THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
KARNATAKA ACT 17 OF 2020
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 3rd day of October, 2020)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 1st day of October, 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 (Third Amendment) Act, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 7.- In the Karnataka Municipal Corporations
Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977) (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Act) in section 7, in sub-section (1) after clause (a), the following proviso shall
be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike the
Corporation shall consist of such number of councillors not less than two
hundred and twenty five but not more than two hundred and fifty councillors
as the Government may, by notification, determine."
3. Amendment of section 21.- In section 21 of the principal Act,
(i) in sub-section (1),-
(a) after the words "Government shall", the words "on the
recommendation of delimitation commission" shall be inserted;
(b) after clause (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely;-
"Provided that, in respect of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike the
State Government shall, by notification, divide the city into wards in such
manner that area of wards, as far as possible, shall be within the jurisdiction of
an Assembly constituency of the State Legislature and no ward shall be divided
between Assembly Constituencies of the State Legislature."
(ii) after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2A) the State Government shall, constitute a delimitation commission
consisting of such number of members, as may be prescribed to recommend
the State Government, the manner of delimitation of wards in each
corporation."
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