4. For the purpose of giving to a Rural Court jurisdiction over an urban area within the administrative limits of an Urban Council or Town Council, any such urban area may, subject to the requirements of section 2 of the Rural Courts Ordinance, by Order1 under the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance, be brought within the operation of this Ordinance and be included in any village area : Provided that-
| (a) no inhabitant of any such urban area shall be qualified to vote at any election of a member of the Village Council of that village area, or to be elected or to sit or to vote as a member of such Council; |
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| (b) no inhabitant of such urban area shall be liable to pay-
| | (i) any rate or tax imposed and levied by the Village Council under section 37, section 39, or section 40 ; or | | |
| | (ii) any licence duty imposed and levied by the Village Council under section 38; | | |
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| (c) no by-law made or deemed by virtue of any written law to have been made under this Ordinance shall have any operation in any such urban area ; and |
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| (d) section 31 shall not apply to any property belonging to the Urban Council or Town Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts