The Assam Local Authorities Grants(Charged) act, 1959
###### ASSAM LOCAL AUTHORITIES GRANTS (CHARGED)" f ACT. 1959*

(Assam Act No. XXIIl of 1959)

C ONTENTS

Preamble
Sect ion Section
J. Short title. ext ent and com- 3. Notificat ion of the Local Auth-
**mencement.** **orities.**

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2. Pa yment of grant s to Local 4. Exp enditure 10 be charged .
Authorities.

4.A . Power 10 make rul es.

2-A. Payme nt of local rate 10

Gao n or Anchalik Panchayat . 5. Repeal.

2.B . Creat ion of fund for giving
specia l gran ts. SCHEDULE

_(Ra eived the assent of the Governor on the stst July, 1959]_

An Act to authorise grants to the Local Authorities and to declare such

grants to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of the
State of Assam

Preamble, Whereas by virtue of Art. 266 (I) of th e Constitut ion of
India, a ll rev enues to the Government of Assam sha ll form th e Consoli-
da ted Fund of tbe Stale of Assam;

And whereas on such revenues forming the Con so lidated Fu nd of the

StateA uth oforities Assam it is am ount ing to such s expedient toharemake provision of the rece ipts as arelor grant collecteds to thc L in th eirocal .'"
respective juri sd ict ion for the pu rpose of carr ying out the du tie s and func-
ti ons enj oined upon th em by laws ;

And whereas it is expedient to declare such grants to the Local Au th-

orities to be expend iture charged on the Consolidated Fund of the Stat e of

**AS5sm ;**

###### It is hereby enacted in the Teuth Year of the Repub lic of India a s

follows :

1. Sbort title, extent and commmcement. (1) Th is Act may be called

the Assam Loca l Auth orities Grants (Charged) Act. 1959.

(2) It extend s to the wbole of the State of Assam .

(3) It sha n come into force witb effect from sucb date as may be not-

Hied in th e official G azett e by tbe State Government.

*Publ ished in th e Assam Gazette. dat ed th e 5th August. 1959.
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s .4-A] ASSAMLOCA L AUtHOR ITIES GRANTS (CHARGED) ACT, 1359 741

2. Payment of grants to Local Authorities. The State Government

shall grant to the Local Authorities notified under S. 3, such share of the

receipts as are collected in their respective jurisdiction from the sources
detailed in the Schedu le to the Act and credited to the Consolidated Fund
of the Slate of Assam,

2-A. Payment of local rnte to Gao~ or AnehaUk Panchayar. Notwith-

I standing anything in S, 2 the local rate collecte d trom rural areas shall be
##### r distr ibuted to the Gaon Panchayats as established under the Assam Pan-

chayat Act, 1959 (Assam Act No. XXIV of 1959) at twenty-five naye Paise

per capita of populations:

Provided that local rate co llected from any area where Gaon Pan-

###### , . chayat has not been established, sball be paid to the Anchal ik Panchayat

as established under the Assam Pancb ayat Act, 1959 at the same rate.

COMMENTS
_Section 2-A._ This section was inserted vide Assam Act No. XVII of

1964 publ ished in tbe Assam Gazelle, dated 5-8-1964, to have come into
force on 1-4-1964,

2-8 . Creation of fund for glviog special gUDtS. The excess of local

rates collected over the amount di sbursed to the Gaon or Ancb alik Pan-
chayat, as the case may be, under S. 2-A, if any, shall be credited to a fund
to be established for the purpose in the manner as prescribed under the
rules. Such fund sha ll be utilised for making up the deficit in collection

###### of local rate in any particular year, if necessary, and for giving special
grants to the Goon 0 Anchalik Panchayat or Mohkuma Par isbad, as the

case may be, whenever sufficient surplus accumulates in the fund, in tbe
manner as prescribed.

COMMENTS

_Section 2·B._ Thi s section was inserted vide Assam Act No. XVII of

1964 published in the Assam Gazelle, dated 5-8-1964, to have come into
force on 1-4-1964.

3. Notification of tbe Local ADthorltles. Tbe State Government shall,

from time to time as occasion may ari se, notify in the official Gazelle, the

names of the local authorities wbich shall receive grant under S. 2.

4. Expenditure to he cbarged. The expenditure relating to the grants

under Ss. 2. 2-A and 2-D shall be charge d upon the Consol idated Fund of
the State of Assam, in accordance with the provisions of Art . 202 (3) (f)
###### of the Constitution of India.

COMMENI'S

_Section 4._ In this section the words and figures "2-A and 2·8'. were

inserted by Assam Act XVII of 1964,

4·A. Power to make rules. (I ) The State Government may make
rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act.


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742 N ORm-EASlWl N IUm ON LOCAL A CTS I!i: RULE! IS. 5

(2) Every rul e made under this sectio n sha ll be lai d as soon as may be
after it is mad e before th e As sam l.egislative Assembly white it is in

session for a total pe riod of fourteen days which may be comprised in one

**session or in two** **successive** **ses sions ; and if, before** **the** **exp iry of the**
session in which it is so laid or the session immediat ely following, th e

Assam Leg islat ive Assembl y agr ee in mak ing any modifications in the rule

or the Assam Legislative Assembly ag ree tha t the rule should not be made,
th e rut e sha ll therea fter have effect only in such modified form or be of no
**effect. as the case may be, so however, that any such** **modification** **or**

ann ulment shall be wit hout prej udi ce to the validity of anyth ing previously
don e under tha t rule.

COMMENTS

_Section 4-A ._ This section was ins erted vide Assam Act XVII of 1964             -

publis bed in the Assam Gazette, dat ed 5-8-1964.

5, Rep eal. The Assam Local Authorit ies Compens ato ry G rant

(Cha rged) Act, 1 9~0 (Assam Act II of 1940) and tb e Assam Local Au th-
orities Compensat ory G rants (Charged) Act, 1953 (Assam Act XXXIV of
1953) are hereb y repealed .

SC HEDULE

_[Set Secti on 2]_

I. Local ra tes realised under tb e Assam Loca l Rates Regul at ion,

1979.

2. All receipts from the sales of ferr ies other rhan th e Pu bl ic Works
Department Ferries und er the Nor th India Ferr ies Act, 1878,

3. All judicial fines rea lised under tb e Assam Municipal Act, 1956

Panchayat Act, 1959 or ru les(Assam Act XV o f 1957) or by -laws made thereunmade tderhereund, er or under the Assam "


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