The Tamil Nadu District Collectors Powers (Delegation) Act, 1956

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu District Collectors' Powers (Delegation) Act, 1956. (2) It shall come into. force oil such date as the State Government rn'ly, by notification, appoirt.

In this Act, unless the context otherwis. requires, 'Law' means any enactment, Ordinance, Proclamation, regulation, order, by-law, rule or other instrument relating to a matter enumerated in List 11 or List I11 in the Seventh Schedule to the Constituf ion and havi~g in any part of the State of Tamil Nadu the force of law.

The State Government may, by notification, authorize any officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank of Deputy Collector to exercise all or any of the powers vested by or under aoy law i~ the District Collector and may, in like manner, withdraw such authorization: Provided that no authorization-under this section shall prevent the Disrtict Collector from exercising, in such cases as he deems fit, all or any of the powers exercisable by any other officer by virtue of the authorization aforesaid: Providcd further that where in respect of any case, the District Collector exercises his powers, the officer authorized under this section shall not exe~cise his powers in respect of the same case.

Any order of the Officer of the Revenue Department acting in exercise of the powers authorized under section 3 shall be subject to such appeal or revision under the relevant provision of the law as if it were an order of the District Collector.

All notifications issued under section 3 shall, as soon as possible after they are issued, be placed on the table ot both Houses of the Legislature and shdl be subject to such modifications by way of amendment or repeal as the Legislature may make either in the same session or ia the next session.