Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1997*
| [Tamil Nadu Act No. 29 of 1997] | [9th May, 1977] |
An Act further to amend the Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Act, 1987
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
* Received the assent of the Governor on the 9th May, 1977 and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary.
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1997.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In section 3 of the Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Reflation) Act, 1987 (Tamil Nadu Act ??? of 1987) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (3), after the expression "as may be prescribed", the expression "and shall be accompanied by such fee not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees as may be prescribed" shall be inserted.
3. Amendment of section 4.- In section 4 of the principal Act,-
(1) in sub-section (4), after the expression "as may be prescribed", the expression "and shall be accompanied by such fee not exceeding two hundred and; fifty rupees as may be prescribed" shall be inserted;
(2) in sub-section (5), for the expression "on payment of such fee as may be prescribed", the expression "on payment of such fee not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees as may be prescribed" shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 5.- In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), after the expression "as may he prescribed", the expression "and shall be accompanied by such fee not exceeding five thousand rupees as may be prescribed" shall be inserted.
5. Amendment of section 9.- In section 9 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the expression "within such period and in such manner", the expression "within such period and in such manner and accompanied by such fee not exceeding two thousand rupees" shall be substituted.