Kerala · 1976 · Act 9
THE KERALA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF COUNCILLORS) ACT, 1976
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ACT 9 OF 1976
THE KERALA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE
OF COUNCILLORS) ACT, 1976*
An Act to provide for the further extension of the term of office
of the councillors of municipalities other than the Punalur,
Chalakudy, Tirur and Malappuram Municipalities.
Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the further
extension of the term of office of the councillors of municipalities
other than the Punalur, Chalakudy, Tirur and Malappuram
Municipalities;
BE it enacted in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called
the Kerala Municipal Councils (Extension of Term of Office of
Councillors) Act, 1976.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st day
of December, 1975.
2. Extension of term of office of municipal councillors.—
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Kerala Municipalities Act,
1960 (14 of 1961), the term of office of the councillors of all the
municipalities constituted under the said Act, other than the
Punalur, Chalakudy, Tirur and Malappuram Municipalities, which
expires at noon on the 31st day of December, 1975, shall extend upto
noon on the 31st day of December, 1976.
* Received the assent of the Governor on the 22nd day of March, 1976 and published in the Kerala
Gazette Extraordinary No. 176 dated 22nd March, 1976.
3. Repeal and saving.— (1) The Kerala Municipal Councils
(Extension of Term of Office of Councillors) Ordinance, 1975 (18 of
1975), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action
taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or
taken under this Act.