Constitution of Metropolitan Authority and other bodies

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(1) As soon as may be after the Metropolitan Authority is established under sub-section
(1) of section 3, the State Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, publish the names of the persons whoever may have been duly elected by that time as the elected members of the Authority and declare that, with effect from the date of such notification, the Authority shall, notwithstanding that some of the members may not have been elected, nominated, appointed or for any other reason may not be available to take office, be deemed to be duly constituted for the purposes of this Act.
(2) No act or proceeding of the Metropolitan Authority, or of any board, committee or other body thereof, shall be deemed to be invalid at any time merely on the ground that—
- (a) any of the members of the Authority or such body are not elected, nominated, appointed or for any other reason are not available to take office at the time of the constitution or any meeting of the Authority or such body or there is any other defect in the constitution thereof or any person is a member in more than one capacity or there are one or more vacancies in the offices of any members of the Authority or such body;
- (b) the elections of one or more members of the Authority or such body are held before the issue of the notification under section 3;
- (c) there is any irregularity in the procedure of the Authority or such body not affecting the merits of the matter under consideration.

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