Bare Act
Municipal Finance Board Act, Gujarat Year 1979
This Act establishes the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board to oversee the financial administration of local authorities in Gujarat, including municipal corporations and municipalities. It provides the legal framework for creating this corporate body, which is empowered to acquire property and manage funds. The legislation outlines the Board's structure, specifying the appointment of a Chairman and members, including government officers and finance experts, while setting rules for their terms of office, allowances, and disqualifications. By formalizing these financial governance structures, the Act aims to ensure efficient and transparent management of municipal resources and administration across the state.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Establishment of Board.
- 4. Constitution of Board.
- 5. Disqualifications for membership.
- 6. Term of office and conditions of service of members.
- 7. Cessation of membership.
- 8. Vacancies how to be filled.
- 9. Absence of Chairman.
- 10. Acts not to be invalidated by vacancy, in formality etc.
- 11. Meetings of Board.
- 12. Committees of the Board.
- 13. Officers and servants of the Board.
- 14. Duties and functions of the Board
- 15. Powers of the Board.
- 16. Execution of contract by Board.
- 17. Boards Fund.
- 18. Grants and subventions of the Board.
- 19. Loans to the Board.
- 20. Power to borrow.
- 21. Accounts and audit.
- 22. Reports
- 23. Government to give directions to the Board
- 24. Duty of local authorities to assist
- 25. Dissolution or supersession of the Board in certain circumstances
- 26. Protection of action taken under this Act
- 27. Members, officers a servants a the Board to be public servants
- 28. Power to make rules
- 29. Regulations
- 30. Amendment enactments relating to local authorities.
- Schedule. SCHEDULE
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