3. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section is substituted therefor: -
| 3. The Minister may by Order published in the Gazette-
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| | | (i) any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council, or where such Council has been dissolved, the Special Commissioner or Special Commissioners appointed under section 277 of the Municipal Councils Ordinance or section 184 of the Urban Councils Ordinance or section 183 of the Town Councils Ordinance or the public officer appointed under section 54 or section 54A of the Village Councils Ordinance shall be the local authority for the purposes of the administration of this Ordinance in the area within the administrative limits of such Council, or |
| (ii) the Anuradhapura Preservation Board shall be the local authority for the purposes of the administration of this Ordinance within such part of the Area of Authority of that Board as forms the Controlled Area,
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| | (b) where any Council, Special Commissioner, public officer or Board so declared to be a local authority has failed or is unable to exercise or perform the powers or duties conferred or imposed on a local authority by this Ordinance, declare that such Council, Special Commissioner, public officer or Board shall cease to be a local authority for the purposes of this Ordinance. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts