State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

7[133. Reduction and transfer.— Reductions in, and transfers from a budget grant shall be made as under :— (a) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 131, on the recommendations of 8[the Standing Committee] the Corporation may, from time to time, during an official year, sanction the transfer of any amount exceeding 9[twenty lakh] rupees from one budget grant to another budget grant. (b) The 10[Standing Committee] may at any time during an official year,— (i) reduce the amount of a budget grant; (ii) sanction the transfer of any amount, not exceeding fifteen thousand rupees, from one budget grant to another budget grant; 11[* * * * *] 12[(c) The Commissioner may, at any time during an official year sanction the transfer of any amount not exceeding five thousand rupees within a budget grant if such transfer does not involve a recurring liability: Provided that, every transfer of an amount exceeding one thousand rupees made under this clause shall be reported forthwith by the Commissioner to the Standing Committee and the Committee may pass with regard thereto such order as they may think fit, and it shall be incumbent on the Commissioner to give effect to such order.] (d) When making any transfer under clauses (a), (b) or (c), due regard shall be had to all the requirements of this Act. (e) If any such reduction as is referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (b) is of an amount exceeding 13[five lakh rupees], the Corporation may pass with regard thereto such order as they think fit ; and it shall be incumbent on 14[the Standing Committee] and the Commissioner to give effect to such order. 15[(f) in case of expenditure for the purposes of clause (q) of section 61 the provisions of this section shall apply as if for the words “Standing Commiittee” the words “Education Committee” had been substituted.] 16[(g) For the purposes of expenditure from the Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Fund, the provisions of this section shall apply as if for the words “Standing Committee” and “Commissioner” the words “Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Committee” and “General Manager” respectively, had been substituted.]