Powers in respect of public markets

Powers in respect of public markets:

1. (1) The Board of Councillors may provide places for use as public markets.
2. (2) The Board of Councillors may in any public market levy any one or more of the following fees at such rates and may take place the collection of such fees under the management of such persons as may appear to it proper or may farm out such fees for any period not exceeding three years at a time and on such terms and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit-
   • (a) fees for the use of or, for the right to expose goods for sale in, such markets;
   • (b) fees for the use of shops, stalls, pens or stands in such markets;
   • (c) fees on vehicles or pack-animals carrying, or on persons bringing, goods for sale in such markets;
   • (d) fees on animals brought for sale into, or sold in, such markets; and
   • (e) licence fees for brokers, commission agents, weighmen and measurers practising their calling in such markets.
3. (3) The Municipality may, with the sanction of the State Government, close any public market or part thereof.