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Powers of Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer to appoint, grant leave, punish and dismiss.—(1) A Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer shall have, independently of such powers as may be delegated to him by the municipal council in this behalf, power without the sanction of the municipal council,— (a) to appoint, subject to the rules for the time being in force, a competent person to any post under the municipal council, the monthly salary of which does not exceed 1[such amount as may be prescribed]1;