Extension of provisions of Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 or of any Rules made there under

Extension of provisions of Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 or of any Rules made there under. –

1. (1) The Inspector, may, whether at the request of the Village Panchayat or otherwise, by notification, declare that any of the provisions of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920) or of any Rules made thereunder, shall be extended to, and be in force, in, the Panchayat Village or any specified area therein.
2. (2) The provisions so notified shall be construed with such alterations (not affecting the substance) as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of adapting them to the Panchayat Village or specified area therein.
3. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, all references in the provisions so notified to a Municipal Council or the Chairman or the Executive Authority thereof shall be construed as references to the Village Panchayat or the President or the Executive Authority of the Village Panchayat and all references to any officer or servant of a Municipal Council as references to the corresponding officer or servant of the Village Panchayat, and all references to the municipal limits as references to the limits of the Panchayat Village or specified area therein, as the case may be.