''"  the assam municipal (manipur amendment) bill, 1961(to be introduced in lox sabha)   bur ro 3' of 1"1 the assam municipal (manipur ambndmbmt)   bill, 1961 (to be introduced in lok 8abha~a bill further ~ amftd the as-sam municipal act, 19s6 as in fo'rce in- the union territcwy of mantpur be it enacted by parliament in the twelfth year of the republic c)f ii\<fia as follbws:-1 (1) this act may be called the assam municipal ~manipur shore tid amendment) act, 1961 :: com-s (2) it shall come into force on such date as the chief commfj sioner, manipur may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint aiiiid n:t xv of 15157 10 43 of 15150  z in the assam munieipal act, 1956 as in torce in the union terri- ~idi<jd tory of madipllr (hereinafter referred to as the prinrlpal act), for == -for ' settion 14 the following section shall be' substituted, narn:e!y:-_:~~ '14 (1) the persons entitled to \tote at elections of commis- e1tfctc1n'lars: sioners shall be the persons registered, by virtue of the provi- e1umnlt mons of the constitution and the representation of the people ro •• act, 1950, as voters at elections to the house of the people (2) so mtteh of tire electoral roll for any parliamentary ~ for tire time befng in fbr:ce as relates to the areas is eompri~ within a ward-shall be deemed to be the electoral roll 1d:" , l')j '," ; (," tl't~ purposes of this act; -e:rpio~id sub-sectioll (2), the expression "partia-~ent~ constituen~y" has the mewnl 881igbed to it under the repreaentation of the people ad, 1950' 43 of 15150 20  ameadmcdt 3 in section 15 of the principal act, for clause (i), the followof eection is· ing clause shall be substituted, namely:- (i) is not reeistered as an elector in the electoral roll for a ward, or" " after section 15 of the principal act, the following section shan s be inserted, namely:-ldhrtioo of ·newuctiod j5a, rilbtto vote "15a (1) every person whose name is, for the time being, entered in the electoral roll for a ward shall be entitled to vote at the election of a commissioner from that ward (2) in every ward an elector shall have as many votes as 10 there are commissioners to be elected from that ward but no elector shall at any election give more than one vote to anyone candidate"  5 in section 16 of the principal act,-ameadmcdt ofeecdon j6 (1) for the words "by an unsuccessful candidate or person 15  qualified to vote at the election to which such question refers, such person", the words "by any candidate at such election or by any elector of the ward concerned, such candidate or such elector, as the case may be," shall be substituted; (2) in the second proviso, for the word "qualified" in both 20 the places where it occurs, the word "entitled" shall be substituted 6 after section 26 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-"26a notwithstanding anything in this act or in any noti-::a~ fication, rule or order issued or made thereunder,-1dicrtloo of dew acctlon :mia tladlitioual provisions !orecamisslonera' of and pderal election to, impbal'  munjcipa1 _---a ,j -  (a) the commissioners of the imphal municipal board holding office immediately before the commencement of the assam municipal (manipur amendment) act, 1961 shall cease to hold office on and from such date as the chief com- 30 missioner may by notification in the manipur gazette specify; (b) the general election of commissioners of that board to be held for the first time after such commencement shall be held and completed before such date as the chief com- 35 missioner may by a  like notification specify" amendment·  7~ in section 301 of the principal act, in sub-section (2) ,-olmction 3oj - (a) in clause (i), the words "the quallftcations and disquallllcations and registration of voters," shall be omitted; (b) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ia) provide for the manner of the splitting up of electoral rolls for parliamentary constituencies into parts s for the purpose of constituting one or more of such parts into the electoral roll for a ward, and the appointment of the officer or authority by whom such splitting up is to be carried out;"  statement of objects and blijasonsthe recommendiation of the imphal municipal board for the inuo6let!m ,of adult suftrage in municipal elections in manipur was  proved :by the advisory committee for ittampur in its ·meeting held on the loth february, 1961 on examination the recommendation appears worth acceptance to give effect to this recommendation, it is necessary to amend suitably section 14 of the assam municipal act, 1956, as extended to manipur the term of office of the existing commissioners of the imphal municipal board will continue up to the 31st march, 1962 in