Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities Act, 2011

No: 16 Dated: Apr, 25 2011

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE FINANCE COMMISSION FOR PANCHAYATS AND MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2011

(Act No. XVI of 2011)

    An Act to provide for constitution of a State Finance Commission to review the financial position of the Panchayats, Municipalities and suggesting measures thereof and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities Act, 2011.

(2) It shall come into force from such date as the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Act" means the Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities Act, 2011;

(b) "Commission" means the State Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities constituted under section 3 of the Act;

(c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission;

(d) "Government" means the Government of Jammu and Kashmir;

(e) "Member" means a Member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson;

(f) "Municipality" means the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee or a Municipal Council constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 or the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, as the case may be;

(g) "Notification" means a notification published in the Government Gazette;

(h) "Panchayats" means Panchayati Raj Institutions constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989;

(i) "Panchayati Raj Institution" means an institution by whatever name called, constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989;

(j) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Act.