THE ANDHRA PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT, 1994 (Act No. 25 of 1994) 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

SECTIONS 

1. Short title, extent and commencement 

2. Definitions 

3. Specification of larger urban area 

4. Municipal authorities 

5. Composition of Corporation 

6. Reservation of seats 

7. Term of Office of members and filling of seats 

8. Casual Vacancies of members 

9. [XXX] 

9-A. [XXX] 

10. Constitution, powers and functions of the Wards Committees 11. State Election Commission 

12. Finance Commission  

12-A. Sanction of works contract 

13. Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 not to apply on  specification as larger Urban area 

14. Application of the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation  Act, 1955 (Act II of 1956) 

14-A. General provision for reservation of office of Mayor in the  Corporations of the State 

14-B. Constitution of a Municipal Corporation Service 

15. Levy and Collection of pipeline service charges 

15.A – Levy and collection of pipeline service charges user charges for  sewerage systems

16. Transitional Provisions 

17. Appointment of Special Officer 

18. Power to make Rules 

19. Repeal of Ordinance 9 of 1994

THE ANDHRA PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT, 1994 (ACT No.25 OF 1994) 

 [16th August, 1994] 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND FOR  MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. 

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the  Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 

1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the  Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Act, 1994. 

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh, except to the  local areas covered by the Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada  Municipal Corporations. 

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from the  4th July, 1994. 

2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 

(a) 'Corporation' means a Municipal Corporation deemed to have  been constituted under Section 3;

(b) 'Election authority' means such officer or authority as may be  appointed by the State Election Commission to exercise such  powers and to perform such functions in connection with the  conduct of elections to the Municipal Corporations;

(c) 'Finance Commission' means the Finance Commission  constituted by the Governor under article 243-I of the Constitution  of India;

(d) 'larger urban area' means such area as the Governor may,  having regard to the population of the area, the density of the  population therein, the revenue generated for local administration,  the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities, the  economic importance or such other factors as may be prescribed,  specify by notification for the purposes of this Act;

(e) 'Scheduled Castes' and ‘Scheduled Tribes' shall have the  meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of  article 366 of the Constitution of India;

1[(ee) “Sewerage System” means, all structures, process,  equipment and arrangements to collect, treat and discharge  waste water or faecal sludge.]

(f) 'State Election Commission' means the State Election  Commission constituted in pursuance of article 243-K of the  Constitution of India;

(g) 'Wards Committee' means a wards committee constituted  under section 10;

(h) 'Words and expression' used in this Act but not defined shall  have the meanings assigned to them in the Hyderabad Municipal  Corporations Act, 1955 (Act II of 1956). 

3. Specification of larger urban area - (1) Where a notification is issued by  the Governor specifying an area as a larger urban area under clause (d) of  section 2, a Corporation shall be deemed to have been constituted for such  area. 

1. Inserted by the Act No.44 of 2020, S.6

(2) The Governor may, from time to time, after consultation with the  Corporation, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, alter the limits of a  larger urban area specified in the notification issued under clause (d) of  section 2, so as to include therein or to exclude therefrom, the areas specified  in the notification. 

(3) The power to issue a notification under sub-section (2) shall be  subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf and to previous  publication. 

(4) The Corporation shall, by the said name, be a body corporate, having  perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and  dispose of property and to enter into contracts and may by its corporate name,  sue and be sued. 

(5) Where any local area which is within the jurisdiction of any other  local authority is included in a larger urban area for which a corporation is  constituted, the Government may pass such orders as they may deem fit as to  the transfer to the Corporation or disposal otherwise, of the assets or  institutions of any such local authority in the local area and as to the discharge  of the liabilities, if any, of such local authority relating to such assets or  institutions. 

(6) Where any local area for which a Municipality is constituted under  the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act VI of 1965) is declared as a  larger urban area and a Municipal Corporation is constituted, then the  Municipality functioning immediately before such constitution shall be deemed  to have been abolished and the said Act shall cease to apply to such larger  Urban area. 

(7) Where a Municipality stands abolished under sub-section (6), it shall  be competent for the Government to pass such orders as they may deem fit as  to the transfer to the Corporations or disposal otherwise, of the assets or  institutions of the abolished Municipality and as to the discharge of the  liabilities, if any, of such Municipality relating to such assets or institutions. 

4. Municipal authorities - The Municipal authorities charged with carrying  out the provisions of this Act shall be,- 

(a) a Corporation;

(b) a Standing Committee;

(c) a Commissioner;

(d) the Wards Committee. 

5. Composition of Corporation - The Corporation shall consist of the  following members, namely:- 

 (i) such number of elected members as may be notified  from time to time by the Government in the Andhra  

Pradesh Gazette, in accordance with such principles as  

may be prescribed;

1[Provided that the number of Members to be elected in  

respect of a Corporation constituted under this  

Act shall be the same as the number of Members in the  

Municipality existing immediately prior to such  

constitution, until it is altered;] 

(ii) every Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State  

representing a constituency of which the concerned larger  

urban area or a portion thereof forms part; 

 (iii) every member of the House of the People representing a  constituency of which the concerned larger urban area or  

a portion thereof forms part:

1. Proviso added by Act No.1 of 1995, clause (i) of S.4

Provided that a member of the House of the People  

representing a constituency which comprises more than  

one larger urban area including a part thereof shall be the  

member of the Corporation constituted for one of the  

larger urban areas which he chooses; and he shall also  

have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the  

proceedings of any meeting of the Corporation constituted  

for the other larger urban area within the Constituency  

but shall not be entitled to vote at any such meetings; 

(iv) every member of the Council of States registered as an  elector within the larger urban area concerned ex-officio;

[(iv-a) every Member of the Legislative Council of the State  registered as an elector within the area of the Municipal  Corporation as on the date of filing of nomination for  becoming Member of Legislative Council or on the date of  nomination by the Governor, as the case may be, shall be  ex-officio member of the Corporation.]

[(v) three persons having special knowledge or experience in  Municipal Administration of whom one shall be woman, be  co-opted as members of the Corporation in the prescribed  manner by the members of the Corporation from among the  persons who are registered voters in the Corporation and  who are not less than twenty-one years of age:

Provided that the members co-opted under this clause  

shall have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part  in the meetings of the Corporation, but shall not have right  to vote; 

(vi) two persons belonging to the minorities of whom one  shall be woman be co-opted as members of the Corporation  in the prescribed manner by the members of the  Corporation specified in sub-clauses (i) to (iv) from among  the persons who are registered voters in the Corporation  and who are not less than twenty-one years of age:

Provided that the member co-opted under this clause  

shall have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part  in the meetings of the Corporation but shall not have right  to vote.] different years mentioned in the Bare Act) Doubt 

6. Reservation of seats - In the Corporation, out of the total strength of  elected members, the Government shall, subject to the rules as may be  prescribed, by notification, reserve,- 

(a) such number of seats to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled  Tribes as may be determined by them, subject to the condition that  the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be,  the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by  direct election to the Corporation, as the population of the  Scheduled Castes, or as the case may be the Scheduled Tribes in  the Corporation bears to the total population of the Corporation;  and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in the  Corporation;

(b) one-third of the total number of seats for members belonging to  Backward Classes; and such seats may be allotted by rotation to  different wards in the Corporation;

(c) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved  under clauses (a) and (b) for women belonging to the Scheduled  Castes, Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the Backward  Classes;

(d) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved  for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes

and Backward Classes) of the total number of seats to be filled by  direct election to the Corporation shall be reserved for women and  such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in a  Corporation. 

Explanation:- For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that,- 

(i) nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent women  and members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or  Backward Classes from standing for Election to the non reserved seats in the Corporation;

(ii) the expression ‘Backward Classes' means any socially  and educationally Backward Classes of citizens recognised  by the Government for purposes of clause (4) of article 15 of  the Constitution of India 1[without reference to the  classification but including the creamy layer amongst such  Backward classes of citizens]

(iii) 2[XXXX] 

7. Term of Office of Members and filling of seats - (1) (a) The term of office of  elected members shall, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be five  years from the date appointed by the Election Authority for the first meeting of  the Council and no longer. 

(b) An ex-officio member specified under clause (ii) or (iii) or (iv) of  section 5 shall hold office so long as he continues to be the  Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State or as the case may  be, of either House of the Parliament and the ex-officio members  specified under clauses (v) and (vi) of section 5 shall be co

terminus with the elected members. 

(2) Ordinary vacancies in the office of elected members shall be filled at  ordinary elections which shall be held before the expiry of the term of office of  the elected members specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1). 

(3) A member elected at an ordinary election held after the occurrence of  a vacancy shall enter upon office forthwith but shall hold office only as long as  he would have been entitled to hold office if he had been elected before the  occurrence of the vacancy. 

8. Casual Vacancies of Members –3[(1) A casual vacancy in the office of a  member shall be filled at a casual election which shall be fixed by the Election  Authority to take place twice in a year, one in the month of April and another  in the month of October: 

Provided that no casual election shall be held to fill a casual vacancy  occurring within three months before the date on which the term of office of the  member expires by efflux of time and that such vacancy shall be filled at the  next general elections of the Corporation.] 

