Six Bills introduced on first day
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, July 25 2022: Six government bills were introduced on the first day of the second session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly on Monday.

In the absence of chief minister N Biren, who is at the national capital to attend the swearing in ceremony of the 15th President of India, power minister Th Biswajit, who is in-charge of chief minister in the former's absence, introduced The Code of Criminal Procedure (Manipur Third Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 3 of 2022), The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 6 of 2022), and The Manipur Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 8 of 2022) .

RD&PR minister Y Khemchand introduced The Manipur Panchayati Raj (Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 4 of 2022); textiles, commerce and industries minister Nemcha Kipgen introduced The Factories (Manipur Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 7 of 2022); and CAF&PD minister L Susindro Meitei introduced The Legal Metrology (Manipur First Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Bill No 9 of 2022) .

In the objects and reasons of The Code of Criminal Procedure (Manipur Third Amendment) Bill, 2022, it is stated that whenever an official of the rank of DC, ADC, SDO and AC to DC are posted in a revenue district, the home department issues an order under Section 20 of CrPC to confer the magisterial power to these officials as DM, ADM, SDM or EM.

This process, sometimes, causes delay in conferring the magisterial power to these officials despite the immediate need.

The amendment proposes to insert a provision in the Act to empower the state government to issue general or special order to confer powers of District Magistrate or Additional District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Executive Magistrate to Deputy Commissioner or Additional Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer or Assistant Commissioner to Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Deputy Collector on ex-officio basis.

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