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- Constitution and governance197
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- Municipal and urban development27
- Improvements in Town Act, 18503
- City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act, 18883
- Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 188820
- Government Buildings Act, 18995
- Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 191929
- Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 19484
- Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 194913
- Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 19565
- Delhi Development Act, 19578
- Delhi Rent Control Act, 19584
- Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act, 19613
- Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 196328
- Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 196617
- Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act, 19723
- Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 197217
- Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 197374
- Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 19740
- East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 19744
- Delhi Sales Tax Act, 19752
- Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 197697
- Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 197723
- National Housing Bank Act, 19874
- Kerala Municipality Act, 199445
- Manipur Municipalities Act, 19947
- New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 19945
- Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 19940
- Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 20068
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- State revenue, land records and tenancy (State field)43
- Telecommunications4
- Telecommunications & interception1
- Tourism, hospitality and monuments8
- Water and irrigation23
- Women and children12
- Working conditions & protections at work3
- No power resolved40368
Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1977: sections with instruments beneath them (5)
Text
Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1977 [A12-1EZ]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 29 July 1977.
Sections (23)
Chapter I. PRELIMINARY
Chapter II. CORPORATION
Chapter III. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Chapter IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement [S2H-NYC]
Section 2. Definitions [S2H-NZE]
Section 3. Appointment of Corporation [S2H-P0S]
Section 4. Registration of licensees [S2H-P1V]
Section 5. Prohibition of the development of land without licence [S2H-P2X]
Section 6. Grant of licence [S2H-P3Z]
Section 7. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S2H-P4H]
Section 8. Powers of Municipal Commissioner [S2H-P5K]
Section 9. Power to issue directions [S2H-P6N]
Section 10. Power to exempt [S2H-P7Q]
Section 11. Registration of owners of a building [S2H-P89]
Section 12. Prohibition of the occupation of premises without licence [S2H-P9B]
Section 13. Grant of licence [S2H-PAD]
Section 14. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S2H-PBF]
Section 15. Powers of Municipal Commissioner [S2H-PC1]
Section 16. Power to issue directions [S2H-PD3]
Section 17. Penalty for contravention [S2H-PE5]
Section 18. Offences by companies [S2H-PF7]
Section 19. Appeal [S2H-PGW]
Section 20. Cognizance of offences [S2H-PHY]
Section 21. Protection of action taken in good faith [S2H-PJR]
Section 22. Power to make rules [S2H-PKT]
Section 23. Power to remove difficulties [S2H-PMM]
Made under
No recital of a power is printed.
Acts on (0)
none
Acted on by (4)
Exempts: Notification No. 1150/1984, dated 29th March, 1984 [N12-X92], 29 March 1984. "section 4 of the said Act".
Commences: Notification No. 2219/1979, dated 19th May, 1979 [N12-WS3], 14 June 1979. "the remaining provisions of the said Act shall come into force".
Amends: Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1987 [A12-33D], 14 November 1987. "section 14 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1977 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977)".
Commences: Notification No. 1324/1977, dated 26th July, 1977 [N12-WHK], 29 July 1977. "the provisions of sections 1 to 6 of the said Act shall come into force".
Not held (0)
none
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