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Part II · Administration of Local Authorities

3. Declaration and determination of status of local authority areas

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For the administration of local government under this Act, the

State Authority, in consultation with the Minister and the Secretary of the Election Commission, may by notification in the Gazette—

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(a)

declare any area in such State to be a local authority area;

(b)

assign a name to such local authority area;

(c)

define the boundaries of such local authority area; and

(d)

determine the status of the local authority for such local authority area and such status shall be that of a Municipal

Council or a District Council.

Change of name and status, and alteration of boundaries

Report

Part III

Officers and Employees of Local Authorities

Part IV

Conduct of Business

Part V

General Financial Provisions

Part VI

Accounts and Audit

Part VII

Public Places

Part VIII

Pollution of Streams

Part IX

Food, Markets, Sanitation and Nuisances

Part X

Part XI

Burial Places, Crematoria and Exhumation

Part XII

Further Powers of Local Authority

Part XIII

By-laws

Part XIV

Part XV

Rating and Valuation

Part XVI

Special Provisions

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