THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 27 OF 2022 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 11th day of October, 2022) (Received the assent of Governor on the 11th day of October, 2022) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 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 third 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 (Second Amendment) Act, 2022. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 22nd day of August, 2022. 2. Amendment of section 121.- In section 121 of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act),- (a) in clause (i), for the words “two lakhs” the words “two lakh thirty thousand” shall be substituted; and (b) in clause (ii), for the words “two lakhs” the words “two lakh thirty thousand” shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 160.- In section 160 of the Principal Act,- (a) for the words “not less than twenty persons” the words “not less than twenty five members” shall be substituted; and (b) after the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided further that, in case of a district having rural population of more than seven lakhs but not more than nine lakhs fifty thousand there shall be twenty eight elected members.” 4. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 (Karnataka Ordinance 06 of 2022) is hereby repealed.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. |
