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(1) If the State Government at any time declares that the provisions of the Canals Act, 1864, or any other similar law for the time being in force, are applicable to any navigable channel which passes through the limits of a municipal area, it may, with the consent of the Board of Councillors of such Municipality, appoint it to collect tolls in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the said Act until the State Government otherwise directs, and the profits derivable therefrom or such part thereof as may be agreed upon between the State Government and the Board of Councillors, shall be credited to the Municipal Fund. (2) In every such case, the Board of Councillors shall exercise all the powers vested in the Collector under the said Act. 271 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. [West Ben. Ac (Part IV.—Municipal Taxation and Application Fee.— Chapter XL—Application fee and other taxes.—D. Tolls on ferries and bridges.—Section 146.—Chapter XIL—Recovery of taxes.—Sections 147-149.) Police- officers to assist.