Powers of State Government.

(1) The State Government may, in relation to the naming of or the alteration of the name of a place, direct the Committee to consider certain names or recommend specific names, and the Committee shall make recommendations thereon in accordance with section 8.

(2) Upon receiving a report under section 8, the State Government may;

(a) approve, either without alteration or subject to such alteration as it thinks fit, any recommendation contained in the report;

(b) reject any recommendation contained in the report; or

(c) return the report to the Committee for further consideration and the submission of another report under that section.

(3) The State Government shall notify the Committee of a recommendation approved under sub-section (1).

(4) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the State Government shall have powers to name a place, including an administrative unit listed under section 4(2) located anywhere within the State of Manipur, or alter an existing name, by executive orders.