Meghalaya Municipal (Garo Hills Autonomous District) Act,1978
No: 7 Dated: Apr, 10 1978
THE MEGHALAYA MUNICIPAL (GARO HILLS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT) ACT, 1978
ACT 7 OF 1978
An Act to provide for the constitution and establishment of municipalities and town committees in the Garo Hills Autonomous District and extension and application of the Meghalaya Municipal Act to the said District and for matters connected thereto
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Municipal (Garo Hills Autonomous District) Act, 1978.
(2) It extends to the Garo Hills Autonomous District.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7 th day of January, 1978.
2. Constitution and establishment of municipalities and Town Committees in the Garo Hills Autonomous District:- Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law the State Government may, on the recommendation of the District Council of the Garo Hills Autonomous District, constitute any area of the said Autonomous District as a municipality, or declare any area within such District to be a notified area and establish a Town Committee for the notified area, under the provisions for the Meghalaya Municipal Act (Assam Act XV of 1957 as adapted by Meghalaya) and apply all or any of the provisions of the said act or of the Rules made thereunder as may be specified in the notification to the Municipality or town committee so constituted or established and to the area or areas comprising within the said municipality or town committee.
3. Repeal of Ordinance 1 of 1978:- The Meghalaya Municipal (Garo Hills Autonomous District) Ordinance, 1978 is hereby repealed.