The Assam Local Authorities Grants (Charged) Act, 1959
The 1st August 1559

**No.LJL .20/59. —Th e following Act of the Assa m Legislative Assembly**

which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general
information.

**(R ec eive d th e assent o f th e Gov erno r on th e 31 st Ju ly 1959)**

# ASSAM ACT No. XX III OF 1959

TH E ASSAM LOCAL AUTH ORI TIES GRANTS (CH ARGED)

AC T, 1959

(As Passed by the Assembly)

[Published in the _Assam Gazette, dated the 5th August 1959]_

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_Act_

_to authorise grants to the Local Authorities and to declare such grants to be expenditure_

_charged on the Consolidated Fu nd o f the State o f A ssam._

**P ream ble .— Whereas by virtue of Article 266(1) of the Constitution of**

India , all revenues to the Government of Assam shall form the Consolidated
Fund of the State of Assam ;

And whereas on such revenues forming the Consolidated Fund of ca r

State of Assam it is expedient to make provision for grants to the Local
Authorities amounting to such share of the receipts as are collected in their
respective jurisdiction for the purpose of carrying out the duties and func­
tions enjoined upon them by laws ;


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And whereas it is expedient to declare such grants to the Local Authori­

ties to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State
of Assam ;

It is hereby enacted in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1. **Short title, extent and comm enceme nt.-—** (1) This Act may be

called the Assam Local Authorities Grants (Charged) Act, 1959.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam.

(3) It shall come into force with effect from such date as may be

notified in the official gazette by the State Government,

2. **Pa ym ent of grants to Local Autho ritie s.—** The State Govern­

ment shall grant to the Local Authorities notified under section 3, such share
of the receipts as are collected in their respective jurisdiction from the
sources detailed in the Schedule to the Act and credited to the Consolidated
Fund of the State of Assam.

3. **No tification of the Local Authoritie s.—The State Government**

shall, from time to time, as occasion may arise, notify in the official
Gazette, the names of the local authorities which shall receive grant

under section 2.

4. **Expenditure to be charged.—The exp enditure relating to the**

grants under section 2 shall be charged upon the Consolidated Fund
of the State of Assam, in accordance with the provisions of Article

202 (3) ( /) of the Constitution of India.

5. **Repeal.—The Assam Local Authorities** Compensatory Grants

(Charged) Act, 1940 (Assam Act II of 1940.) and the Assam Local

Authorities Compensatory Grants (Charged) Act, 1953 (Assam Act XXXIV
of 1953) are hereby repealed.

SCHEDU LE

_{See section 2)_

**1.** Local rates realised under the Assam Local Rates Regulation, 1879.

2. All receipts from the sale of ferries other than the Public Works

De partm ent ferries under the N orthern India Ferries Act, 1878.

3. All ju dicial fines realised under the Assam Municipal Act, 1956

(Assam Act XV of 1957) or bye-laws made thereunder or under the Assam
Panchayat Act, 1959 or rules made thereunder.

B. C. BARUA,

Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Law De ptt.


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