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The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911

The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911

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This law establishes the framework for local government administration specifically within the Punjab region. It applies to areas designated as smaller urban centers or transitional zones, organizing them into Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats. By defining how these local bodies are formed, classified, and managed, the Act ensures effective governance, proper service delivery, and organized administration for urban and developing communities within the state. It is essential for maintaining order and providing necessary civic amenities to the population living in these localities, ensuring that local needs are met efficiently.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 30Record and publication of proceedings
  2. 31Bye-laws
  3. 32Delegation of certain powers and functions of State Government
  4. 33Delegation of certain powers and functions of committees
  5. 34Appointment of wards sub-committees
  6. 35Extraordinary powers of President or Vice-President in case of emergency
  7. 36Joint Committees
  8. 37Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate proceedings
  9. 38Constitution of Municipal Services
  10. 39Employment of other officers and servants
  11. 41Powers to demand punishment or dismissal
  12. 42Power to prevent extravagance in establishments
  13. 43Pensions, leave allowances and provident fund
  14. 44Pension, etc. in case of service partly under the Government and partly under committee
  15. 45Notice before discharge
  16. 46Authority to contract
  17. 47Mode of executing contracts and transfer of property
  18. 48Penalty on member, officer or servant being interested in any contract made with a committee
  19. 49Suits against committee and its officers
  20. 50Liability of members of the committee

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 51Constitution of municipal fund
  2. 52Application of fund
  3. 53Payment of salary to president out of funds
  4. 54Custody of municipal fund
  5. 55Investment of same
  6. 56Property vested in committee.
  7. 57Management of public institutions.
  8. 58Acquisition of land.
  9. 59Transfer to Government of property vesting in committee
  10. 60Saving of Act XI of 1879

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 61Taxes which may be imposed
  2. 62Procedure to impose taxes
  3. 63Preparation of assessment list
  4. 64Publication and completion of assessment list
  5. 65Public notice of time fixed for revising assessment list
  6. 66Settlement of lists
  7. 67Further amendments of Assessment list
  8. 68Preparation of new assessment list
  9. 69Tax not invalid for defect of form
  10. 70Power of the Committee in regard to taxes
  11. 71Powers of the State Government in regard to taxes
  12. 72Remission of tax on unoccupied immovable property
  13. 73Duty of furnishing true information regarding liability to municipal taxation
  14. 74Notice to be given to the committee of all transfers of title of person primarily liable to payment of property tax
  15. 75Power of entry for the purposes of valuation or taxation
  16. 76Power of examine article liable to octroi
  17. 77Power to search where octroi is leviable
  18. 78Power to fix octroi or terminal tax limits and penalty for evasion of octroi or terminal tax
  19. 79Taxes when payable
  20. 80Recovery of taxes payable by owner
  21. 81Recovery of taxes, etc
  22. 82Recovery of octroi and tools
  23. 83Powers to lease the collection of octroi or tolls
  24. 84Appeals against Taxation
  25. 85Limitation of appeal
  26. 86Taxation not to be questioned except under this Act

Chapter VI Chapter VI →

  1. 87Police Establishment
  2. 88Relief of Committee from police charges
  3. 89Appointment, liabilities and duties of municipal watchmen
  4. 90Duties of municipal Police enrolled under Act V of 1861
  5. 91Powers and duties of police in respect of offences against Act and rules and assistance to municipal authorities
  6. 92Police protection at fairs, etc

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 93Establishment and maintenance of fire-brigade
  2. 94Power of fire brigade and other persons for suppression of fires
  3. 95Limitation on operation of chapter

Chapter VIII Chapter VIII →

  1. 96Provision of water
  2. 97Supply of water to connected premises
  3. 98Supply of water for other than domestic purposes
  4. 99Making connections with municipal water works
  5. 100Obligation of owner or occupier to give notice of waste of water
  6. 101Cutting off of supply to premises
  7. 102Power of the committee in respect of communications, etc

