Joint Committees of local bodies

(1) A Council may, from time to time, concur with any other local authority,— (a) in appointing, out of their respective bodies, a joint committee for any purpose in which they are jointly interested and in appointing a Chairman of such Committee; and (b) in delegating to any such Committee power to frame terms binding on each such body as to the construction and future maintenance of any joint work and any power which might be exercised by either or any of such bodies; and (c) in framing and modifying regulation for regulating the proceedings of any such Committee and the conduct of correspondence relating to the purpose for which the Committee is appointed. (2) A Council may, from time to time, enter into an agreement with any other local authority for the levy of any tax falling under entry 52 or 59 in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, whereby the tax leviable by the bodies so contracting may be levied together instead of separately within the limits of the area subject to the control of the said bodies.