section 8
Application of the 1981 Act
The Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994Infrastructure199446 sections
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- (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided herein, all the provisions of the 1981 Act including the provisions relating to the levy and collection of any tax or fee, are hereby extended to and shall apply mutatis mutandis to the corporation and the 1981 Act shall, in relation to the corporation be read and construed as if the provisions of this Act had formed part of the 1981 Act.
- (2) For the purpose of facilitating the application of the provisions of the 1981 Act to the corporation, the Government may, by notification, make such adaptations and modifications of the 1981 Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder whether by way of repealing, amending or suspending any provision thereof, as may be necessary or expedient and thereupon, the 1981 Act and the rules made thereunder, shall apply to the corporation subject to the adaptations and modifications so made.
- (3) Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made under sub-section
- (2) for the adaptation of the provisions of the 1981 Act, or the rules and bye-laws made thereunder, any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce these provisions may, for the purpose of facilitating their application to the corporation, construe these provisions in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper having regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority.
- (4) In the 1981 Act as extended and applied to the City of Tirunelveli,-
- (a) any reference to the City of Coimbatore, and Coimbatore Municipality, shall by reason of this Act, be construed as a reference to the City of Tirunelveli and Tirunelveli Municipality, respectively; and
- (b) any reference to the Coimbatore Corporation, Corporation of Coimbatore and Municipal Corporation of Coimbatore, shall by reason of this Act, be construed as a reference to the Tirunelveli Corporation, Corporation of Tirunelveli and Municipal Corporation of Tirunelveli, respectively.
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