—
“(1-B) The qualifications for nomination as a member
under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) shall be such as may be
prescribed.”;
(3) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be
inserted, namely:—
“(2-A) The term of office of the member nominated
under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) shall be co-terminus with the
duration of the council.”.
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4. Section 43-A of the principal Act shall be re-numbered
as section 43-B and in section 43-B as so re-numbered, in
sub-section (1), for the expression “clauses (ii)”, the expression
“clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 43-A.
5. Before section 43-B of the principal Act as so re-numbered,
the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
“43-A. Powers and duties of nominated member.— A
member nominated under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section
37 shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed.”.
Insertion of new
section 43-A.
6. In section 48 of the principal Act,—
(1) in the marginal heading, for the expression “Deputy
Chairperson and councillor”, the expression “Deputy Chairperson,
councillor and nominated member” shall be substituted;
(2) in sub-section (1), for the expression “Deputy
Chairperson and the councillors”, the expression “Deputy
Chairperson, councillors and the member nominated under
clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section 37” shall be substituted;
(3) in sub-section (3), for the expression “Deputy
Chairperson or councillors”, the expression “Deputy Chairperson,
councillors or the member nominated under clause (i-a) of
sub-section (1) of section 37” shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 48.
7. In section 50 of the principal Act, in sub-section (5), for the
expression “clauses (ii)”, the expression “clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be
substituted.
Amendment of
section 50.
8. In section 198 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),—
(1) in clause (xviii), the word “and” at the end shall be
omitted;
(2) for clause (xix), the following clauses shall be
substituted, namely:—
“(xix) as to the manner of nomination under clause (i-a) of
sub-section (1) of section 37;
(xx) as to the qualifications for nomination as a member
under sub-section (1-B) of section 37;
(xxi) as to the powers and duties of the nominated member
under section 43-A; and
(xxii) any other matter which is required to be or may be
prescribed under this Act.”.
Amendment of
section 198.
(By Order of the Governor)
S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd June 2025 and
is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 31 OF 2025.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Legislative
Assembly
of
the
State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
Short title and
commencement.
1.
(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats
(Second Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State
Government may, by notification, appoint.
Amendment of
section 2.
2. In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (25), the
following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
“(25-A) ‘person with disability’ shall have the same meaning
as in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016;”.
Tamil Nadu Act 21
of 1994.
Central Act 49 of
2016.
Insertion of new
sub-heading and
section 32-A.
3. In Chapter III of the principal Act, after section 32, the following
sub-heading and section shall be inserted, namely:—
“NOMINATION OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY.
32-A. Nomination of person with disability in panchayat.—
(1) In every village panchayat, panchayat union council and district
panchayat, a person with disability shall be nominated as a member
by the Government or any authority authorised by them, in such
manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The nomination under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to
the members of the respective panchayats as specified in sections
6, 17 and 25.
(3) The qualifications for nomination as a member shall be such
as may be prescribed.
(4) The term of office of the member so nominated shall be
co-terminus with the duration of the panchayat.
(5) The rights and duties of the member so nominated shall be
such as may be prescribed, but he shall not have the right to vote.”.
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4.
In section 242 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after
clause (xlvii), the following clauses shall be added, namely:—
“(xlviii) as to the manner of nomination of person with
disability as a member;
(xlix) as to the qualifications for nomination as a member
under section 32-A;
(l) as to the rights and duties of a member nominated under
section 32-A.”.
Amendment of
section 242.
(By Order of the Governor)
S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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