(2) A member elected to a casual vacancy shall enter upon office  forthwith but shall hold office only so long as the member in whose place he is  elected would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred. 

9. 4[XXXXX] 

9.A 3[XXXX] 

10. Constitution, powers and functions of the Wards Committees - (1)  There shall be constituted by the Government, by order, such number of Wards  

1 Added by the Act No.7 0f 2012, clause (ii) of S.4

2. Omitted by the Act No.1 of 1995, S.4

3. Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1997, S.4

4. Omitted by the Act No.29 of 2005

Committees to the Corporation as may be determined by them, so however,  that each Wards Committee shall consist of not less than ten wards: 

Provided that in constituting Ward Committees the Government shall  maintain geographical contiguity as far as possible. 

(2) Each Wards Committee shall consist of the members elected from the  wards for which the Wards Committee is constituted: 

Provided that such officers of the Corporation as the Commissioner may  specify shall attend the meetings of the Wards Committee and shall have the  right to speak in and otherwise to participate in the meetings of the Wards  Committee but shall not have the right to vote. 

(3) The Chairperson of the Wards Committee shall be elected by the  Members thereof from among themselves in the prescribed manner. He shall  hold office for a period of one year from the date of election and shall be eligible  for re-election. 

(4) The Chairperson shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a member  of the Wards Committee. Any casual vacancy in the office of the Chairperson  shall be filled by election of another Chairperson from among the elected  members of the Wards Committee, as soon as may be, after the occurrence of  the vacancy. 

(5) The powers and functions of the Wards Committee and the manner of  conduct of business at its meetings shall be such as may be prescribed. 

11. State Election Commission - The preparation of electoral rolls for, and  the conduct of elections to Corporation shall be under the superintendence,  direction and control of the State Election Commission constituted under  article 243-K of the Constitution. 

12. Finance Commission - (1) The Finance Commission constituted by the  Governor in pursuance of article 243-I of the Constitution shall also review the  financial position of the Corporation and make recommendations to the  Government as to,-- 

(a) the principles which should govern,- 

 (i) the distribution between the State and the Corporation of  the net proceeds of the taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable  by the State, which may be divided between them under this  part and the allocation between the Corporation of their  respective shares of such proceeds;

 (ii) the determination of the taxes, tolls and fees which may  be assigned to, or appropriated by the Corporation;

 (iii)the grants-in-aid to the Corporation from the  Consolidated Fund of the State; 

(b) the measures needed to improve the financial position of the  Corporation;

(c) any other matter referred to the Finance Commission by the  Government in the interests of sound finances of the Corporation. 

(2) The Government shall cause every recommendation made by the  Commission under this article together with an explanatory memorandum as  to the action taken thereon to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the  State. 

1[12.A- Sanction of works contract – The powers of the several authorities of  the Municipal Corporation and the Government to sanction works contract  shall be as follows namely: 

(i) Commissioner: Works contract for a value not exceeding  rupees ten lakhs; 

1. New section Inserted by the Act No.15 of 2013, S.5

(ii) Standing Committee: Works contract for a value exceeding  rupees ten lakhs but not exceeding rupees fifty lakhs; 

(iii) Corporation : Works contract for a value exceeding rupees  fifty lakhs but not exceeding rupees two hundred lakhs; 

(iv) Corporation and the Government: Works contract for a value  exceeding rupees two hundred lakhs after approval of the  Corporation shall be submitted to the Government for sanction.]  

13. Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 not to apply on specification  as larger Urban area - (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3),  the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965, shall, with effect on and from the  specification of a local area or a smaller urban area for which a Municipality is  constituted as a larger urban area, cease to apply to such larger urban area for  which a Municipal Corporation is constituted. 

(2) Such ceasor shall not effect;- 

(a) the previous operation of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities  Act, 1965 in respect of the local area comprised within any newly  specified larger urban area for which a Corporation is constituted;

(b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any  offence committed against the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act,  1965, or

(c) any investigation, legal proceedings or remedy in respect of such  penalty, forfeiture or punishment, and any such penalty, forfeiture  or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), all  notifications, rules, bye-laws, regulations, orders, directions and powers, made,  issued or conferred under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 and in  force in a Municipality immediately before the specification of its local area as a  larger urban area shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions  of this Act continue to be in force in the larger urban area comprised within the  Corporation until they are replaced by the notifications, rules, bye-laws,  regulations, orders, directions and powers to be made or issued or conferred  under this Act. 

