Chapter III Chapter III

AMENDMENT TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, NAGAR PANCHAYATS AND INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1965

In section 10 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (j), the following clause shall be added, namely:— “(k)he has failed to submit to the Corporation a certificate of the Ward Officer of the concerned corporation, certifying that,—

1. (i) resides in a house owned by him and has a toilet in such house and he regularly uses such toilet;or
2. (ii) he resides in a house not owned by him and has a toilet in such house and he regularly uses it or he has no such toilet but regularly uses the community or public toilet: Provided that, no Councillor on the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,Nagar Panchayatsand Industrial Townships (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2015, shall be disqualified under this

clause, if he submits such certificate, within a period of one hundred

eighty days from the date of such commencement: Provided further that, if the Ward Officer fails to take the decision in respect of such application within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the application; the application shall be deemed to have been granted and the Ward Officer shall issue such certificate accordingly.”.