Amendment of section 16 of III of 1888

In section 16 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in sub-section

1. (1) , after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(h)has failed to submit to the Corporation a certificate of Assistant Commissioner, certifying that,—
   • (i) he resides in a house owned by him and has a toilet in such house and he regularly uses such toilet;or
   • (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 Assistant Commissioner 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 Assistant Commissioner shall issue such certificate accordingly.”.