Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If, in the opinion of the Government,- Di~ohhioa of c o u ~ 1 . (i) the municipality is not competent to perfom or persistently makes default in performing the dutia imposed on it by law or exceed or abuses its power ; or (ii) that the meeting of the council could not be conducted for masons beyond the control of the Chairperson and the affairs of the municipality could not be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Act and a report to that egect has been received from the Chairperson by the Government. the aovernment may, by notilkation,- (a) dissolve the municipality from a specified date; and (b) direct that the municipality be reconstituted with effect from a date which shall not be later than six months from the date of dissolution. (2) An election to reconstitute the muncipality sbr~lll be com~letrd tcfctc the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution. (3) Before publishing a notification under sub-s :&on (1) ,the Government ohall communicate to the council the grounds on which they propcse to do so, ax a period of not less than thirty days for the council to show cause against the pro- posal and consider its explanations or objections, if any. (4) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall afiect the a c e of 'the Commissioner. (5) On the date fixcd for the dissol~ticn of the council under sub-section (Q, all its memb:rs as well as the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson (including coun- cillors who are members of committees established or constit~~ed by or under this Act) shall forthwith be deemed to have vacated their offices and the persons referred to in clauses (ii) and (ii~) of sub-section (I) of section 37 shall cease to be represented in the council and fresh elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this Act. - (6) Dissolution shall take eflect from the date bp~cified In the notification and if no date is specified in the notification, from the date of puhlrca;rr,r~ ~hc. nofiiicafrrrrl and thereupon the following consequences shall (a) all themembers of the counci; as wcllbC, [kc ( I 2:rrt.r. c.r a r k 11.c Cc1 ~ f y Chairperson (including couccillors v, ho arc: men b e ~ s c. f cc n rr i t t i c cctcfli~kcc! or constituted by or under this Act) sh:.ll forthwith be deened to hale vacated ti.eir off ices ; (b) all or any of the functions of the council, of the Chairperson and or tbe committee established or constituted by or under this Act except the Taxatiou Appeals Committee may, during the period of dissol~ ticn, be exercised and per- formed, as far as may be, and to such extent as the Government may determine, by the Special Ofacer appointed under section 54 in that behalf. The Governn . t may aerermine the relations of such person with themseives. (7) The Government may reconstitute the Coun-i! b e f ~ i ~ the expir) ef period notified under sub-section (1). IV-2 Ex. (398)- 5 " ,. TAMIL NADU GOVBRNMENT7 GAZETTB EXTRA0RI)INQR'IT "kL.. . - - ---- ---- (8) All the newly eleoted councillors of the reconstituted municipaliq shall ' enter upon their ofices on the date fixed for its reconstitution and they shall bold ' their ofices only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved munidpdity ' would have continued under aection 37, had it not beea dissolved. (9) When the council is dissolved under this section, the Government until I,, sthe date of the reconstitution thereof and the reconstituted council thereafter shall be extitled to all the assests and be subject to all the liabilities of the council w on , the . . date of dissolution and on the date of the reconstitution, respectively. Motion of no