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The Municipal Corporation Acts (Amendment) Act, 1989
The Municipal Corporation Acts (Amendment) Act, 1989, updates municipal governance laws across major urban areas in Andhra Pradesh. Specifically, this legislation modifies the governing acts for the municipal corporations of Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, and Vijayawada. For Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, the Act removes several previous legal exemptions, ensuring that previously excluded chapters and sections regarding municipal administration, taxation, and specialized powers now fully apply to these growing cities. Meanwhile, it makes a minor textual update to the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act. This matters because it streamlines and expands urban regulatory oversight and municipal enforcement powers.
- 1. This Act may be called the Municipal Corporation Acts (Amendment) Act, 1989.
- 2. In the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955,—
- 3. In the Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Act, 1979, in section 7, in sub-section (1), the expression "except Chapter V, sections 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 387 in Chapter XI and Chapter XIII thereof" shall be omitted.
- 4. In the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Act, 1981, in section 7, in sub-section (1), the expression "except Chapter V, sections 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385 and 387 in Chapter XI and Chapter XIII thereof" shall be omitted.
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