Amendment of Section 3

(1) In section 3 of the Principal Act, the words “a population of not less than fifty thousand” occuring in first and second line of clause (a) of sub-section (2) shall be substituted by the words “a population of not less than ten thousand”. (2) In section 3 of the Principal Act, after sub-section (2), a new sub-section (2-A) shall be added, namely :- “(2-A) “Provided that a Municipality under the section may not be constituted in such urban area or part thereof as the Governor may, having regard to the size of the area and the municipal services being provided or proposed to be provided by an industrial establishment in that area and such other factors as he may deem fit, by public notification, specify to be an industrial township.”