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(1) The State Government may require the Municipalities to be integrated with such authorities at the level of district, region or State for the purposes of co-ordination of planning and development, as it may deem fit and proper. (2) When so required, it shall be the duty of the Municipality to participate in such process of co-ordination in accordance with such procedure as the State Government may determine.