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~nfor~ndtion
ACT No. 8 OF 2008.
Irl
the
1. (I) This Act may be called the Erode City Mun~cipalCorporation Act, 2008.
( 2 ) It extends '
Short tit'e,
extent and
cornnencernent
(3) It shall be deemed to have come Into force on the 1st day of January 2008.
2 (1) In
t h ~ s Act,
unless
the
context otherw~serequires,--
Definitions.
date specified
Of
(2) All words nntl exprcc,sl::ns used In t h ~ sArt and r > t defrned but defined
in the Cotmbatore C!ty Mu~rc,lpnl Corpor 3tion Act, 1981 (hereln~fterreferred to a i(
the 1981 Act), shall have the meanings, respectively, ass~gnedto thern in the 1981
3: ( 1 ) Wllh cffecl on , ~ n dirtJl11 Ihc (Lltc of the commericerncnt of this Act, tho
local area included in tile Erode munlc~pal~ty
shall const~tutethe clty of Erode for
the purl)oses of this Act a ~ i dfrum such date of the commencement of this Act, a
munlclpal corpc)r,it~on shall he deemed to have been establlslied for the sard crty
by tt~(?naimo o l trotlo C~tb M u n ~ c ~ p oCorporat~on
l
Provrded that the Government may, from time to t ~ m e after consultation with
the corporatlon, by not~f~catlon,
alter the l ~ m ~ of
t s the c ~ t yconstituted under this sub5 i ' c - t l O t l 5 0 (15 11, I l l ( lkirlrh thercX~r)
or t o oxrlutff? thprefrom the areas speclfled 1" the
1 1 1 ~ 1 1 l 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
( 3 ) rt)isr o r l ) o r : ~ t ~ r-,h,~ll
)l~
Ijy ttic s:ltcl n j m r he a t)otly corpor:ate, llav~ng
[)r!rpetu,~l suc c.rbkslon <tr~d,J <(Jmrll(Jn sc.:11 witri power lo acquire, hold ar)d rlrspose
of prcpc'rty and to enter rnto contracts and may by ~ t scarporate name, sue and
t)P $ L I P i
( ( ) 1 11,' 1 1 i ) ( 1 t s 11111111~,1~)lll\y f1111t:~lOl1111\)
lllllll(!(ll,l~('lyl)(!lO~(> Ill(:(1;110 0 1
[hO
~ r l such date
C0lnrT'Qnc,Cnlenl of Lhrs Art ,hall t)c drommr! to have I)een a t ~ o l ~ s hfrotn
ul the cornmencement ot t t ~ sAct
Establ~shment
of rnun~c~pal
corporation
the city
Erode.
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TAMIL. NADU GOVERNMENT GALETTE EXTR.4ORI:IINAKY
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Mun~cipal
autl~orlt~es
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4. The mt~nicipaldiitl~orit~es
ctlc:rged t ~ i t t lcarryin(j out Ih(? PIOVISIO~:;
shall b0,- (1) a COIIIILII,
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o t l h ~ sAc!
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( 2 ) a stand!nq comm~ttee:
(7) a wards conlrn~ttc.~:,inti
( 4 ) a cummlssionel.
Const~tl~tion
of
COU~~'I~
( 3 ) The persons referrcd to in sub srctlon (2) shalt !le t v t i t l ~ dto take part
11 the prvcecd~rigsbut shall riot havr the rryhl to vote
I!,
17e
tneet~nrib9f t h e csuncil
(4) Seats sl;ali bc! reser;%d for the persons i:eionging tc: the Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes it: the co.:~nciland the number cf sests zo reserved
shall bear; as nearly as nlay be. the sanie priipor!lor; I:! t!-~c. totirl 1.1trrr1i;er of st-gats
to be filled by direct election in the c o u ~ c ias
l the prj;>uiatio!i ot the S(:h~tlt;li;il CZISI~S
to !he total pc)!~ularionof
in the city or of the Scheduled Tribes i r ~tile ciiy I?t?a~s
the city.
(7) The rese~vationof seats t8ndci sub-sccticns ( 4 ) and (5) shnl! cease
to have effect on the expiry of tlie pgriocl speciilied in Article 334 of the C r ~ n s t i t ~ ~ t i o n .
Duration of
COrpOratlOn
SIX
dissolution:
Provided that where the remainder o i !he peliod for which t t e c!isso!ved
corporation wauld hatie continued, is iess than six months, it sh.7;: :iPt b e necessary
to hold any, election, tinder this %I:-section Tor cor.stitutincj !he corporation fo; such
period.
Tamil Nadu
District
Municipalities
Act,
l9Z0
to apply.
