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." |
