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( 1 ) The 1 [Commissioner] 2 * * * * may by notification in the 3 [ Official Gazette ] extend this Act or any specified provisions thereof to any area within 4 [his] 5 * * jurisdiction from a date to be stated in such notification. ( 2 ) Where this Act or any portion thereof is extended to any such area, the 6 [Commissioner] 7 * * * * * * , - ( a ) shall 8 [where no Commissioner of Police has been appointed] by notification appoint some person to perform the functions assigned by this Act to the Commissioner of Police, and (b) may by notification direct that any particular Magistrates or classes of Magistrates shall exercise jurisdiction under this Act, and 9 [( c ) may by notification direct that any class of vehicles shall be exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act.] ( 3 ) A notification under this section extending this Act or any portion thereof to any area shall be published at least thirty days before the date fixed for its coming into effect. 10 [( 3A ) When this Act or any specified provisions thereof are extended to any area by a notification under this section the expression 11 [Greater Bombay] occurring in the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be construed as meaning the area to which this Act or any specified provisions thereof are extended by such notification.] ( 4 ) When this Act or any portion thereof is extended to any area the powers of fixing fees and of appointing 12 [and abolishing] stands and of making rules shall be exercised subject to the approval of the 13 [Commissioner]. 14 * * * * * * * *