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Power of State Government to direct reconstitution of municipality without election :– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, shall be lawful for the State Government by notification to direct– (i) that all the Commissioners of municipalities, who are salaried servants of Government nominated to the municipality under the Bihar and Orissa Municipality Act, 1922 (Bihar & Orissa Act VII of 1922), or any other Act or Regulation for the time being in force, shall cease to hold office from the date on which his Act comes into force; (ii) that for the term for which such Councillor would have held office if this Act had not been enforced, the remaining Councillors of the municipality shall be deemed to have been duly elected under this Act and that the municipality shall consist of such number of Councillors and no more; and (iii) that the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of the municipality who were duly elected under any of the enactments repealed by this Act, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly elected under this Act.