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.
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