Registered No.A—12.
I he Assam Gazette ^7^4*14'TO EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.43. Shillong, Wednesday, August 5,1964, 14th Sravana, 1886 S.E.
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LAW DEPARTMENT NO TIF ICAT ION The 4t h August 1964 No.LJL .15/64/5 .—Th e following Act of the Assam Legis lative Assembly which received the assent of the G overnor is hereby pub lish ed for gene ral information.
Short title, extent and commence* (R ec eive d th e as se nt o f th e Go ver nor on th e 3rd Aug us t 1964) ASSAM AC T XV II OF 1964 TH E ASSAM LOCA L AUTH ORI TI ES GR AN TS (CH ARGED) (AM ENDM ENT) ACT, 1964 [Pu blishe d in the Assam Gazette E xtraor din ary , dated the 5th August 1964] An Act to amend the Assam Local Authori ties Grants (Charged) Act, 1959 Preamble Whereas it is exp edient t o ame nd the Assam Loca l Assam Act Author ities Gian ts (Ch arge d) Act, 1959, her einafte r No ,XX III called the prin cipal Act , in the manne r her einafter o f 9 9 ‘ appearing ;
I t is hereby ena cted in the Fifteen th Yea r o f the Repub lic of Ind ia as follows :—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Local Authorit ies Grant s (Ch arged) (Am endment) Act , 1964.
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(2) I t shall hav e the like extent as the pri nc i pa l Ac t.
(3) I t shall be deem ed to have come into force on the 1st day of Apri l, 1964.
c ,-S Incorp ora - 2. Afte r section 2 o f the p rincip al Act, the following tion o f sec- shall be inserted as sections 2A and 2B, namely :— tio ns 2A an d 2B in Assam Act N o.X X II I of I959.
“ Payment of local rate to GaOn or An chalik Pan chayat.
2A. No twithstanding anything in section 2, the Assam Act local ra te collec ted from rur al area s shall be No.XXIV dis trib uted to the G aon Panchayarts as eSta- o f I9 a 9- blished under the Assam Panchayat A ct, 1959 at twenty-five naye paise ps i capita o f popu lation :
Provide d that loca l ra te collected from any area Assam Act where Gaon Pan cha yat has no t been estab lished, shall No .XXI V o f be paid to the Ancha lik Panch aya t as established under 1959.
the Assam Panchayat Ac t, 1959 at the same r ate .
Creati on 2B. Th e excess of loca l rates collec ted over the of Fu nd for amount disbursed to the Gaon or Anchalik Panch aciat gra nts !” a s t î e c a s e m a Y ^e, under section 2A, if any , shall be credited to a fund to be established for the purp ose in the manner as pres cribed under the rules . Such fund shal l be utilised for making up the deficit in collection of local rate in any pa rt i cular year , if necessary, and for g iving special grants to the Gaon o r Anchalik Pan cha yat or Mo hkuma Parishad, as the case may b e, whenever sufficient surplus accum ulates in the fu nd, in the m ann er as p rescrib ed.” Amend- 3. In section 4 of the p rincip al Act , for the word and tae nt of sec-g g U r e “ se ct io n 2 ” occurring betw een the words Aŝ tm 4 Act “ un de r” and “ sha ll” , the word, figure and le tte r No.X X III “ sections 2, 2A and 2B” shall be subst itu ted , of 1959.
Incorpo - 4. Afte r section 4 of the princ ipa l Act , thd tFon4A* ^"fo llo wi ng shall be inse rted as section 4A, na mely:— Assam Act N 0. X X II I of 1959, “ Power 4A. (l ) Th e State Governme nt may make rules tule? ak C c a r i y*n g o u t the pu rposes o f the Act.
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(2) Every rule mad e under the section shall be laid as soon as may be afte r it is m ade , before th e Assam Legislative Assembly while it is in session foi' a tot al per iod of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions ; and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session imm ediate ly following, the Assam Legis lative Assem bly agre e in mak ing any modifications in the rule or th e Assam Legislative Assembly agree that the rule should not be ma de, the rule shall the reafter have effect only in such m odified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however , th at any such modification or ann ulm ent shall be witho ut prejudice to the vali dity of anyth ing previously done under th at ru le .” B. SARMAH, Secy, to th e Govt, of Assam, Law De pth < H I LEONG.—Prin ted and published by the Superintendent, Assam Government Press (Ex-Gazette) 85—1257—-5-8-64