THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPALITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty Seventh day of August, 2012)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 32 OF 2012
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Thirtieth day of August, 2012)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 and the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964) and the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty third year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Municipalities and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of the Karnataka Act 22 of 1964.- In the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964),-
(i) in section 11,-
(a) in sub-section (3), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that the number of seats so reserved for the backward
classes under this sub-section shall be so determined that the total number of seats reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes under sub-section (2) and the backward classes under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the total number of seats in the Municipal Council."
(b) in sub-section (4), for the words “Not less than one third of the seats reserved”, the words “Not more than fifty percent of the seats reserved” shall be substituted.
(ii) in section 42, in sub-section (2A),-
(a) in clause (b), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that the number of offices of President and Vice-
President reserved for the backward classes under this clause shall be so determined that the total number of offices of President and Vice-President reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and the backward classes under this clause shall not exceed fifty percent of the total number of offices of President and Vice-President of the Municipal Councils in the State."
(b) in clause (c), for the words “not less than one-third of the total number of offices of the President and Vice-President”, the words “not more than fifty percent of the total number of offices of the President and Vice-President” shall be substituted.
(iii) in section 352,-
(a) in sub-section (5), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that the number of seats reserved for the backward classes
under this sub-section shall be so determined, that the total number of seats reserved for the scheduled casts and the scheduled tribes under sub-section (4) and the backward classes under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the total number of seats in the Town Panchayat."
(b) in sub-section (6), for the words "Not less than one third of the seats reserved", the words "Not more than fifty percent of the seats reserved" shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of the Karnataka Act 14 of 1977.- In the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977),-
(i) in section 7,-
(a) in sub-section (3), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that the number of seats so reserved for the Backward
Classes under this sub-section shall be so determined, that the total number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes under sub-section(2) and the Backward Classes under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the total number of seats in the City Corporations."
(b) in sub-section (4), for the words "Not less than one third of the seats reserved", the words "Not more than fifty percent of the seats reserved" shall be substituted.
(ii) in section 10, in sub-section (1A), -
(a) in clause (b), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that the number of offices of Mayor and Deputy
Mayor reserved for the backward classes under this clause shall be so determined that the total number of offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes under clause (a) and the backward classes under this clause shall not exceed fifty percent of the total number of offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the City Corporations in the State.”
(b) in clause (c), for the words "not less than one third of the total number of offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor", the words "not more than fifty percent of the total number of offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor" shall be substituted.
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