The Assam Local Authorities Grants (Charged) Act, 1959

Th e 1st August 1559 No. LJL .20/59. —Th e following Act of the Assa m Legis lative Assembly which received the assent of the Governo r is hereby published for general info rma tion . (R ec ei ve d th e a ssen t o f th e Gov er no r on th e 31 st Ju ly 1959) ASSAM ACT No. X X II I OF 1959 TH E ASSAM LOCAL AUTH ORI TI ES GRAN TS (CH AR GED) AC T, 1959 (As Passed by the Assembly) [Pub lished in the Assam Gazette, da ted the 5th August 1959] Jn Ac t to authorise g rants to the Local Authori ties and to declare such grants to be expenditure charged on the Consol idated Fu nd o f the State o f A ssa m. P ream b le .— Whereas by vir tue of Article 266(1) of the Constitu tion o f India , all revenues to the Governm ent of Assam shall form the Consolida ted Fun d of the State of Assam ; And whereas on such revenues forming the Consolidated Fund of ca r Sta te of Assam it is expedien t to make provis ion for grants to the Lo cal Authori ties a mount ing to such sh are of the rece ipts as are colle cted in their respective juri sdi ction for the purp ose of ca rrying out the dut ies an d fun c­ tions enjoined upon them by laws ; And whereas it is ex ped ient to declare such grants to the Local Author i­ ties to be expend iture charged on the Consolida ted Fund of the Sta te of Assam ; It is hereby enac ted in the Tenth Yea r of the Republic of Ind ia as follows :— 1. Short ti tl e, exten t and comm en ceme nt .-— (1) This Act may be called the Assam Loca l Au tho rities Gra nts (Charged) Act, 1959. (2) It extends to the whole of the Sta te of Assam. (3) It shall come into force with effect from such da te as may be notified in the official gaz ette by the Sta te Government , 2. Pa ym en t o f gran ts to Local Aut ho ri tie s.—The State Govern­ ment shall gran t to the Local Authorit ies notified under section 3, such share of the rece ipts as are collected in the ir respective jurisdiction from the sources deta iled in the Sched ule to the Act and credited to the Consolidated Fund of the Sta te of Assam. 3. No tif icat ion o f the Local Aut ho ri tie s.—The State Government shal l, from time to time, as occasion may arise, notify in the official Gazett e, the names of the local author itie s which shal l receive gra nt under section 2. 4. Expenditure to be ch ar ge d.—The exp enditure relating to the grants under section 2 shall be cha rged upon the Consolid ated Fun d of the State of Assam, in accordance with the provis ions of Article 202 (3) ( /) of the Con stitutio n of Ind ia. 5. Re peal. —Th e Assam Local Auth oriti es Compensatory Gra nts (Ch arged) Act, 1940 (Assam Act II of 1940.) and the Assam Local Author ities Com pensatory Grants (Cha rged) Act, 1953 (Assam Act XXXIV of 1953) are here by repe aled . SCHE DU LE {See section 2) 1. Local rates realised under the Assam Local Rates Reg ula tion , 1879. 2. All rece ipts from the sale of ferries other than the Pub lic Works De partm ent ferries u nd er t he N orthern India Ferries A ct, 1878. 3. All ju dic ial fines realised unde r the Assam Municipal Act, 1956 (Assam Act XV o f 1957) or bye-laws made the reu nder or under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1959 or rules mad e the reu nder. B. C. BARUA, Secy, to the G ovt , of Assam, Law De pt t.