Amendment of section 4.

(1) The town panchayats and municipal councils constituted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920) shall be deemed to have been constituted and incorporated under this Act and are hereby declared to be the town panchayats and municipal councils, as the case may be, by their respective names and in their respective areas; (1-A) The following municipal corporations shall be deemed to have been constituted and incorporated under this Act and are hereby declared to be the municipal corporations by their respective names and in their respective areas, namely :– (i) the Municipal Corporation of Chennai constituted under the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 (Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1919); (ii) the Municipal Corporation of Madurai constituted under the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 15 of 1971); (iii) the Municipal Corporation of Coimbatore constituted under the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 25 of 1981); (iv) the Municipal Corporation of Tiruchirapalli constituted under the Tiruchirapalli City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1994); (v) the Municipal Corporation of Tirunelveli constituted under the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1994); (vi) the Municipal Corporation of Salem constituted under the Salem City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 29 of 1994); (vii) the Municipal Corporation of Tiruppur constituted under the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 7 of 2008); (viii) the Municipal Corporation of Erode constituted under the Erode City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 2008); (ix) the Municipal Corporation of Vellore constituted under the Vellore City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 2008); (x) the Municipal Corporation of Thoothukudi constituted under the Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2008); (xi) the Municipal Corporation of Thanjavur constituted under the Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2013); (xii) the Municipal Corporation of Dindigul constituted under the Dindigul City Municipal Corporation Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 25 of 2013); (xiii) the Municipal Corporation of Hosur constituted under the Hosur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 (Tamil Nadu Act 10 of 2019); (xiv) the Municipal Corporation of Nagercoil constituted under the Nagercoil City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 (Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 2019); (xv) the Municipal Corporation of Avadi constituted under the Avadi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2019); (xvi) the Municipal Corporation of Cuddalore constituted under the Cuddalore City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 2022); (xvii) the Municipal Corporation of Kancheepuram constituted under the Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 2022); (xviii) the Municipal Corporation of Sivakasi constituted under the Sivakasi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 3 of 2022); (xix) the Municipal Corporation of Karur constituted under the Karur City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 4 of 2022); (xx) the Municipal Corporation of Tambaram constituted under the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 5 of 2022) and (xxi) the Municipal Corporation of Kumbakonam constituted under the Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Act 6 of 2022).'.