THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948

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    "slug": "assam-municipal-amendment-act-1948",
    "title": "THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948",
    "short_title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1948",
    "act_number": "XI OF 1948",
    "act_year": 1948,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1948-06-03",
    "description": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1948",
    "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, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act I of 1923.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.(1) Short title and extent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1948.\n(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1.(3) Commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "235",
            "title": "2. Amendment of section 235 of Assam Act I of 1923.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In section 235 of the principal Act—\r\n(i) in sub-section (1) for the words \"the Board at a meeting\" the words \"the Provincial Government\" shall be substituted,\r\n(ii) for sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted, namely:—\r\n\"(2) The Provincial Government may refuse to give such permission—\r\n(a) if they are of opinion that the establishment of such factory or workshop in the proposed site (i) would be objectionable by reason of the density of the population in the neighbourhood thereof, or (ii) would be a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or\r\n(b) for any other sufficient reason\", and\r\n(iii) in the marginal heading, for the word \"Board\" the words \"Provincial Government\" shall be substituted.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "194811",
        "Act Number": "XI OF 1948",
        "Enactment Date": "1948-06-03",
        "Act Year": "1948",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1948",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
}