Discretionary functions of Municipality

(1) The Administrator may direct that the Municipality shall make provision for any of the following matters within the municipal area, subject to any exceptions and conditions that may be laid down by the Administrator, namely:-- (a) reclaiming unhealthy local tracts; (b) taking of census and registration of vital statistics; (c) making arrangements for the confinement or destruction of stray dogs; (d) securing, or assisting the securing of, suitable places for the carrying on of any dangerous or offensive trade or manufacture; (e) establishing and managing pounds and performing such functions and of the State Government and the Magistrate of the District as may be transferred to the Municipality under section 31 of the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871; (f) holding fairs and exhibitions, and arranging entertainments, functions and public receptions, with the previous approval of the Administrator; and (g) adopting any measure, other than a measure specified in section 42 or in this sub-section likely to promote the public safety health of convenience. (2) A Municipality may, with the previous approval of the Administrator, make provisions for the extension beyond the limit of the Municipal area of the benefits of the Municipal undertaking. (3) A Municipality may also make provision within or beyond the limits of the Municipal area for the doing of anything whereon expenditure is declared by the Administrator or by the Municipality with the sanction of the Administrator, or by the Municipality with the sanction of the Administrator, to be an appropriate charge on the Municipal Fund.