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Appointment of Administrator in special or emergent circumstances, (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where due to certain special, emergent or unforseen circumstances, election to a Municipality cannot be held or completed before the expiry of its duration specified in section 10 or before the expiry of a period of six months of its dissolution, the Government may, by notification, appoint a Government officer to be known as Administrator to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of a Municipality subject to such directions, as may be given in this behalf by the Government. (2) All powers and duties of a Municipality, Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, when election to constitute a municipal Council or a Town Council as the case may be, cannot be held or completed and the committees thereof, shall subject to such direction as the Government may from time to time, give in this behalf, be exercised and performed by such Administrator, (3) All properties vested in the Municipality, shall during the period, when elections are not held or completed, vest in the Government. (4) The government shall fix the remuneration of Administrator appointed under sub-section (1), and may direct that such remuneration shall be paid out of the Municipal Fund. 282 CHAPTER -IX Urban Station Committee 83.A.(1) Where an area is specified as Urban Station Committee area under section 5, the Government shall, by notification, establish Urban Station Committee for such area. (2) The Urban Station Committee shall be composed of such members to be appointed or elected as the Government may, by notification, direct. (3) A Committee established under sub section (1) of this section shall be a body corporate by the name of "The Urban Station Committee" and shall have a perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold or dispose of properties and may by the said name sue and be sued. (4) The Government may appoint any person, whether a member of the Urban Station Committee or not, to be Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson or may authorize such committee to elect its Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson or both and fix the term of the office of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson.