The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994
himachal-pradesh · 1994
- S. 1Subs
- S. 2Clause (6-a) inserted vide Act No
- S. 3Classification of municipalities
- S. 4Procedure for declaring municipal area
- S. 5Notification of intention to include a local area in a municipal area
- S. 6Notification of intention to exclude local area from a municipal area
- S. 7—
- S. 8Effect of exclusion of local area from municipal area
- S. 9Power to abolish municipal area
- S. 10Composition of municipalities
- S. 11Reservation of seats
- S. 12Reservation of offices of Chairpersons
- S. 13Term of office of members
- S. 14Duration of municipality
- S. 15Resignation of member of municipality
- S. 16Disqualifications
- S. 17Bar to hold more than one office
- S. 18Power of State Government as to removal of members
- S. 19Filling of casual vacancies
- S. 20Incorporation of municipality
- S. 21Members and employees to be Public servants
- S. 22Municipal Committee, Palampur
- S. 23Term of office of and honorarium to President and Vice- President
- S. 24Resignation of President or Vice-President
- S. 25Motion of no confidence against President or Vice-President
- S. 26Removal of President or Vice-President
- S. 27Notification of elections and nominations
- S. 28Time for holding meetings
- S. 29Municipal Committee, Dalhousie
- S. 30Quorum
- S. 31Chairman of meeting
- S. 32Vote of majority decisive
- S. 33Records and publication of proceedings
- S. 34Bye-laws
- S. 35Appointment of Director
- S. 36Delegation of powers and functions
- S. 37Power of President or Vice-President in emergency
- S. 38Joint committees
- S. 39Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate acts and proceedings
- S. 40Authority to contract
- S. 41Mode of executing contracts and transfer of property
- S. 42Penalty on member or employee being interested in any contract with a municipality
- S. 43Suits against municipality and its employees
- S. 44Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
- S. 45Protection of action taken in good faith
- S. 46liability for loss
- S. 47General powers of municipalities
- S. 48Powers and authorities of municipalities
- S. 49Standing Committees
- S. 50Functions of the Standing Committees
- S. 51Conduct of business by the Standing Committees
- S. 52Constitution of municipal fund
- S. 53Application of fund
- S. 54Payment of allowances to the members out of the municipal fund
- S. 55Custody of municipal fund
- S. 56Power to deposit and invest surplus funds
- S. 57Property vested in a municipality
- S. 58Inventory and map of municipal property
- S. 59Erection and maintenance of boundary marks of municipal area
- S. 60Management of public institutions
- S. 61Acquisition of land
- S. 62Transfer to Government property vesting in municipality
- S. 63Power to takeover management of water works, sewerage works and roads etc
- S. 64Finance Commission
- S. 65Taxes which municipality shall impose
- S. 66Taxes that may be imposed
- S. 67Limitation of taxing powers
- S. 68Procedure regarding taxes under section 65
- S. 69Collection and payment of tax on consumption of electricity
- S. 70Procedure to impose taxes under section 66
- S. 71Power of Government in respect of taxation
- S. 72Preparation of assessment list
- S. 73Publication and completion of assessment lists
- S. 74Public notice of time fixed for revising assessment lists
- S. 75Settlement of list
- S. 76Further amendments of assessment list
- S. 77New list need not to be prepared every year
- S. 78Tax not invalid for defect of form
- S. 79Power of municipality to exempt payment of taxes
- S. 80Power of State Government to exempt payment of taxes
- S. 81Remission of tax on unoccupied immovable property
- S. 82Duty to furnish information
- S. 83Notice on transfers of titles
- S. 84Power of entry
- S. 85Taxes when payable
- S. 86Recovery of property taxes
- S. 87Recovery of taxes
- S. 88Seizure and sale of vehicle and animal
- S. 89Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue
- S. 90Appeals
- S. 91Limitation for appeal
- S. 92Revision
- S. 93Bar to question assessment
- S. 94Police force
- S. 95Powers and duties of police
- S. 96Special police assistance at fairs etc
- S. 97Establishment and maintenance of fire brigade
- S. 98Power of fire brigade and other persons to extinguish
- S. 99Observance of rules and regulations
- S. 100Provision for water supply
- S. 101Supply of water for domestic purposes
- S. 102Supply of water for other than domestic purposes
- S. 103Procedure for water connections
- S. 104Obligation of owner or occupier to give notice of waste of water
- S. 105Cutting off water supply to premises
- S. 106Power of municipality in respect of Communications etc
- S. 107Power to require owners of buildings to provide the storage reservoirs for rain water on their premises
- S. 108Supervision and inspection of works
- S. 109Repairs of reservoirs
- S. 110Bathing and washing places
- S. 111Powers in respect of burial and cremation grounds
- S. 112Disposal of mad and stray dogs and other animals
- S. 113Dogs not to be at large
