The Odisha Local Authorities Extension of Office Act, 1942
The Odisha Local Authorities Extension of Office Act, 1942
The Odisha Local Authorities Extension of Office Act, 1942, regulated the terms of local government officials in the Indian province of Odisha during the Second World War. It enabled the provincial government to extend the terms of local authorities, including municipal commissioners, district board members, and village panchayat officials, without holding scheduled elections. This emergency law applied to all local governing bodies in the region. It mattered because it ensured administrative stability and continuity during wartime hardships, preventing political disruption and resource drain at the municipal and district levels by postponing local elections until six months after the war ended.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title commencement and duration
- 2. Temporary amendments of certain Acts : During the continuance of this Act
- 3. District Board holding office at the time of commencement of the Orissa Local Authorities Extension of OfficeAct, 194:2, for such period as that Government may deem ût.
- 4. Definition of the date of termination of the present hostilities :
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