Bare ActsThe Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976

Section 53

Power of Corporation to require Commissioner to produce documents and furnish returns, reports, etc

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Power of Corporation to require Commissioner to produce documents and furnish returns, reports, etc. - (1) The Corporation may at any time require the Commissioner - (a) to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document which is in his possession or under his control as Commissioner or which is re- corded or filed in his office or in the office of any Corporation officer or other Corporation employee subordinate to him; (b) to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account of statistics con- 36 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 49 cerning or connected with any matter pertaining to the administration of this Act or the municipal Government of the City; (c) to furnish a report by himself or to obtain from any Corporation officer or other employee subordinate to him and furnish with his own remarks thereon, a report, upon any subject concerning or connected with the ad- ministration of this Act or the municipal Government of the City. (2) Every such requisition shall be complied with by the Commissioner without any unreasonable delay; and it shall be incumbent on every Corporation officer and other Corporation employee to obey any order made by the Commissioner in pursuance of any such requisition : Provided that the Commissioner shall not be bound to comply with any such requisition if with the previous approval of the Mayor he makes a state- ment that such compliance would be prejudicial to public interest or to the interests of the Corporation. Section 54

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