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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2024 [Price: Rs. 8.00 Paise.

TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 160] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024

Chithirai 20, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2055

Part IV—Section 2
Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

CONTENTS Pages.
ACTS:
No. 13 of 2024.—The Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2023. 62-66
No. 14 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2024... .. 67-68
No. 15 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J Jayalalithaa Memorial
Foundation (Repeal) Act, 2024.. ... .. 69-70
No. 16 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2024. 71-72
No. 17 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2024. 73-76
No. 18 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Fifth Amendment) Act, 2024. 77-78
No. 19 of 2024.—The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
(Amendment) Act, 2024. 79

IV-2 Ex. (160) [61]

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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the President on the 04th March 2024 and
is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 13 OF 2024

An Act further to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899

in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in

the Seventy-Fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu
extent and Amendment) Act, 2023.
commence-
ment.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment of 2. In Schedule I to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899,— Central Act II

Schedule I. of 1899.

(1) in Article 3, for the words “One hundred rupees”, the words
“One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
(2) in Article 4, for the words “Twenty rupees”, the words “Two
hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
(3) in Article 5, in clause (j), for the words “Twenty rupees”,
the words “Two hundred rupees” shall be substituted;

(4) for Article 10, the following Article shall be substituted,

namely:—

“10. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION Five hundred rupees on every ten

OF A COMPANY lakh rupees of authorised capital or
part thereof subject to a maximum
of rupees five lakh.
Exemption.-

Articles of any association not formed for profit and registered

under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013).”;
(5) in Article 17,—

(a) after the words “if attested”, the words “whether it

involves transfer of property or not” shall be inserted;
(b) for the words “Fifty rupees”, the words “One thousand
rupees” shall be substituted;
(6) in Article 24,—

(a) in clause (i), for the words “Five rupees”, the words
“One hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
(b) in clause (ii), for the words “Twenty rupees”, the words
“One hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
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(7) in Article 25, in clause (b), for the words “Twenty rupees”,
the words “Five hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
(8) in Article 35, in clauses (a), (b) and (c), for the expression
“or advance if any, payable”, the expression “advance or security deposit,
whether repayable or not” shall be substituted;
(9) for Article 39, the following Article shall be substituted,
namely:—
“39. MEMORANDUM OF Two hundred rupees.
ASSOCIATION OF
A COMPANY
Exemption.-
Memorandum of any association not formed for profit and registered
under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013).”;
(10) in Article 42, for the words “Ten rupees”, the words
“Twenty rupees” shall be substituted;
(11) in Article 45,—
(a) in clause (b), for the words “amount of the value”, the
words “amount of the market value” shall be substituted;
(b) in the Explanation, the following expression shall be added
at the end, namely:—

“and shall include the legal heirs of a deceased family member, if

any.”;

(12) in Article 46,—

(a) in clause A, in sub-clause (b), for the words “Three hundred
rupees”, the words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
(b) in clause B, in the Explanation, the following expression
shall be added at the end, namely:—

“and shall include the legal heirs of a deceased family member, if

any.”;
(13) in Article 48,—

(a) in clause (a), for the words “Five rupees”, the words “Five
hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
(b) in clause (b), for the words “Fifteen rupees”, the words
“Five hundred rupees” shall be substituted;
(c) in clause (c), for the words “One hundred rupees”, the
words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
(d) in clause (d), for the words “One hundred and seventy five
rupees”, the words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
(e) in clause (e), for the words “market value equal to the
amount of the consideration”, the words “market value of the immovable
property” shall be substituted;
(f) for clause (f), the following clauses shall be substituted,
namely:—
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“(f) When given without consider- One thousand rupees.

ation and authorising the attorney,
who is a family member, to sell any
immovable property.
(g) When given without consideration One rupee for every one hundred
and authorising the attorney, who rupees or part thereof of the market
is not a family member, to sell any value of the immovable property.
immovable property.
(h) in any other case. One thousand rupees for each
person authorised.”.
(g) the existing Explanation shall be renumbered as Explanation-I, and after
Explanation-I as so renumbered, the following Explanation shall be added,
namely:—

