14 Acts & Rules · 14.3 Municipal and urban development Acts of Maharashtra

14.3.1 Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act 1949: constitution, municipal authorities, Commissioner and committees

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (the old BPMC Act) governs every Municipal Corporation in the State except Brihanmumbai; it creates the Corporation as a body corporate and splits power between a deliberative wing (Corporation, Mayor, committees) and an executive wing headed by the State-appointed Commissioner.

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Key terms

  • MMC Act 1949
  • BPMC Act
  • larger urban area
  • section 3
  • Article 243Q
  • section 4 municipal authorities
  • body corporate section 5
  • Mayor section 19
  • Standing Committee section 20
  • Transport Committee section 25
  • Wards Committees section 29A
  • Commissioner section 36
  • environment status report section 67A
  • Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888
  • deliberative and executive wings

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