THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939

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    "slug": "assam-municipal-amendment-act-1939",
    "title": "THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939",
    "short_title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1939",
    "act_number": "III OF 1939",
    "act_year": 1939,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1939-05-23",
    "description": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1939",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Preamble",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "An Act further to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1923.\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1923;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.(1) Short title.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1939.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.(2) Commencement.",
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            "content": "(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Provincial Government may, by notification in the Assam Gazette, direct.",
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            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.(3) Extent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall have the like extent as the Assam Municipal Act, 1923; hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "2. Amendment of section 12 of Assam Act I of 1923.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In section 12 of the principal Act,-\r\n(a) in proviso (2) the words \"at the time of such election\" shall be omitted and for the words \"the date of such election\" the following words shall be substituted, namely:-\r\n\"the date with reference to which electoral rolls of a Municipal Election are directed to be made up and revised from time to time hereinafter referred to as 'the prescribed date'\";\r\n(b) in proviso (2) (b) for the words \"the date of such election\" the words \"the prescribed date\" shall be substituted.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "193903",
        "Act Number": "III OF 1939",
        "Enactment Date": "1939-05-23",
        "Act Year": "1939",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1939",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
}