“Explanation-II.— For the purpose of this Article, the word “family”

shall have the same meaning as defined in the Explanation to Article 58.”;

(14) in Article 54, in clause (b),—

(a) in sub-clause (i), for the words “Eighty rupees”, the
words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-clause (ii), for the words “Seventy rupees”, the

words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;

(15) in Article 55, in the Explanation, the following expression shall

be added at the end, namely:—

“and shall include the legal heirs of a deceased family member, if any.”;

(16) in Article 57, in clause (b), for the words “Eighty rupees”, the

words “Five hundred rupees” shall be substituted;

(17) in Article 58, in clause (b), for the words “Eighty rupees”, the

words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;

(18) in Article 61, in clause (b), for the words “Forty rupees”, the

words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted;

(19) in Article 62, for clause (e), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—
“(e) of any trust property from one One thousand rupees or
trustee to another trustee or such smaller amount as
from a trustee to a beneficiary of may be chargeable under
the same trust. clause (c) of this Article.”;
(20) in Article 64,—
(i) in clause (a), for the words “One hundred and eighty
rupees”, the words “One thousand rupees” shall `be substituted;
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(ii) in clause (b), for the words “One hundred and twenty
rupees”, the words “One thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 06th April 2024 and
is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 14 OF 2024.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu
Panchayats Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Short title and
(Amendment) Act, 2024. commencement.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

Tamil Nadu Act 21 2. In section 171 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 Amendment of
of 1994. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1), for section 171.
the expression “house-tax”, the expression “property tax” shall be
substituted.
3. In section 172 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
section 172.
(1) in the marginal heading, for the expression “House-tax”,
the expression “Property tax” shall be substituted;

(2) in sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (5), for the expression
“house-tax”, the expression “property tax” shall be substituted.
4. In section 177 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
section 177.
(1) in the marginal heading, for the expression “land
revenue staff”, the expression “staff of the village panchayat or any
other person authorised by the Government” shall be substituted;

(2) for the expression “the staff of the Land Revenue

Department to prepare at quinquinnial intervals a House-tax
Assessment Register”, the expression “the staff of the village
panchayat or any other person authorised by the Government
to prepare at quinquinnial intervals a Property-tax Assessment
Register” shall be substituted.
5. In section 188 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in Amendment of
clause (a), for the expression “house-tax”, the expression “property section 188.
tax” shall be substituted.
6. In Schedule – I to the principal Act,— Amendment of
Schedule – I.
(i) in the proviso under Explanation-I, for the expression
“house tax”, the expression “property tax” shall be substituted ;

(ii) in Explanation-II and the second proviso thereunder, for

the expression “house tax”, the expression “property tax” shall be
substituted.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 6th April 2024 and
is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 15 OF 2024.

An Act to repeal the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi

Dr. J Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation Act, 2020.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of

Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—

1. This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Short title.
Dr. J Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation (Repeal) Act, 2024.

Tamil Nadu 2. The Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr.J Jayalalithaa Memorial Repeal of
Act 32 of 2020. Foundation Act, 2020 is hereby repealed. Tamil Nadu
Act 32 of 2020.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the
assent of the Governor on the 09th April 2024 and is hereby published for
general information:—
ACT No. 16 of 2024.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu
Panchayats Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu
in the Seventy-fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Short title and
(Second Amendment) Act, 2024. commence-
ment.
(2) It shall come into force at once.

Tamil Nadu Act 2. In section 111 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (hereinafter Amendment of
21 of 1994. referred to as the principal Act), after clause (j), the following clause shall section 111.
be added, namely:—

“(k) the undertaking of suitable work or providing necessary service

to the benefit of inhabitant or group of inhabitants, weaker sections,
women and children and differently abled persons by providing them
housing, nutrition, sanitation and family welfare measures supplementing
Government schemes as may be framed by the Government, from time
to time.”.

