THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996

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    "title": "THE ASSAM MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996",
    "short_title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1996",
    "act_number": "III",
    "act_year": 1997,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1997-02-01",
    "description": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1996",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Preamble",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, in the manner herein after appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XV of 1957",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. (1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1996.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. (2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. (3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the principal Act, in section 15, in clause (ix), in the first paragraph, for full stop (.) at the end, colon (:) shall be substituted and there after the following provision shall be inserted, namely :-\n\"Provided that no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than 25 years of age, if he has attained the age of 21 years\".",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. (1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Ordinance, 1996 is hereby repealed.",
            "footnote": "Assam Ordinance No. VI of 1996",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. (2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "199603",
        "Act Number": "III",
        "Enactment Date": "1997-02-01",
        "Act Year": "1996",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1996",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
}