The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999
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GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

ORDRRS BY THE GOVERNOR

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

NOTIFICATION

The 20th December, 1999

No.LG L.37/99/5 :--The follo wing Ac t of the Assam Le gislative

Assem bly which received the assent o f the Governor is hereby published
for general information.


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112 THE ASSAM GAZETTE , EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 2, 2000

ASSAM ACT. No. XXIV OF 1999

(Received the assent of the G overnor on 15th December, 1999)

THE ASSAM LOKAYUKTA AND UPA-LOKAYUKTAS

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999.

AN

ACT

further to amend the Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act, 1985.

**Preamble** Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam

Asam Lokayukta and U pa-Lokayuktas Act, 1985, ^ct X*
here in af te r r ef erred to as the princi pal A ct, in the °
m an ner here-in- after a pp earing ;

It is here by en act ed in th e Fiftieth Y ear of th e

Rep ub lic o f India as follows

1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Lokayukta and

Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.
(3) It shall come into force at once.

**Amen d-** 2. In the principal Act, in section 3,—

**ment of**
**se ct io n** **3.** (i) in sub-section (1), in clause (b),

in the first paragraph, punctuation mark colon, appearing

at the end, shall be omitted and thereafter the following

shall be inserted, namely

"provided, however, that when the office of the Lokayukta

is vacant the Upa-L okayukta or Upa-L okayuktas shall be
appointed following the same procedure as provided at
clause (a) for appointment o f the Lokayukta." ;

(ii) in sub-section (3),—

(a) after the first paragraph, the following proviso shall

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"Provided tha t in the event of the office of the

Lokayukta falls vacant the duties of the offic e of the
Lokayukta shall be performed by the Up a-Lokayukta or
Upa-Lokayuktas untill the Lokayukta appointed under

section 3 enters upon his office ;

(b) in the existin g prov iso, after the word,

"Provided", the word "further" shall be inserted.

M. DEKA,

Secretary to the Govt, of Assam,

Legislative Department.

GUWAHATI - Printed & Published by the Dy. Director (P), Directorate of Ptg. &

Sty., Assam, Guwahati (Ex-Gazette) No. 47-500-400- 2-2-2000.


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