Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964

No: 22 Dated: May, 07 1964

Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964

(Amended up to 2011)

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the management of municipal affairs in towns and cities in the State of Karnataka.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the management of municipal affairs in towns and cities other than cities for which municipal corporations are established in the State of Karnataka;

BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Fourteenth year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka.

(3) This section and sections 2, 323, 365, 381, 383, 384 and 385 shall come into force at once; and the rest of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.