order, however, to avoid simultaneous holding of municipal elections and the next general elections to parliament, it is proposed to confer powers upon the chief commi3sioner to curtail, if necessary, the term of office of the existing commissioners hence this bill " , new dmm; the 30th june, 1981 d p karmarkar  annexure extbac1's projii th! assam municipal act, 1956 (assam act xv of 1957)- - - - - -  chapter iii constitution of municipal boards14 every person of the full age of twenty-one years, being a ~ualiic:t:ods citizen of india, who has been for a period of not less tlmn twelve 0 9otcra months immediately before the 1st of january of the year for which the muntdpal electoral roll is ,being prepared, hereinafter referred to as ''the preseribed date", resident within the limits of a municlpality and oceuptes a holding 'assessed to tax under section 68 of the act or an ll'ihabitant thereof, and wh(>-(i' lias, during the tw~lve months immediately preeeding tile piicribed date, paid in respect of any rates an aggregate amount of not less than one rupee, or   (ti) ia a member of joint family of which :my member is a voter under item (1), or 71  ' (iii) being a graduate of any university, orhav'ing pueed the intermediate or matricukition examinations of the gauhati, or any other university or the corresponding standard of the same or any other university, or middle english or middle vernacular ,or ,an equivaledtexamination or senior or junior madrucm examination under the old or reformed scheme, or the  sanskrit title examination of the calcutta/assam sanskrit association, or having read up to class vii of a highs~hool or being a re;~is­tered medical praditioner under any law relating to registratlon of medical practitioners or being an advocate qi" holding a cer-tificate authorising a person to practise as a pleader or as a mukhtar or as a revenue agent, occupies a holdin~ 01' part of a holding, in respect of which there has beeil paid, during the s twelve months aforesaid in respect of any rates an aggregate amount of not less than one rupee, or (iv) is a manager or person in charge of a company, firm, society or business owning or occupying any land or buuding within the limits of the municipality if the company, firm, society or business possesses the qualifications set {orth in clause (i) j shall· on registration in the prescribed manner be qualified to vote at the election of the commissioners of such municipality explanation--'tax' for the purpose of this section shall not include service charges inelcibiu" 15 no person shall be eligible for election as commissioner of a for electiod municipal board if such person-(i) is not entitled to vote at the election of commissioners of the municipal board or - - - - - proc:eedinp to actide in cjccii on 16 if the validity of an election of a commissioner is" brought in question by an unsuccessful candidate or person qualifted to vote at the election to which such question refers, such person may at any time within twenty-one days after the date of the declaration of the result of the election, file a petition in the prescribed manner before the district judge of manipur, and shall at the same time deposit one hundred rupees in court 88 security for the costs likely to be incurred: i i provided that the deputy commissioner ar the sub-divisional officer, as the case may be, may be authorised by the chief commissioner to receive election petitions on behalf of the district judge for transmission to him: 1 provided further that the validity of such election "shall not be questioned in any such petition- <a) on the ground that the name of any penlon qualified to vote haa been omitted from the electoral roll; or (b) on the ground that the name of any person not qualified to vote has been inserted in the electoml roll; or (c) on the ground of acceptance or refusal of nomination of candidates provided further that an appeal in the inanner prescribed shall lie to the district judge against such acceptanc~ or  "refusal of nomination -" - -  , - -  rules and bye-laws rules301 (1) the chief commissioner may make rules for the pur- power of chief compose of carrying out the provisions of this act miuionet' to (2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers make rula such rules may- i i (i) determine the mode and time of election' of commissioners, the qualificlqtions and disqualifications and registration of voters, qualifications of candidates, the acts to be deemed corrupt practices at elections and generally regulate all electiom under this act; - - - - - a bill further to amend the assam municipal act, 1956 as in force in the union territory of manipur (shri d p karmarkar, minister of health) 