Act Info:
Preamble1 - MANIPUR MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1994
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Constitution of municipalities
Section4 - Effect of exclusion of local area from municipality
Section5 - Election and maintenance of boundary marks
Chapter III Section6 - Incorporation of Nagar Panchayat
Section7 - Composition of Nagar Panchayat
Section8 - Application of certain provisions relating to Council in case of Nagar Panchayat
Section9 - Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of Nagar Panchayat
Section10 - Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
Section11 - Resignation by Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Councilor
Section12 - Remuneration to Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
Chapter IV Section13 - Incorporation of Municipal Council
Section14 - Municipal administration
Section15 - Composition of Council
Section16 - Constitution and composition of Wards Committees
Section17 - Reservation of seats
Section18 - Allocation of reserved seats and delimitation of wards
Section19 - Disqualifications for membership
Section20 - Oath of office
Section21 - Appointment of administrator
Section22 - Duration of municipalities, etc
Section23 - Every Council to have Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson
Section24 - Election of Chairperson
Section25 - Election of Vice-Chairperson
Section26 - Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson cease to hold office as such
Section27 - Filling up of vacancies and term of office of persons filling up the vacancy
Section28 - Resignation by Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Councillor
Section29 - Removal of Councillors
Section30 - Effect of removal of a Councillor
Section31 - No-confidence motion against Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson
Section32 - Grant of leave of absence to Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson
Section33 - Powers and functions of the Chairperson
Section34 - Function of Vice-Chairperson
Section35 - Remuneration of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
Section36 - Powers, authority and responsibilities of municipalities
Section37 - Obligatory functions of the municipality
Section38 - Special duties of municipalities
Section39 - Discretionary functions of municipality
Section40 - Management of public institution by municipality to vest in it
Chapter V Section41 - Appointment of Executive Officers
Section42 - Main functions of the Executive Officer
Section43 - Appointment of Health Officer, Revenue Officer and Engineer
Section45 - Power of Nagar Panchayat and Council to determine strength of its employees
Section45 - Power of Nagar Panchayat and Council to appoint its officers and employees
Section46 - Disciplinary action against employees of Nagar Panchayat and Council and conditions of their services, etc
Section47 - Gratuity and pension
Section48 - Power to make rules
Chapter VI Section49 - Meeting of a Nagar Panchayat or of a Council
Section50 - Chairperson of meeting
Section51 - Manner of deciding questions
Section52 - Adjournment of meeting in the absence of quorum
Section53 - Minutes of proceedings
Section54 - Modification and cancellation of resolution
Section55 - Right of Government officers to attend, address and take part in the meeting of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council
Section56 - Appointment of Committees
Section57 - Chairperson of Committee
Section58 - Liability for loss, waste or misapplication of funds and property
Section59 - Disqualifications of Councillors having share or interest in con tract
Section60 - Penalty in case Councillors, Executive Officer, etc. having interest in a contract, etc., with the Nagar Panchayat or Council
Section61 - Disqualification from voting
Chapter VII Section62 - Municipal property and vesting thereof
Section63 - Transfer of municipal property
Section64 - Execution of contracts
Section65 - Transfer of private roads, etc., to Nagar Panchayat or Council
Section66 - Acquisition of land
Section67 - Formation and custody for municipal fund
Section68 - Credit of moneys to the municipal fund
Section69 - Powers of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council to borrow money
Section70 - Application of municipal property and fund
Section71 - Budget
Section72 - Accounts and audit
Section73 - Finance Commission for municipalities
Chapter VIII Section74 - Power to impose taxes by and the funds of the municipalities
Section75 - Taxes which may be imposed
Section76 - Tax on Government holdings
Section77 - Restriction regarding tax on holding
Section78 - Collection of taxes are subject to bye-law, etc
Section79 - Nagar Panchayat or Council to determine the valuation of holdings
