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Power to the Commissioner to execute contracts on behalf of the corporation.— With respect to the making of contracts under or for any purpose of this Act, the following provisions shall have effect, namely:— (a) every such contract shall be made on behalf of the Corporation by the Commissioner; (b) no such contract, for any purpose which in accordance with any provision of this Act, the Commissioner may not carry out without the approval or sanction of some other municipal authority, shall be made by him until or unless such approval or sanction has first of all been duly given; 6[(c) no contract, other than a contract relating to the acquisition of immovable property or any interest therein or any right thereto, which involves an expenditure exceeding rupees 7[fifty lakhs but not exceeding rupees seventy-five lakhs], shall be made by the Commissioner, unless the same is previously approved by the Mayor. For contracts involving expenditure in 8[excess of seventy-five lakh rupees], approval of the Standing Committee shall be necessary: 1 Section 68 was substituted by Mah. 10 of 1998, s. 29. 2 This word was substituted for the words “Mayor-in-Council, the Mayor, Member-in-charge” by Mah. 27 of 1999, s. 23. 3 Section 68A was deleted by Mah. 10 of 1998, s. 30. 4 Section 68AA was inserted by Mah. 71 of 1981, s. 2. 5 Section 68B was deleted by Mah. 10 of 1998, s. 31. 6 Clause (c) was substituted by Mah. 11 of 2002, s. 5. 7 These words were substituted for the words “ten lakhs but not exceeding rupees fifteen lakhs” by Mah. 32 of 2011, s. 9(a). 8 These words were substituted for the words “excess of fifteen lakh rupees” by Mah. 32 of 2011, s. 9(b). 1888 : III] The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 119 1[Provided that, every contract made by the Commissioner involving an expenditure exceeding five lakh rupees and not exceeding seventy-five lakh rupees shall be reported by him within fifteen days after the same has been made to the Standing Committee:] 2[Provided further that], the total amount of all sanctions granted by the Mayor shall not exceed 3[seven crore fifty lakh rupees] during a year: 4[Provided also that, notwithstanding anything contained in section 64,] the Standing Committee shall consider and dispose of the proposals made by the Commissioner within thirty days from the receipt thereof failing which the previous approval to such contract shall be deemed to have been given by the Standing Committee and a report thereof shall be made by the Commissioner to the Corporation.]] 5[Explanation.— For the purposes of this clause, the period of “thirty days from the receipt” shall be reckoned from the date of the meeting of the Standing Committee held immediately after the proposal is received in the office of the Municipal Secretary whether the item pertaining to such proposal is taken on the agenda or not.] 6[* * * * * * * *] (e) the foregoing provisions of this section 7[shall, as far as may be,] apply to every contract which the Commissioner shall have occassion to make in the execution of this Act; and the same provisions of this section which apply to an original contact shall be deemed to apply also to any variation or discharge of such contract.