Section 156. (1) When a local area is excluded from a municipality under section 155

156. (1) When a local area is excluded from a municipality under section 155— (a) this Act, and all rules, orders, directions and powers made, issued or conferred under this Act, shall cease to apply thereto; and (b) the 1884.] Burma Municipalities. 245 (Chapter IX.—Supplemental.—Sections 157 & 158.) (b) the Local Government shall, after consulting the municipal committee, frame a scheme determining what portion of the balance of the municipal and school funds and other property vested in the municipal committee shall vest in Her Majesty for the benefit of the local area, and in what manner the liabilities of the committee shall be apportioned between the committee and the Secretary of State for India in Council; and, on the publication of the scheme in the local official Gazette, the property and liabilities shall vest and be apportioned accordingly. (2) All property vested in Her Majesty under sub-section (1) shall be applied under the orders of the Local Government to discharging the liabilities imposed on the Secretary of State for India in Council under that sub-section, or for the promotion of the safety, health, welfare or convenience of the inhabitants of the local area.