THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 KARNATAKA ACT NO.8 OF 2020 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 27thday of April, 2020) (Received the assent of the Governor on the 24th day of April, 2020) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976. Whereas it is expedient further to amend 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 seventy first year of the Republic of India as follows, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2020. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 108-A.- In the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977) (hereinafter referred as the Principal Act),in section 108-A, in sub-section (3), after the proviso the following shall be inserted,namely:- "Provided further that, whoever constructs or reconstructs any building or any part of the building without obtaining permission under this Act or in contravention of any of the condition specified in such permission granted under this Act or any rule or any byelaw made there under, shall be liable to pay every year a penalty of an additional amount in respect of such floor area or deviation constructed in excess of the permitted area or in violation of the permission granted equal to the property tax leviable on such floor area or deviation of the building levied under sub-section (3), so long as it remains as unlawful construction and without prejudice to any proceedings which may be instituted against him in respect of such unlawful construction:” 3. Amendment of section 423.- In the Principal Act, in section 423, in sub-section (7), in clause (bb) for the words “such fee or” the words “such one time fee and” shall be substituted. |
