Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In the Travancore-Cochin Irrigation Tanks (Preservation and Improvement) Act, 1952 (23 of 1952),- (1) in section 2,- (a) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(i) "Collector" means the District Collector or Secretary of a village panchayat or a municipality notified by the Government for this purpose."; (b) after clause (ii), the following clauses shall be inserted namely:- "(iii) "Municipality" means a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994); (iv) "Panchayat means a village panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994)."; (2) after section 3, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "3A. Exercise of the powers of Government by the panchayat or municipality.- The powers conferred on the Government under this Act except the power under sub-section (2) of section 7 shall be exercised by the Panchayat or Municipality or such authority or Officer as it may authorise subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified by the Government by notification in the Gazette.".