Punjab act 015 of 2017 : The Punjab Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2017. (Punjab Act No. 14 of 2017)

27 Jul 2017
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  • Department of Local Government

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JULY 27, 2017 201

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PART I

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS,

PUNJAB

-NOTIFICATION The 27th July, 2017 No.19-Leg./2017.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 17th day of July, 2017, is hereby published for general information:-

THE PUNJAB MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2017.

(Punjab Act No. 15 of 2017)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, | 976.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Sixty-

eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

I. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Municipal Corporation Sho rt title and

commencement.

(Amendment) Act, 2017.

(2) 'It shall come into force on a nd with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Punjab Municipal Corpor ation Act, 1976, in section 6, for sub - Amendment in

section 6 of

sections (2) and (3), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:- Punjab Act 42 o f

"(2) One-half of the total num ber of seats reserved under c lause 1976.

(a), shall be reserved for women belo nging to the Sched

a seat shall not be treate d as a seat for

uled Castes:

Provided that a fraction of the purpose of reservation. ed for women

(3) One half (including the number of seats reserv of seats to be

duled Castes) of the to tal number

belonging to the Sche || be reserved for women and sucl

filled by direct election sha be allotted by rotation to different wards in the City:

1 seats may

1

e g i n e

"

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Provided that a fraction of a seat shall not be treated as a seat for the Purpose of reservation."

VIVEK PURI,

Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs, 1303/07-2017/Pb. Govt Press, S.A.S. Nagar

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