14. Application of the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation  Act, 1955 (Act II of 1956)- (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided herein, all  the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955(Act II of  1956) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act) including the  provisions relating to the levy and collection of any tax or fee except Chapter V  and sections 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385 and 387 in Chapter XI thereof are  hereby extended to and shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Corporation  constituted under this Act and the said Act shall, in relation to the Corporation  be read and construed as if the provisions of the said Act had formed part of  this Act. 

(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application of the provisions of the  Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955, to the Corporation, the  Government may, by notification, make such adaptations and modifications of  the said Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder whether by way of  repealing, amending or suspending any provisions thereof, as may be  necessary or expedient and thereupon the said Act and the rules made  thereunder, shall apply to the Corporation subject to the adaptations and  modifications so made. 

(3) Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been  made under sub-section (2) for the adaptation of the provisions of the said Act,  or the rules made thereunder, any Court, Tribunal or Authority required or  empowered to enforce these provisions may, for the purpose of facilitating their  application to the Corporation, construe these provisions in such manner,

without affecting the substance, as may necessary or proper regard to the  matter before the Court, Tribunal or Authority. 

1[14A. General provision for reservation of office of Mayor in the  Corporations of the State - Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section (2) of Section 1 of this Act, out of the total number of offices of Mayor of  the Corporations constituted either under this Act or under any other law  relating the Municipality, Corporations for the time being in force in the State,  the Government shall, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, by  notification reserve,- 

(i) such number of offices to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled  Tribes as may be determined subject to the conditions that the  number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the  same proportion to the total number of offices to be filled in the  State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled  Tribes, as the case may be, in all the Corporations of the State  bears to the total population in the Corporations of the State and  such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Corporations in  the State; 

2[Provided that where the proportion of the population of the  Scheduled Castes, or Scheduled Tribes as the case may be, in all  the corporations of the State does not constitute required  proportion as prescribed enabling them for reservation, atleast one  office of the Mayor shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes or  Scheduled Tribes as the case may be, without reference to the said  required proportion.] 

(ii) one-third of the offices to the Backward Classes and such  offices may be allotted by rotation to different Corporations in the  State; 

(iii) not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved  under clauses (i) and (ii) for women belonging to the Scheduled  Castes, Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the Backward  Classes; and 

(iv) not less than one-third (including the number of offices  reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled  Tribes and the Backward Classes) of the total number of offices to  be filled in the State for women, and such offices may be allotted  by rotation to different Corporations in the State. 

3[14.B Constitution of a Municipal Corporation Service – (1)  Notwithstanding anything in this Act or the Rules made thereunder, the  Government may after consulting all the Municipal Corporations, by  notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, constitute any class of officers or  employees of the Municipal Corporations into a Municipal Corporation service  for the State. 

(2) Upon issue of a notification under sub-section (1), the Government  shall have power to make rules to regulate the classification, methods of  recruitment, conditions of service, pay and allowances and discipline and  conduct of the Municipal Corporation Service thereby constituted and such  rules may vest jurisdiction in relation to such service in the Government or in  such other authority or authorities as may be prescribed therein.] 

15. Levy and Collection of pipeline service charges - The Government may,  by notification, direct the Corporation to levy and collect pipeline service  charges from every owner or occupier of a premises to which water connection  has been given at such rate as may be prescribed to the different categories as 

may be specified in this regard to defray the capital cost of pipeline service   

1. Inserted by the Act.No.25 of 1995, S.4

2 . Proviso Added by the Act No. 12 of 2008, S.2

3 . Added by the Act No.14 of 2013, S.2

works undertaken by the Corporation and the operation and maintenance of  the pipeline system from time to time: 

Provided that no such charges shall be levied on the owner or occupier of  any premises situated in the areas which are not served by the pipeline system  of the Corporation. 

1[15.A – Levy and collection of pipeline service charges user charges for  sewerage systems: 

The Government may by notification, direct the Municipal Corporation to  levy and collect user charges from every owner or occupier of a premises served  by the Sewerage System of the Corporation at such rate and manner or  method, to the different categories specified therein to defray the capital and  operation and maintenance costs of sewerage and sewage treatment works  undertaken in the Corporation: 

Provided that it is obligatory on the part of the owner or occupier of the  premises falling in areas served, to get the premises connected to the sewerage  system.] 

