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| (1) Section 184 of the Urban Councils Ordinance is hereby amended as follows;-
| | (a) in sub-section (6) of that section-
| | | (i) by the substitution, for the words " that town, all the property ", of the words that town, such Special Commissioner or Commissioners shall be deemed to be the successor or successors of the dissolved Council and all the property ", and |
| (ii) by the substitution, for the words " until the Minister otherwise directs. " of the following: - |
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| | (b) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following sub-sections: -
| | | " (7) At any time after the appointment of a Special Commissioner or Commissioners to administer the affairs of a town upon the dissolution of the Urban Council for that town, the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette,- (a) give such directions as may be necessary for constituting for that town a new Urban Council consisting of the same number of members as the dissolved Urban Council or of a larger or a smaller number of members, as to him may seem expedient, or (b) reduce or enlarge or otherwise redefine the limits of the town, and give such directions as may be necessary for constituting an Urban Council for the redefined town. |
| (8) Where upon the termination of the administration of the affairs of a town by a Special Commissioner or Commissioners, a new Urban Council is constituted for that town, the new Council shall be the successor of the special Commissioner or Commissioners, as the case may be, and the provisions of sections 236 to 244 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the case of the constitution of the new Council in the same manner as if all references to any local authority or authorities in those sections were references to the Special Commissioner or Commissioners.". |
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| (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) of this section shall be deemed to have come into effect on the date of commencement of the Urban Councils Ordinance. |
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