THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023
Arrangement of Section
Sections:
1. Short title and commencement
2. Amendment of section 160
3. Repeal and savings
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Amendment Act 01 of 2024:- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj Panchayath Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993) to comply with the direction of the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka in the writ petition No.20426/2021 to conduct the election to the rural local bodies within the time limit by prescribing population limit for election to the Taluk Panchayat and zilla panchayat by excluding Bhadravathi, shivamogga and shikaripura taluk of shivamoga district in proportion to their population
As the matter was urgent and both Houses of the State Legislature were not in a session, the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023 (Karnataka Ordinance 03 of 2023) was promulgated to achieve the above object.
This Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.
Hence, the Bill.
[L.A. Bill No.16 of 2023, File No. SAMVYASHAE 26 SHASANA 2023]
[Entry 5 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.]
[Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.43 in part-IVA dated:30.01.2024]
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 01 OF 2024
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 30 th day of January 2024)
THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 29th day of January 2024)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993).
Whereas, it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the seventy fourth year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 2023.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 16th day of September, 2023.
2. Amendment of section 160.- In the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993) in section 160, in the first proviso, before the word “Chikkamagalur” the words, brackets and punctuation “Shivamogga (excluding Bhadravati, Shivamogga and Shikaripura Taluks),” shall be inserted.
3. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023 (Karnataka Ordinance 03 of 2023) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Act, as amended by this Act.
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