State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

69. Municipal officers may be empowered to exercise certain of the powers, etc., of the Commissioner or the Transport Manager.— (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), any of the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon or vested in the Commissioner or the Transport Manager by or under any of the provisions of this Act may be exercised, performed or discharged, under the control of the Commissioner or the Transport Manager, as the case may be, and subject to his revision and to such conditions and limitations, if any, as may be prescribed by rules, or as he shall think fit to prescribe in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or Rules, by any municipal officer whom the Commissioner or the Transport Manager generally or specially empowers by order in writing in this behalf; and to the extent to which any municipal officer is so empowered the word “Commissioner” and the words “Transport Manager” occurring in any provision in this Act, shall be deemed to include such officer. (2) The Commissioner shall not, except with the prior approval of the Standing Committee, make an order under sub-section (1) affecting his powers, duties or functions under any of the following sections, sub-sections and clauses, namely :— 10(1)(h), 12(1), 18(1), 26(2), 43(2), 43(4), 43(5), 51(2), 67(3)(b), 67(3)(d), 71(2), 73, 77, 78(1), 85, 86, 87, 90, 92(2), 94, 95, 121, 122, 125, 126, 130(1)(b), 131(1), 134, 137, 144, 152, 154, 160, 174, 176,177, 188, 195, 196, 197, 201, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 216, 220, 224, 232, 243, 268, 269, 270, 272(2), 273, 274, 275(1), 277, 278, 281, 298, 300, 301, 303, 304, 305, 310, 317, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 363, 364, 371(2), 373, 386(2), 439(3), 439(4), 441, 442, 445, 466, 481 except clause (a) of sub-section (1). (3) The Transport Manager shall not, except with the prior approval of the Transport Committee, make an order under sub-section (1) affecting his powers, duties or functions under any of the following provisions, namely:— 43(5), 67(b), 67(4)(c), 71(2), 73, 97, 344, 346, 348, 354, 355, 356, 358, 362, 481 except clause (a) of sub-section (1).