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Central Provinces and Berar Village Sanitation and Public Management Act, 1920 (No. II of 1920) Throughout the Act, unless otherwise expressly provided, for “local area”, or “local areas” substitute “area” or “areas”, respectively. Section 1.- For sub-sections “(2) and (3) substitute the following, namely:- “(2) It extends to the whole of Madhya Pradesh, but shall be in operation only in such areas in which it was in operation immediately before the commencement of the Madhya Pradesh Second Extension of Laws Act, 1961 (40 of 1961), and shall have operation in other areas as may be notified by the State Government in this behalf under Section 2.” After Section 1, insert the following, namely:- 1-A. Definition.-In this Act, ‘Patel’ means the Patel appointed under Section 222 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (20 of 1959),” Section 2.- For sub-section (1), substitute the following, namely “(1) If the sanitary or other public requirements,- (a) of a village, or (b) of a group of two or more villages having inhabited sites adjacent to one another, containing not less than five hundred inhabited houses and not being wholly or partly within the limits of a Municipal Corporation, a Municipality or of a notified area constituted under a law for the time being in force for the organisation and administration of municipal corporations or municipalities, as the case may be, are such that, in the opinion of the Collector of the district in which the village or group of villages in situate, special arrangements are necessary to meet such requirements, the Collector, of his own motion or on application made to him in this behalf by a Patel and ten or more other inhabitants of the area, may, by notice in writing published in such manner as may be prescribed, declare that the area is in need of special arrangements for its management’ Section 3.- For “mukaddam or mukaddam-gumashta or a working patel’’ substitute “Patel”. Section 9-A.- In clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (2) for “district Council” substitute “Zila Panchayat.” Section 10.- (1) In clause (b) of sub-section (2),— (a) for ‘Janapada authority’ substitute “Janapada Panchayat”; 7 (b) in the first proviso, for “Central Provinces and Berar Panchayats Act, 1946 (I of 1947)” substitute “a law for the time being in force relating to the constitution and organisation of Panchayats”; (c) in the second proviso,- (i) for ‘Janapada authority” occurring twice, substitute “Janapada Panchayat”; (ii) for “the Central Provinces and Berar Local Government Act, 1948 (XXX of 1948) or the Central Provinces and Berar Panchayats Act, 1946 (I of 1947)” “substitute” “a law for the time being in force relating to the constitution and organisation of Panchayats”. (2) In clause (c) of sub-section (2), for “Janapada authority’ substitute “Janapada Panchayat”. Section 11.- (a) In sub-section (1),- (i) for “the district Council or local board under Section 9 of the Central Provinces Local Self-Government Act, 1883 (I of 1883)” substitute “Zila or Janapada Panchayat constituted under the law for the time being in force relating to the constitution and organisation of Panchayats”. (ii) for “district Council or local board” substitute “Zila Panchayat or Janapada Panchayat.” (b) In sub-section (2) for “district Council” and “Council” substitute “Zila Panchayat”.