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General provisions regarding byelaws-(1) All byelaws for which provisions is made in this Act shall be made by the Council and shall be consistent with this Act and with the rules made there under. The Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 132 (2) A byelaw may be general for the whole Municipality under the jurisdiction of the Council making it, or special for any part of such Municipality, as the Council may direct. (3) Unless specially expected in this Act from the operation of this sub-section, no bye-law shall take effect until it has been confirmed by State Government. (3-a) The State Government may cancel its confirmation of any such bye-law and thereupon such byelaws shall cease to have effect. (4) Unless specially expected in this Act from the operation of this sub-section, no byelaw shall take effect until it has been published in the manner prescribed by rules made under this Act. (5) In making any byelaw the Council may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and where the breach is a continuing breach, with further fine which may extend to five rupees for every day after the first during which the breach is proved to have been persisted in.