Chapter IX Chapter IX →

  1. 106Bathing and washing places
  2. 107Powers in respect of burial and burning places
  3. 108Removal of corpses
  4. 109Disposal of mad and stray dogs and other animals
  5. 110Suffering dogs to be at large
  6. 111Control of elephants, bears or camels
  7. 112Taking elephants along public roads
  8. 113Power to require buildings, wells, tanks, etc., to be secured
  9. 114Buildings, etc., in dangerous state
  10. 115Cleaning of filthy building or land
  11. 116Power to prohibit use for human habitation of buildings unfit for such use
  12. 117Power to require owner to clear away noxious vegetation
  13. 118Power to require hedges and trees to be trimmed
  14. 119Power to require untenanted building becoming a nuisance to be secured or enclosed
  15. 120Prohibition of cultivation, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
  16. 121Regulation of offensive and dangerous trade
  17. 122Prohibition of cinematographs and dramatic performances except in licensed premises
  18. 123Power to prohibit such trades
  19. 124Use of steam whistles, etc
  20. 125Provisions of drains, privies, etc
  21. 126Repair and closing of drains, privies, latrines, urinals and cesspools
  22. 127Unauthorised building over drain, etc
  23. 128Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply
  24. 129Discharging sewerage
  25. 130Making or altering drains without authority
  26. 131Power to require removal of nuisance arising from tanks and the like
  27. 132Power of committee to lay or carry wires, pipes, drains, or sewers through private land subject to payment or compensation for damage sustained provided that no nuisance is created
  28. 133Provision as to wires, pipes, drains or sewers laid or carried above surface of ground
  29. 134Previous Notice to be given
  30. 135Connection with main not to be mase without permission of Committee
  31. 136Connection may be made or required by the committee in the case of sewerage
  32. 137Power to prescribe size of ferrule and to establish meters and the like
  33. 138Communication and connection to be made subject to inspection by and to the satisfaction of committee
  34. 139Rates and charges may be fixed
  35. 140Troughs and pipes for rain water
  36. 141Information to be given of cholera, small pox, etc
  37. 142Removal to hospital of patients suffering from infectious diseases
  38. 143Disinfection of buildings and articles
  39. 144Penalty for letting infected houses
  40. 145Provision of places and appliances for disinfection.
  41. 146Acts done by persons suffering from certain disorders
  42. 147Keeping of animals so as to be injurious to health.
  43. 148Feeding animals on deleterious substances.
  44. 149Prohibition by committee of use of unwholesome water
  45. 150Penalty for selling food or drink not of the nature, substance or quality of the article demanded by the purchaser.
  46. 151Soliciting alms
  47. 152Power over disorderly houses and prostitutes
  48. 153Brothel
  49. 154Removal and deposit of offensive matters
  50. 155Failure to remove offensive matter
  51. 156Depositing or throwing of earth or material of any description on roads or into drains
  52. 157Nuisance by children and others
  53. 158Definition of house scavenging
  54. 159Undertaking by committee of house-scavenging generally
  55. 160Saving in favour of customary sweepers and of agriculturist
  56. 161Continuance of house-scavenging once undertaken by committee
  57. 162Obligation of committee to perform house-scavenging properly
  58. 163Powers of municipal servants for house-scavenging purposes
  59. 164Vesting in committee of collection from house-scavenging
  60. 165Punishment of customary sweepers for negligence
  61. 166Punishment of cultivators for failure to provide for proper house- scavenging
  62. 167Places for slaughter of animals for sale
  63. 168Disposal of dead animals
  64. 169Powers in connection with streets
  65. 170Powers to require protection of streets during cutting down of trees, erection or demolition of buildings etc.
  66. 171Power to require repairs of streets and to declare such streets public
  67. 172Punishment for immovable encroachment or overhanging structure over street
  68. 173Power to permit occupation of public street and to remove obstruction
  69. 174Power to regulate line of building
  70. 175Removal or alteration of any balcony, projection or structure, etc., on payment or compensation
  71. 176Power to attach brackets for lamps
  72. 177Destroying direction posts, lamp posts. etc
  73. 178Bill-sticking without permission
  74. 179Names of streets and number of buildings
  75. 180Inflammable materials
  76. 181Roofs and external walls not to be made of inflammable materials
  77. 182Picketing animals and collecting carts
  78. 183Driving vehicles without proper lights
  79. 184Beating drums, etc
  80. 185Discharging fire-arms, etc
  81. 186Quarrying, blasting, cutting timber or building
  82. 187Power to levy fees at fairs

Chapter X Chapter X →

  1. 188General bye-laws
  2. 189Prohibition of building without sanction
  3. 190Power of committee to make bye-laws as to erection or re-erection of buildings
  4. 191Special provision for cases where bye-laws have not been made under section 189(3)
  5. 192Building scheme
  6. 193Powers of committee to sanction or refuse erection or re-erection of building
  7. 194Lapse of sanction after one year from the date of such sanction
  8. 195Penalty for disobedience
  9. 196Compensation
  10. 197Power of committee to regulate the manufacture, preparation and sale of food and drink
  11. 198Section 198
  12. 199Penalty for infringement of bye-laws
  13. 200Procedure for making bye-laws
  14. 201Confirmation of bye-laws
  15. 202Bye-laws to be available for purchase and inspection

Chapter XI Chapter XI →

  1. 203Inspection of drains, privies and cesspools
  2. 204Inspection of buildings, etc
  3. 205Other powers of entry on buildings or lands
  4. 206Power to inspect places for sale of food or drink etc., and to seize unwholesome articles exposed for sale
  5. 207Inspection of Weights and Measures and seizure of false weights etc
  6. 208Inspection of places for illicit slaughter of animals
  7. 209Refusal to suffer inspection under Sections 205 to 208
  8. 210Search for inflammable or explosive material in excess of authorized quantity
  9. 211Power of entry for purpose of preventing spread of disease
  10. 212General explanation
  11. 213Precautions to observe in entering
  12. 214Reasonable time for compliance to be fixed
  13. 215Authentication, service and validity of notices
  14. 216Service when owners and occupiers are different persons
  15. 217Mode of giving notice to owners or occupier of property
  16. 218Publication of public notices
  17. 219Penalty for disobedience of orders of committees
  18. 220Power of committee in the event of non-compliance
  19. 221Penalty for obstruction
  20. 222Recovery of costs of execution
  21. 223Reliefs to agents and trustees
  22. 224Payment of compensation
  23. 225Appeals from order of committee
  24. 226Prosecution to be suspended in certain cases
  25. 227Appeal from certain orders
  26. 228Authority for prosecution
  27. 229Power of compound offences
  28. 230Member not be deemed intrested in prosecution

Chapter XII Chapter XII →

  1. 231Control by Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
  2. 232Powers to suspend any resolution or order of committee
  3. 233Extraordinary power of Deputy Commissioner in cases of emergency
  4. 234Power to provide for performance of duties
  5. 235Action of Deputy Commissioner to be immediately reported
  6. 236Power to State Government and its officers over committees
  7. 237General powers of State Government over officers
  8. 238Omitted.
  9. 239Disputes
  10. 240Power of State Government to frame forms and make rules

Chapter XIII Chapter XIII →

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