SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN THE CASE OF NEWLY CONSTITUTED MUNICIPALITY

SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN THE CASE OF NEWLY CONSTITUTED MUNICIPALITY.—

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act where a Municipality is constituted for the first time under section 4, the Government, shall appoint a Special Officer or an Administrative Committee consisting of not less than three members who are officers of Government not inferior to the Secretary to exercise the powers, perform the functions and discharge the duties of the Chairperson, Standing Committees and Council of the Municipality.
2. (2) The State Election Commission shall cause arrangements for election so that newly elected Chairperson and Councillors may assume office within six months from the date on which the notification under sub-section (3) of section 4 constituting the area to be a Municipality takes effect.
3. (3) Where a Special Officer is appointed under sub-section (1), the powers, functions and duties of the concerned Municipality and of its Chairperson the Deputy Chairperson and the Standing Committees shall be exercised and performed by the Special Officer and if an Administrative Committee is appointed, the powers, functions and duties of the Municipality shall be exercised and performed by such committee and those of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson shall be exercised and performed by the members of the Committee as authorized by the Government in the notification issued under sub-section (1):