Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
1949 : Bom. LIX ] Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 39 (15) maintaining, aiding and suitably accommodating schools for primary education; (16) the reclamation of unhealthy localities, the removal of noxious vegetation and generally the abatement of all nuisances; (17) the registration of births and deaths; (18) the construction , maintenance, alteration and improvement of public streets, bridges, sub-ways, culverts, cause-ways and the like; (19) the removal of obstructions and projections in or upon streets, bridges and other public places; (20) the management and maintenance of all municipal water works and the construction or acquisition of new works necessary for a sufficient supply of water for public and private purposes; (21) preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases; (22) the securing or removal of dangerous buildings and places; (23) the construction and maintenance of residential quarters for the municipal conservancy staff; 1[(23A) The preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; (23B) The performance of functions and the implementation of schemes that may be entrusted by the State Government.] (24) fulfilment of any obligation imposed by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force; (25) subject to adequate provision being made for the matters specified above, the provision of relief to destitute persons in the City in times of famine and scarcity and the establishment and maintenance of relief works in such times. 2[(2) It shall also be incumbent on the Corporation to make, in its budget for every official year, provision for making expenditure to the extent of such amount, not exceeding ten per cent. of its income for such year other than the income from the proceeds of the Transport Undertaking and any other specified items of income as the State Government may, from time to time, determine and notify in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of providing basic facilities, like water supply, drainage, sanitation, street lights, medical aid, slum clearance and such other matters in areas predominantly populated by members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other socially and economically backward class of people, and if the expenditure so provided for is not fully incurred in the official year for which it is provided, the balance shall be carried forward in the budget of the next succeeding year. Explanation.—In this sub-section, “specified items” means such items as the State Government may, in relation to any Corporation, by order, specify for the purpose of this sub-section.]