(1) In respect of any of the matters specified in section 324 the Government may, after previous publication of the draft for not less than one month, make model bye-laws, and such bye-laws may be different for different classes of¹[municipal areas].

(2) A municipal council may by resolution adopt the model bye-laws in respect of any matter, and such bye-laws shall come into force in such¹[municipal area] from such date as the municipal council may specify in a notice published in the prescribed manner.

(3) If a municipal council proposes to adopt the model bye-laws in respect of any matter subject to any modifications, the procedure specified in subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 324 shall be followed as if the modifications were bye-laws proposed to be made by the municipal council. The modifications as approved by the Government shall be published in the prescribed manner and the model bye-laws shall subject to such modifications come into force from such date as may be specified by the municipal council and where no date is specified on the date of such publication.

(4) (a) The Government may by order direct any municipal council to adopt the model bye-laws in respect of any matter, within such period not being less than three months from the date of receipt of the direction by the municipal council.

(b) If the municipal council fails to take any action for adopting the model bye-laws with or without modifications, the Government may by notification declare that the said model bye-laws shall come into force in the said¹[municipal area] from such date as may be specified in such notification, and such bye-laws shall come into force accordingly.

(5) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in section 324.

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1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.