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(1) The Government shall, in addition to the rule making powers conferred on them by any other provision contained in this Act, have power subject to pre- publication, to make rules generally to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: - (i) the manner in which quorum of the meeting of the Board is to be fixed and the mode of the transaction of business of the meeting of the Board or Committees thereof; (ii) the manner of filling casual vacancies among the members of the Board or the Committee as the case may be, the travelling and other allowances payable to such members; (iii) the powers and functions of the Officers subordinate to the Director of Health Services; (iv) the advice or assistance to be given by officers of the Government to local authorities for carrying out the purposes of this Act; (v) the manner in which the Director shall discharge or cause to be discharged the functions entrusted to him or delegated by him, as the case may be; (vi) the procedure for registration and for renewal of registration of private institutions and the forms to be used and fees to be collected in connection therewith; (vii) the manner of preferring appeals to the Government; (viii) the manner in which private institutions are to be controlled or regulated under the provisions of this Act; (ix) the quality and quantity of water for drinking and domestic purposes and for protection and for periodical examination thereof; (x) providing places for use by washermen and for the use of such ghats; (xi) regulating the supply of water for purposes referred to in section 20; (xii) location and construction of tube-wells for public or private supply; (xiii) providing necessary number of closed reservoirs for the use of persons living beyond a distance of 100 yards from the supply main; 80 (xiv) making pipe connections from the supply main for the purposes of feeding water to houses within such distance of supply main on payment of such fees as may be specified; (xv) for levy of water rate to be paid by local authority to a Joint Water Board for supply of water; (xvi) levy of water rate by local authorities and the manner of expanding the proceedings thereof; (xvii) providing meters in the premises to which water is supplied; (xviii) levying hire charges for the meter; (xix) provide bathing places, swimming pools etc., and licensing, maintaining and closure of such bathing places or swimming pools; (xx) exercising the powers of the local authority with respect to the constructing of water works and the arrangements for supply of water; (xxi) regulating diversion of water works, purchase of water works or rights thereon and arrangements for protected supply of water; (xxii) settlement of disputes and difference between the Water Board or between the local authorities inter se; (xxiii) restriction of entry into houses occupied by patients suffering from communicable disease before disinfection is carried out; (xxiv) restriction of certain avocation by carriers and persons infected with certain diseases; (xxv) provision of certain works in regard to the affected premises and restriction in regard to the disposal of dead bodies; (xxvi) provisions regarding precautions to be taken for disinfection and destruction of infected articles; (xxvii) the records and registers to be kept by the local authorities with regard to communicable and notifiable diseases; (xxviii) provisions of diagnostic and laboratory facilities, staff, medicine, disinfection, facilities for removal, association and accommodation of patients; (xxix) powers and duties of the Health Officers, vaccinators, etc.; (xxx) the provisions regarding grant, renewal and cancellation of licences to vaccinators and the collection of fees thereof; (xxxi) the manner and procedure for vaccination, re-vaccination and inoculation and the inspection of results thereof; (xxxii) the forms, notices, memoranda and the other registers to be maintained under this Act; (xxxiii) supply, storage, sale and transit of vaccines; (xxxiv) standards for discharge of sewage or affluents from septic tanks, treated wastes, determination of sufficiency, of sewage 81 treatment plant, hygienic collection and removal of night-soil, offensive matters, scavenging, conservancy and disposal of such matters and carcasses; (xxxv) schemes for improvement or extension of sewerage or drainage system and execution thereof; (xxxvi) standards for water closets, pipes, ventilators, and flourishing arrangements of water carriage system; (xxxvii) house connection for drains and sewage standards of septic tanks, latrines, urinals, sanitary conveniences and arrangements to be made at specified places, areas or occasion; (xxxviii) employment, registration and displaying of scavenging and other establishments; (xxxix) levy of fees or charges for any services rendered under the provisions of this Act; (xl) the standards of regulations that are to be observed in constructing buildings or in making alterations or extension of buildings and spacing sanitation and ventilation in and outside thereof; (xli) sanitary convenience in the building; (xlii) giving of notices and the deposit of plans, specification, etc.; (xliii) inspection of work, testing of drains and sewers and testing of samples; (xliv) relaxation of building regulations in appropriate cases; (xlv) laying down standards for general sanitation of lodging houses, eating houses, tea-shops, coffee houses, refreshment-rooms, biscuit-factories, dairies and other such places where food articles are kept for storage, sale or otherwise; (xlvi) the powers and duties of competent authority under the Act; (xlvii) the manner of conducting anti-insect and anti-larval measures; (xlviii) regulations and procedure for registering of burial and burning grounds, issue and cancellation of licences thereof and other sanitary precautions to be taken with regard to the burial of dead body or corpses; (xlix) the manner in which appeals are to be filed from the orders made under any of the provisions of this Act and the authorities to whom such appeals are to be filed; (l) the procedure in hearing such appeals by the appellate authorities; (li) fees or charges to be collected from individuals for issue of licences or permits; (lii) the fee to be given in respect of appeals or applications; (liii) regulating the situation in which sanitary convenience for the use of the public shall be constructed by a local authority; 82 (liv) with reference to all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed. (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. General power to make bye-laws