- S. 114Control of elephants, bears or camels
- S. 115Taking elephants along public roads
- S. 116Power to require buildings, wells, tanks etc
- S. 117Building etc
- S. 118Cleaning of filthy building or land
- S. 119Paving or draining of cattle-stands
- S. 120Power to prohibit use of unfit buildings
- S. 121Power to require owner to clear away noxious vegetation
- S. 122Power to require hedges and trees to be trimmed
- S. 123Power to require untenanted buildings becoming a nuisance to be secured or enclosed
- S. 124Prohibition of cultivation of crop, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
- S. 125Regulation of offensive and dangerous trade
- S. 126Consent of municipality to establish new factories or workshops
- S. 127Prohibition of cinematographs and dramatic performances except in licensed premises
- S. 128Power to prohibit trades
- S. 129Use of steam whistles etc
- S. 130Provisions of drains, privies etc
- S. 131Repair and closing of drains, privies etc
- S. 132Unauthorised building over drains, etc
- S. 133Removal of latrines etc
- S. 134Discharging sewerage
- S. 135Making or altering drains without authority
- S. 136Power to require removal of nuisance arising from tanks and the lake
- S. 137Power of municipality to lay or carry wires, pipes, drains or sewers through private lands
- S. 138Provision as to wire, pipes, drains or sewers laid or carried above surface of ground
- S. 139Previous notice
- S. 140Connection with main not to be made without permission of municipality
- S. 141Sewerage connection
- S. 142Troughs and pipes for rain water
- S. 143Information in relation to cholera, small-pox, etc
- S. 144Removal to hospital of patients suffering from infectious diseases
- S. 145Disinfection of buildings and articles
- S. 146Penalty for letting infected houses
- S. 147Provision of places and appliances for disinfection
- S. 148Acts done by persons suffering from certain disorders
- S. 149Keeping of animals injurious to health
- S. 150Feeding animals on deleterious substances
- S. 151Prohibition by municipality of use of unwholesome water
- S. 152Penalty for selling sub-standard food or drinks
- S. 153Soliciting alms
- S. 154Removal and deposit of offensive matter
- S. 155Preparation of compost manure
- S. 156Power to acquire etc
- S. 157Right of appeal and revision
- S. 158Bar of jurisdiction
- S. 159Failure to remove noxious matter
- S. 160Depositing or throwing of earth or material of any description on roads or into drains
- S. 161Spitting in places other than drains or receptacles provided
- S. 162Nuisance by children and others
- S. 163Definition of house scavenging
- S. 164Undertaking by municipality of house scavenging
- S. 165Abolition of customary rights
- S. 166Scavenging etc
- S. 167Continuance of house scavenging once undertaken by municipality
- S. 168Obligation of municipality to perform house scavenging properly
- S. 169Power of municipal employees for house scavenging purposes
- S. 170Vesting in municipality or collection from house scavenging
- S. 171Establishment of creches of Safai Mazdoors
- S. 172Places for slaughter of animals for sale
- S. 173Disposal of dead animals
- S. 174Powers in connection with streets
- S. 175Protection of streets during cutting down of trees, erection or demolition of buildings
- S. 176Notice to lay out street
- S. 177Order of notice under section 176
- S. 178Sanction of new street
- S. 179Operation of sanction
- S. 180Penalty
- S. 181Notice to owner of land under street
- S. 182Power to require repairs of street and to declare such street public
- S. 183Punishment for encroachment or over hanging structure over street
- S. 184Permission of occupation of public street and removal of obstruction
- S. 185Power of Deputy Commissioner to remove encroachments
- S. 186Power to regulate line of a street
- S. 187Government street
- S. 188Removal of over hanging structures
- S. 189Power to attach brackets for lamps
- S. 190Construction of stalls
- S. 191Destroying direction-posts, lamp-posts, etc
- S. 192Bill-sticking without permission
- S. 193Names or numbers of streets, buildings etc
- S. 194Inflammable materials
- S. 195Roofs and external walls not to be made of inflammable materials
- S. 196Picketing animals and collecting carts
- S. 197Driving vehicles without proper lights
- S. 198Beating drums etc
- S. 199Discharging fire-arms etc
- S. 200Building operations, quarrying, blasting or cutting timber
- S. 201Powers to levy fee at fair
- S. 202General bye-laws
- S. 203Prohibition to erect buildings without sanction
- S. 204Power of municipality to make bye-laws as to erection or re- erection of building
- S. 205Building scheme
- S. 206Regularisation of certain buildings
- S. 207Punishment for erection or re-erection of a building on sanction of a building scheme under section 205
- S. 208Powers of municipality to sanction or refuse erection or re- erection of buildings
- S. 209Power of municipality to direct modification of sanctioned plan of a building before its completion
- S. 210Completion Certificate and lapse of sanction
