Bare Act
The Mizoram Municipality Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act, 2011
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This Act regulates political defection among municipal councillors and local board members in Mizoram, India. It applies directly to all elected representatives serving in the state's municipal councils and town municipal boards. Under this legislation, councillors face immediate disqualification from office if they voluntarily resign from their political party, vote against their party's specific directives, or if independent councillors join a political party after a six-month grace period. This matters because the law prevents opportunistic political switching, maintains local government stability, and ensures that elected leaders remain accountable to their parties and the voters who elected them.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Disqualification on the ground of defection
- 4. Decision on the question as to disqualification on the ground of defection
- 5. Who shall decide the question within 30 (thirty) days after the receipt by him of the reference and his decision shall be final.
- 6. Power of State Government to make rules
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