The State Government of Karnataka on October 03, 2020 has issued The Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Third Amendment) Act, 2020 amending the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976. Following are the amendments made:
• In Section 7(1) relating to constitution of corporation, after clause (a), a new proviso is inserted specifying that the corporation of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike shall consist of number of councillors not less than two hundred and twenty-five but not more than two hundred and fifty councillors as the Government may, by notification, determine.
• In Section 21(1) of the principal Act, after the words "Government shall", the words "on the recommendation of delimitation commission" shall be inserted specifying that for purposes of election of councillors Government shall on the recommendation of delimitation commission determine the wards into which the city shall be divided, the number of seats allotted to each ward and seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
• In section 21 after clause (a) relating to determination of wards, a new proviso is inserted stating that in respect of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike the State Government shall, by notification, divide the city into wards in such manner that area of wards, as far as possible, shall be within the jurisdiction of an Assembly constituency of the State Legislature and no ward shall be divided between Assembly Constituencies of the State Legislature.
• A new sub-section has been inserted in Section 21(2A) namely: “The State Government shall, constitute a delimitation commission consisting of such number of members, as may be prescribed to recommend the State Government, the manner of delimitation of wards in each corporation.”
[Notification no- DPAL 57 SHASANA 2020]
