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The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911

Chapter XIII Chapter XIII

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0Preamble
1Title, extent and commencement
4Specification of Local areas to be smaller urban areas or transitional areas and Constitution of Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats
8Reservation of offices Presidents
12Composition of Municipalities
13Duration of Municipalities
19Officers, servants and members to be public servants
23Casual vacancies in office of President or Vice President
24Notification of election and oath or affirmation of allegiance
25Times of holding Meetings
27Quorum
30Record and publication of proceedings
31Bye-laws
32Delegation of certain powers and functions of State Government
33Delegation of certain powers and functions of committees
34Appointment of wards sub-committees
35Extraordinary powers of President or Vice-President in case of emergency
36Joint Committees
37Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate proceedings
38Constitution of Municipal Services
39Employment of other officers and servants
41Powers to demand punishment or dismissal
42Power to prevent extravagance in establishments
43Pensions, leave allowances and provident fund
44Pension, etc. in case of service partly under the Government and partly under committee
45Notice before discharge
46Authority to contract
47Mode of executing contracts and transfer of property
48Penalty on member, officer or servant being interested in any contract made with a committee
49Suits against committee and its officers
50Liability of members of the committee
51Constitution of municipal fund
52Application of fund
53Payment of salary to president out of funds
54Custody of municipal fund
55Investment of same
56Property vested in committee.
57Management of public institutions.
58Acquisition of land.
59Transfer to Government of property vesting in committee
60Saving of Act XI of 1879
61Taxes which may be imposed
62Procedure to impose taxes
63Preparation of assessment list
64Publication and completion of assessment list
65Public notice of time fixed for revising assessment list
66Settlement of lists
67Further amendments of Assessment list
68Preparation of new assessment list
69Tax not invalid for defect of form
70Power of the Committee in regard to taxes
71Powers of the State Government in regard to taxes
72Remission of tax on unoccupied immovable property
73Duty of furnishing true information regarding liability to municipal taxation
74Notice to be given to the committee of all transfers of title of person primarily liable to payment of property tax
75Power of entry for the purposes of valuation or taxation
76Power of examine article liable to octroi
77Power to search where octroi is leviable
78Power to fix octroi or terminal tax limits and penalty for evasion of octroi or terminal tax
79Taxes when payable
80Recovery of taxes payable by owner
81Recovery of taxes, etc
82Recovery of octroi and tools
83Powers to lease the collection of octroi or tolls
84Appeals against Taxation
85Limitation of appeal
86Taxation not to be questioned except under this Act
87Police Establishment
88Relief of Committee from police charges
89Appointment, liabilities and duties of municipal watchmen
90Duties of municipal Police enrolled under Act V of 1861
91Powers and duties of police in respect of offences against Act and rules and assistance to municipal authorities
92Police protection at fairs, etc
93Establishment and maintenance of fire-brigade
94Power of fire brigade and other persons for suppression of fires
95Limitation on operation of chapter
96Provision of water
97Supply of water to connected premises
98Supply of water for other than domestic purposes
99Making connections with municipal water works
100Obligation of owner or occupier to give notice of waste of water
101Cutting off of supply to premises
102Power of the committee in respect of communications, etc
106Bathing and washing places
107Powers in respect of burial and burning places
108Removal of corpses
109Disposal of mad and stray dogs and other animals
110Suffering dogs to be at large
111Control of elephants, bears or camels
112Taking elephants along public roads
113Power to require buildings, wells, tanks, etc., to be secured
114Buildings, etc., in dangerous state
115Cleaning of filthy building or land
116Power to prohibit use for human habitation of buildings unfit for such use
117Power to require owner to clear away noxious vegetation
118Power to require hedges and trees to be trimmed
119Power to require untenanted building becoming a nuisance to be secured or enclosed
120Prohibition of cultivation, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
121Regulation of offensive and dangerous trade
122Prohibition of cinematographs and dramatic performances except in licensed premises
123Power to prohibit such trades
124Use of steam whistles, etc
125Provisions of drains, privies, etc
126Repair and closing of drains, privies, latrines, urinals and cesspools
127Unauthorised building over drain, etc
128Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply
129Discharging sewerage
130Making or altering drains without authority
131Power to require removal of nuisance arising from tanks and the like
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
133Provision as to wires, pipes, drains or sewers laid or carried above surface of ground
134Previous Notice to be given