16. Transitional Provisions - Where a Municipality ceases to exist and a  Municipal Corporation is constituted in its place under this Act,--(1) all  property, all rights of whatever kind, used, enjoyed or possessed by and all  interests of whatever kind owned by, or vested in, or held in trust by or for the  Municipal Council, with all rights of whatever kind used, enjoyed or possessed  by the said Council as well as all liabilities legally subsisting against the said  Council, shall, on and from the commencement of this Act and subject to such  directions as the Government may, by general or special order, give in this  behalf, pass to the Corporation;

(2) all arrears of taxes or other payments by way of compounding of a  tax, or due for expenses or compensation or otherwise due to the said Council  at such commencement may be recovered as if they had accrued to the  Corporation and may be recovered as if the said arrears or payments had  become due, under the provisions of this Act;

(3) all taxes, fees and duties, which immediately before the  commencement of this Act, were being levied by the said Council, shall be  deemed to have been levied by the Corporation under the provisions of this Act  and shall continue to be, in force accordingly until such taxes, fees and duties  are revised, cancelled or superseded by anything done or any action taken  under this Act;

(4) all proceedings taken by or against the Council or authority or any  person under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act VI of 1965),  may be continued by or against the Corporation, authority, or person as if the  said proceedings had been started under the provisions of this Act;

(5) any action taken under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act VI of 1965), by any authority before such commencement shall be deemed  to have been taken by the authority competent to take such action under this  Act as if this Act had then been in force;

(6) Notwithstanding this Act, every officer or employee who, immediately  before such commencement was in the service of the municipality shall be  deemed to be an officer or employee of the corporation;

Provided that,-- 

(i) the terms and conditions applicable to such officers and  employees consequent on their absorption in the service of  the Corporation shall not be less favourable than those  applicable to such employees immediately before such  

1. New section inserted by the Act. No.44 of 2020 S.6

commencement, as pay and allowance, leave, pension,  gratuity, provident fund and age of superannuation; and

(ii) the service rendered by any such officer or other employee  under the municipality upto such commencement shall be  deemed to be in service under the Corporation and he shall  be entitled to count that service for the purpose of  increments, leave, pension or provident fund and gratuity:

 Provided further that any officer or other employee  

serving in the Municipality shall give an option to be  exercised within such time and in such manner as may be  prescribed either to be absorbed in the service of the  Corporation or to be retained in the service constituted,  under section 72 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act,  1965 (Act VI of 1965), or to be retrenched from the service of  the Municipality on such retrenchment benefits as may be  prescribed; 

(7) any division of the Municipality into wards made under the Andhra  Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act VI of 1965) and in force at the  commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be a division of the Corporation;

(8) the electoral roll prepared for the Municipality under the Andhra  Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act VI of 1965) and in force at the  constitution of the Corporation shall be deemed to be the electoral roll for the  Corporation until a new electoral roll is prepared and published; and the part  of the said electoral roll relating to each ward of the Municipality shall be  deemed to be the list of the electoral roll for the corresponding division of the  Corporation. 

17. Appointment of Special Officer - (1) Whenever a new Municipal  Corporation is constituted under this Act, there shall be appointed by the State  Government, by a notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, a Special Officer  to exercise the powers, perform the duties and discharge the functions of,-- 

(a) the Corporation;

(b) the Standing Committee;

(c) the Commissioner; and

(d) the Wards Committee. 

(2) The State Election Commission shall cause elections to be held to the  Corporation within one year from the date of its constitution and the newly  elected members shall enter upon office on such date as may be specified by  the Government in this behalf, by a notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette. 

(3) The Special Officer shall exercise the powers, perform the duties and  discharge the functions of the Corporation until the elected members come into  office, of the Standing Committee until a Standing Committee is appointed by  the Corporation, or the Commissioner, until a Commissioner is appointed by  the State Government and of the Wards Committees until the Wards  Committees are constituted, as the case may be, and any such officer may, if  the State Government so direct, receive remuneration for his services from the  municipal fund. 

(4) Until a new special officer is appointed by the Government under sub section (1) the Special Officer of the Municipality functioning immediately  before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Special Officer  of the Corporation and he shall exercise the same powers and perform the  same duties and discharge the same functions as those exercised, performed  and discharged by the Special Officer appointed under sub-section (1).

18. Power to make Rules - (1) The Government may by notification, make  rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. 

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall immediately after it is made, be  laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State, if it is in session and if it is  not in session, in the session immediately following for a total period of  fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive  sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the  session immediately following the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any  modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the  date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in  such modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be, so however,  that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the  validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

19. Repeal of Ordinance 9 of 1994 - The Andhra Pradesh Municipal  Corporations Ordinance, 1994 is hereby repealed.