Preamble

GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT The Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act, 1986 (GUJARAT ACT NO. 23 OF 1986) (As modified upto the 31 st January, 2025.) Printed In India By The Manager, Government Press, Bhavnagar. Published By The Directorate Of Government Printing & Stationery, Gandhinagar, Gujarat State

V-1009 GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT The Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act, 1986 (GUJARAT ACT NO. 23 OF 1986) (As modified upto the 31 st January, 2025.) Printed In India By The Manager, Government Press, Bhavnagar. Published By The Directorate Of Government Printing & Stationery, Gandhinagar, Gujarat State

THE GUJARAT PROVISION FOR DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR DEFECTION ACT, 1986. _____________ CONTENTS. PREAMBLE.Page No. Sections. 1.Short title and commencement.1 2.Definitions.1 3.Disqualification on ground of defection.1 4.Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of split. 5.Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of merger. 6.Decision on question as to disqualification on ground of defection. 7.Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts.3 8. Rules.4 9.Amendment of section 10 of Bom. LIX of 1949.4 10.Amendment of section 23 of Guj. 6 of 1962.5 11.Amendment of section 11 of Guj. 34 of 1964.5

_____________ 1986 : Guj. 23]

GUJARAT ACT NO. 23 OF 1986. * [THE GUJARAT PROVISION FOR DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR DEFECTION ACT, 1986] [11 th September, 1986.] Amended by guj. 15 OF 2016. An Act to provide for disqualification of members of certain local authorities on ground of defection and for matters connected therewith. It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act, 1986.

1. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint.