State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

12[56A. Appointment of Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Improvements).— (1) Subject to the previous approval of 13[the 14[State] Government] the Corporation shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the commencement of the City of Bombay Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1933 (Bom. XIII of 1933), appoint a Deputy Municipal Commissioner to be styled the Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Improvements). Such appointment shall be in addition to any appointment of a Deputy Municipal Commissioner made under sub-section (1) of section 55. (2) Every person so appointed shall be subject to all the liabilities, restrictions and conditions to which the Commissioner is subjected to under this Act. (3) A person appointed as a Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Improvements) shall be appointed in the first instance for a period of five years, which may be renewed thereafter from time to time for a like or lesser period: 1[Provided that if such person is a Municipal Officer and due to retire under regulations made and applicable to him under section 81 on a date earlier than the expiry of the period of five years from the date of appointment or reappointment, he may be appointed or reappointed for a period of five years or a lesser period.] (4) The person appointed to be the Chief Officer, under section 26 of the City of Bombay Improvement Trust Transfer Act, 1925 (Bom. XVI of 1925), and holding that office at the commencement of the City of Bombay Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1933 (Bom. XVI of 1933), shall be the Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Improvements) under this Act until the Corporation shall have appointed a Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Improvements) under the provisions of sub-section (1) and until such Deputy Municipal Commissioner shall have entered on the discharge of the duties of his office.]