Validation.

ACT 15 OF 1958 THE TRAVANCORE-COCHIN PANCHAYATS (VALIDATION OF IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF RATES, TAXES,

CESSES AND FEES) ACT. 1958

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ACT

to valtdate the impos1tion and colleclwn of certain r<!tes, taxes, cesses and fees by Panchayats.

Preamble.-WAEREAS it is expedient to Ya!idate the ImpositiOn and collection of certam rates, taxes, cesses and fees by Panchayats under the Travancore-Cochm Panchayats Act. 1950,

BE it enacted in the Nmth Year of the Republic of India as follows.-

!. Short tttle and commencement-( l) Th1s Act may be called the Travancore-Cochm Panchayats (Vahdatwn of ImpositiOn and CollectiOn of Rates, Taxes, Cesses and Fees) Act, 1958.

1. (2) It shall come mto f01ce at once 2. Validation.-Notwithstandmg anythmg contamed in clause (c) of section 56 of the Travancore-Cochm Panchayats Act, 1950, or subrule (3) of rule 118 of the Travancore-Cochm Panchayat Rules, 1951. and notwithstandmg anythmg contamed !l1 any Judgement, decree or order of any court, the ImpositiOn and collection of all cesses, rates, taxes and fees by the Panchayats under sectiOn 56 of the said Panchayats Act on and from the Lith day of August 1951 and all orders made and all actwn taken by them m the exercise or purported exercise of the powers conferred by the said Panchayats Act and the rules ISSued theretmder m connectiOn w1th the ImpositiOn or collect.wn of such cess, rate, tax or fee are hereby declared to have been validly made, passed or taken, as the case may be. and such ImpositiOn, collectiOn, order or action shall not be called m qucstwn on the ground only that the previOus sanctwn of the Government was not obtamed or that the maxima of the rates of such cess, rate, tax or fee were not prescribed as reqmred uuder clause (c) of sectwn .56 or sub-rule (3) of J'Ule 118 aforesaid. • Provided that no action or omission on the p'l.rt of any person shall be pumshable a.q an offence whiCh would not have been so pumshable if this Act had not been passed Published In the gazette Extra ordinary dated 14th March 1958