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The Gujarat Municipal Finance Board Act, 1979
The Gujarat Municipal Finance Board Act, 1979
Sections
1. Short title and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Establishment of Board.
Section 34. Constitution of Board.
Section 45. Disqualifications for membership.
Section 56. Term of office and conditions of service of members.
Section 67. Cessation of membership.
Section 78. Vacancies how to be filled.
Section 89. Absence of Chairman.
Section 910. Acts not to be invalidated by vacancy, informality, etc.
Section 1011. Meetings of Board.
Section 1112. Committees of the Board.
Section 1213. Officers and servants of the Board.
Section 1314. Duties and functions of the Board.
Section 1415. Powers of the Board.
Section 1516. Execution of contract by Board.
Section 1617. Boards Fund.
Section 1718. Grants and subventions of the Board.
Section 1819. Loans to the Board.
Section 1920. Power to borrow.
Section 2021. Accounts and audit.
Section 2122. Reports.
Section 2223. Government to give directions to the Board.
Section 2324. Duty of local authorities to assist.
Section 2425. Dissolution or supersession of the Board in certain circumstances.
Section 2526. Protection of action taken under this Act.
Section 2627. Members, officers and servants of the Board to be public servants.
Section 2728. Power to make rules.
Section 2829. Regulations.
Section 2930. Amendments, enactments relating to local authorities.
Section 30
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"content": "(a) \"Board\" means the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board established under Section 3;\n(b) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Board.\n(c) \"Fund\" means the fund of the Board;\n(d) \"local authority\" means a municipal corporation constituted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949) or a Municipality constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1964 (Gujarat 34 of 1964);\n(e) \"member\" means a member of the Board;\n(f) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(g) \"regulations\" means regulations made under this Act;\n(h) \"rules\" means rules made under this Act.\nChapter II\nEstablishment and Constitution of the Board",
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"content": "(i) a Chairman to be appointed by the State Government;\n(ii) three members to be appointed by the State Government who in the opinion of the State Government have knowledge of the municipal finances or municipal administration [out of whom at least one shall be a woman] ;\n(iii) three members to be appointed by the State Government by virtue of their office from amongst the offices of the State Government [out of whom at least one shall be a woman] ;\n(iv) one member to be appointed by the State Government by virtue of his office or otherwise from amongst the officers of the State Government who in the opinion of the State Government has experience in the financial matters and administration of the Government and the local authorities.",
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"content": "(a) has been removed or dismissed from the service of Government or, of a local authority or a corporation owned or controlled by Government; or\n(b) has been convicted of an offence which in the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude; or\n(c) is of unsound mind stands so declared by a competent Court; or\n(d) is an undischarged insolvent; or\n(e) has such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as a member of the Board.",
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"content": "(b) The members other than those appointed by virtue of their office shall be entitled to draw such sitting fees and allowances as may be prescribed.\n(c) The members who are appointed by virtue of their office may be paid such compensatory allowance for the purpose of meeting the personal expenditure in attending the meetings of the Board or any committee thereof or for being appointed in connection with the work undertaken by or for the Board as may be prescribed.",
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"content": "(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in Section 5, or\n(b) tenders his resignation in writing to and such resignation is accepted by the State Government, or\n(c) is absent without the permission of the Board from three consecutive meetings of the Board or from all meetings of the Board for three consecutive months, he shall cease to be a member of the Board.\n(a) has refused to act, or\n(b) has become incapable of acting or\n(c) has so abused his position as member as to render his continuance on the Board detrimental to the interest thereof or of the general public or\n(d) is otherwise unfit to continue as a member.",
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"title": "10. Acts not to be invalidated by vacancy, informality, etc.",
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"content": "(a) any vacancy of a Chairman or a member or any defect in the constitution or reconstitution of the Board or a committee thereof; or\n(b) any defect or irregularity in the appointment of a person as a Chairman or member of the Board or of a committee thereof; or\n(c) any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding, not affecting the substance.",
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"content": "(a) the secretary shall be such as may be prescribed and\n(b) the other officers and servants shall be such as may be determined by regulations.\nChapter III\nPowers, Duties and Functions of the Board",
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"content": "(a) subject to the Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914 (Act. No. IX of 1914) or the Saurashtra Local Authorities Loans Act, 1951 (Saurashtra Act No. XVIII of 1951) and to any general or special order made by the State Government made in this behalf,-\n(i) to grant loans to the local authorities out of the Fund,\n(ii) to distribute on behalf of the State Government grant-in-aid of the revenues of the local authorities out of the amounts provided to the Board by the Government for that purpose, for the performance by such authorities of their duties and functions under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949) or as the case may be the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964);\n(b) (i) to assess income of a local authority received during any financial year from each of the sources mentioned in Section 82 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949) or as the case may be Section 82 of the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964); and the expenditure incurred by a local authority in such financial year in carrying out the obligatory and discretionary duties or functions imposed on it under the provisions of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949) or