The Bhavanisagar Township Act, 1954

1. (2) Where the limits of the area specified in the Schedule are altered by notification under sub-section (1), the notification may also contain such provisions regarding the application, cesser of application of any enactment and the local authority which is to exercise, or cease to exercise jurisdiction, in relation to the area included in or excluded from the Bhavanisagar township, the apportionment and adjustment of assets and liabilities as between the local authorities concerned and other incidental or consequential matters, as the State Government may deem necessary or proper.
2. (3) The [Tamil Nadu] Village Panchayats Act, 1950 ([Tamil Nadu] Act X of 1956), shall, with effect on and from the appointed date, cease to apply to the Bhavanisagar township.

Constitution and composition of Township Committee for administration of Bhavanisagar township.

1. (1) For the purpose of administering the municipal affairs of the Bhavanisagar township, the State Government shall, by notification, constitute a committee to be called the Bhavanisagar Township Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Township Committee) consisting of the following members, namely:--
   • (a) Members of the House of the People and Members of the Legislative Assembly, chosen to represent a constituency which consists of, or comprises, or which relates to, the township or any portion thereof, and Members of the Legislative Council who ordinarily reside in the township; and
   • (b) such non-officials, not less than two in number, and such officers of the State Government, as they may appoint. (1-A) Where a person ceases to be a Member of the House of the People or a Member of the State Legislature, he shall cease to be a member of the Township Committee from the date on which he ceases to be such Member.
2. (2) The State Government shall appoint--
   • (a) one of the members of the Township Committee to be its Chairman; and
   • (b) another person (not being a member of the Township Committee) to be its Executive Officer. (2-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), no member of the Township Committee, who is a Member of the House of the People or a Member of the State Legislature shall be appointed by the State Government to be its Chairman.
3. (3) The Township Committee shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restrictions or qualifications imposed by or under this or any other enactment, shall be vested with the capacity of suing and being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, movable or immovable, of entering into contracts, and of doing all things necessary, proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted.

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification, direct that any of the [Tamil Nadu] District Municipalities Act, 1920 ([Tamil Nadu] Act V of 1920), or of any other enactment for the time being in force, shall apply to the Bhavanisagar township to such extent and subject to such modifications and restrictions as may be specified in the notification.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, such notification may authorize--
   • (a) the Township Committee to levy all or any of the taxes and fees which may be levied by virtue of the provisions applicable to the township under this section; and
   • (b) the Executive Officer of the Township Committee to exercise and perform in regard to the township, the powers and duties assigned to the executive authority of a municipality under the provisions applied as aforesaid, subject to such restrictions, limitations and conditions and to such control, if any, as may be specified in the notification.

Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the Kuduvay and Thoppampalayam panchayats.

1. (1) All property, all rights of whatever kind used, enjoyed or possessed by, and all interests of whatever kind owned by or vested in or held in trust by, or for the Kuduvay or Thoppampalayam panchayats as well as all liabilities legally subsisting against any of these panchayats, shall, in so far as such property, rights, interests or liabilities relate to the whole or any part of the Bhavanisagar township, stand transferred on and from the appointed date to the Township Committee.
2. (2) All arrears of taxes or other payments by way of composition for a tax or due for expenses or compensation or otherwise, due to either of the aforesaid panchayats, immediately before the appointed date may, in so far as such arrears or other payments relate to the whole or any part of the Bhavanisagar township, be recovered by the Township Committee.
3. (3) All proceedings taken by or against either of the aforesaid panchayats may, in so far as they relate to any of the matters provided for in sub-sections
4. (1) and (2), be continued by or against the Township Committee.

[Omitted]

$This section was omiticd by section 8 of the Uettur ?'(-,mshjp, &~rtaltam Tw hip and 8 havanisagar Tow~xship (hcndMOnt) Ad, 1972 (Tarnil biadar c .ct of 6 of 1973,)