Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in Vesting of property.

force, the movable and the immovable properties of the following categories within the limits of a municipal area, not belonging to any Government department or statutory body or corporation shall vest in the Municipality, unless the State Government directs otherwise by notification, namely:-

1. (a) all vested public lands not belonging to any Government department or statutory body or corporation,
2. (b) all public tanks, streams, reservoirs, and wells,
3. (c) all public markets and slaughterhouses,
4. (d) all public sewers and drains, channels, tunnels, culverts and watercourses, alongside, or under, any street,
5. (e) all public streets and pavements, and stones another materials thereon, and also trees on such public streets or pavements not belonging to any private individual,
6. (f) all public parks and gardens, including squares and public open spaces,
7. (g) all public ghats on rivers or streams or tanks,
8. (h) all public lamps, lamp-posts and apparatus connected therewith, or appertaining thereto,
   • (i) All public places for disposal of the dead, excluding those governed by any specific law in this behalf,
9. (j) all solid wastes collected on a public street or public place, including dead animals and birds, and
10. (k) all stray animals not belonging to any private person. 103. (1) The Municipality may, on such terms and conditions as may be Pr" o approved by it, acquire by agreement- Municipality by
11. (a) any immovable Property, and agreement,
12. (b) any easement affecting immovable property exchange, lease, grant, etc.

1. (2) The Municipality may also acquire any property by exchange on such terms and conditions as may be approved by it.
2. (3) The Municipality may also hire or take on lease immovable property on such terms and conditions as may be approved by it from time to time.
3. (4) The Municipality may receive any grant or dedication by donor, whether in the form of any income or any movable or immovable property, by which the Municipality may be benefited in the discharge of any of its functions.
4. (5) It shall be for the Municipality to be the beneficiary of any trust created under the Charitable and religious Trusts Act, 1920, or the Indian trusts Act, 1882. 104. (1) When any land, whether within or outside the limits of the municipal Compulsory area. or any easement affecting any immovable property vested in the Acquisition of land. Municipality is required for any public purpose under this Act, the State Government may, at the request of the Municipality, proceed to acquire such land or easement under the Land of Acquisition Act,1894.
5. (2) The Municipality sha1l be bound to pay to the State Government the cost including all charges in connection with the acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
6. (3) The Municipality may resort to other methods of land assembly including the use of transferable development rights.