The Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act, 1986.
gujarat · 1986
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act
- S. 2Section defines key terms used in the Gujarat Act for disqualification of local authority members for defection.
- S. 3Section 3 disqualifies councillors or members for defecting from their political party, subject to other sections.
- S. 4Section 4 exempts members of a faction that constitutes at least one-third of a local authority from disqualification for defection.
- S. 5Section 5 allows councillors or members not to be disqualified if their original party merges, provided they join the new party or form a separate group.
- S. 6Section 6 refers questions on disqualification of local authority members for defection to designated state officials for final decision.
- S. 7Section 7 bars civil courts and other authorities from deciding on disqualification of local authority members for defection, vesting such power in designated state government officials.
- S. 8(1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette make rules for carrying out the purposes of this
- S. 9Section 9 amends the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act to add a disqualification clause for local authority members found guilty of defection.
- S. 10Section 10 adds a provision to the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961, that members disqualified for defection under the 1986 Act lose their local authority positions.
- S. 11Section 11 adds a new sub-section to the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963, stating that councillors disqualified for defection lose their office.
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