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No person shall- Acts prohibited in connection (a) retain a corpse in any premises without burning, burying or with disposal otherwise lawfully disposing of the same for more than ofdead- such period as the Municipality may notify ; (b) carry a cropse or part of a corpse without having the same decently covered or without taking such precautions to prevent risk of infection or injury to the community health as the Municipality may, by public notice from time to time require ; (c) carry a corpse or part of a corpse along any street along which the carrying of corpse is prohibited by a public notice issued by the Municipality ; (d) bury or cause to be buried any corpse or part of a corpse in a grave at a depth not less than two metres from the surface of the ground. Disposal of 259. (1) Whenever any animal in charge of any person dies, he shall, within dead twenty-four hours , ei ther-- (a) convey the carcass to a place provided or appointed under this Act for the tinal disposal of carcasses of dead animals, or (b) give notice of the death to the Municipality whereupon he shall cause the carcass to be disposed of. (2) The Municipality may charge such fees as may be determined by regulations for the disposal of the carcass of a dead animal under clause (b) of sub-section (1). CHAPTER XVIII BUDGET, ACCOUNTS & AUDIT Annual Budget 260. (1) The budget estimates of a Municipality for a year shall be of a munici- prepared in the prescribed form and presented before a meeting of the pality. Municipality, specially convened for the purpose, not later than the tenth day of March every year and shall be adopted after discussion within two weeks of presentation. ( 2 ) A copy of the budget estimate adopted by the Municipality shall be sent to the State Government. (3) A revised budget for the current year shall be framed in the prescribed form and presented before the Municipality for adoption after the first day of October, but not later than the thirty first day of December, each year. Power to 26 1. ( 1) A Municipality may, during the year,- alter Budget grants. (a) increase or reduce the amount of any budget grant under any head ; (b) make additional provision in the budget to meet any special or unforeseen requirement arising during the same year ; (4) Every District Planning Committee shall . in preparing the draft development plan,- (a) have regard to- ( i ) matters of common interest between the Panchayats and theMunicipalities including the special planning, sharing of water and other physical and natural resource, the integrated development of infrastructural and environ- mental conservation; (ii) the extent and type of variable resources whether financial or otherwise ; (b) consult such institutions and.organisation as the Governor may, by order, specify. ( 5 ) The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee shall forward the development plan, as recommended by such committee, to the Govern~nent of the State. CHAPTER XX MISCELLANEOUS 27 1. ( 1 ) No suit shall be instituted in any court having jurisdiction against Notice. limita- any Municipal authority or any person acting under the direction of any tion and tender Municipal authority in respect of any act done or purporting to be done Or in under this Act or the rules or the I-egulations made thereunder until after the suits against Municipality. expiration of one month next after a notice in writing has been delivered or left at the office of such authority stating- (a) the cause of action, (b) the name and residence of the intending plaintiff, and (c) the relief which such plaintiff claims. (2) Every such plaint shall contain a statement that a notice has been delivered or left as required by sub-section (1).