THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 KARNATAKA ACT NO.22 OF 2024 Arrangement of Section Sections: 1. Short title and commencement 2. Amendment of section 160 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Kodagu District is totally like Malnad district which consists of hilly areas with scattered population having low density. In some cases the geographical spread of the zilla panchayat constituency is nearly 100 K.M. The geographical expansion of territorial constituency of zilla panchayat has a negative effect on the development programmes and administration. The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Delimitation Commission, at the request of the public from Kodagu has recommended to bring necessary amendment Hence It considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj Panchayath Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993). Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.02 of 2024, File No. SAMVYASHAE 03 SHASANA 2024] [Entry 5 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.174 in part-IVA dated:11.03.2024] KARNATAKA ACT NO. 22 OF 2024 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 11th day of March 2024) THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 8th day of March 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 fifth 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, 2024. (2) It shall come into force at once. 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,- (i) the words “and Kodagu” shall be omitted; and (ii) at the end the following shall be inserted, namely:- “and in case of Kodagu district, there shall be one member for every eighteen thousand or part thereof of rural population.” |
