(1) Every contract made by or on behalf of a Municipality whereof the value of the amount exceeds Rs. 250 shall be in writing :
1[Provided that unless the contract has been duly executed in writing, no work including collection of materials in connection with the said contract shall be commenced or undertaken. ]
(2) Every such contract shall be signed —
(a) by the 2[President] 3 or a [Vice-President] and by the Executive Officer or a secretary, or
(b) by any person or persons empowered under sub-section (2) or (3) of the previous section to sanction the contract if further and in like manner empowered in this behalf by the Municipality.
(3) If a contract to which the foregoing provisions of this section apply is executed otherwise than in conformity therewith it shall not be binding on the Municipality.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. for (Commissioner) by sec. 60 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.
- 2.In accordance with section 2 (1) of Uttar Pradesh Municipalities (Supplementary and Validation) Act, 1951 (U. P. Act XV of 1951) (see appendix to this Act) during the period commencing from June 21, 1949 and until a new board is constituted by the first General Elections held under the U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916, next after the commencement of the word “president” and “Vice-President” wherever they occur in sections 97 and 98, the words “Chairman” and “Vice-Chairman” shall respectively stand substituted.
- 3.Subs. for (Chairman) and (Vice-Chairman) by sec. 61 ibid.