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section 11

Municipality and Municipal Councillors

Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007
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  1. (1) The municipality shall consist of such number of elected Councillors as the untcipallty there are wards within the municipal area as determined in accordance with the ons tu i o provisions of any law relating to municipal election in the State. unicipaiity.
  2. (2) The Municipality shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may, by the name of the Municipality of the city / town or the Nagar Panchayats, as the case may be, by reference to which the Municipality is known, sue and be sued.
  3. (3) All executive actions of the Empowered Standing Committee shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Municipality.
  4. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Municipality shall have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of properties. 12. (1) The Councillors elected in a general election or a by- election of a Constitut § municipality in accordance with the provisions of any law relating to municipal pyipies iu i o elections in the State, shall constitute the Municipality. unicipaiity
  5. (2) The Municipality shall, unless dissolved earlier, continue for a period of five years from the date of its first meeting after the general election, and
  6. (3) No longer an election to constitute a Municipality shall be completed, as the case may be;
    • (a) before the expiry of the period specified in subsection (2), or
    • (b) before the expiry of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution: Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Municipality would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold an election for constituting the Municipality for such period.
  7. (4) The Municipality constituted upon its dissolution before the expiry of the period specified in subsection (2) shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Municipality would have continued under sub- section (2) had it not been so dissolved.
  8. (5) In a municipal area newly constituted, the local authority having jurisdiction over such area immediately before such area was constituted a municipal area, shall continue to have jurisdiction and to perform its functions till such time , not exceeding six months from the date of the notification under section 6, as may be necessary for holding elections.
  9. (6) If, for any reason, it is not possible to hold the general election of a Municipality before the expiry of the period of five years specified in subsection (2), the Municipality shall stand dissolved on the expiry of the said period, and all the powers and functions vested in the municipal authorities under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force shall be exercised or performed, as the case may be, by such person or persons to be designated as

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