as the case may be of the Gujarat Municipalities Act 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964); and\n(ii) having regard to such assessment to tender advice to the local authorities as to the ways and means to be adopted by them for increasing the income from any of those sources and the pattern to be followed in incurring expenditure in carrying out the obligatory and discretionary duties;\n(c) to recommend to the local authorities generally or to any local authority in particular measures for-\n(i) improvement of assessment and collection of taxes and fees levied by the local authority;\n(ii) effecting economy in the expenditure incurred by a local authority, such as reduction in the number of officers and servants employed by it, reduction of wasteful expenditure, improvement of administrative procedure and practice;\n(d) to recommend to the State Government principles which should govern the grant-in-aid of the revenues of the local authorities out of the consolidated Fund of the State;\n(e) (i) to tender advice on the local authorities in respect of preparation of their budget estimates; and\n(ii) to make report to the State Government of its observations in relation to the budget estimates of local authorities generally or in relation to budget estimates of any local authority in particular;\n(f) to make recommendations to the State Government or as the case may be any local authority as to any other matter referred to the Board in the interests of sound municipal finance.",
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"title": "24. Duty of local authorities to assist.",
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"title": "25. Dissolution or supersession of the Board in certain circumstances.",
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"content": "(a) all members of the Board shall, in the case of supersession, as from the date of the order of supersession, and in the case of dissolution as from the date specified in the order of dissolution vacate their office as such members;\n(b) all powers, duties and functions of the Board shall, during the period of dissolution or supersession be exercised and performed by such person or persons as the State Government may, from time to time, appoint in the behalf;\n(c) all property vested in the Board shall during the period of dissolution or supersession vest in the State Government.",
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"title": "26. Protection of action taken under this Act.",
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"number": "27",
"title": "27. Members, officers and servants of the Board to be public servants.",
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"title": "28. Power to make rules.",
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"content": "[(a) the honorarium, sitting fees and allowances of the Chairman and sitting fees and allowances including compensatory allowance of the members under sub-section (3) of section (6)] ;\n(b) the recruitment and conditions of service of the secretary to the Board, under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 13.\n(c) the other books to be maintained and the time at and the manner in which the annual statement of accounts, shall be prepared by the Board under sub-section (1) of Section 21;\n(d) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.",
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"number": "29",
"title": "29. Regulations.",
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"content": "(a) the time and place at which meetings of the Board are to be held, the procedure in regard to the transaction of business thereat, and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum thereat, under subsections (1) and (4) of Section 11;\n(b) the time and place at which meetings of a committee are to be held, and the procedure in regard to the transaction of business (including quorum) thereat, under sub-section (2) of Section 12;\n(c) the recruitment and conditions of service of other officers and servants, under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 13;\n(d) the authority by which or the officer by whom and the manner in which contract or assurance of property on behalf of the Board is to be executed under Section 16;\n(e) any other matter for which provision is to be or may be made by regulations.",
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"number": "30",
"title": "30. Amendments, enactments relating to local authorities.",
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"content": "Schedule\n(See Section 30)\n(See Section 30)\nEnactments\nEnactments\nAmendments\nAmendments\n1\n1\n2\n2\n1.\nThe Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations\n\t\t\t\t\tAct, 1949 (Bombay LIX of 1949).\nIn Section 126-A, for sub-sections (1) and (2),\n\t\t\t\t\tthe following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"(1) The State Government may, after\n\t\t\t\t\tconsidering recommendations of the Gujarat Municipal Finance\n\t\t\t\t\tBoard, determine whether for augmenting the finances of the\n\t\t\t\t\tCorporation for any of the purposes of this Act it is necessary\n\t\t\t\t\tto make any grant to the Corporation and if so, the amount\n\t\t\t\t\tthereof.\n(2) The grant so determined shall be made to\n\t\t\t\t\tthe Corporation every year but it may be revised after a period\n\t\t\t\t\tof every five years having regard to the recommendations of the\n\t\t\t\t\tGujarat Municipal Finance Board in respect of the revision of\n\t\t\t\t\tgrants to Corporations.\"\n2.\nThe Gujarat Municipalities Act. 1963 (Gujarat\n\t\t\t\t\t34 of 1964).\nIn Section 144, for sub-sections (1) and (2)\n\t\t\t\t\tthe following sub-sections shall be substituted namely :-\n\"(1) The State Government may, after\n\t\t\t\t\tconsidering the recommendations of the Gujarat Municipal Finance\n\t\t\t\t\tBoard, determine whether for augmenting the finances of a\n\t\t\t\t\tmunicipality for any of the purposes of this Act it is necessary\n\t\t\t\t\tto make any grant to the municipality and if so, the amount\n\t\t\t\t\tthereof.\n(2) The grant so determined shall be made to\n\t\t\t\t\tthe municipality every year but it may be revised after a period\n\t\t\t\t\tof every five years having regard to the recommendations of the\n\t\t\t\t\tGujarat Municipal Finance Board in respect of the revision of\n\t\t\t\t\tgrants to municipalities.\"",
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"Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 12 of 1979",
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"Act Year": "1979",
"Short Title": "The Gujarat Municipal Finance Board Act, 1979",
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"Location": "Gujarat"
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"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:48"
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