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(1) The word "drain" as defined in clause (16) of section 2 shall, in the case of a Municipality in the hill areas, include a jhora, or water- course of natural drainage line, and the State Government may, for the purposes of this Act, specify, by notification, the limits of any jhora, water- course, channel or natural drainage line within a municipal area in the hill areas. (2) For the purposes of Chapter XIV, in its application to the Municipalities in the hill areas, the expression "masonry building" shall include a framed building.