3. In section 112 of the principal Act,— Amendment of

section 112.
(1) in clause (n), the word “and” shall be omitted;

(2) after clause (n), as so amended, the following clause shall

be inserted, namely:—

“(nn) the undertaking of suitable work or providing necessary service

to the benefit of inhabitant or group of inhabitants, weaker sections,
women and children and differently abled persons by providing them
housing, nutrition, sanitation and family welfare measures supplementing
Government schemes as may be framed by the Government, from time
to time; and”.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

received the assent of the Governor on the 09th April 2024 and is
hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 17 of 2024.
An Act further to Amend the Tamil Nadu
Panchayats Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Short title and
(Fourth Amendment) Act, 2024. commencement.

(2) It shall come into on such date as the State

Government may, by notification, appoint.
Tamil Nadu Act 21 2. After section 144 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act 1994, the Insertion of new
of 1994. following section shall be inserted, namely:— section 144-A.

“144-A. Management of faecal sludge and septage.— (1)

No person shall collect, transport or dispose faecal sludge or septage
from any building, whether used for residential or commercial or
institutional purposes, within the panchayat limits, without a valid
licence granted under the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act,1998
(Tamil Nadu Act 9 of 1999):
Provided that no such licence is necessary for the collection,
transportation and disposal of faecal sludge or septage by any local
authority or statutory board of the Government.
(2) The owner or occupier, as the case may be, of a building
or part thereof located within the panchayat limits shall,—
(a) ensure construction of the septic tank or such on-
site sanitation system conforming to the requirements of the National
Building Code, 2016;
(b) conduct regular desludging as per the design and
operations requirement of the septic tank or the on-site sanitation
system as per the National Building Code, 2016;
(c) ensure that no person other than a licensee is
engaged or caused to be engaged for the collection, transportation
or disposal of faecal sludge and septage from his building;
(d) ensure that no person is engaged or employed, either
directly or indirectly for hazardous cleaning of a septic tank or on-site
sanitation system, as prohibited in the Prohibition of Employment as
Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (Central Act
25 of 2013).

(3) Every licensee shall,—

(a) follow the terms and conditions of the licence in
accordance with the provisions of section 179-D of the Tamil Nadu
Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 9 of 1999) and the
rules made thereunder, subject to the time, route and decantation
place, as may be notified by the Inspector under sub-section (4);
(b) pay decantation fee not exceeding five hundred rupees per
trip, as may be prescribed, for usage of the disposal facility or the
decantation place;
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(c) maintain a log book in the prescribed format for

recording of each trip undertaken for collection, transportation and
disposal of faecal sludge and septage and submit it to the Inspector
before the 10th day of every quarter in a year;
(4) (a) The Inspector shall notify in the District Gazette or
upload in the website or portal,—
(i) the place, time and route for decanting the faecal
sludge or septage;
(ii) the updated list of licensees; and
(iii) a mechanism for filing complaints or reporting
violations against the licensees.
(b) In the event of receipt of information of spillage of
septage, the executive authority shall immediately direct the licensee
or the person in-charge of the specified vehicle to take action to
contain the septage, minimise the environmental impact and remove
all septage immediately from the site of spillage.
(c) The District Level Monitoring Committee consisting of
such officers, as may be prescribed, shall monitor the movement
of the specified vehicles within the panchayat limits by means such
as inspection or Global Positioning System fitted in the specified
vehicles, to prevent disposal of faecal sludge and septage in places
other than those identified for decanting.
(5) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with this section
shall be punishable for the first offence with fine, which may extend
to twenty five thousand rupees and for the second or any subsequent
offences with fine, which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
(6) (a) The District Level Monitoring Committee may request the
licensing authority to suspend the licence, if the licensee commits
breach of any of the terms and conditions of licence or any of the
provisions of this section.

