Repeal

Repeal The Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (No. 2 of 2019) is hereby repealed.

1. Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2. (2) It extends to the whole State of Chhattisgarh.
3. (3) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Amendment of Section In Section 133-A of the principal Act,-
   • (a) In sub-section (1), for the punctuation full-stop ".", the punctuation colon ":" shall be substituted; and
   • (b) After sub-section (1), the following shall be added, namely:- " Provided that the State Government may, from time to time, by Notification in the Official Gazette, exempt the transfer of some or all immovable properties, partly or fully, temporarily or permanently, from the provision contained in this sub-section, subject to such conditions as it may specify in the Notification." 3. Amendment of Section 293 In sub-clause
   • (b) of Clause
     • (iv) of sub-section
4. (1) of Section 293 of the Principal Act, -
   • (a) For the words "one year", the words "two years" shall be substituted; and
   • (b) For the words "the expiry of' shall be omitted. 4. Amendment of Section 300 In the title and content of Section 300, for the words "one year", wherever they occur, the words "two years" shall be substituted; and
     • (ii) In Section 300, for the words "two years", the words "four years" shall be substituted. 5. Amendment of Section
5. (3) Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary contained in this Section, the State Government may, after obtaining approval of the Council of Ministers, in larger public interest, for reasons to be recorded in writing, on the recommendation of the Corporation, exempt, in part or whole, the fees for compounding of offences under this Section, in any particular case: Explanation - 1 : For the purpose of this Section, the term 'Larger public interest' is restricted to the following :-
   • (a) Institutes or organizations active in the field of education including training for skills-development for promotion of livelihood of the underprivileged, for at least five preceding years, and which receive grants from the University Grants commission and/or the Central or State Governments;
   • (b) Hospitals and healthcare centres which are recognized by the central or State Government, and primarily render charitable services to the poor and underprivileged;
   • (c) Religious and charitable organizations active in the field of social service, provided their offences under this Section relate to construction of buildings other than residential or commercial;
   • (d) Institutions, duly recognized by the central and/or State Governments, that run orphanages, facilities for physically or mentally challenged persons, destitute homes for women or senior citizens, and have been active for a period of preceding five years or more. Explanation - 2: The above provision shall also apply in any of such cases as may be pending on the date this provision comes into force.