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(1) The municipal corporation limits of Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode shall be the Urban Mobility Area from the date of commencement of this Act. (2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any other area specifying its territorial limits as Urban Mobility Area for the purposes of this Act: Provided that the State Government may, if it deems fit, by notification in the Official Gazette, add the area of any other Local Self Government to any of the Urban Mobility Area or exclude from, or modify, the limits of the Urban Mobility Area. (3) No Military Cantonment or any part of its area required for military or defence purposes or areas within the boundaries of a notified Special Economic Zone shall be included or cause to be included in an Urban Mobility Area without the sanction of the Central Government. (4) A map indicating the boundaries and area of any Urban Mobility Area under this section shall be published in at least two English and two vernacular newspapers having wide circulation in the respective Urban Mobility Area and it shall be given publicity in electronic media within such Urban Mobility Area.