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© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2025 [Price: Rs. 2.40 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 252] CHENNAI, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025 Vaikasi 19, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056 Part IV—Section 2 Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances CONTENTS Pages. ACTS: No.30 of 2025—The Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Amendment) Act, 2025. .. 114-115 No.31 of 2025—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 .. 116-117 .. [113] IV-2—Ex. (252)114 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd June 2025 and is hereby published for general information:— ACT No. 30 OF 2025. An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Urban Local commencement. Bodies (Amendment) Act, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint. Amendment of 2. In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 Tamil Nadu Act 9 section 2. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (27), the of 1999. following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(27-A) “person with disability” shall have the same meaning as Central Act 49 in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016;”. of 2016. Amendment of 3. In section 37 of the principal Act,— section 37. (1) in sub-section (1),— (a) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(i-a) one person with disability to be nominated as a member, by the Government in respect of municipal corporation and by the Director in respect of municipal council and town panchayat, in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that two persons with disability shall be nominated as members where the strength of the council exceeds one hundred.”; (b) in the first proviso, for the expression “clauses (ii)”, the expression “clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be substituted; (2) after sub-section (1-A), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(1-B) The qualifications for nomination as a member under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed.”; (3) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(2-A) The term of office of the member nominated under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) shall be co-terminus with the duration of the council.”.TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 115 4. Section 43-A of the principal Act shall be re-numbered Amendment of as section 43-B and in section 43-B as so re-numbered, in section 43-A. sub-section (1), for the expression “clauses (ii)”, the expression “clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be substituted. 5. Before section 43-B of the principal Act as so re-numbered, Insertion of new the following section shall be inserted, namely:— section 43-A. “43-A. Powers and duties of nominated member.— A member nominated under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section 37 shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed.”. 6. In section 48 of the principal Act,— Amendment of section 48. (1) in the marginal heading, for the expression “Deputy Chairperson and councillor”, the expression “Deputy Chairperson, councillor and nominated member” shall be substituted; (2) in sub-section (1), for the expression “Deputy Chairperson and the councillors”, the expression “Deputy Chairperson, councillors and the member nominated under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section 37” shall be substituted; (3) in sub-section (3), for the expression “Deputy Chairperson or councillors”, the expression “Deputy Chairperson, councillors or the member nominated under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section 37” shall be substituted. 7. In section 50 of the principal Act, in sub-section (5), for the Amendment of expression “clauses (ii)”, the expression “clauses (i-a), (ii)” shall be section 50. substituted. 8. In section 198 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),— Amendment of section 198. (1) in clause (xviii), the word “and” at the end shall be omitted; (2) for clause (xix), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— “(xix) as to the manner of nomination under clause (i-a) of sub-section (1) of section 37; (xx) as to the qualifications for nomination as a member under sub-section (1-B) of section 37; (xxi) as to the powers and duties of the nominated member under section 43-A; and (xxii) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed under this Act.”. (By Order of the Governor) S. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Secretary to Government, Law Department.116 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd June 2025 and is hereby published for general information:— ACT No. 31 OF 2025. An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats commencement. (Second Amendment) Act, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint. Amendment of 2. In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 Tamil Nadu Act 21 section 2. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (25), the of 1994. following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(25-A) ‘person with disability’ shall have the same meaning Central Act 49 of as in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016;”. 2016. Insertion of new 3. In Chapter III of the principal Act, after section 32, the following sub-heading and sub-heading and section shall be inserted, namely:— section 32-A. “NOMINATION OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY. 32-A. Nomination of person with disability in panchayat.— (1) In every village panchayat, panchayat union council and district panchayat, a person with disability shall be nominated as a member by the Government or any authority authorised by them, in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The nomination under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to the members of the respective panchayats as specified in sections 6, 17 and 25. (3) The qualifications for nomination as a member shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) The term of office of the member so nominated shall be co-terminus with the duration of the panchayat. (5) The rights and duties of the member so nominated shall be such as may be prescribed, but he shall not have the right to vote.”.TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 117 4. In section 242 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after Amendment of clause (xlvii), the following clauses shall be added, namely:— section 242. “(xlviii) as to the manner of nomination of person with disability as a member; (xlix) as to the qualifications for nomination as a member under section 32-A; (l) as to the rights and duties of a member nominated under section 32-A.”. (By Order of the Governor) S. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Secretary to Government, Law Department. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU