(1) In every transitional area, there shall be established a Municipal
Board and every such Municipal Board shall be a body corporate
by the name of the Municipal Board of the place by reference to
which the Municipality is known and shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its
corporate name.
(2) In every smaller urban area, there shall be established a
Municipal Council and every such Municipal Council shall be a
body corporate by the name of the Municipal Council of the city
by reference to which the Municipality is known and shall have
perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued
in its corporate name.
(3) In every larger urban area, there shall be established a
Municipal Corporation and every such Municipal Corporation
shall be a body corporate by the name of the Municipal
Corporation of the city by reference to which the Municipality is
known and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and
may sue and be sued in its corporate name:
Provided that a Municipality under this section may not be
constituted in such urban area or part thereof as the Governor may,
having regard to the size of the area and the municipal services
being provided or proposed to be provided by an industrial
establishment in that area and such other factors as he may deem
fit, by notification, specify to be an industrial township:
Provided further that having regard to the cultural,
historic, tourist or other like importance of an urban area, the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude
such area from the Municipality and constitute, or without
excluding such area from the Municipality constitute in addition to
the Municipality, a development authority to exercise such powers
and discharge such functions in the said area as may be prescribed
and notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Act, may, in
relation to such area, delegate, by notification in the Official
Gazette, such municipal powers, functions and duties to the said
authority as it may think appropriate for the proper, rapid and
planned development of such area.
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