Trivandrum Municipal Corporation (Dissolution) Act, 1976
No: 8 Dated: Mar, 22 1976
THE TRIVANDRUM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (DISSOLUTION) ACT, 1976
(Act 8 of 1976)
An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Corporation of the City of Trivandrum
Preamble. - Whereas it is considered necessary in the interest of the municipal government of the City of Trivandrum and in the public interest to dissolve the council and to entrust the powers, duties and functions of the council temporarily to a person or persons appointed by the Government in that behalf,
Be it enacted in the Twenty-seventh Year of of India as follows -
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Trivandrum Municipal Corporation (Dissolution) Act, 1976.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 8th day of December, 1975.
2. Definitions. - In this Act,-
(a) "Corporation" and "council" mean the Corporation of the City of Trivandrum.
(b) "Mayor" and "Deputy Mayor" mean the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Corporation.
3. Dissolution of council. - The council shall be deemed to have stood dissolved on and from the 8th day of December, 1975.
4. Consequences of dissolution. - On the dissolution of the council under section 3, all the councillors of the Corporation including the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor shall be deemed to have vacated their offices.
5. Functions of council, etc., to be exercised by person or persons appointed by Government. - (1) All or any of the functions of the council and of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and of the standing committees and other committees of the Corporation may, during the interval between the dissolution of the council under section 3 and the reconstitution of the council m pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 6, be exercised and performed, as far as may be and to such extent as the Government may determine, by such person or persons as the Government may appoint that behalf, and any such person may, if the Government so direct, receive payment for his services from the Corporation fund.
(2) The Government may determine the relationship of the person or persons appointed under sub-section (1) with the Government.
6. Reconstitution of council. - (1) The council shall be reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of the Kerala Municipal Corporations Act, 1961 (30 of 1961), on the 1st day of November, 1976.
(2) The term of office of the councillors of the reconstituted council shall expire at noon on the 1st day of November, 1981.
7. Assets and liabilities of council. - The Government, until the date of reconstitution of the council in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 6, and the reconstituted council thereafter, shall be entitled to all the assets and be subject to all the liabilities of the council as on the date of the dissolution and on the date of the reconstitution respectively.
8. Repeal and saving. - (1) The Trivandrum Municipal Corporation (Dissolution) Ordinance, 1975 (19 of 1975), 1st 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.