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In the Travancore-Cochin Public Health Act, 1955 (XVI of 1955),- (1) in section 2,- (a) clause (6A) shall be omitted; (b) for clause (10), the following clause, shall be substituted, namely:- "(10) "Executive Authority" means any functionary of the local authority concerned, who is vested with general executive powers under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) or the local Tahsildar, as the case may be;"; (c) for clause (11), the following clause shall be substituted; namely:- "(11) "Executive Officer" means the paid officer, if any, of a local authority who is vested with general executive powers in the area for which such authority is constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) or any officer subordinate to the local Tahsildar, as the case may be;"; (d) for clause (21), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(21) "local authority" means a panchayat at any level constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);"; (e) for clause (38), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(38) "urban local authority" means a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);"; (2) in section 3 and in the subsequent sections, for the words "Director of Public Health" wherever they occur the words "Director of Health Services" shall be substituted; (3) for section 7, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "7. Appointment or nomination of Health Officer.- (1) Every village panchayat and municipality shall have a Health Officer; (2) Where in the area of a village panchayat or municipality there is no Health Officer posted, the Government may nominate a medical officer serving in any health institution under the control of the village panchayat or municipality, as the case may be, to function as the Health Officer ex-officio of that village panchayat or municipality: Provided that if no such medical officer as aforesaid is available for nomination the Government may nominate a medical officer under the control of a nearby village panchayat or municipality to function as the Health Officer ex-officio."; (4) after section 14, the following section shall be added namely:- "14A. Local authority to manage health institutions.- (1) The local authority shall manage health institutions transferred to it by Government. (2) No sale, mortgage, lease, pledge, charge or transfer of possession of any land appurtenant to a health institution transferred to a local authority shall be made and such land shall not be used for any purpose other than the purposes for which it was transferred to a local authority. (3) The Government may issue directions to the local authority on matters relating to health policy, planning for health facilities, standards to be maintained, mode of administration and it shall be the duty of the local authority to carry them out."; (5) Section I54A shall be omitted.