(b) The District Level Monitoring Committee may request the

licensing authority to cancel the licence, if the licensee is imposed
with penalty for the second offence under this section.
(7) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any
other law for the time being in force, where an offence under this
section is believed to have been or is being committed, any officer,
not lower in rank than that of a Block Development Officer (Village
Panchayats), may seize any vehicle or other articles including motor,
pump, tube, tool or equipment used for the commission of such
offence and shall without unreasonable delay, produce the same
before the Assistant Director (Panchayats).

(b) Where any such vehicle or other article is produced

before the Assistant Director (Panchayats) and if he is satisfied that
an offence under this section has been committed, the Assistant
Director (Panchayats) may, whether or not prosecution is instituted
for such offence, he may, without prejudice to any other penalty to
which the offender is liable under this section, order confiscation of
the vehicle or the articles so seized:
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Provided that before passing an order of confiscation, the

owner or the person from whom such vehicle or article is seized,
shall be given—

(i) notice in writing informing him of the grounds on which

it is proposed to confiscate; and

(ii) an opportunity of making a representation in writing and

an opportunity of being heard in the matter.

(c) Where the Assistant Director (Panchayats), after

passing an order of confiscation under clause (b), is of the opinion
that it is expedient in the public interest to do so, he may order the
confiscated vehicle or the articles, to be sold by public auction.

(d) Where any confiscated property is sold under clause (c),

and where the order of confiscation made under clause (b) is set
aside or annulled by an order under sub-section (8), the proceeds of
such sale, after deduction of the expenses of, or incidental to such
auction, shall be paid to the owner thereof or to the person from
whom it was seized, as may be specified in such order.
(8) (a) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-
section (7) may appeal to the Inspector within thirty days in such
manner as may be prescribed;
(b) In deciding the appeal, the Inspector shall follow such
procedure, as may be prescribed and the decision of the Inspector
on such appeal shall be final.

Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, the terms

“disposal facility”, “licensing authority”, “faecal sludge”, “licensee”,
“septage” and “specified vehicle” shall have the same meaning
assigned to them in section 179-A of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local
Bodies Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 9 of 1999).”.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received

the assent of the Governor on the 9th April 2024 and is hereby
published for general information:—
ACT No. 18 of 2024.
An Act further to Amend the Tamil Nadu
Panchayats Act, 1994.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Fifth Short title and
Amendment) Act, 2024. commencement.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government
may, by notification, appoint.
Tamil Nadu Act 2. After section 110 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 Insertion of new
21 of 1994. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall section 110-A.
be inserted, namely:—
“110-A Solid waste management.— (1) It shall be the duty of
the panchayat to manage the solid waste so as to keep the public
place clean, by adopting a system of collection of segregated waste
at source, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste
scientifically in a place specifically allotted for this purpose by the
panchayat, either within or outside the panchayat limit.
(2) The public, households, commercial establishments and
other institutions shall segregate the solid waste generated by them
and dispose of it or hand it over to the panchayat in such manner as
may be prescribed.”.
3. In section 136 of the principal Act, for the expression “filth”, the Amendment of
expression “filth, solid waste” shall be substituted. section 136.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received

the assent of the Governor on the 08th April 2024 and is hereby
published for general information:—
ACT No. 19 OF 2024.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and
Charitable Endowments Act 1959.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious Short title and
and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2024. commencement.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

Tamil Nadu 2. In section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Amendment of
Act 22 of Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, (hereinafter referred to as the section 26.
1959. principal Act), in sub-section (1), in clause (e), the expression “or
is suffering from leprosy or any other loathsome disease” shall be
omitted.
3. In section 53 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in clause Amendment of
(f), the expression “or is suffering from leprosy or other loathsome section 53.
disease” shall be omitted.
4. In section 66 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), clause (j) Amendment of
shall be omitted. section 66.

(By order of the Governor)

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.

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