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The words "and not by any other authority" were deleted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 9(1). Guj. 28 of 2006. 1[Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in the case of the urban development area comprising the heritage area, the development plan shall also contain the particulars specified in the Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006 and the plan so prepared shall for the purpose of that Act be deemed to be the comprehensive development plan for the purpose of section 22 of this Act.] (2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall define the limits of the area to which it relates. 2[2A) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, include in or exclude any area from an urban development area, amalgamate two or more urban development areas into one urban development area, sub-divide any urban development area into different urban development areas and include such sub-divided urban development area in any other urban development area.] (3) Every urban development authority constituted under sub-section (1) shall be a body corporate, by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and by the said name sue and be sued. (4) The urban development authority shall consist of the following members, namely :-- (i) a Chairman to be appointed by the State Government; (ii) such persons, not exceeding 3[four in number], who are members of the local authority or authorities functioning in the urban development area, as may be nominated by the State Government; (iii) 4[Three officials] of the State Government, to be nominated by that Government, ex-officio; (iv) the Presidents of the district panchayats functioning in the urban development area, or, as the case may be, part thereof, ex-officio; (v) the Chief Town planner or his representative, ex-officio; (vi) the Chief Engineer or Engineers (Public Health) of the local authority or authorities functioning in the urban development area or his or their nominee or nominees, ex-officio; 5[(vi-a) the Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, if any, functioning in the urban development area, ex-officio;] (vii) a member secretary to be appointed by the State Government who shall also be designated as the Chief Executive Authority of the Urban Development Authority. 6[(4A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), the State Government, to deal with the situating arising out of natural calamity or disaster, may by notification constitute the urban development authority or reconstitute any existing urban development authority constituted under sub-section (1), for any urban development area declared as such under sub-section (1), consisting of such members as it deems fit.]" (5) The provisions of sub-sections (5) to (12) of section 5 shall apply in relation to an urban development authority as they apply in relation to an area development authority, with the modifications that references to and area development authority in the said sub-sections shall be construed as references to and urban development authority.