16. Confirmation and publication of bye-laws :-

[Section 16 is in force in the partially-excluded areas of the State; see Orissa Laws Validating Regulation, 1942 (Orissa Regulation I of 1943), the Section 2 and Second Schedule.] (1) Bye-laws made by a local authority under Sub-section (1) of Section 14 shall not come into force until six months after they have been confirmed by the State Government and published in the Gazette, and bye-laws made by the State Government under the said sub-section of that section shall not come into force until six months after they have been published in the Gazette and a notification issued by the State Government under Sub-section (2) of the said section shall not come into force until six months after it has been published in the Gazette. (2) The State Government may cancel any bye-laws which it has confirmed, or made, as the case may be, and thereupon the bye-laws shall cease to have effect.