The Constitution of India
Power to impose taxes by, and Funds of, the Municipalities
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- India
- Provision
- 243X
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
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Official sourceState may, by law,—
(a) authorise a Municipality to levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties, tolls and
fees in accordance with such procedure and subject to such limits;
(b) assign to a Municipality such taxes, duties, tolls and fees levied and collected by the
State Government for such purposes and subject to such conditions and limits;
(c) provide for making such grants-in-aid to the Municipalities from the Consolidated
Fund of the State; and
(d) provide for constitution of such Funds for crediting all moneys received,
respectively, by or on behalf of the Municipalities and also for the withdrawal of such
moneys therefrom,
as may be specified in the law.
139 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part IXA. - The Municipalities)
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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