7. (1) Subject l o the provisions of si~tt-sections ( 2 ) and (3), the Tamil Nadu
District Municipaiitics .4 :i,1920 (hereir:aftcr referred to as !he "D~strictMunicipnlities
Act") shall, with effect on and from t h e date of the commencement of this Aci cease
to apply to the local area comprised within the city of Erode.
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TAhllL NADU GO.dEKNh:ENT
,
v,.
GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
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the
19R' Act, ir~clt.rdir.!y ill^ provir;lons relatlng to the levy and collection of any tax or
fee are !~crt?bye,.\sndr+r! to and shali nppiy, n ~ u t a l i smutatin;:. to tt.e corporati~n provisions O f
the 1981 Act
arlrl tht! 1981 Act shall, iil riiatic.1~to the c:orpu:ation, b e react at\.:! ccnstrued as
to the
il tllc prn~islullso! ih~rirv;t h i ~ (ur1~1;:d
I
part of the 1981 A(.f
corporation
,
,?\
Transitional
~)rovisions.
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(3) All taxes, fees and dutres, whrch ~rnmedrately before the date of the
commencement of thrs Act were being levled bv the s a ~ dmunlc~palcounc 11 shall be
deemed to have been le red by the corporatron under t'l: provrsrons of thr5 Art and
to
be In force accordrngly untrl such taxes fees and dutres
shall rontlnue
are revised, cancelled or superseded by anythtng d o r ~ eor any actron taken under
thrs Act.
(4) All proceedings taken by, or against, the rnunicrpal cotincii or sulhorily
, ij!j;jinsl,
or any person under the Dislrict Municipalities Act rrlay be c:or~trnur:tl l ~ y or
the corporation, authority or person as if the said proceedings had been commenced
under the provisions of this Act.
(a) the terms and conditions applicable to such officers and employees
consequent on their absorption in the service of the corporation shall not be less
favourable than those applicable to such employees iminediately before the date of
~ s u c t i commencement, as regards pay and allowances, leave, pension, graturty,
Iprovident fund and age of superannuation; and
(7) Any division of the Erode municipality into wards, made under the District
Municipalities Act, and in force on the date of the commencement of this Act shall
be deemed to be a division of the corporation until altered.
(8) The electoral roll prepared for the Erode tnunic~palityunder the District
th~s
Municipalities Act, and in force on the date of
the commencement
of
Act, shall
be deemed to be the electoral roll for the corporatron untrl a new
electoral roll is prepared and publ~shedand the part of the said electoral roll relating
to each ward of the municipality shall be deemed to be the list of the electoral roll
for the corresponding divislon of the corporat~on.
(9) Notwithstanding anything contained i n this Act, the chairman,
vice-chairman and the councillors of the Erode municipality, who are elected and
holding office as such immediately before the date of the commencement of this
Act, shall be deemed to.be the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and counci!lors of the Erode
City Municipal Corporation elected under this Act and such Mayor, Deputy Mayor
and councillors shall continue to hold office upto such date as the Governmen, may,
by notification, fix in this behalf or, in case no such date is fixed, upto the date
on which their term of office wo!lld expire under the District Municipalities Act and
such Mayor, Deputy Mayor and councillors shall exercise all the powers arid perform
all duties conferred on the Mayor, Deputy Pvlayor and councillors by or iinder this
Act.
Power to
make rules.
10. (1) The Government may make rules for carrylng out the purposes of this
Act.
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(3)
U)
Soon a~ p ~ ~ ~ l bafter
l e , it IS made or issued, be placed on the table ot tne Leglblo~lvv
and ~ f before
,
the explry of the session in which it is So placed Or the
next session, the n4sembly makes any niodificatlon In any such rule or notlflcatlon
A A L ~ ~ D C
that the rule or n ~ t l f l ~ a t l oOr
n order should
not
,
,,
or the A ~ s e - I l
be made or issued, tf
In such mod~fledfern
. .
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EXTRAORDINARY
received the assent of the
d for general information:-
An ~ c further
t
to amend the laws relating to the Municipal Corporations
--and the Municipalities in the State of Tamil Medu.
B E ~t enacted by the Leg~slativeAssembly of the State of Tarn11Nadu ~n the ~ifty-nrnth
Year of the Hepubl~cof lndla as follows.-
PART-I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) Thls Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (S~xthAmendment)
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by
notification, appotnt
PART-I I
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHENNAl CITY MUNlClPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 1919.
