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(3) The State Government may, by notification, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act, except the power to make rules under section 22, shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by the Corporation.\nDefinitions recorded in this document\nRead the recorded scope with each definition. A matching word alone does not establish applicability.\nSynthetic definition. 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