Q. Which of the following statements regarding the dissolution of urban local bodies is/are correct?
1. If a municipality is dissolved before completion of its full term, then the new municipality reconstituted does not enjoy a full term of five years.
2. After dissolution, it is not necessary to hold an election for a new municipality if the remainder of the period, for which dissolved municipality would have reconstituted, is less than 6 months.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct: If a municipality is dissolved earlier than the completion of its full term, then it is mandatory according to 74th Constitutional Amendment Act to have a new municipality reconstituted. And a municipality thus made, does not enjoy full term, rather it exists only the remainder of the original term of the prematurely dissolved municipality.
Statement 2 is correct: All municipalities are to have a fixed term of 5 years, subject to premature dissolution if required. But, where the remainder of the period is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election for constituting the new municipality for such period.
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