Chapter VIII MISCELLANEOUS

Every town vending committee shall furnish from time to time, to the Government and the local authority such returns as may be prescribed.

The Government may, in consultation with the town vending committee, local authority, planning authority and street vendors associations or unions, undertake promotional measures of making available credit, insurance and other welfare schemes of social security for the street vendors.

1. (a) The Government may, to the extent of availability of financial and other resources-fa) develop and organize capacity building programmes for street vendors and on how to exercise the rights contemplated under this Act;
2. (b) undertake research, education and training programmes to advance knowledge and understanding of the role of the informal sector in the economy in general and the street vendors in particular and to raise awareness among the public through town vending committees.

Subject to the provisions of this Act or any rules or scheme made thereunder, the local authority may, with the approval of the Government, make bye-laws to provide for all or any of the following matter, namely: -

1. (a) the regulation and manner of vending in restriction-free-vending zones, restricted-vending zones and designated vending zones;
2. (b) the regulation of the collection of taxes and fees in the vending zones;
3. (c) regulation of traffic in the vending zones;
4. (d) the regulation of the quality of products and services provided to the public in vending zones and maintenance of public health, hygiene and safety standards;
5. (e) the regulation of civic services in the vending zones; and
6. (f) the regulation of such other matters in the vending zones as may be necessary.

1. (1) The Government may, after consultation with the town vending committee, by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely,-
   • (a) the manner of publishing summary of scheme under sub-section (2) of Section 3;
   • (b) the number of members under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 4;
   • (c) the allowances to Chairperson and members under sub-section (3) of section 4;
   • (d) the time and place for meeting, procedure for transaction of business at meetings and functions to be discharged under sub-section (4) of section 4 and Section 5;
   • (e) the manner and purpose for which a person may be associated under sub-section (1) of section 5;
   • (f) the allowance to associated person under sub-section (3) of section 5:
   • (g) the other employees of town vending committee under section 6;
   • (h) the form and manner for preparing and publishing annual accounts statement under section 8;
     • (i) the returns to be filed under section 18.
3. (3) Every rule, scheme and bye-law made under this Act shall, as soon as after it is made, be laid before the State Legislature of Meghalaya.

1. (1) The Meghalaya Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Ordinance, 2014 is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any action taken or purported to have been taken or anything done or purported to have been done under the Ordinance so repealed shall be deemed to have been taken or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act.