The Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections) Act, 1991

The Odisha Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BYAUTHORITY No. Date : 4th June 1991

*THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS) ACT, 1991

ORISSA ACT 15 OF 1991

This Act may be called the Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections) Act 1991.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Municipal Act" means the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950; (b) "Municipal Council" means a Municipal Council constituted under the Municipal Act and includes a Notified Area Council constituted thereunder; (c) Words and expressions used herein and not defined in this Act but defined in the Municipal Act shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Municipal Act.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Municipal Act, the Balugaon Notified Area Council (Extension of Term of Office and Validation) Act, 1990, the Orissa Municipal Councils (Reduction of Term of Office) Act, 1990, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Council (Postponement of Election and Validation) Act, 1990 or any other Act or in any rules or orders or notifications made or issue under the Municipal Act,- (a) all proceedings or actions taken in furtherance of holding general elections for the constitution or reconstitution, as the case may be, of the Municipal Council specified in the Schedule are hereby cancelled; (b) the general elections for the constitution or reconstitution, as the case may be, of the said Municipal Councils shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act and the rules made thereunder on such date, not being later than the 30th June, 1993, except in the case of the Sonepur Municipal Council and the Binika Notified Area Council in which case such election being held not later than the 30th June, 1993 as the State Government may, by notification, direct, and the Municipal Councils so reconstituted shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been constituted under and be governed by, the provisions of the Municipal Act; (c) all actions taken, things done or order passed by the Special Officer, appointed under sub-section (1) of section 423 of the Municipal Act in relation to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Council during the period commencing on the 1st January, 1991 till the date of commencement of this Act, under the belief or purported belief that the election to the said Municipal Councils was validly postponed shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly taken, done or made, as the case may be, and no such action, thing or order shall be called in question in any court of law or otherwise open to challenge merely on the ground that the election to the said Municipal Council was not validly postponed; and (d) the omission on the part of the Special Officer referred to in clause (c) for not holding the election to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Council within the required time shall not be called in question in any Court of Law or otherwise open to challenge merely on the ground that the Special Officer did not act in accordance with the law.

