Section 67

Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.

[x x x x] Section 67 omitted by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f. 1-10-2000. The omitted Section 67 read as under: "67. Liability of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, the Chairman of Standing Committee, the Secretary, and the members with respect to the loss, wastage and misuse of property.- (1) The Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, the Chairman of Standing Committee, the Secretary or, as the case may be, any member, shall be personally liable for any loss, wastage or misuse of money or other property of the Municipality arising from his misconduct or wilful negligence or which has been facilitated or caused by him. (2)Where the Government is satisfied that any loss, wastage or misuse of any money or other property of the Municipality was caused as a direct consequence of the misconduct of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, the Chairman of Standing Committee, the Secretary or the member concerned, the Government may, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against such action in writing, direct such Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson or the Chairman of Standing Committee or the member or the Secretary, as the case may be, to remit the amount of loss caused to the Municipality arising out of such loss, wastage or misuse, to the Municipal Fund within a specified date. (3) Where such amount has not been so remitted it shall be realised as if it where an arrear of revenue due on land and credited to the Municipal Fund. (4) Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days from the date of receipt by him of such order, apply to the District Court to modify or annul such order and that Court may, after taking such evidence as it thinks fit, confirm, amend or remit such amount realised under such order and may also pass such orders as to costs as it thinks fit, taking into account the circumstances of the case."