Section80 - Returns required for ascertaining annual value
Section81 - Penalty for default in furnishing return and for obstruction of assessor
Section82 - Determination of annual value of holding
Section83 - Determination of rate of tax on holding
Section84 - Preparation of assessment register
Section85 - Powers to assess consolidated tax for building and land on which it stands
Section86 - Reduction of valuation, revision of valuation and assessment and revision of valuation list and assessment register
Section87 - Notice to be given to Chairperson of transfers of title of persons liable to payment of tax
Section88 - Revisions of valuation list
Section89 - Appointment of assessor and power of State Government to direct the appointment of assessor
Section90 - Revision of assessment register
Section91 - Effect of revision of assessment register
Section92 - Exemptions and remission
Section93 - Power of assessor
Section94 - Publication of notice of assessment
Section95 - Application for review
Section96 - Procedure for review
Section97 - Limitation of time for application for review
Section98 - Assessment to be questioned only under Act
Section99 - Tax not invalid for want of form
Section100 - Procedure for imposing taxes, recovery of claims etc
Chapter IX Section101 - Recovery from occupier of tax due from non-resident
Section102 - Recovery from owner of occupier's tax in certain cases
Section103 - Recovery by owner of occupier's tax paid by owner
Section104 - Method of recovery by owner
Section105 - Penalty
Section106 - Municipality may compound with livery stable keepers
Section107 - Rents, tolls and fees in respect of markets
Section108 - Recovery of taxes as arrears of land revenue
Section109 - Power to sell unclaimed holdings for money due
Section110 - Writing off irrecoverable sums due to the Nagar Panchayat or to the Council
Chapter X Section111 - Power to make roads
Section112 - Power to repair, etc., of private road, drains, etc
Section113 - Prohibition of use of public roads by a class of animals, carts or vehicles
Section114 - Penalty for encroachment on public roads, etc
Section115 - Use of public road or place by vendors and other person and penalty thereof
Section116 - Power to remove obstructions, encroachments and projections, in or on public road, etc
Section117 - Procedure when person who erected obstruction cannot be found
Section118 - Projections from buildings to be removed
Section119 - Power of the District Magistrate and Sub-Divisional Magistrate to remove encroachment summarily on requisition by the Government
Section120 - Effect of order made under section 116, 117, 118 or 119
Section121 - Nagar Panchayat or Council may require land holders to crime hedges, etc
Section122 - Penalty for disobeying requisition under section 116, 117, 118 or 119
Section123 - Names of public roads and number of buildings
Section124 - Erection of building without sanction
Section125 - Special provision for cases where bye-laws have not been made
Section126 - Powers of Nagar Panchayat or Council to sanction or refuse
Section127 - Lapse of sanction
Section128 - Penalty for building without or in contravention of sanction
Section129 - Power of a Nagar Panchayat or a Council in case of disobedience
Section130 - Roofs and external walls not to be made of inflammable materials
Section131 - Power to attach brackets for lamps
Section132 - Building unfit for human habitation
Section133 - Fencing of building in dangerous state
Section134 - Nagar Panchayat or Council may require owners to pull down ruins
Section135 - Penalty for disobeying requisition under sections 133 and 134
Section136 - Compensation for prohibition of erection or re-erection
Section137 - Power to require owners to clear noxious vegetation
Section138 - Power to require owners to improve bad drainage
Section139 - Power to require unwholesome tanks or private premises to be cleansed or drained
Section140 - Wells, tanks, etc., to be secured
Section141 - Penalty for disobeying requisition under sections 137, 138, 139 and 140
Section142 - Power of Government to prohibit cultivation, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
Section143 - Public latrines and urinals
Section144 - Power to demolish unauthorised drains leading into public
Section145 - Penalty for allowing water of any sewer, etc., to run on any public road
Section146 - Power to require owner to drain land
Section147 - Penalty for disobeying requisition under section 148
Section148 - Establishment for removal of sewage, offensive matter and rubbish
Section149 - Sewerage scheme
Section150 - Removal of sewage, offensive material, rubbish
Section151 - Penalty for placing rubbish on public road
Section152 - Penalty on occupier for not removing filth, etc
