MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

Act No. 31 of 2018

10th April, 2018

An Act further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888), for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2018.

S.2 Amendment of section 398 of III of 1888

In section 398 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888) (hereinafter referred to as "the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act"), in sub-section (2),--

• (a) after the words "or trading in agricultural produce" the words, brackets and figures ",animals, elegant or exotic birds and elegant or exotic fishes (except those animals, birds and fishes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) or under any other law for the time being in force)" shall be inserted;
• (b) after the words "any of the items of agricultural produce" the words, brackets and figures ",animals, elegant or exotic birds and elegant or exotic fishes (except those animals, birds and fishes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) or under any other law for the time being in force)" shall be inserted.

S.3 Amendment of section 401 of III of 1888

In section 401 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in subsection (1), after the words "for sale any animal" the words, brackets and figures ",elegant or exotic bird and elegant or exotic fish (except those animals, birds and fishes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) or under any other law for the time being in force)" shall be inserted.

S.4 Amendment of section 406 of III of 1888

In section 406 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in clause (f), after the words "trading in agricultural produce" the words, brackets and figures ",animals, elegant or exotic birds and elegant or exotic fishes (except those animals, birds and fishes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) or under any other law for the time being in force)" shall be inserted.

S.5 Amendment of section 461 of III of 1888

In section 461 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in clause (ma), after the words "trading in, agricultural produce" the words, brackets and figures ",animals, elegant or exotic birds and elegant or exotic fishes (except those animals, birds and fishes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) or under any other law for the time being in force)" shall be inserted.