2. In sectlon 4 of the Chenna~C~tyMun~cipalCorporation Act.1919 (hereinafter in
thls Part referred to as the 1319 Act), In sub-section (3), for clause (a), the following
Amendment of
sectlon 4
"(a) a Mayor,
(ae) a coutic~l:"
sectlon 37
-
"37. Prerogative of the Mayor.-(1) The Mayor shall have full access to all records
of the corporatlon and may obtain reports from the commlssloner on any matter connected
w ~ t hthe admln~strat~on
of the corporatlon
R
(2) All important officlal correspondence between the corporation and the State
Government as may be dec~dedby the council shall be conducted through the Mayor.
(3) The Mayor shall be bound to transmit communicat~onsaddressed through
hlm by the commlssloner to the State Governmclnt or by the State Government to the
comrnlssloner W h ~ l etransmltt~ngcornmunlcatlons from the cornmlssloner to the State
Government, the Mayor may make such remarks as he thinks necessary.
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PART-Ill
AMENDMENTS TO THE MADURAI ClTY MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 1971
Amendment of
sact~on3
Tam11
Act
"(a) a Mayor ;
(aa) a councll ,''
Substitution of
sect~on38
5. For section 38 of the 1971 Act, the following sections shall be substituted,
namely:-
"38. Prerogative o f the Mayor.-(I) The Mayor shall have full access to all records
of the corporation and may obtain reports from the commissioner on any matter connected
with the administration.of the corporation.
(2) All important official correspondence between the corporation and the
Government as may be decided by the council shall be co lducted through the Mayor.
(3) The Mayor shall be bound to transmit communications addressed through
him by the commissioner to the Government or by the Government to the commissioner.
While transmitting communications from the commissioner to the Government, the Mayor
may make s?lch remarks as he thinks necessary.
38-A. Entrustment of additional functions to Mayor.-The
Governmcnt may.
subject to the provisions of t h ~ sAct and the rules made thereunder, by notlficat~on,entrust
to the Mayor such additional f i nctions as it may deem necessary for carryrng out the
purposes of this Act."
PART-IV
AMENDMENTS TO THE COIMBATORE ClTY MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 1981.
Amendment of
sect~on3
Subst~tut~on
of
sect~on39
7. For section 39 of the 1981 Act, the following sections shall be substituted.
namely'--
N~c,
ACI
25 of 1%'
"39. Prerogative of the Mayor.-(!) The Mayor shall have full access to all records
of the corporation and may obtaln reports from the commlssioner on any matter connected
wlth the administration of the corporation.
(2) All important official correspondence between Ihe corporation and the
Government as may be decided by the council shall be conducted through the Mayor
(3) The Mayor shall be bound to transmit commun~cat~ons
addressed through
him by the commlssioner to the Government or by the Government to the comrnlssloner
Whlle transmlttlng communlcatlons from the commissioner to the Government the Mayor
may make such remarks as he thinks necessary
39-A. Entrustment of additional functions to Mayor.-The
Government may.
subject to the provlslons of this Act and the rules made thereunder, by notlflcatlon, entrust
to the Mayor such addltlonal functions as ~t may deem necessary for carrylng out the
purposes of thls A c t "
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PART-V
AMENDMENT T O THE TIRUCHIRAPPALI-I C l T Y MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 1994.
Qdu
!?of
Amendment of
section 4.
"(1) a Mayor;
(I-a) a council ;"
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A M E N D M E N T T O T H E TIRUNELVELI ClTY MUNICIPAL
C O R 3 0 R A T I O N ACT, 1994
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28of
Amendment of
section 4.
"(1) a Mayor;
(I-a) a council ;".
PART-VII
A M E N D M E N T T O T H E SALEM C l T Y M U N I C I P A L
CORPORATION ACT, 1994.
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Amendmentof
section 4.
1994
"(1) a Mayor;
(I-a) a council;".
PART-VII I
AMENDMENT T O THE TIRUPPUR CITY MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 2008.
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11. In section 4 of the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008, for clause
(I), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
Amendment of
section 4.
"(1) a Mayor;
(1-a) a council;".
A M E N D M E N T T O T H E E R O n E C l T Y MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION ACT, 2008.
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12.
In sectlon 4 of the Erode City Municipal Corporation Act. 2008,
for clause (I), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) a Mayor;
(I-a) a council;"
Amendment of
section 4.
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Atnendmenl of
section 68
13.
In s e c t ~ o n 68 o f the Tam11 Nadu O i s l r ~ c t M u n i c ~ p i l l ~ l t c A
s(
~n sub-section (I),-
1920,
(1) for 'The Table', the ;oliowing Table shall be substituted, namely:" THE TABLE
Glades
(1
1. . (a)
Spec~alGrade Municipalities
Grade Municipalit~es
3.
ll
Grade Mun~c~palities
Rs 10,0001- '.
S. DHEENADHAYALAN,
Secretary to Government.
Law Departrnel~t
Ta11111
Act
V of