KARNATAKA PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2002
Arrangement of Sections
Sections:
1. Short title and commencement
2. Amendment of section 46
KARNATAKA ORDINANCE NO. 6 OF 2002
KARNATAKA PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2002
(Promulgated by the Governor of Karnataka in the fifty-third year of the Republic of India and first published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on Sixth September, 2002)
An Ordinance further to amend the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993.
Whereas the Karnataka Legislative Council is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that the circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993), for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Karnataka is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Ordinance may be called the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 46.- In section 46 of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993), in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that the term of office of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of the Grama Panchayat who are in office on the date of commencement of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 shall be thirty-three months from the date of their election and the term of office of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Grama Panchayat to be elected immediately before the expiry of the said period shall be remaining period of twenty-seven months, provided that in either case in the mean time they do not cease to be members of the Grama Panchayat." |