135Connection with main not to be mase without permission of Committee
136Connection may be made or required by the committee in the case of sewerage
137Power to prescribe size of ferrule and to establish meters and the like
138Communication and connection to be made subject to inspection by and to the satisfaction of committee
139Rates and charges may be fixed
140Troughs and pipes for rain water
141Information to be given of cholera, small pox, etc
142Removal to hospital of patients suffering from infectious diseases
143Disinfection of buildings and articles
144Penalty for letting infected houses
145Provision of places and appliances for disinfection.
146Acts done by persons suffering from certain disorders
147Keeping of animals so as to be injurious to health.
148Feeding animals on deleterious substances.
149Prohibition by committee of use of unwholesome water
150Penalty for selling food or drink not of the nature, substance or quality of the article demanded by the purchaser.
151Soliciting alms
152Power over disorderly houses and prostitutes
153Brothel
154Removal and deposit of offensive matters
155Failure to remove offensive matter
156Depositing or throwing of earth or material of any description on roads or into drains
157Nuisance by children and others
158Definition of house scavenging
159Undertaking by committee of house-scavenging generally
160Saving in favour of customary sweepers and of agriculturist
161Continuance of house-scavenging once undertaken by committee
162Obligation of committee to perform house-scavenging properly
163Powers of municipal servants for house-scavenging purposes
164Vesting in committee of collection from house-scavenging
165Punishment of customary sweepers for negligence
166Punishment of cultivators for failure to provide for proper house- scavenging
167Places for slaughter of animals for sale
168Disposal of dead animals
169Powers in connection with streets
170Powers to require protection of streets during cutting down of trees, erection or demolition of buildings etc.
171Power to require repairs of streets and to declare such streets public
172Punishment for immovable encroachment or overhanging structure over street
173Power to permit occupation of public street and to remove obstruction
174Power to regulate line of building
175Removal or alteration of any balcony, projection or structure, etc., on payment or compensation
176Power to attach brackets for lamps
177Destroying direction posts, lamp posts. etc
178Bill-sticking without permission
179Names of streets and number of buildings
180Inflammable materials
181Roofs and external walls not to be made of inflammable materials
182Picketing animals and collecting carts
183Driving vehicles without proper lights
184Beating drums, etc
185Discharging fire-arms, etc
186Quarrying, blasting, cutting timber or building
187Power to levy fees at fairs
188General bye-laws
189Prohibition of building without sanction
190Power of committee to make bye-laws as to erection or re-erection of buildings
191Special provision for cases where bye-laws have not been made under section 189(3)
192Building scheme
193Powers of committee to sanction or refuse erection or re-erection of building
194Lapse of sanction after one year from the date of such sanction
195Penalty for disobedience
196Compensation
197Power of committee to regulate the manufacture, preparation and sale of food and drink
198Section 198
199Penalty for infringement of bye-laws
200Procedure for making bye-laws
201Confirmation of bye-laws
202Bye-laws to be available for purchase and inspection
203Inspection of drains, privies and cesspools
204Inspection of buildings, etc
205Other powers of entry on buildings or lands
206Power to inspect places for sale of food or drink etc., and to seize unwholesome articles exposed for sale
207Inspection of Weights and Measures and seizure of false weights etc
208Inspection of places for illicit slaughter of animals
209Refusal to suffer inspection under Sections 205 to 208
210Search for inflammable or explosive material in excess of authorized quantity
211Power of entry for purpose of preventing spread of disease
212General explanation
213Precautions to observe in entering
214Reasonable time for compliance to be fixed
215Authentication, service and validity of notices
216Service when owners and occupiers are different persons
217Mode of giving notice to owners or occupier of property
218Publication of public notices
219Penalty for disobedience of orders of committees
220Power of committee in the event of non-compliance
221Penalty for obstruction
222Recovery of costs of execution
223Reliefs to agents and trustees
224Payment of compensation
225Appeals from order of committee
226Prosecution to be suspended in certain cases
227Appeal from certain orders
228Authority for prosecution
229Power of compound offences
230Member not be deemed intrested in prosecution
231Control by Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
232Powers to suspend any resolution or order of committee
233Extraordinary power of Deputy Commissioner in cases of emergency
234Power to provide for performance of duties
235Action of Deputy Commissioner to be immediately reported
236Power to State Government and its officers over committees
237General powers of State Government over officers
238Omitted.
239Disputes
240Power of State Government to frame forms and make rules
ISchedule I
IIII NOTIFIED AREAS DEEMED AS SMALLER URBAN AREAS AND

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