Keyword(s):
City of Erode, Corporation, Council, Municipal Council, Municipality,
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
~ctto provide for the establishment of a Municipal Corporation
for the city of Erode.
BE it enacted by the Leglslat~veAssembly of the State of Tamil rladu Irl the
Fifty-n~nthYear of :he Republic of Itidla as follows.—
- (I) This Act may be called the Erode City Mun~cipalCorporation Act, 2008.
(2) It extends ‘ +Qe c~tyof Erode.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come Into force on the 1st day of January 2008.
2 (1) In th~s Act, unless the context otherw~serequires,–
(a) “c~tyof Erode” or “c~ty”means the local area compr~sedin the Erode
Municipality and rncludes any local area wh~ch,after the date of the commencement
of this Act, IS rncluded In the I ity but does not ~ncludeany local area which, after
such date of the commencement of ih~sAct, is excluded from the city;
(b) “corporat~on”means the municipal corporation of Erode constituted
under section 3;
(c) “counc~l” means council of municipal corporation of Erode;
(d)”date of the commencement of this Act” means the date specified
under sub-sect~on(3) of section 1,
(e) “Government” means the State Government;
(f)”munrcrpal counc~l”means the mun~c~pal counc~lof Erode Municipality;
(g) “~nunlclpal~ty”means the Erode Municipalrty:
(h)”Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tr~bes”shall have the meanings
respectrvely ass~ynedto them In clauses (24) and (25) of Artrcle 366 of the Constitution.
(2) All words nntl exprcc,sl::ns used In th~sArt and r >t defrned but defined
Of
in the Cotmbatore C!ty Mu~rc,lpnl Corpor 3tion Act, 1981 (hereln~fterreferred to a i(
the 1981 Act), shall have the meanings, respectively, ass~gnedto thern in the 1981
:3 (1) Wllh cffecl on ,~ndirtJl11 Ihc (Lltc of the commericerncnt of this Act, tho Establ~shment
local area included in tile Erode munlc~pal~tyshall const~tutethe clty of Erode for of rnun~c~pal
the purl)oses of this Act a~idfrum such date of the commencement of this Act, a corporation
the city
Erode.
munlclpal corpc)r,it~on shall he deemed to have been establlslied for the sard crty
by tt~(?naimool trotlo C~tbMun~c~pol Corporat~on
Provrded that the Government may, from time to t~meafter consultation with
the corporatlon, by not~f~catlon, alter the l~m~tsof the c~tyconstituted under this sub-
5i’c-tlOtl 50 (15 11, Ill(lkirlrh thercX~r)or to oxrlutff? thprefrom the areas speclfled 1″ the
Provldect further th~tthe power to issue a not~f~cat~on under th~s
sub-\t :tion SF ,’i Or! SU~!F.~L[r />T,~VIOUS ptA!,ltcatlon
(3) rt)isrorl)or:~t~r)l~ -,h,~ll Ijy ttic s:ltcl njmr he a t)otly corpor:ate, llav~ng
[)r!rpetu,~l suc c.rbkslon Ill(:(1;110 01 [hO
C0lnrT’Qnc,Cnlenl of Lhrs Art ,hall t)c drommr! to have I)een at~ol~sh~rl frotn such date
ul the cornmencement ot tt~sAct
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TAMIL. NADU GOVERNMENT GALETTE EXTR.4ORI:IINAKY
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Mun~cipal 4. The mt~nicipaldiitl~orit~esctlc:rged t~ittlcarryin(j out Ih(?PIOVISIO~:; ot lh~sAc!
autl~orlt~es shall b0,- –
(1) a COIIIILII, ‘
(2) a stand!nq comm~ttee:
(7) a wards conlrn~ttc.~:,inti
(4) a cummlssionel.
Const~tl~tionof 5. (1) Save as otherw:se ~I-o~JI~L’~ ~n sub-se~tio’i(2!, the co~rr:,~i sh,-~llconsist
COU‘I~ 1 of such ndrnber of counc~llorscloctetl ~n thtb rn,tr~nt:l 1.1it1 IIOVJII111 th~?A 1 m81y be f~xedby the Governmelit, by rlulif~cat~ori, Iron1 t~rrlt,to t~rrlo,tail,Ilowr~~tr, 111~tthr! total number of couni,ilior> o?tt,e counc~lsh’ii! ~)oi c eci >e~iy-Lih(, ’71 anv +tme
(2)The following persons shaii also Sc ~.ep:.ascnledin the !:ouiicii, nan:ely:-
(aj the members of ihe Housi. of th~Peiiple representrnp
constitiiencien which cornprise wt~oily.or p?i!iy file a!i?,l of the corpc.r;~tic;:t and
the members of :he Coui?cii of States IPG!:;~.?T+X! a:; elcctors within tl!~?i+.-o:l ot
the corporation:
(b) all the :nenibers of tno Tarn~lF.la.1~:Legislatlvc. /i:sernbly
represantlng ccrnst~tuencswll~c’i compr se whuily r;: partiy !!.I? ; , of the corporatio,~. (3) The persons referrcd to in sub srctlon (2) shalt !le tvtitl~dto take part 11 the prvcecd~rigsbut shall riot havr the rryhl to vote I!, 17e tneet~nrib9f the csuncil (4) Seats sl;ali bc! reser;%d for the persons i:eionging tc: the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes it: the co.:~nciland the number cf sests zo reserved shall bear; as nearly as nlay be. the sanie priipor!lor; !::I t!-~c. totirl 1.1trrr1i;er of st-gats to be filled by direct election in the cou~cilas the prj;>uiatio!i ot the S(:h~tlt;li;il CZISI~S in the city or of the Scheduled Tribes ir~tile ciiy I?t?a~sto !he total pc)!~ularionof the city. (5) Seals shall bc reserted for women belorrg~tiqto the ~ct~eilu~od C,i\tcl, and tho Scheduled Iribcs, from ~niongtho scats rcsc:rvc:d for !ho Irerq.on\ I~clonc)~n(j to the Schecl~fledCastes and ‘he Scheduied Tr~bes,wh~h~riallnot be k~ssthan one-th~rdof the total number of seats reserved tor tt-3 persons belr,nr/~nq !o the Scheduled Castes and he Scheduled Tr~bcbs (6) Seats shall be reserved for women in the council and the rrclrntw of seats reserved for women shall not be less than one-th~rd~nclucl~nythe number of seats reserved for wcmen belonging to :he Scht,riulea Cartes arlti SchecluleLC Tribes of the total numb^ of seats ln the courlc~l (7) The rese~vationof seats t8ndcisub-sccticns (4) and (5) shnl! cease to have effect on the expiry of tlie pgriocl speciilied in Article 334 of the Cr~nstittion.
Duration of 6 (1) The corporation, unless sooner d~ssnlved,shall co~tir~uefdr heyears
COrpOratlOn from the date appo~ntcdfor ~tsf~rstmcot~ng,tftrr rnrh ord~nnr;, c~l~ct~k~~i ,inti no
longer and the said per~odof five yo,trs sti~lloporste as a rilssolullon of !he
corporat~on.
(2) An election to constitute !he c:orporat~on stlall be corr:pleteo.–
(a) before the explry of ~tsdulatiorl specified in sub-section (1); or
(h) before the expirailon of a period of SIX months from the date of its
dissolution:
Provided that where the remainder oi !he peliod for which tte c!isso!ved
corporation wauld hatie continued, is iess than six months, it sh.7;: :iPt be necessary
to hold any, election, tinder this %I:-section Tor cor.stitutincj !he corporation fo; such
period.
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