MC
Functions
(1) A Municipal Committee shall each be a body
corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power
to acquire and hold property and enter into any contract and may sue
and be sued in its name.
(2) A Municipal Committee shall:
(a) prepare spatial plans for the local government
including plans for land use and zoning;
(b) approve spatial plans after due process of
dissemination and public enquiry, incorporating modifications on the
basis of such inquiry;
(c) execute and manage development plans;
(d) exercise control over land-use, land-subdivision,
land development and zoning by public and private sectors for any
purpose, including for agriculture, industry, commerce markets,
shopping and other employment centers, residential, recreation,
parks, entertainment, passenger and transport freight and transit
stations;
(e) provide, improve and maintain public open spaces,
graveyards, public gardens and playgrounds;
(f) enforce all municipal laws, rules and bye-laws
regulating its functioning:
(g) regulate affixing of sign-boards and
advertisements except where this function is being performed by the
Park and Horticulture Authority;
(h) provide, manage, operate, maintain and improve
the municipal infrastructure and services, including –
(i) water supply and control and development of water
sources;
(ii) sewage and sewage treatment and disposal;
(iii) storm water drainage;
(iv) sanitation and solid waste collection and
sanitary disposal of solid, liquid, industrial and hospital wastes;
(v) roads and streets;
(vi) traffic planning, engineering and management
including traffic signaling systems, signs on roads, street
markings, parking places, transport stations, stops, stands and
terminals;
(vii) street lighting;
(viii) firefighting;
(ix) parks, playgrounds, open spaces and
arboriculture;
(x) slaughter houses;
(i) establish cattle pounds;
(j) prevent and remove encroachments;
(k) prepare budget, revised budget and annual and
long term municipal development programmes;
(l) maintain a comprehensive data base and
information system and provide public access to it on nominal
charges;
(m) approve taxes and fees;
(n) regulate dangerous and offensive articles and
trades mentioned in Second Schedule;
(o) collect approved taxes, fees, rates, rents,
tolls, charges, fines and penalties;
(p) organize sports, cultural, recreational events,
fairs and shows;
(q) organize cattle fairs and cattle markets and
regulate sale of animals;
(r) regulate markets
and services and issue licenses, permits, grant permissions and
impose penalties for violation thereof as and where applicable;
(s) manage
properties, assets and funds vested in the local government;
(t) develop and
manage schemes, including site development;
(u) authorize an
officer or officers to issue notice to a person committing any
municipal offence and initiate legal proceedings for continuance of
commission of such offence or for failure to comply with the
directions contained in such notice;
(v) prosecute, sue
and follow up criminal, civil and recovery proceedings against
violators of municipal laws in the courts of competent jurisdiction;
(w) nominate members
of Musalihat Anjuman
for a ward and monitor the performance of Musalihat Anjuman
in the prescribed manner;
(x) arrange
registration of births, deaths, marriages and divorces and pass on
such information about births, deaths, marriages and divorces in its
territorial jurisdiction to such persons and institutions as may be
prescribed;
(y) maintain
municipal records and archives;
(z) establish and
maintain libraries and reading rooms;
(aa) conserve
historical and cultural assets;
(bb) assist in the
provision of relief in the event of any fire, flood, hailstorm,
earthquake, epidemic or other natural calamity and assist relevant
authorities in relief activities;
(cc) prepare
financial statements and present them for internal and external
audit in the prescribed manner; and
(dd) undertake the
functions assigned to a Union Council under this Act.
(3) The
Municipal Committee may assign or outsource any of its functions in
such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
