Section 3(2) in The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994
(2)The State Government shall, by notification, constitute the municipalities and specify the class to which a municipality shall belong in accordance with the provisions of this section after observing the procedure as laid down in section 4:Provided that the municipalities existing at the commencement of this Act and listed as Nagar Panchayat or as Municipal Council in the Schedule to this Act, would be deemed to have been constituted and notified as such, under and in accordance with the provisions of this section:Provided further that the State Government may, after giving a reasonable notice of not less than thirty days of its intention to do so, amend the schedule, by notification and declare any Nagar Panchayat as a Municipal Council or any Municipal Council as a Nagar Panchayat.