- S. 211Penalty for disobedience
- S. 212Order of demolition of building and works in certain cases and appeal
- S. 213Compensation
- S. 214Power of municipality to regulate the manufacture, preparation and sale of food and drink
- S. 215Prohibition of possession or sale of wild animals
- S. 216Penalty for infringement of bye-laws
- S. 217Confirmation of bye-laws
- S. 218Power of State Government to make bye-laws
- S. 219Procedure for making bye-laws
- S. 220Bye-laws to be available for purchase and inspection
- S. 221Regulation of felling of trees within municipal limits
- S. 222Inspection of drains privies and cesspools
- S. 223Inspection of building etc
- S. 224Other powers of entry on buildings or land
- S. 225Power to inspect places for sale of food or drink etc, and to seize un-wholesome articles exposed for sale
- S. 226Inspections of place for illicit slaughter of animals
- S. 227Refusal to allow inspection
- S. 228Search for inflammable or explosive material in excess of authorised quantity
- S. 229Power of entry for the purpose of preventing spread of disease
- S. 230Authorisation of powers
- S. 231Precautions to be observed in entering dwelling
- S. 232Reasonable time for compliance to be fixed
- S. 233Authentication, service and validity of notices
- S. 234Service when owner and occupier are different persons
- S. 235Mode of giving notice to owner or occupier of property
- S. 236Publication of public notices
- S. 237Penalty for disobedience of orders of municipalities
- S. 238Compensation for damage
- S. 239Power of municipality in the event of non-compliance
- S. 240Penalty for obstruction
- S. 241Recovery of cost of execution
- S. 242Relief to agents and trustees
- S. 243Payment of compensation
- S. 244Appeals from orders of municipality
- S. 245Prosecution to be suspended in certain cases
- S. 246Appeals from certain orders
- S. 247Authority for prosecution
- S. 248Power to compound offences
- S. 249Presentation of accounts and budget of municipality
- S. 250Revision of budget
- S. 251Supplementary budget
- S. 252Maintenance of accounts and restriction of expenditure
- S. 253Transmission of accounts
- S. 254Power to write off irrecoverable sums
- S. 255Audit of accounts
- S. 256Action by municipality on audit report
- S. 257Recovery of amounts disallowed
- S. 258Procedure for recovery of dues of municipality
- S. 259Conditions of distraint and sale
- S. 260Preparation of development plan
- S. 261District Planning Committees
- S. 262Control by Deputy Commissioner
- S. 263Power to suspend execution of orders, etc
- S. 264Power of Deputy Commissioner in emergency
- S. 265Powers to provide for performance of duties in case of default of municipality
- S. 266Action of Deputy Commissioner to be immediately reported
- S. 267Power of State Government to give directions
- S. 268Exercise of committee's power pending establishment of municipality
- S. 269Power of State Government and its officers over municipality
- S. 270General powers of State Government
- S. 271Power of State Government to dissolve municipality for default, abuse of powers, etc
- S. 272Suspension of office bearers of municipalities
- S. 273Removal of office bearers of municipality
- S. 274Power to call for record
- S. 275Power of inspection and supervision
- S. 276Technical supervision and inspections
- S. 277Taking over of certain branches or departments of the municipality
- S. 278Disputes
- S. 279Power of State Government to frame forms and make rules
- S. 280Definitions
- S. 281State Election commission
- S. 282Officers authorised to hear election petitions
- S. 283Election petitions
- S. 284Presentation of petitions
- S. 285Contents of petition
- S. 286Procedure on receiving election petition
- S. 287Withdrawal and transfer of petitions
- S. 288Procedure before the authorised officers
- S. 289Appearance before the authorised officer
- S. 290Power of the authorised officer
- S. 291Documentary evidence
- S. 292Secrecy of voting
- S. 293Answering of incriminating questions and certificate of indemnity
- S. 294Expenses of witnesses
- S. 295Decision of the authorised officer
- S. 296Grounds for setting aside election
- S. 297Abatement of election petition
- S. 298Costs and payment thereof out of security deposits and return of such deposits
- S. 299Execution of orders as to costs
- S. 300Corrupt practices entailing disqualifications
- S. 301Corrupt practices
- S. 302Appeals
- S. 303Bar to interference by Courts in electoral matters
- S. 304Power to make rules for conduct of elections
- S. 305Appointment of Executive Officers/Secretaries in municipalities
- S. 306Posts in municipality and appointments thereto
- S. 307Officers and other employees not to be interested in any contract etc
- S. 308Power to enquire and report about misconduct of certain officers or officials
- S. 309Power to remove difficulties
- S. 310Repeal of H
- S. 311Repeal of Himachal Pradesh Ordinance No
- S. 1994Explanation
- S. 2007127 (3) The State Government shall on receipt of the audit report of the municipalities, lay them before the State Le