Declaration of intention to constitute a municipal area

Declaration of intention to constitute a municipal area:

1. (1) The Governor may, by notification and by such means as he may determine, declare his intention to constitute any transitional area or any smaller urban area or any larger urban area together with any village, building or land contiguous thereto to be specified in the notification, a municipal area under this Act.
2. (2) In this section, "a transitional area" "a smaller urban area" or "a larger urban area" means such area as the Governor may, having regard to the population of the area, the density of the population therein, the revenue generated for civic administration, the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities, the economic importance or such other factors as he may deem fit, specify by notification under clause (2) of article 243Q of the constitution. Explanation- For the purposes of this Section-
   • (a) Save as may otherwise be deemed fit by the Governor, a population of not less than fifty thousand, one lakh fifty thousand and five lakhs respectively, maybe taken as sufficient population for the purpose of specifying respectively "a transitional area", "a smaller urban area" and "a larger urban area";
   • (b) the factors relating to density of population, percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities, generation of revenue for civic administration, economic importance and such other factors for the purpose of specifying, "a transitional area", "a smaller urban area" and "a larger urban area" shall be such as the Governor may, from time to time, determine;
   • (c) Every notification published under sub-section (1) shall clearly define the limits of the local area to be included in the municipality.