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The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022

Section 339

In force Act 8 of 2022 As on 07 Oct 2026

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Act 8 of 2022

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Section 339 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022. No suit shall be instituted in any court having jurisdiction against any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation or any person acting under the direction of any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation in respect of anything done, or pur

(1) No suit shall be instituted in any court having jurisdiction against any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation or any person acting under the direction of any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation in respect of anything done, or purported to be done, under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder, until the expiration of one month next after a notice, in writing, has been delivered or left at the office of such authority or at the office or the residence of such officer or other employee or person, stating.

(a) the cause of action.

(b) the name and residence of the intending plaintiff, and (c) the relief which such plaintiff claims.

(2) Every such suit shall be commenced within four months next after accrual of the cause of action, and the plaint therein shall contain a statement that a notice has been delivered or left as required under sub-section (1) above.

(3) If the municipal authority, at the office of which, or the officer or the other employee of the Corporation or the person acting under the direction of any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation, at the office or the residence of whom, a notice has been delivered or left under sub-section (1) above, satisfies the court having jurisdiction that the relief claimed was tendered to the plaintiff before the institution of the suit, the suit shall be dismissed.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to any suit instituted under section 38 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Central Act 47 of 1963.

Section 339, The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Act 8 of 2022).

Cross-references

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This section refers to

  1. Specific Relief Act s. 38 Perpetual injunction when granted

Questions about Section 339

How do I find court cases under Section 339 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Assam Municipal Corporation Act 339, section 339 Assam Municipal Corporation Act, section 339 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 339 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on Specific Relief Act 38 (Perpetual injunction when granted), so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the Assam Municipal Corporation Act enacted?

Assam Municipal Corporation Act was enacted in 2022 as Act 8 of 2022. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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