Substitution of new section 298 for iectioQ8 298 to "298 (1) If, in the opinion of ihe Administrator,—
(a) the Council is not compentent to perform duties imposed upon it by or under this Regulation or any other law for the time being in force; or (,b) persistently makes default in the performance of such duties, or in complying with the lawful directions and orders issued by the Collector, the Director, the Administrator or any other authority empowered under any law for the time being in force to issue such direction or orders to the Council; or
(c) exceeds or abuses its powers; or
(d) a situation has arisen in which ihe administrator of the Council cannot be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation; or
(e) the fmanial position and the credit of the Council is seriously threatened, Dissolution of tht Council 12 __ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PARf II—SEC. 1] the Administrator may, by an order published together with a statement of reasons therefor, in the Official Gazette, dissolve the Council:
Provided that the Council shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before its dissolution.
(2) When the Council is dissolved by an Order under subsection (7),—
(a) all Councillors shall, on the date of dissolution, vacate their office as such Councillors and the persons referred to in sub-section (2) of section 9 shall cease to be represented in ihe Council;
(b) during the period of dissolution of the Council, all the powers and functions vesting in or exercisable by the Council, the President, the Vice-President, the various CommiUees, the Councillors and the Chief Officer under this Regulation or any other law, for the time being in force, shall vest in and be exercisable by such officer or authority as the Administrator may appoint in that behalf.
(c) all property vested in the Council shall, until it is reconstituted, vest in the Central Government.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 42, an election to constitute the Council shall be completed before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution.".
Omission of seclion 333.
39. Section 333 of the principal Regulaiton shall be omitted.
Amendment of section
334.
40. In section 334 of the principal Regulation—
(i) after the words "of this Act", the words, brackets and figures "or the Daman and Diu Municipalities (Amendment) Regulation, 1994" shall be inserted; and
(n) in the proviso, the words "or from the date of commencement •of the said Regulation" shall be added at the end.
OmisMon of Schedule I.
41. Schedule I io the principal Regulation shall be omitted.
SHANKER DAYAL SHARMA, President.
K. L. MOHANPURIA, Secy, to the Govt, of Tndia.
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