The Odisha Municipal Council (Reduction of Term of Office) Act, 1977

Orissa Act 23 of 1950. ORYSSA ACT 1 I OF 1977 ' V H E ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ( REDUCTION OF TERM OF OFFICE ) ACT, 1977 [Rerei~led the assent of the Govenlor on ilze 13th Gct vher 1977, first plrblishel i~ z a!l exfi,aordiitfl,.yy issue of the Orissa Gazcitc, dated the 14rk October 19771 AN ACT TO PrtOVIDE FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE TEJIM OF OFFICE OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND NOTIFIED AREA COUNCIL OF THE STATE, AND FOR MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 1. ( I ) This Act may be caned the Orissa Muni- short title, cxtcnt and cipaI C O U ~ ~ C ~ ~ S (Reduction of term of Office), Act, 1977. ,,,,,,,, mcnt. (2) It shall extend lo the whole of f he State of Orissa. i (3) It Shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd August, 1977. 2. h this Act, unless the context otherwise DcGnilions I requires,- (a) "Municipal Act" means the Orissa Munici- pal Act, 1950 ; (b) .'Municipal Council" means a Municipal. I Council constituted under the. Municipal Act and shall include- a Notified Area Council constituted thereunder ; (c) words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined herein, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them respectively, under the Municipal Act. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Reduction of term of Municipal Act, the State Government may, by oficc, notification, direct that the term of office of the councillors of all the Municipal Councils of the State as extended by the direction issued by the State - - *For SStatemcnt of Objeds and Reasons see Orlssa Gazette, &trr ordinary, datcd thc 27th Scplembcr, 1977 ( No. 2335 ). 872 THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (REDUC- [Or. Act 11 of lW71 TION OF TERM OF OFFICE) ACT, 1977 (Secs. 4-31 Government, under su b-sect ion (6) of sect ion 41 of the Municipal Act and published with the notification of the State Government in thc Urban Developn~ent Department No. S. R. 0. 31 9, dated the 17th May 1977, bo reduced by such period as tl:cy dcem fit. consequcn- ca of 4. Upon reduction of the term of office of the rc,juclion CotlllciUors of the EI/Iul?icipal Councils by a dil-cct ion term Or issued under section 3,- O R I C E . (0) the provisions, contained in sub-section (4) of section 41 of the Municipal Act shall apply to the said Municipal Councils, with, effect from the date of expjry of the term of office of the councillors thereof ; '[(b) the election or nomination, as the case mhy be,. of the councillors for reconsti- tution: of the. said Municipal Councils shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act on such date, not being later than the 2[ 31st day of December, 7-978 ] as may be directed by the State Government ; and 1. (c) the Municipal Councils so reconstituted, I shall, for aIZ purposes, lie deemed to have . . bwn constituted under and be Governed by the prdvi'sions ~f the Mmipal Act and - , the Rules made thereunder. : Repcal . ,. . ' ; -:il)'~hd'Ori~~a 1~~l in ;c i~ai ~buncilk ( Reduction O ~ S ~ or& of , Teq~ of Office) '~rd~idmce, 1977, is hereby nancc of 1977. NO. 6 repealed. - , , . -. (i2)i NotwiWandhg . such repeali anything done 'or any action aaken. 4 including, any drrection issued ) . under: the ,said Ordinance, shdl be deemed to have been d"ne or taken under: t h i s k t . 1. Substituted by the Orissa. ~ u n i c i ~ a l Councils (Reduction of Term .of Offiw ) Amendment Act, 41978 (Or. Act 3 of 1978), s. 2. 2. SubstItntcd by: the 0 - h ~ Municipal Councils ( Reduction of Tcrm of OH=)-- Amendment Act, 1978 ( Or. Act 19 of 1978 ), s. 2. 1977OR11.pdf