section 45
Rights and privileges of individual councillors and President
The Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964Chapter II CONSTITUTION OF 1[MUNICIPAL AREAS]1
Rights and privileges of individual councillors and President. (3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Deputy Commissioner under sub-section (2) may, within a period of thirty days from the date of such decision, appeal to the Government if the person affected by the order was a councillor of a city municipal council and to the Director of Municipal Administration if such person was a councillor of a town municipal council and the orders passed by the Government or the Director of Municipal Administration on such appeal shall be final: Provided that no order shall be passed under sub-sections (2) and (3) against any councillor without giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (1) Any councillor may call the attention of the proper authority to any neglect in the execution of municipal work, to any waste of municipal property or the wants of any locality, and may suggest any improvements which he considers desirable. (2) Every councillor shall have the right to interpellate and to move resolutions on matters connected with the municipal administration, subject to such rules as may be prescribed. (2A) Every councillor shall be furnished with copies of the proceedings of the meetings by the Director of Municipal Administration or the Chief Officer along with the notice of the next meeting. (3) Every councillor shall have access to the records of the municipal council after giving due notice to the chief officer or the municipal commissioner, as the case may be, provided that the chief officer or the municipal commissioner may for reasons given in writing forbid such access. The councillor may appeal from the order of the chief officer or the municipal commissioner to the president whose decision shall be final. (4) The president shall have full access to all the records of the municipal council and the chief officer or the municipal commissioner shall comply without unreasonable delay with any requisition of the president for any information appertaining to the municipal administration. The President may also call for any record of the Municipal Council from the Director of Municipal Administration, the Chief Officer or any other officer, but any record so made available shall be returned within one month.
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