Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

1[ (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959.] (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Uttar Pradesh. (3) This Chapter shall come into operation at once, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall in relation to a City come into operation from such day as the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette appoint in that behalf 2[and different dates may be appointed for different provisions] ; Provided that for the limited purpose of constituting a 3[Corporation] for a City under this Act, the provisions of Chapter II including (a) the delimitation of wards in the City ; (b) the preparation and publication of electoral rolls ; (c) the qualifications and disqualifications for being chosen as 4[Mayor] 5[***] or 3[Corporator] of a 3[Corporation]; and for nomination as candidate for election as 3[Mayor], 5[***] or 3[Corporator] ; and (d) generally, the conduct of election and all other matters necessary for the due constitution of the 3[Corporation] ; shall come into operation in and in respect of such City from the date of notification under section 3 and notwithstanding anything in any other enactments all acts may be done and all proceedings taken as may be necessary for holding the elections in accordance with the provisions of the said Chapter and rules made thereunder for the due constitution of the 3[Corporation].