Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697806103094.pdf (India)
ASSAM LOCAL AUTHORIT IES GRANTS (CHARGED)" ACT.

1959* (Assam Act No.

XXIIl of 1959 ) C ONTENTS Prea mb le Sect io n J. Sh ort mence ment.

title.

ext ent and com 2.

Pa yment of grant s to Local A ut hori ties.

2-A.

Payme nt of loc al rate 10 Gao n o r Anchalik Panchayat .

fund for giving 2.B .

Creat ion of specia l gran ts.

Section 3.

Noti ficat ion of the Local Au th- orit ies.

4.

Exp enditure 10 be charged .

4.A .

Power 10 make rul es.

5.

Repeal.


SCHEDULE f .. (Ra eived the assent of the Governor on the stst July, 1959] An Act to authorise grants to the Local Authorities and to declare such grants to be expenditure charged on the Co nsoli date d Fund of the State of Assam Preamble, W herea s b y vir tu e of Art.
266 (I) o f th e Constitut ion o f form th e Consoli Ind ia , a ll rev enues to the G overn ment of Assam sha ll da ted Fu nd of t be Stale of Assam; A nd wh er ea s o n suc h revenu es forming the Con so lidated Fu nd of the State of Assam it is expedient to mak e pr ovision lo r grants to th c Local A uthorities am ount ing to such share of the rece ipt s a s a re collected in th eir re spective j uri sd ict ion for the pu r po se of ca rr ying out the du tie s a nd func ti ons en j oined upon th em by laws ; .'"
A nd wherea s it is expedient to declare such grants to the Local Au th o ri ti es to be expend iture cha rged o n the Co nso lidated Fund of the Stat e o f AS5sm ; It is hereby en acted in the Teuth Year of the Repub lic of India a s follows : 1.

S bor t tit le, extent and commmcement.

(1) Th is Act may be called the Assam Lo ca l Auth orities G ra nt s (Charged) Act.

1959 .

(2) It extend s to the wbole of the State of Assam .
(3 ) It sha n co me into force witb effect from sucb date a s m ay be not Hied in th e official G azett e by tbe State Government.

*Publ ish ed in th e Assam G azet te.

dat ed th e 5th Au gust.

1959.

I 740 I I r , .

s .4-A] ASSAMLOCA L AUtHOR ITIES GRANTS (CHARGED) ACT, 1359 741 2.

Payment of grants to Local Authorities .


Th e State Government sha ll grant to the Local Authorities not ified under S. 3, such share of the receipts as are collected in their res pective jurisd iction from the so urces detailed in the Schedu le to th e Act and credited to the Consol idated Fu nd of the Slate of Assam , 2-A.

Payment of local rnt e to Gao~ or AnehaUk Panchayar.
Notwith sta nd ing anything in S, 2 the local ra te co llecte d trom ru ral areas shal l be di str ibu ted to the Gaon Panchayat s as esta blished under the Assam Pan cha yat Act, 1959 (Assam Act No.

XXIV of 1959) at twent y-five naye Pai se per capita of populations: Provided that rate co llected from any area where Gaon Pan chaya t has not been establis hed, sball be paid to the Anchal ik Panchayat as established under the Assam Pancb ayat Act, 1959 at th e same rate.

loca l COMMENTS Section 2-A.


Th is section was inserted vide Assam Act No.

XVII of to have come into 1964 publ ished in tb e Assam Gazell e, dated 5-8-1964, force on 1-4-1964, 2-8 .

Creation of fund for glviog special gUDtS.

The excess of local rates collected over the amount di sbur sed to the Gaon or Ancb alik Pan chayat, as the case may be, und er S. 2-A, if any, sha ll be credited to a fund to be establi shed for the purpose in the manner as prescribed und er the in co ll ectio n rules.
Such fund sha ll be utilised for making up the deficit of local rate in any part icular year , if necessary, and for giving special grants to t he Goon 0 Anchalik Pan chayat or Mohkuma Par isbad, as the case may be, whenever sufficient surplus accumulates in the fund, in tbe manner a s pr escr ibed.

COMMENTS Section 2·B.

Thi s sectio n was inser ted vide As sam Act No.

XVII o f to have come into 1964 publ ished in the Assam Gazell e, dated 5-8-1964, force on 1-4-1964.

3.
3.

Notification of tbe Local ADthorltles.

Tbe State Government shall, from t ime to time as occasi on may ari se, noti fy in the officia l Gazelle, the names of the local authorities wbich shall receive grant under S. 2.

4.

Expenditure to he cbar ged.

The expendi ture re lati ng to the grants under Ss.

2.

2-A and 2-D shall be charge d u pon the Consol idated Fund of the State of Assam, in accorda nce with the pr ovisions of Art .

202 (3) (f) of the Constit utio n of Ind ia.

COMMENI'S Section 4.


In this section the words and figures "2-A and 2·8'.

were inserted by Assam Ac t XVII of 1964, 4·A.

Power to make rules.

(I ) The State Government may mak e rul es for carrying out the purposes of the Act.

742 N ORm-EASlWl N IUm ON L OCAL A CTS I!i: RULE!

IS.
5 (2) Every rul e mad e under this sectio n sha ll be lai d as soo n as m ay be it is mad e befo re th e As sam l.eg islative Assembly white it is in after session for a total pe riod o f fou r teen days wh ich may be compri sed in one se ssion o r in two successive ses sions ; and if, befo re the exp iry o f t he session in wh ich it is so la id o r the session immediat el y fo llow ing, th e Assa m Leg isl at ive A ssembl y agr ee in mak ing any mod ificatio ns in t he rule o r the Assa m Leg isla tive Assemb ly ag ree tha t the r ule sho u ld not be made, th e rut e sha ll therea fter have effect o nly in such mod ified fo rm o r be o f no effect.
as th e cas e may be , so howev er, that any such mo dificat ion or a nn u lmen t shall be wit hout p rej udi ce to the validity of anyth ing previo usly don e under tha t rule.

S ection 4-A .

T his sect io n was ins erted vide Assam Act XV II of 1964 publis bed in t he Assa m Gazette, dat ed 5-8-196 4.
COMMENTS 5 , Rep ea l. T he Assam Local A uthorit ies Compens ato ry G ran t 1 9~0 (Assam Act II o f 1940) and tb e Assam Local Au th (Cha rged ) Act, orities Compen sat ory G rants (Charged) Act, 1953 (Assam Ac t XXXIV o f 1953) a re hereb y repealed .

SC HEDUL E [Set Secti on 2] I.

Local ra te s realised und er tb e Assam Loca l Rates Regul at ion, 1979.

2.

All receipts fro m the sales o f ferr ies o t her rha n th e Pu bl ic W orks D epartment Ferries und er the Nor th Ind ia Fe rr ies Act, 1878, 3.
A ll fine s rea lised under tb e A ssa m M un icipal Act, 1956 (Assam Act XV o f 1957) o r by -laws made thereund er or u nd er t he A ssam Pa nchaya t A ct , 1959 o r ru les made the re un der, judicial • "