The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999

(K Ld V Registered No.768/97 THE ASSAM GAZETTE "SPTWW'I EXTRAORDINARY W W l PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 24 <[*FIH 2 GFg<n< 2000, 13 1921 (W ) No. 24 Dispur, Wednesday, 2nd February, 2000, 13th Magha, 1921 (S.E.) GOVER NMENT OF ASSAM ORDRRS BY THE GOVER NOR LEG ISLATIVE DEP ARTMENT : : LEG ISLATIVE BRA NCH NOTIFICATIO N The 20th December, 1999 No. LG L.37/99 /5 :--Th e fo llo wing Ac t of the As sam Le gi slat iv e Assem bly which rec eiv ed the assent o f the Gover nor is hereby publi she d for general info rmation. 112 TH E ASSAM GAZETTE , EXTRAORDINA RY, FEB. 2, 2000 ASSAM ACT. No. XXIV OF 1999 (Receiv ed the assent o f the G ove rnor on 15th December, 1999) THE A SSA M LO KAY UKTA AND UP A-LOKAYUKTAS (AM END MENT) ACT, 1999. AN ACT fur the r to ame nd the Ass am Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act, 1985. Pre amble 1. A m en d- 2. me nt of se ct io n 3. Wh ereas it is exped ient fu rthe r to am end the Assam Asa m L oka yuk ta and U pa-Lok ayuktas Act, 1985, ^ct X* here in af te r r ef err ed to a s th e pri nci pal A ct , in the ° m an ner he re -in- af te r a pp ea ring ; It is here by en act ed in th e F if ti e th Y ear o f th e Rep ub lic o f In di a as f ol lo ws (1) Thi s Ac t may be cal led the Assam Lo kayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendm ent) Act, 1999. (2) It shall have the l ike extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once . In the princ ipal Act, in s ection 3,— (i) in s ub-sec tion (1), in cl ause (b), in the firs t paragraph, punctua tion mark colon, appearing at the end, shall be omitted and thereafter the following shal l be inserted , na mely "provided, however, that when the of fice of the Lok ayukta is vacant the Upa-L okayukta or Up a-L okayuktas sha ll be ap po in ted follo wing the sam e proc ed ure as pro vid ed at clause (a) for appo intm ent o f the L okay ukta ." ; (ii) in sub-sec tion ( 3),— (a) a fter the f irst para graph, the following prov iso shall be inserted, namely "P rovided tha t in the ev en t of the offic e of the Lo ka yu kta fa lls va cant the du tie s of the of fic e of the Lo ka yu kta sha ll be perfo rm ed by the Up a-Lo kayukta or Upa -L ok ay uk tas un till the Lo ka yu kta ap po inted under sect ion 3 enters upon his off ice ; (b) in the ex is tin g pr ov iso, af te r the wo rd, "Pro vided", th e w ord "further" shall be inserted. M. DEKA, Secretary to the G ovt, of Assam, Legislat ive Department . GUWAHATI - Printed & Published by the Dy. Director (P), Directora te of Ptg. & Sty., Assam, Guwahati (Ex-Gazette) No. 47-500-400- 2-2-2000.