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The Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994

The Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994

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The Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994, established Chandigarh’s first Municipal Corporation by extending existing Punjab municipal laws to the Union territory. It regulates essential local governance, including the conduct of elections, seat reservations for women and Scheduled Castes, and the formal transfer of civic duties—such as public health and infrastructure management—from the central administration to this newly formed local body. Applying to all residents within Chandigarh, this Act matters because it introduced democratic local self-government. This ensures that elected representatives manage local affairs, finally fulfilling India's constitutional mandate for urban administration.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement.
  2. 2. Extension and amendments of Punjab Act 42 of 1976.
  3. 3. Repeal of Punjab Act III of 1911 and savings.
  4. 4. Transitory provision.
  5. 5. Repeal of Ordinance 7 of 1994 and saving.

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