 the tripura municipal law (repeal) bill, 1960(as introduced in lok sabra on 22nd february 1960)  the tripura municipal law (repeal) bill, 1960(as introduced in lok sabha) a bill to provide for the repeal of the municipal law in force in the union territory of tripura be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh year of the repblic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the tripura municipal law (repeal) short title act, 1960 ! bellgal act xv of 1932 30 of 19(0 5 2 on and from the date on which the bengal municipal act, repeal of 1932, is extended by notification under section 2 of the union r::::3r,~tatt territories (laws) act, 1950, to the union territory of tripura, act the tripura state municipal act, 1349 te, shall stanci repealed 2 of 1349 te 2 of 1349 3 (1) the repeal of the tripura state municipal act, 1349 te, svidp te lob y section 2 shall not affect-(a) the previous operation of that act or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under that act, 1 s (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against that act, or (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, 20 and any such investig1ltion, legal pr()c('edin~ or remedy may bl! instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if that act had not been repealed (2) subject to the provisions contained in sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken (including any municipality constituted, appointment or delegation made, notification, instruction or direction issued, form, bye-law or scheme framed, certificate obtained, permit or licence granted or registration effected, or order 5 of supersession issued) under the act repealed by section 2 shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of the bengal municipal act, 1932, extended by notiftca-benpl act tion as provided in that section to the union territory of tripura, xv of 1932, and shall continue to be in force accordingly unless and until 10 superseded by anything done or any action taken under the act so extended 1349 (3) notwithstanding the repeal by section 2 of the tripura state 2 of municipal act, 1349 te, the chief commissioner may, with the te approval of the central government, direct, by notification in the is tripura gazette, whether prospectively or retrospectively, that any of the taxes leviable under the repealed act shall continue to be levied for such time and under such conditions as may be specified in the notification, and on the issue of any such notification, the provisions of the repealed act, in so far as they relate to the assessment, 20 levy, collection and recovery of such tax and to matters incidental thereto, shall apply in relation to the tax so continued as if the said provisions had not been repealed  statement of objects and reasonsthe tripura municipal act passed in the year 1939 by the then state of tripura is inadequate for the purpose of meeting the requirements of a modern municipal town for example, that act contains no provision for the levy of taxes in respect of municipal services, thereby limiting the resources of the municipality the provisions made in that act with respect to elections, apart from being inadequate·, are far from clear in the circumstances, it is considered desirable to replace that act by the bengal municipal act, 1932 (bengal act xv of 1932), which is more exhaustive 2 under section 2 of the union territories (laws) act, 1950, an enactment in force in a state may be extended to the union territory by notification, but the corresponding law in force in the union territory cannot be so repealed hence the bill which provides that on the day on which the bengal municipal act, 1932, is extended to tripura, the tripura state municipal act, 1349 te shall stand repealed dpkarmarkar new dii:lhi; the 2nd february, 1960 a bill to provide for the repeal of the municipal law in force in the union territory of tripura (shri d p karmarkar, minister of health) 