(1) The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and elected Commissioners of a Municipal Board or a Town Committee shall receive such remunerations as max be determined by the Board at a meeting, depending on the resources of the respective Municipal Board and the Town Committee out of the Municipal Fund consctuied under section 58 of this Act subject to the provisions of sub-section (3):
Provided that the remuneration so determined by the Board shall not exceed rupees ten thousand in case of Chairman, rupees seven thousand in case of Vice-Chairman and rupees five thousand in case of elected Com m’ssi oners of a Municipal Board or a Town Committee and the remuneration so determined shall not be paid to the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the elected Commissioners without the prior approval of the Government.
(2) The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Municipal Board or the Town Committee shall not be entitled for any other kind of pecuniary benefit out of the Municipal Fund, except the Travelling Allowance and the Daily Allowance subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) for the purpose of visiting the sub-divisional and District Head Quarters and the State Capital for official duties at the scale as may be fixed for a Senior Grade officer of the State Government from time to time :
Assam Act XV of 1957 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 25, 2011 1279 Act Substitution 6.
of section 43-A Amendment 7.
of section 50
Provided that except the Chairman and Vice-Chairman no other elected Commissioner of a Municipal Board or Town Committee shall be entitled to receive the facilities of Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and
(2),any amount of money sanctioned by the State Government as grants-in-aid which is credited to the Municipal Fund under section 58 and any other sum sanctioned by the Central Government for implementation of any scheme, shall not be spent for the purpose of giving remuneration. Travelling Allowance to the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other elected Commissioners, as the case may be.” V In the principal Act, for section 43-A, the following shall be substituted, namely :- “43-A. Annual Budget.- A Municipal Board or a Town Committee shall pass their Annual Budget estimates as per the format as may be prescribed, for the next financial year, before the last day of February of the preceding financial year, in the Board at a meeting and submit the same to the Director for his approval, which shall be approved by the Director before the 31st day of March of the preceding financial year. If any Municipal Board or Town Committee fails to submit the Annual Budget estimates duly passed by the Board in a meeting, to the Director within 31st day of March of the preceding financial year, shall have no claim for getting any grants-in-aid from the State Government during the next financial year. Before the end of the month of April every year, the Director shall submit to the Government a list of defaulting Municipal Boards and Town Committees who have not submitted the Annual Budget estimate within the time as stipulated in this section.” In the principal Act, in section 50,-
(i) in sub-section (1), in between the word “establishment” and punctuation mark the words “subject to the staffing pattern as may be determined by the Government from time to time” shall be inserted ;
(ii) in sub-section (1), in the first proviso, the words “if the monthly salary of the office does not carry more than fifty rupees or a salary raising by periodical increments to more than fifty rupees” shall be deleted ;
(iii) in sub-section (1), in the second proviso, in between the words “officer” and “whose”, the words “or employees” shall be inserted.
Substitution of section 53