The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 1962

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 1962.
2. (2) It shall come into force at once.

Each of the laws specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be deemed always to have been amended with effect on and from the 25th January 1962 in the manner, and to the extent, specified against it in the third column thereof.

1. (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of any councillor or member elected, selected, appointed or nominated to fill any seat reserved for women and for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes to continue as a councillor or member of a local authority during the term of the office for which he was duly elected, selected, appointed or nominated before this Act comes into force.
2. (2) Any action taken or any thing done before the commencement of this Act, which but for provisions of this Act, would have been invalid, shall be valid as if the provisions of this Act had been in force when such action was taken or thing done.

The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 is hereby repealed and the provisions of sections 7 and 25 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply to such repeal as if that Ordinance were an enactment.

Serial Number | Short title | Extent of amendment 1 | 2 | 3 1. (i) Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901 (Bom. III of 1901); and (ii) that Act as in force in the Saurashtra area of the State of Gujarat by virtue of the State of Saurashtra (Application of Central and Bombay Acts) Ordinance, 1918 (Sau. Ord. XXV of 1948). | In sub-section (1) of section 11, in clause (d), for the words "twelve years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted. 2. Bombay Local Boards Act, 1923 (Bom. VI of 1923). | In section 6A as also in the marginal note to that section, for the words "twelve years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted. 3. (i) Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 (Bom. XVIII of 1925); and (ii) that Act as in force in the Saurashtra area of the State of Gujarat by virtue of the State of Saurashtra (Application of Central and Bombay Acts) Ordinance, 1948 (Sau. Ord. XXV of 1948). | In sub-section (1) of section 10, in clause (d), for the words "twelve years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted. 4. Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 (Bom. XVIII of 1925) as in force in the Kutch area of the State of Gujarat by virtue of the Part C States Laws Act, 1950 (XXX of 1950). | In sub-section (1A) of section 10, for the words "twelve years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted. 5. Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949). | In section 5, in the second proviso, for the portion beginning with the words "for the purpose" and ending with the words "so held", the following shall be substituted, namely:— "for the purpose of any general election held before the expiration of the period for the time being specified in article 334 of the Constitution of India, and for by-elections (if any) before the next general election after the expiration of such period, so held." 6. Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 (Bom. III of 1959). | In sub-section (2) of section 10, for the words "twelve years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted.