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'(1) The salaries and allowances, if any, of lhe members of the Municipal Service Commission and the officers and other employees thereof shall be paid from Lhe Municipal Fund. - l(2) The Stale Government may, by notification, fix lhe amount of contribution payable by Lhe Howrah Municipal Corporation -[or the Siliguri Municipal Corporation or the Asansol Municipal Corporation] or the Chandemagore Municipal Corporation •'[or the Durgapur Municipal Corporation] or any municipality or noLified area authority, as the case may be, in respect or services rendered by the Municipal Service Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 26 for selection oflheir personnel undersub-section (5 A) or section 26 and such contribution shall be credited to the Municipal Fund or the ""[Kolkata] Municipal Corporation. iC. Municipal Vigilance Authority S27A. (1) The Stale Government shall, by notification, and on .such terms and conditions as il thinks fit, appoint a person as the Vigilance Authority rorinquiringinio any complaint ofcorruplion, misconduct, lack or integrity or any oiher kind of malpractice or misdemeanour on the part of any officer or other employee of the Corporation: The Kolkaia Municipal Corporal ion Act, 1980. 600 [VVesl Ben. Act (Pari 11,—Constitution and Government -—Chapter III.— Organization nf the Corporation.—C. Municipal Vigilance Authority.—Section 27A.) Provided thataperson appointed as the Vigilance Authority shall hold office Tor a term of two years which may be e3 I ended Tor a period not exceeding one year and shall, on Lhe expiration of liis term of office, be ineligible for re- appointment to dial office: Provided farther (hoi no Councillor or Alderman and no officer or other employee or lhe Corporation shall be eligible lobe appointed as the Vigilance Authority. *(2) The Vigilance Authority shall be a person who is or has been a member of any AH-India Service. Explanation !.—"Member of an All-India Service" shall mean any person appointed to ail All-India Service, Explanation 11.—"All-India. Service" shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of Ihe All-India Services Act, 1951. 61 of 1951. (3) The Vigilance Authority may appoint such officers and other employees for such period and on such pay as the Stale Government may sanction and on such terms and conditions as the State Government may determine: Provided that no member of the Corporation ororaCommittee thereof and no officcr or other employee or the Corporation shal I be el igi b le to be appointed as an officer or other employee under the Vigilance Authority. (4) The salary of the Vigilancc Authority and or the officers and other employees appointed under sub-seciion (3) and all other expenses relating to the establishment of the Vigilance Authority shall be paid out of Ihe Municipal Fund. ' (5) The other terms and conditions of service including discipline, control and conduct of officers and other employees under lhe Vigilance Authority shall be such ns may be determined by the Slate Government. (6) The powers and functions or the Vigilance Authority shall be such as may be prescribed. (7) The Vigilance Authority shall not be removed or suspended from office without being given an opportunity of being heard. (8) In the ease of non-acceplance or partial acceptance or acceptance in a modified form or any recommendation or the Vigilance Authority by the Corporation, :[the Corporation shall refer lhe matter to the Slate Government for decision, and ihe decision or the Stale Government thereon shall be final.] 'Sub-section (2) was substituted for the original by s. 3 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporaiion (Amendment) Ai;i. 1997 {West Ben. Acl XXVI of 1997). The words within ihe square brackets were substituted for lhe words "the Corporaiion. i T il considers ncccssiry. may refer any such ease lo [he State Government for approval." by E. 7 of lhe Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Acl, 1996 (Wcsl Ben. Acl VI of 1996). 3Sct' Tool-nole 2 on page 573. ante. - 'Section 27A along with the sub-heading was inserted by s. 2 of ill- Calcutta Municipal Corporation^ Amendment) Acl. 1992 (Wcsl Ben. Acl IX ot 19921. The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Aci, I9S0. 601 General powers of lhc Corporalion. Obligatory functions of the Corporalion.