Power to make general orders

A Gram Panchayat may by general order to be published in the manner prescribed— (a) prohibit the use of water of a well, pond or other excavation suspected to be dangerous to the public health; (b) regulate or prohibit the watering of cattle or bathing or washing at or near wells, ponds, or other excavations reserved for drinking water; (c) regulate or prohibit the steeping of hemp or any other plant in or near ponds or other excavations within two hundred and twenty yards of the residential area of a village; (d) regulate or prohibit the dyeing or tanning of skins within four hundred and forty yards of the residential area of a village: Provided that where the dyeing or tanning of skins was so practised at the time of the establishment of the Gram Panchayat under the Punjab Village Panchayat Act, 1939, or Punjab Panchayat Act, 1921 or any other Act for the time being in force it shall not be prohibited unless the Gram Panchayat provides reasonable facilities for practising it outside the four hundred and forty yards limits; (e) regulate or prohibit the excavation of earth or stone or other materials within two hundred and twenty yards of the residential area of a village: Provided that nothing shall be done under this clause to prevent excavations meant to be filled by the foundation of buildings or other structures; (f) regulate or prohibit the establishment of brick-kilns and charcoal kilns within eight hundred and eighty yards and pottery-kilns within two hundred and twenty yards of the residential area of a village: Provided that where a pottery-kiln was working at the time of the establishment of Gram Panchayat under the Punjab Village Panchayat Act, 1939 and the Punjab Panchayat Act, 1921, or any other Act for the time being in force it shall not be prohibited unless the Gram Panchayat provides reasonable facilities for practising it outside the two hundred and twenty yards limits; (g) direct that the carcasses of all animals dying within the village, except animals slaughtered for consumption shall not be disposed of within a radius of 440 yards of the residential area of the village: Provided that nothing shall be done under this clause to interfere with the legal rights of any person; (h) regulate the construction of new buildings or the extension or alterations of any existing building or the abadi; (i) regulate with the previous permission of Government the parking of public vehicles; (j) regulate such matters as may be necessary for the general protection of standing crops and trees on common land and the planting of such trees; (k) regulate the observance of sanitation and taking curative and preventive measures to remove and prevent the spread of epidemics; (l) regulate the maintenance of watercourses meant for irrigation purposes; (m) regulate the killing of stray dogs; (n) regulate the slaughter of animals; and (o) prohibit beggary; (p) direct the taking of measures for the prevention of waterlogging; (q) regulate the disposal of dead animals and flaying; (r) prohibit the sale of harmful eatables within the Sabha area; (s) regulate offensive and dangerous trades.