Power to make bye-laws.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Corporation may, in addition to any bye-laws which it is empowered to make by any other provision of this Act, make bye-laws to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— A. Bye-laws relating to taxation (1) the maintenance of tax books and registers by the Commissioner and the particulars which such books and registers should contain; (2) the inspection of and the obtaining of copies and extracts from such books and registers and fees, if any, to be charged for the same; (3) the publication of rates of taxes as determined by the Corporation from time to time; (4) the requisition by the Commissioner of information and returns from persons liable to pay taxes; (5) the notice to be given to the Commissioner by any person who becomes the owner or possessor of a vehicle or animal in respect of which any tax is payable under this Act; (6) the wearing of badge by the driver of any such vehicle and the display of number plate on such vehicle; (7) the submission of returns by persons liable to pay any tax under this Act; (8) the collection by the registrar or sub-registrar of Delhi appointed under the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), of the additional stamp duty payable to the Corporation under this Act, the periodical payment of such duty to the Corporation and the maintenance, by such registrar or sub-registrar of separate accounts in relation thereto; (9) any other matter relating to the levy, assessment, collection, refund or remission of taxes under this Act; E. Bye-laws relating to streets (1) the closure of streets when any work is in progress and alternative passage during the progress of such work; (2) the erections of a temporary nature during festivals; (3) the setting up of hoards on buildings adjacent to streets during their construction or repair; (4) the precautions to be taken when permission is granted to any private individual for opening or breaking up any public street and the fees to be paid for the restoration of a street in its original condition; (5) the permission, regulation or prohibition of use or occupation of any street or place by itinerant vendors or hawkers or by any person for the sale of articles or the exercise of any calling or the setting up of any booth or stall and the fees chargeable for such occupation; (6) any other matter in connection with the construction, repair, maintenance, naming, numbering and lighting of streets for which provision is necessary or should be made; G. Bye-laws relating to sanitation and public health (1) the position of latrines and urinals; (2) the provision of air spaces between latrines and buildings or places used for various purposes; (3) the white-washing of buildings; (4) the provision of living accommodation for sweepers in buildings newly erected requiring ten or more latrines; (5) the regulation or prohibition of the stabling or herding of animals or any class of animals so as to prevent danger to public health; (6) the seizure of ownerless animals straying within the limits of Delhi and the regulation and control of pounds; (7) the fixing and regulation of the use of public bathing and washing places; (8) the prevention of the spread of dangerous disease; (9) the segregation in or the removal or exclusion from any part of Delhi or the destruction of animals suffering or reasonably suspected to be suffering from any infectious or contagious disease; (10) the supervision, regulation, conservation and protection from injury, contamination or trespass, of sources and means of public water supply and of appliances for the distribution of water; (11) the enforcement of compulsory vaccination and inoculation; (12) the proper disposal of corpses, the regulation and management of burning and burial places and other places for the disposal of corpses and the fees chargeable for the use of such places where the same are provided or maintained at the expense of the Municipal Fund; H. Bye-laws relating to vital statistics (1) the prescribing of qualifications of persons to be appointed as registrars under Chapter XVIII; (2) the registration of births, deaths and marriages and the taking of a census; I. Bye-laws relating to public safety and suppression of nuisances The regulation or prohibition for the purpose of sanitation or the prevention of disease or the promotion of public safety or convenience, of any act which occasions or is likely to occasion a nuisance and for the regulation or prohibition of which on provision is made elsewhere by this Act; J. Bye-laws relating to markets, slaughter houses, trades and occupations (1) the days on, and the hours during which any market or slaughter house may be kept open for use; (2) the regulation of the design, ventilation and drainage of markets and slaughter houses and the materials to be used in the construction thereof; (3) the keeping of markets and slaughter houses and the lands and buildings appertaining thereto in a clean and sanitary condition, the removal of filth, rubbish and other polluted and obnoxious matter therefrom and the supply therein of pure water and of a sufficient number of latrines and urinals for the use of persons using or frequenting the same; (4) the manner in which animals shall be admitted in a slaughter house