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Power to make bye-laws.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, every municipal council may from time to time make, alter or rescind bye- laws,— (a) for the regulation and inspection of markets, all public places used for the sale of articles, and slaughter houses and all places used by or for animals which are for sale or hire or the produce of which is sold, and for the proper and clean conduct of business therein, for regulating the sale of fruits, flowers and vegetables, or meat, fish, eggs and animals in the municipal markets or other specified places, and for fixing the rents and other charges to be levied for the use of any of them which belong to the municipal council; (b) prescribing the conditions on or subject to which, and the circumstances in which, and the areas or localities in respect of which, licences may be granted, refused, suspended or withdrawn for the use of any place not belonging to the municipal council,— (i) as a slaughter house; 183 (ii) for the manufacture, preparation, storing, sale or supply for the purpose of trade of any article or thing intended for human food or drink, whether such food or drink is to be consumed in such place or not; (iii) as a market or shop for the sale of animals and birds intended for human food, or of meat, fish or eggs or as a market for the sale of fruits or vegetables; (iv) for any of the purposes mentioned in section 256; (v) as a dairy, boarding house, or lodging house, or like purpose (other than a students’ hostel under public or recognised control); (vi) for any other purpose for which the taking out of a licence is or may be prescribed; and providing for the inspection and regulation of the conduct of business in any place used as aforesaid, so as to secure cleanliness therein or to minimise any injurious, offensive, or dangerous effect arising or likely to arise therefrom; (c) prescribing the conditions on or subject to which, and the circumstances in which, and the areas or localities in respect of which, licences may be granted, refused, suspended or withdrawn for the use of whistles and trumpets operated by steam or mechanical means or electricity in factories or other places for the purpose of summoning or dismissing workmen or persons employed; (d) prohibiting the stalling or herding of horses, camels, cattle, donkeys, pigs, sheep or goats, otherwise than in accordance with such terms prescribed in such bye-laws in regard to the number thereof and the places to be used for the purpose, as may be necessary to prevent danger to the public health; (e) prescribing the conditions subject to which sweetmeat, milk, butter or other milk product may be sold and subject to which licences may be granted, refused, suspended or withdrawn for carrying on the trade or business of a dealer in, or importer or seller of, sweetmeat, milk, butter or other milk product or for the use of for the purposes of trade, of any place for stabling milch-cattle, for storing or selling milk or for manufacturing, storing or selling butter or other milk products; (f) (i) for the inspection of milch-cattle; and prescribing and regulating the construction, dimensions, ventilation, lighting, cleansing, drainage and water supply of dairies and cattle- sheds in the occupation of persons following trade of dairymen or milk-sellers; (ii) for securing the cleanliness of milk stores, milk shops and vessels used by milk- sellers or buttermen for milk or butter; (g) for the registration of births and deaths and the taking of statistics within the 1[municipal area]1 and for enforcing the supply of such information as may be necessary to make such registration or statistics effective;