REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 10] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1983/CHAITRA 10, 1905 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 31st March, 1983/Chaitra 10, 1905 (Saha) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 31st March, 1983, and is hereby published for general information:— THE DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 No. 8 OF 1983 [31st March, 1983.] An Act further to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1983.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of January, 1983.
2. In the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1967 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 5, the following section shall be inserted, namely: — "5A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 or section 5, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2000 have been published, it shall not be necessary, Short title and commencement. Insertion of new section
5A. Special provision as to delimitation, etc. 66 of 1957.
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(a) to alter the number of councillors and the number of councillors to be reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes as determined under section 3 on the basis of the population of Delhi as ascertained at the 1971 census, or
(b) to alter the, number of wards, or the extent of any ward, as determined under section 5 on the basis of the population of Delhi as ascertained at the 1971 census, and for this purpose, the reference in sub-section (6) of section 3 to each census and the references to population in that sub-section and in sub-section (1) of section 5 shall be construed, respectively, as references to the 1971 census and to the population as ascertained at the 1971 census.".
3. (2) The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983, is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act. R. V. S. PERI SASTRI, Secy, to the Govt. 6j India. 2 of 1983. Repeal and saving. CORRIGENDA In the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982 (66 of 1982), as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, dated 8th November, 1982: —
(i) at page 1, in line 8, for "WHEREAS" read "WHEREAS";
(ii) at page 1, in the marginal heading to section 1, for "Short title extent," read "Short title, extent,";
(yi) at page 3, in the marginal heading to section 4, for "on damage to," read "or damage to,". PMNTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1983