1 Banki NotifiedArea Council 2 Pattamundai NotifiedArea Council 3 Puri Municipal Council 4 Khandapara NotifiedArea Council 5 Jaleswar NotifiedArea Council 6 Bhadrak Municipal Council 7 Nilagiri NotifiedArea Council 8 Brajarajnagar Municipal Council 9 Barpalli NotifiedArea Council 10 Barbil Municipal Council 11 Joda NotifiedArea Council 12 Bolangir Municipal Council 13 Patnagarh NotifiedArea Council 14 Rourkela Municipal Council 15 Chatrapur NotifiedArea Council 16 Kabisuryanagar NotifiedArea Council 17Aska NotifiedArea Council 18 Ganjam NotifiedArea Council 19 Jeypore Municipal Council 20 Gunupur NotifiedArea Council 21 Baripada Municipal Council 22 Bhubaneswar Municipal Council 23 Balugaon NotifiedArea Council 24 Jaipur Municipal Council 25 Kendrapara Municipal Council 26 Jagatsingpur NotifiedArea Council 27 Jaipur Road NotifiedArea Council 28Athagarh NotifiedArea Council 29 Nayagarh NotifiedArea Council 30 Khurda NotifiedArea Council 31 Jatani NotifiedArea Council 32 Pipli NotifiedArea Council 33 Banapur NotifiedArea Council 34 Nimapara NotifiedArea Council 35 Basudebpur NotifiedArea Council 36 Soro NotifiedArea Council 37 Rairangpur NotifiedArea Council 38 Udala NotifiedArea Council 39 Karanjia NotifiedArea Council 40 Jharsuguda Municipal Council 41 Bargarh Municipal Council 42 Deogath Municipal Council 43 Padampur NotifiedArea Council 44 Kuchinda NotifiedArea Council 45 Talcher Municipal Council 46Angul NotifiedArea Council 47 Bhuban NotifiedArea Council 48 Sonepur Municipal Council 49 Titilagarh NotifiedArea Council 50 Kantabanji NotifiedArea Council 51 Tarava NotifiedArea Council 52 Binika NotifiedArea Council 53 Rajgangpur Municipal Council 54 Sorada NotifiedArea Council 55 Rambha NotifiedArea Council 56 Gopalpur NotifiedArea Council 57 Hinjilicut NotifiedArea Council 58 Kashinagar NotifiedArea Council 59 Polsara NotifiedArea Council 60 Khallikote NotifiedArea Council 61 Buguda NotifiedArea Council 62 Chikiti NotifiedArea Council 63 Purusottampur NotifiedArea Council 64 Digapahandi NotifiedArea Council 65 Nowrangpur Municipal Council 66 Rayagada Municipal Council 67 Kotpad NotifiedArea Council 68 Umerkote NotifiedArea Council 69 Gudari NotifiedArea Council 70 Khariar NotifiedArea Council 71 Kbariar Road NotifiedArea Council 72 Junagarh NotifiedArea Council 73 Kesinga NotifiedArea Council 74 Phulbani NotifiedArea Council 75 Balasore Municipal Council 76 Sambalput Municipal Council 77 Keonjhar Municipal Council 78 Dhenkanal Municipal Council 79 Sundargarh Municipal Council 80 Berhampur Municipal Council 81 Bhawanipatna Municipal Council 82 Konark NotifiedArea Council 83 Kodala NotifiedArea Council 84 Kamakshyanagar NotifiedArea Council 85 Malkangiri NotifiedArea Council 86 G. Udayagiri NotifiedArea Council 87 Boudhgarh NotifiedArea Council 88 Koraput NotifiedArea Council 89 Biramitrapur Municipal Council 90 Paralakhemundi Municipal Council 91 Bellaguntha NotifiedArea Council 92 Bhanjanagar NotifiedArea Council 93 Chaudwar Municipal Council 94Anandapur NotifiedArea Council 95 Hirakud NotifiedArea Council 96 Cuttack Municipal Council ORISSA ACT 1 OF 1992 *THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT, 1991 [Received the assent of the Governor on the 21st January 1992 first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette dated, the 21st January 1992] ANACT TOAMEND THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION)ACT 1991. BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Forty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title and commencement. 1. (1)ThisAct may be called the Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections)AmendmentAct, 1991. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd day of November, 1991. Amendment of section 3 2. In the Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections) Act, 1991 [Orissa Act 15 of 1991] (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (b) of section 3, for the figures, letters and word "31st December, 1991", the figures, letters and word "29th February, 1992" shall be substituted. 3. Repeal and Savings.:- (1) The Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections)Amendment Ordinance, 1991 [Orissa Ordinance No. 9 of 1991.] is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any thing done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act. ORISSA ACT 35 OF 1992 Orissa Act 15 of 1991 Orissa Ordinance No. 9 of 1991 For the Bill, see Orissa Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 16th December 1991 (No. 1513) *THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 [Received the assent of the Governor on the 5th December 192, first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette dated the 14th December 1992] ANACT FURTHERTOAMEND THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS)ACT, 1991. BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title and commencement. 1. Short title and commencement.:- (1) This Act may be called the Orissa Municipal Councils (Postponement of Elections)AmendmentAct, 1992. 2. Amendment of section 3.:- In the Orissa Municipal Councils Amendment of section 3 Orissa Act (Postponement of Elections) Act, 1991,[Orissa Act 15 of 1991] in clause (b) of section 3, after the words, figures, letters and comma "the 29th February, 1992", the commas, words, figures and letters, "except in the case of the Sonepur Municipal Council and the Binika NotifiedArea Council in which case such election being held not later than the 30th June, 1993" shall be inserted. 15 of 1991 For the Bill, see Orissa Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 28th October 1992 (No. 1460)