Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power of municipal councils to borrow money.—A municipal council may, in pursuance of a resolution passed at a special general meeting and with the previous sanction of the Government and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Government as to security, the rate of interest and the repayment of principal and interest, borrow either from the Government or from any bank, corporation or person, any sum of money required for constructing any work of a permanent nature which it is required or empowered to undertake under the provisions of this Act, or for acquisition of land. CHAPTER V OBLIGATORY AND DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS