Constitution and incorporation of Corporation and number of councillors.

(1) There shall be established for the town of Gangtok a Municipal Corporation consisting of such number of Councillors not exceeding nine in number as the State Government may specify in the notification constituting the Corporation. The boundaries of the Corporation shall be specified in the notification and may, by notification be altered by the State Government from time to time. (2) The Corporation shall be a body corporate by the name of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation having perpetual succession and a common seal and by that name shall sue and be sued. (3) The first Councillors shall be nominated by the Government by notification and shall hold office for four years commencing from the date of the first meeting of the newly formed Corporation after the notification at which a quorum is present. (4) Subject to the provision of sub-section (3), the Councillors shall be elected on the basis of adult franchise in the manner prescribed by rules made by the State Government and shall hold office for four years commencing from the date of the first meeting of the Corporation after such election at which a quorum is present. In the principal Act, in section 3, -

(a) in sub-section (5), for the words "a period of two years" the words "period of four years" shall be substituted;

(b) to sub-section (5), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

"Provided that the State Government may by a like order, extend the period of appointment of the Administrator for a further period of one year or until the reconstitution of the Corporation, whichever is earlier.";

(c) in sub-section (6), in clause (b), for the word "Corporation", the words "Corporation, the Corporation at meeting " shall be substituted.