Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 322, Part IV, Section 2
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Law Department, published Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 322 on November 16, 2012. It publishes Acts 32 to 51 of 2012, including amendments concerning town and country planning, panchayats, municipal laws, water and sewerage, universities, police, cooperative societies, and religious and charitable endowments. Several of the reproduced Acts repeal earlier ordinances while preserving actions already taken under them.
What the Gazette contains
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 322 is a collection of Acts passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. It is not a parcel-specific land notification or an individual government order.
The contents list twenty Acts, numbered 32 to 51 of 2012. Subjects with possible relevance to property owners and professionals include:
- Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2012.
- Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2012.
- Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Third Amendment) Act, 2012.
- Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2012.
- Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage (Second Amendment) Act, 2012.
- Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012.
The supplied extract lists these Acts but does not reproduce their detailed provisions. It therefore does not establish how any of them affects a particular property, planning permission, land use, local tax, water connection or religious institution property.
Key provisions reproduced in the extract
The Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 is treated as having commenced on July 14, 2012. It replaces an age limit of sixty-five years with seventy years in provisions governing nine named universities. It also repeals the related 2012 ordinance while preserving earlier action taken under it.
The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Second Amendment Act, 2012 is treated as having commenced on August 3, 2012. It replaces a period of thirty-six years and two months with thirty-six years and eight months, and repeals the related ordinance with a saving for earlier action.
The Chennai City Police (Amendment) Act, 2012 is treated as having commenced on September 7, 2012. It broadens police powers concerning drills, training or assemblies with arms, or in uniforms resembling those of the Armed Forces of the Union or the police. Its definition of arms includes offensive weapons, lathis and sticks.
The Chennai City Police (Extension to the City of Tiruppur) Act, 2012 is treated as having commenced on October 8, 2012. It extends the Chennai City Police Act, 1888 to Tiruppur and allows specified magistrate powers to be given to the Commissioner of Police for Tiruppur and certain subordinate officers by notification.
Relevance to property due diligence
A buyer or owner should identify which listed Act is relevant and obtain its complete text before relying on the Gazette. The supplied extract contains no survey number, property boundary, individual planning approval or specific change of land use.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette change the land use of a specific property?
The supplied text does not identify any survey number, property boundary or parcel-specific land use change. It lists the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2012, but does not reproduce its detailed provisions.
Which listed laws may matter to a Tamil Nadu property owner?
The contents include amendments concerning town and country planning, panchayats, municipal laws, Chennai metropolitan water supply and sewerage, and Hindu religious and charitable endowments. The effect on a property cannot be determined from the supplied extract alone.
Did the police law become applicable in Tiruppur?
Yes. The Chennai City Police (Extension to the City of Tiruppur) Act, 2012 extends the Chennai City Police Act, 1888 to the City of Tiruppur and is treated as having commenced on October 8, 2012.
Were earlier ordinances cancelled by the Acts reproduced here?
Yes. The reproduced university, cooperative society and Chennai police amendments repeal their corresponding 2012 ordinances. Actions already taken under those ordinances are preserved.
