Keyword(s):
Tamil Nadu Local Boards Act, 1920, District Board, Taluk Board, Union
Board, Local Government
Transitional Provisions.
- Every district board* constituted under the said
Act shall be deemed to be a district board constituted
under the said Act as amended by this Act. - Every taluk board constituted under the said
Act shall be deemed to be a taluk board constituted
under the said Act as amended by this Act. - (1) Every local area which at the commencement
of this Act is a uni6n under the said Act or a village
Madras under the Madras Village Panchayat Act, 1920, shall
Act Xv be deemed to be a villageunder the said Act asamended
Of 19″- by this Act.
(2) Every union board constiluted under the
said Act and every panchayat constituted under the
Madras Madras Village Panchayat Act, 1920, shall be deemed
Act XV to be a panchayat constituted under the said Act
‘920. as amended by this Act. - Thc number of tnembers constituting the strength
of every local board or panchayat existing on the
date of the commencement of this Act shall bedeemed
to bc the number, of members declared by notification
under scclio~l10 of the said Act as amcndcd by this
Act :
Provided that where the strength of a union board
or panchayat has been fixed at seven, the l[State
Government] shall appoint an eighth member thereto
as soon as this Act comes into force.
I Tho words ”Provincial Oovcmcnt” we& substituted for the
words “Local Gov~ulltnt”by the Adaptation Ordar of 1937 and
theword” State “wassubstitutedfor1’Provincial”by tho Adaptation
Order of 1950.
*ThoDistrict boards wore abolished with effect on and from the
&to offonnationof Pan~hptUnion Councilsunder the TamilNadu
panchayatsAct, 1958 @am11Nadu Act XXXV of 1958). Pleaso srr
*tion 13 (i) of the foi4 Act.5. (1) All property, all rights of wkdtcvcr kind
used, enjoyed or possessed by, adall in@sestsof what-
ever kind owned by or vested in or held in trust
by, or for,any district, taluk or union board consti-
tuted under the said Act or any pancbayat consti- Madras
tuted under the Madras Village Panchayat Act, 1920, A,~xv
as well as all liabilities legally subsisting against such of 1920.
board or panchayat shall, on and from the date of
the commencement of this Act and subject to such
directions as the lLState Government] may, by general
or special order, give in this behalf, pass to the district
board, taluk board or panchayat concerned.
(2) All proceedings taken by any such district,
taluk, or zrnion board under the said Act or by a pan-
chayat nndcr the Madras Village Panchayat Act, Madras
1920, as thc cnsc !nay be, nlay in so far as they are Act XV
not inconsistnu with the provisions of the said Act
;rs amended by this Act, bc continued under the said
Act a$ so amended, by the diqtrict board, taluk board
or 1~1nchay:rt concerned.
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(3) Any runicdy by way of application, suit or
;rppeal which I\ provided by the said Act as amendcd
by tllit .4cl s11;~llbe available in respect of proceedings
under the witi Act or unticr thc Madras Village Pan-Madras
chayat Act, 1920, pending on the date of the com- Act xv
rllcncclnent of this Act, as ifthe proceedings in respect 19’0.
of which thc remedy is sought had been instituted
after the conlmencement of thiq Act.
(4) If any dispute arises as to the local board
to which ally property, right, interest or liability is
to pass undcr sub-rule(I), or by which any proceeding
is to be continued under sub-rule (2), or to or against
which any renlcdy is to be available under sub-rule
(3) the question shall be referred to the ‘[State Govern-
ment] whose decision shall be tinal.
1 The words “Provincial Goycrnment” were substituted for tb
wo@s “Local Govatnment”by tha Adaptajion prdar of 1937 and tho
word “State” was sub9tltuted for “Provincial” by the Adaptation
Order of 1950.
A.
<.Madras
Act XV
of 1970.
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‘[a. - Aay action taken by any authorities before
the omm men cement of this Act for taking which action
new authorities are substituted by, or under, the said
Act us amended by this Act, shall unless inconsistent
therewith, be deemed to have been taken by such
new authorities, unless and until superseded by action
taken by them.
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