(1) The enactments specified in Schedule I and any existing law relating to a village office in force in any area of the 1[State of Karnataka]1 so far as they apply to village offices or to emolument attached to such offices are hereby repealed.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
1[x x x]1
(3) Nothing in sub-sections (1) 1[x x x]1 shall be deemed to affect—
1. Omitted by Act 22 of 2000 w.e.f. 29.11.2000.
(a) any obligation or liability already incurred by the holder of a village office or other person before the appointed date;
(b) any proceeding or remedy in respect of such obligation or liability and any such proceeding may be continued or any such remedy may be enforced as if this Act had not been passed.
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SCHEDULE I Section 12(1) Year No. Short title Extenent of repeal 1908 IV The 1[Karnataka]1 Village Offices Act, 1908. The whole 1895 III The Madras Hereditary Village Offices Act, 1895. Do 1874 III The Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874. Do 1886 V The Bombay Hereditary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1886. Do 1894 II The Madras Proprietory Estates village Service Act, 1894. Do 1802 Do XX I XThe Madras Karnams Regulation, 1802.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
1[SCHEDULE II x x x ]1
1. Omitted by Act 22 of 2000 w.e.f. 29.11.2000.
NOTIFICATION Bangalore dated 9th January 1968, [No.RD 827 GVO 62] (Pushya 19, Saka Era 1884).
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1of the Mysore Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961 (Mysore Act 14 of 1961), the Government of Mysore hereby appoints the First day of February 1963 as the date on which the said Act shall come into force.
By Order and in the name f the Governor of Karnataka, (P.
NAGESHA RAO) Under Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.
(Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-2C (ii) dated 17th January, 1963.)
* * * * 13 KARNATAKA ACT NO.23 OF 2025 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 4th day of April, 2025) THE KARNATAKA VILLAGE OFFICES ABOLITION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 3rd day of April, 2025) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1961) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Seventy sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition (Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 10.- In the the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1961), in section 10, for the words and figures “sections 193, 219 and 229 of the Indian Penal Code” the words, brackets and figures “sections 229, 257 and 268 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (Central Act 45 of 2023)” shall be substituted.
By Order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka, G. SRIDHAR Secretary to Government Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation