The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Officers) Act, 1975

 

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The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Officers) Act, 
1975 

 
Act 39 of 1975 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Keyword(s): 
Special Officer, Coimbatore, Municipal Corporation 
 



Short title 
and commence- 
ment. 

Term of ofice 
of the ccun- 
cillors of the 
Coimbatore 
Municipal 
Council to 
expire on the 
30th day of 
June 1975. 

Appointment 
of special 
Ofiicer to 
exelcise the 
powers and 
perform the 
functions 
of the 
Coimbatore 
Municipal 
council. 

50 6 Coirnbatore Municipal '[I975 : T.N. Act 39 
Council (Appointment 

of Special Officer) 1 I I 

TAMIL NADU ACT NO. 39 OF 1975." 

THE COIMBATORE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 
(APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL OFFICER) ACT, 
1975. 

I 
[Received the assent of the Governor oh the 22nd November 

1975, jirst published in the Tamil Nadu Gavernment 
Gaz :tte Extraordinary on the 26th November 1975, 
(Karthigai 10, Iratchasa (2006-Tiruvalluvar Andu)).] 

An Act to provide for appointment of a Special Officer 
to the Coimbatore Municipal Council. 

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil 
Nadu in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India 
as follows :- 

1. (1) This Act may be called the Coimbatore Munici- 
pal Council (Appointment of Special Officer) Act, 1975. 

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on 
the 30th day of June 1975. 

I 

2. It is hereby declared that the term of office df the 
councillors of the Coimbatore Municipal Council shall 
be deemed to have expired on the 30th day of June 1975 
and accordingly, all couilcill~rs of the Coimbltore 
Municipal Council including its Chair an, Vice-Chairman 
and Members of the Committees estaqished or constituted 
by or under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 
1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920) (hereinafter referred 
to as the 1920 Act), shall be deemed to have vacated their 
office on the 30th day of June 1975. 

3. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the 
1920 Act, on the expiry of the term of office of the coun- 
cillors of the C,>imbatore Municipal ouncil on the 30th 
day of June 1975, the State Gover ment shall appoint 
a Special Officer to exercise the pow rs and perforin the 

by or under the 1920 Act. 

F functions of t h ~  Coimbatore M nicipal C juncil, its 
Chairman and uf the Committees estalilished or constituted 

* For S.atement of Objects and Reasons, see Tamil Nadu 
Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 18th October 1975, 
Part IV-Sec t i~  1, Pages 186-187. 



1975 : T.N. Act 391 Coimbatore Municipal 507 
Council (Appointment 
of Special Oflicer) 

(2) The Special Officer referred to in sub-section (1) 
may also exercise all or any of the powers and perform 
all or any of the functions of the executive authority or 
any other officer or authority under the 1920 Act, which 
the State Government may, by notification, specify. 

(3) (a) The Special Officer shall hold office l[for a 
period of six years] from the date of his appointment. 

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(b) The Special Officer shall receive payment 
for his services from the municipal fund. 

(c) The State Government may determine the 
relations of the Special Officer with themselves. 

(4) The executive authority shall, in the exercise 
of its powers and performance of the functions under 
the 1920 Act, be subject to the control and superintendence 
of the Special Officer. 

4. (1) The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appoint- Repeal. 
ment of Special Officer) Ordinance, 1975 (Tamil Nadu 
Ordinance No. 4 of 1975), is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal anything done 
or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be 
deemed to have been done or taken under this Act as if 
this Act had come into force on the 30th day of June 1975. 

1 The term of Special Officer was extended from time to time 
by president's Act 29 of 1976, Tamil Nqdu Acts 3 of 1977, 12 of 
1978, 7 of 1979 and 31 of 1980. The last term was extended by 
section 2 (i) of the Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment 
of special Officer) Amendment Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 16 of 
1981). 

2 The following proviso which was inserted by section 2 (ii) of 
the Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special 
officer) Amendment Act, 1977 (Tamil Nadu Act 3 of 1977) was 
omitted by section 2 (ii) of the Coimbatore Mucicipal Council 
(Appointment of Special Officer) Amendment Act, 1981 (Tamil 
Nadu Act 16 of 1981) :- 

G c  provided that the State Government may, by norification, 
for sufficient cause direct .that the term of the Special Officer 
shall be reduced by such per!od, not zxceeding three monrhs, as 
may be specified in such notification. 

[In the said proviso,for the words " three motths ", the words 
6 6  six months " were earlier substitured by section 2 (ii) of the  
Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Officer) 
Second Amendment Act, 1919 (Tam11 Nadu Act 59 of 1979). 
~ ~ a i n  for the words " six months ", the words " three months " 

'were substituted by section 2 (ii) of the Coimbarore Municipal 
Council (Appointment of Special Officer) Amendment Act, 1980 
(Tamil Nadu Act 3 1 of 1980).]