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In the principal Act, after section 79, the following new sections shall be inserted, namely “79A. Classification of holding.- (1) The holding within a Municipality shall be classified by the respective Board at a meeting of the concerned Municipality on the basis of the situation of the holding, use of the holding and the type of construction. (2) Regarding situation of the holding, the following matters shall be considered:- (i) Holding on the Principal Main Road ; (ii) Holding on the Main Road ; (iii) Holding other than clauses (i) and (ii) above. (3) Regarding Use of the Holding, the following matters shall be considered (i) Purely residential; (ii) Purely Commercial and Industrial, whether self owned or otherwise ; (iii) Partly residential and partly commercial or industrial; (iv) All Holdings other than clauses (i) to (iii) above. (4) Regarding type of construction, the following matters shall be considered (i) Pucca building with RCC roof ; (ii) Pucca building with Asbestos or Galvanized Corrugated Iron sheet as roofing material; (iii) All other buildings not covered trader clauses (i) and (ii) above. (5) Subject to the approval of the following committee, a Municipality may from time to time publish the list of Principal Main Roads and the Main Roads and if necessary modify the lists as may be decided by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following for each Municipality:- (i) The Deputy Commissioner, as Chairman, in case of the Municipality is located within the area of a Sadar Sub-Division in a District, in other cases, the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) of the area, as Chairman ; (ii) The Executive Engineer or an Assistant Executive Engineer of the Roads wing of the Public Works Department, Assam, within whose jurisdiction, the Municipality is located, as Member; (iii) The Executive Engineer or an Assistant Executive Engineer of the Buildings wing of the Public Works Department, Assam, within whose jurisdiction, the Municipality is located, as Member ; (iv) The Chairman of the concerned Municipality, as Member; (v) The officer of the Directorate of Town & Country Planning, functioning in the District / Sub-Division and within in whose jurisdiction the Municipality is located, as Member; (vi) The Revenue Circle Officer(s) of the Area constituting the notified area of a Municipality, as Member ; (vii) The Vice- Chairman of the concerned Municipality, as Member- Secretary. The same Committee will also function for the purpose of section 171 of the Act, subject to the bye laws framed in this regard.