Amendment of section 205

In section 205 of the principal Act, (i) in the marginal heading, between the words “to” and “dissolve” the words “suspend or” shall be inserted;

1. (ii) between the words “and” and “dissolve”, the words “suspend or” shall be inserted;
2. (iii) in the first proviso, between the words “its” and “dissolution”, the word “suspension or” shall be inserted;
3. (iv) in the second proviso, for the words “dissolved” and “dissolution”, the words “suspended or dissolved” and “suspension or dissolution” respectively shall be substituted;
4. (v) after third proviso, the following new proviso shall be added, namely, “Provided also that an order of suspension of the Council or Nagar Panchayat so issued, as the case may be, shall, unless revoked or extended, cease to operate on the expiration of a period of six months from the date of the suspension order but no such order of suspension, in any case, shall remain in force for more than one year.”