Section153 - Penalty for throwing offensive matter on public roads, etc
Section154 - Power of servants of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council
Section155 - Supply of drinking water
Section156 - Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply
Section157 - Owner or occupier to take steps to prevent spread of infectious disease
Section158 - Unauthorised construction or tree over drain or water-works
Section159 - Powers in respect of burial and burning places
Section160 - Burial of paupers and unclaimed dead bodies
Section161 - Powers to cause corpses to be burnt or buried according to the religious tenets of the deceased
Chapter XI Section162 - Establishment of markets
Section163 - Power to remove persons from municipal market
Section164 - Places for slaughter of animals for sale
Section165 - Inspection, before and after slaughter
Section166 - Licencing of butcher
Section167 - Regulation of offensive trades
Section168 - Certain offensive and dangerous trades not to be established within the limits to be fixed by the municipality without licence
Section169 - Cinemas, dramatic performances, circuses, etc
Section170 - Cancellation, revocation, etc., of licences
Section171 - Publication of order of refusal, suspension of licences
Section172 - Power to close market, tea-stall, etc
Section173 - Penalty for failure to give information of cholera
Section174 - Disinfection of building and articles
Section175 - Penalty for letting infected house
Section176 - Power of entry for purpose of preventing spread of disease
Section177 - Removal to hospital of patient suffering from infectious disease
Section178 - Municipality to provide places for recreation
Section179 - Function and powers in regard to pounds
Chapter XII Section180 - Service of notice
Section181 - Reasonable time for act to be fixed
Section182 - Service of notice on owner or occupier of land
Section183 - Procedure when owners or occupiers are required by the Nagar Panchayat or the Council to execute works
Section184 - Person required to execute any work may prefer objection to the municipality
Section185 - Procedure if person objecting alleges that work will cost more than three thousand rupees
Section186 - Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson to make order after hearing objection
Section187 - Power of municipality on failure of persons to execute works
Section188 - Power to apportion expenses among owners and occupiers
Section189 - Apportionment among owners and occupiers
Section190 - Occupiers may recover cost of works executed at their expenses from owners
Section191 - Power to enter upon, possession of houses so repaired
Section192 - Sale of materials of houses pulled down
Section193 - Cognizance
Section194 - Offences under the Act compoundable
Section195 - Power and duties of police in respect of offences
Section196 - Appeals from order refusing licences
Section197 - Appeals from orders in other cases
Section198 - Appeal not to be dismissed without giving reasonable opportunity
Section199 - Dispute as to compensation payable by municipality
Section200 - Indemnity
Section201 - Bar of suits in absence of notice
Chapter XIII Section202 - Control by Deputy Commissioner
Section203 - Power to suspend action under the Act
Section204 - Powers of Deputy Commissioner in case of emergency
Section205 - Power to dissolve Nagar Panchayat or Council in certain cases
Section206 - Consequence of dissolution
Section207 - Decision of disputes between local authorities
Chapter XIV Section208 - Popers of State Government to make rules
Section209 - Power of municipality to frame bye-laws
Section210 - Additional power to frame bye-laws in hill areas
Section211 - Confirmation of bye-laws
Section212 - Publication of bye-laws
Section213 - Model bye-laws
Chapter XV Section214 - Validity of acts and proceedings
Section215 - Petition for challenging election
Section216 - Power to make rules for election and election petition
Section217 - Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in election matters
Section218 - Election to the municipalities
Section219 - Electoral roll for a municipal area
Section220 - Conditions for registration as a voter
Section221 - Power to remove difficulties
Section222 - Overriding effect of the provisions of the Act
Section223 - Mode of proof of municipal record and fee for certified copy
Section224 - Restriction on the summoning of municipal servants to produce documents
Section225 - Penalty for violating the provision of this Act
Section226 - Public servants
Section227 - District Planning Committee
Section228 - Committee for Metropolitan Planning
Section229 - Delegation of powers of State Government
Section230 - Repeal of Manipur Act 26 of 1976 and saving
Section231 - Repeal and saving
ScheduleI - SCHEDULE