THE ASSAM LOKAYUKTA AND UPA-LOKAYUKTAS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999.

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    "title": "THE ASSAM LOKAYUKTA AND UPA-LOKAYUKTAS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999.",
    "short_title": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999",
    "act_number": "XXIV of 1999",
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    "enactment_date": "1999-12-15",
    "description": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "further to amend the Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act, 1985.\n\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act, 1985, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner here-in-after appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XX of 1986.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (2)",
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            "content": "It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. (3)",
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            "content": "It shall come into force at once.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2.",
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            "content": "In the principal Act, in section 3,--\r\n(i) in sub-section (1), in clause (b),\r\nin the first paragraph, punctuation mark colon, appearing at the end, shall be omitted and thereafter the following shall be inserted, namely :-\r\n\"provided, however, that when the office of the Lokayukta is vacant the Upa-Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayuktas shall be appointed following the same procedure as provided at clause (a) for appointment of the Lokayukta.\";\r\n(ii) in sub-section (3),-\r\n(a) after the first paragraph, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-\r\n\"Provided that in the event of the office of the Lokayukta falls vacant the duties of the office of the Lokayukta shall be performed by the Upa-Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayuktas untill the Lokayukta appointed under section 3 enters upon his office:\";\r\n(b) in the existing proviso, after the word, \"Provided\", the word \"further\" shall be inserted.",
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        "Act ID": "199924",
        "Act Number": "XXIV of 1999",
        "Enactment Date": "1999-12-15",
        "Act Year": "1999",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1999",
        "Department": "LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
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