Amendment of section 1

In sub-section (2) cf section 1 of the Manipur Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the full stop at the end shall be substituted by colon and, thereafter, the following proviso and explanation shall be added, namely,— "Prcvided that it shall apply at the first instance to the local areas within Imphal Municipality but the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to such other municipality, small town or other local area as may be specified in the notification. Explanation :—In this section, “small town” means the local area declared as a “small town” under section 219 of the Manipur Municipalities Act, 1976.".