The Mizoram Municipalities Act  2007 to provide for the administration of town areas and to establish municipalities in towns, transitional areas and urban areas in Mizoram. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to provide for the administration of town areas viz., transitional areas and urban areas and to introduce municipalities in Mizoram for the purpose of bringing them in conformity with the purpose, substance and direction of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992 in general, and in particular to endow the municipalities with functions and powers so as to enable them to function as vibrant Institution of Local Self Government with greater People’s participation in managing their own affairs besides importing certainty, continuity and democratic content and dignity, aiming among other things at the realisation of economic and social justice