Article 3. Validation of continued existence of Bhinasar and Gangashahar Municipalities and proceedings of the Boards thereof and of the Bikaner Municipal Council and certain other matters.

Notwithstanding anything in any judgment, decree or order of any court or section 4 or 6 of the Municipalities Act, or the notification- (a) the Bhinasar Municipality and the Gangashahar Municipality shall be deemed always to have continued to exist and shall hereafter continue as separate municipalities to all intends and purposes, and (b) the areas constituting the aforesaid municipalities shall be deemed never to have been included in the Bikaner Municipality: as if the notification had never been issued; and accordingly:- (i) all actions taken, things done, appointment and transfers made and powers exercised by the State Government or by any officers or authorities subordinate to it in relation to all the three or any of the aforesaid municipalities, (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the said municipalities), or the Board or Boards thereof, treating each as a separate municipality, shall be deemed to have been lawfully taken, done, made and exercised; (ii) any division into or delimitation of wards of the said municipalities made, election (including co-option) of the members of the boards thereof conducted and the boards constituted before, and existing as such immediately before the date of commencement of the notification or this Act, as the case may be, shall be deemed always to have been lawfully made, conducted and constituted and such boards shall be deemed always to have had legal existence; (iii) all actions taken, orders passed, proceedings commenced, taxes imposed or liabilities incurred by the municipal boards of the said municipalities or by any competent authority in the exercise of its statutory powers shall be deemed to have been validly taken, passed, commenced, imposed or incurred. Explanation. - Reference in this section and section 4 to a board or member shall in the case of the Bikaner Municipality be construed as being references respectively to the Council or to a Councilor.