Salem City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994

No: 29 Dated: May, 03 1994

THE SALEM CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1994

Tamil Nadu Act 29 of 1994

    An Act to provide for the establishment of a Municipal Corporation for the City of Salem.

    Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act maybe called the Salem City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.

(2) It extends to the City of Salem.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) Omitted

(b) "Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Salem constituted under section 3;

(c) "Council" means the Municipal Council of Salem;

(d) "date of the commencement of this Act" means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of section 1;

(e) "Government" means the State Government;

(f) "Municipality" means the Salem Municipality;

(g) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution;'

(h) all words and expressions used in this Act and not defined, but defined in the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 25 of 1981) (hereinafter referred to as the 1981 Act), shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the 1981 Act.

3. Establishment of Municipal Corporation for the City of Salem. - (1) With effect on and from the date of the commencement of this Act, the local area included in the Salem Municipality shall constitute the City of Salem for the purposes of this Act; and from such date of the commencement, a municipal corporation shall be deemed to have been established for the said City by the name of Salem Municipal Corporation:

Provided that the Government may, from time to time, after consultation with the corporation, by notification, alter the limits of the City constituted under this sub-section so as to include therein or to exclude therefrom the areas specified in the notification:

Provided further that the power to issue a notification under this sub-section shall be subject to previous publication.

(2) The corporation shall, by the said name, be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contracts and may, by its corporate name, sue and be sued.

(3) The Salem Municipality, functioning immediately before the date of the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been abolished from such commencement.

4. Municipal Authorities. - The municipal authorities charged with carrying out the provisions of the Act shall be,-

(1) a Mayor;

(1-a) a council;

(1) a council;

(2) a standing committee;

(3) a Commissioner; and

(4) a wards committee.