Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Obligatory functions of Corporation. - It shall be incumbent on the Cor- poration to make adequate provision by any means or measures which it may lawfully use or take for each of the following matters, namely :- (a) the construction, maintenance and cleaning of drains and drainage works and of public latrines, urinals and similar conveniences; (b) the construction and maintenance of works and means for providing supply of water for public and private purposes; (c) the scavenging, removal and disposal of filth, rubbish and other obnoxious or polluted matters; 32 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 43 (d) the reclamation of unhealthy localities, the removal of noxious vegetation and generally the abatement of all nuisances; (e) the regulation of places for the disposal of the dead and the provisions and maintenance of places for the said purpose; (f) the registration of births and deaths; (g) public vaccination and inoculation; (h) measures for preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases; (i) the construction and maintenance of municipal markets and slaughter- houses and the regulation of all markets and slaughter-houses; (j) the regulation and abatement of offensive or dangerous trades or practices; (k) the securing or removal of dangerous buildings and places; (l) the construction, maintenance, alteration and improvements of public streets, bridges, culverts, causeways and the like; (m) the lighting, watering and cleansing of public streets and other public places; (n) the removal of obstructions and projections in or upon streets, bridges and other public places; (o) the naming and numbering of streets and premises; (p) the maintenance of municipal offices; (q) the laying out or the maintenance of public parks, gardens or recreation grounds; (r) the maintenance of a fire-brigade and the protection of life and property in the case of fire; (s) the maintenance of monuments and memorials vested in a local authority in the City immediately before the commencement of this Act or which may be vested in the Corporation after such commencement; (t) the maintenance and development of the value of all properties vested in or entrusted to the management of the Corporation; and (u) the fulfilment of any other obligation imposed by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force. Section 45