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(1) A Municipal Committee
shall each be a body corporate having perpetual succession
and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property
and enter into any contract and may sue and be sued in its
name.
(2) A Municipal Committee
shall:
(a) prepare spatial plans
for the local government including plans for land use and
zoning;
(b) approve spatial plans
after due process of dissemination and public enquiry,
incorporating modifications on the basis of such inquiry;
(c) execute and manage
development plans;
(d) exercise control over
land-use, land-subdivision, land development and zoning by
public and private sectors for any purpose, including for
agriculture, industry, commerce markets, shopping and other
employment centers, residential, recreation, parks,
entertainment, passenger and transport freight and transit
stations;
(e) provide, improve and
maintain public open spaces, graveyards, public gardens and
playgrounds;
(f) enforce all municipal
laws, rules and bye-laws regulating its functioning:
(g) regulate affixing of
sign-boards and advertisements except where this function is
being performed by the Park and Horticulture Authority;
(h) provide, manage,
operate, maintain and improve the municipal infrastructure
and services, including –
(i) water supply and
control and development of water sources;
(ii) sewage and sewage
treatment and disposal;
(iii) storm water drainage;
(iv) sanitation and solid
waste collection and sanitary disposal of solid, liquid,
industrial and hospital wastes;
(v) roads and streets;
(vi) traffic planning,
engineering and management including traffic signaling
systems, signs on roads, street markings, parking places,
transport stations, stops, stands and terminals;
(vii) street lighting;
(viii) firefighting;
(ix) parks, playgrounds,
open spaces and arboriculture;
(x) slaughter houses;
(i) establish cattle
pounds;
(j) prevent and remove
encroachments;
(k) prepare budget, revised
budget and annual and long term municipal development
programmes;
(l) maintain a
comprehensive data base and information system and provide
public access to it on nominal charges;
(m) approve taxes and fees;
(n) regulate dangerous and
offensive articles and trades mentioned in Second Schedule;
(o) collect approved taxes,
fees, rates, rents, tolls, charges, fines and penalties;
(p) organize sports,
cultural, recreational events, fairs and shows;
(q) organize cattle fairs
and cattle markets and regulate sale of animals;
(r)
regulate markets and services and issue licenses, permits,
grant permissions and impose penalties for violation thereof
as and where applicable;
(s)
manage properties, assets and funds vested in the local
government;
(t)
develop and manage schemes, including site development;
(u)
authorize an officer or officers to issue notice to a person
committing any municipal offence and initiate legal
proceedings for continuance of commission of such offence or
for failure to comply with the directions contained in such
notice;
(v)
prosecute, sue and follow up criminal, civil and recovery
proceedings against violators of municipal laws in the
courts of competent jurisdiction;
(w)
nominate members of Musalihat Anjuman
for a ward and monitor the performance of Musalihat Anjuman
in the prescribed manner;
(x)
arrange registration of births, deaths, marriages and
divorces and pass on such information about births, deaths,
marriages and divorces in its territorial jurisdiction to
such persons and institutions as may be prescribed;
(y)
maintain municipal records and archives;
(z)
establish and maintain libraries and reading rooms;
(aa)
conserve historical and cultural assets;
(bb)
assist in the provision of relief in the event of any fire,
flood, hailstorm, earthquake, epidemic or other natural
calamity and assist relevant authorities in relief
activities;
(cc)
prepare financial statements and present them for internal
and external audit in the prescribed manner; and
(dd)
undertake the functions assigned to a Union Council under
this Act.
(3) The Municipal Committee may assign or outsource any of
its functions in such manner and on such terms and
conditions as may be prescribed. |
