Section 31. Power for State Government to transfer certain functions to local authority

31. Power for State Government to transfer certain functions to local authority.— The State Government may, from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette,— (a) transfer to any local authority within any part of the territories under its administration in which this Act is in operation, all or any of the functions of the State Government or the Magistrate of the District under this Act, within the local area subject to the jurisdiction of the local authority. 2* * * * *]