This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Throughout the Act, for the words “District Planning and Development Board” and “District Panchayat Officer” wherever they occur, the words “the District Development Council” and “Assistant Commissioner of Panchayat” shall respectively be substituted.’ Throughout the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, (hereafter in 20 this Chapter referred to as the Municipal Act), for the words “Chief Electoral Officer” and “Backward Classes”, wherever they occur, the words “State Election Commission” and “Other Backward Classes” shall respectively be substituted.
Statement of Objects and Reasons, The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 seeks to amend certain provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000 and the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 (the Acts) in consonance with the provisions of the Part IX and Part IXA of the Constitution. The Financial Memorandum, The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, if enacted, would not involve any expenditure either recurring or non-recurring from and out of the Consolidated fund of India. To know in depth from Chapter 1 to Extracts from Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 do check the link given below.