Jharkhand Municipal Act 2011

Preamble

[JHARKHAND ACT 07 OF 2012] Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Municipal Governments in the State of Jharkhand in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution of India as amended by the Constitution (Seventy fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, based on the principles of participation in, and decentralization, autonomy and accountability of, urban self-government at various levels, to introduce reforms in financial management and accounting systems, internal resource generation capacity and organizational design of municipalities, to ensure professionalisation of the municipal personnel, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Jharkhand in the Sixty-one year of the Republic of India as follows :- PART - I PRELIMINARY de Chapter - 1 Indià

Sections

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1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
3. 3Declaration of intention to constitute a municipal area
4. 4Publication of declaration
5. 5Consideration of objections
6. 6
7. 7Incorporation of Municipality
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11Disposal of assets and liabilities
12. 12
13. 13Reconstitution of Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat
14. 14
15. 15The Council
16. 16Constitution of Council
17. 17Election of Councillors
18. 18Disqualification of Councillors
19. 19Oath of allegiance to be taken by Councillors
20. 20
21. 21Recall of Councillor
22. 22
23. 23Municipal authorities
24. 24Constitution of Standing Committee of municipality
25. 25
26. 26Election of Mayor and the Chairperson
27. 27
28. 28
29. 29Oath of secrecy to be taken by Mayor, Chairperson, Deputy Mayor and Vice Chairperson
30. 30
31. 31
32. 32Powers of Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chairperson
33. 33Delegation of Powers and Functions
34. 34Constitution of Ward Committees
35. 35
36. 36Rights of the Ward Committee
37. 37Allocation of Funds
38. 38
39. 39
40. 40
41. 41
42. 42Qualifications for being an Area Sabha Representative
43. 43Nomination of Area Sabha Representative
44. 44
45. 45Area Sabha
46. 46
47. 47Ad hoc Committee
48. 48
49. 49
50. 50
51. 51
52. 52Obligation of municipality with respect to disclosure
53. 53
54. 54Manner of Disclosure
55. 55Officers of Municipality
56. 56Municipal establishment and schedule of posts
57. 57
58. 58Salaries and allowances of officers and other employees
59. 59Leave and other conditions of service
60. 60Appointment of officers of the state government for Municipalities
61. 61Municipal Establishment Audit Commission
62. 62Cadres of common municipal services, appointments etc
63. 63Appointment and tenure of Municipal Ombudsman
64. 64
65. 65Territorial jurisdiction
66. 66Qualifications, remuneration and office
67. 67
68. 68
69. 69
70. 70Municipal Functions
71. 71Additional Functions assigned by Government
72. 72
73. 73First meeting of Municipality
74. 74Ordinary Meetings
75. 75Notice of meeting and list of business
76. 76
77. 77
78. 78
79. 79
80. 80
81. 81Disclosure of pecuniary interest
82. 82
83. 83Right of Councillors to ask questions
84. 84Discussion on urgent public matters
85. 85Asking for statement from Standing Committee
86. 86Keeping of minutes and proceedings
87. 87Circulation and inspection of minutes
88. 88
89. 89Rules relating to conduct of business of the municipality
90. 90Validation of act and proceedings
91. 91Power of Government to call for records etc
92. 92
93. 93
94. 94Power of State Government to cancel or suspend resolutions
95. 95Power of State Government to remove Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairperson and Vice-chairperson
96. 96Power of State Government to dissolve the Council
97. 97
98. 98
99. 99Municipal Fund
100. 100
101. 101Payments not to be made out of Municipal Fund unless covered by budget grant
102. 102
103. 103Temporary payment from Municipal fund for works urgently required in public interest
104. 104Power to incur expenditure beyond the limits of the municipality
105. 105
106. 106
107. 107Investment of surplus money
108. 108Preparation of budget estimate of municipality
109. 109Report on services provided at subsidised rate
110. 110Sanction of budget estimate of municipality
111. 111Power to alter budget grant
112. 112Maintenance of accounts
113. 113
114. 114Financial Statement
115. 115Balance Sheet
116. 116
117. 117Power of Auditor
118. 118
119. 119
120. 120Submission of audited accounts
121. 121Power of State Government to enforce order upon audit report
122. 122
123. 125
124. 126
125. 127Acquisition of property by Municipality by agreement, exchange, lease, grant etc
126. 128
127. 129
128. 130
129. 131Inventory of properties of municipality
130. 132
131. 133Power of municipality to raise loan
132. 134
133. 135Power of municipality to raise short term loan
134. 136Establishment of Sinking Fund
135. 137Application of Sinking Fund
136. 138Power to discontinue payment towards Sinking Fund
137. 139Investment of amount at the credit of Sinking Fund
138. 140
139. 141Manner of repayment of loans
140. 142Form and effect of debenture
141. 143
142. 144Annual examination of Sinking Funds
143. 145
144. 146
145. 147Credit rating of Municipal Bonds
146. 148
147. 149Limit to encumbrances through future debt
148. 150
149. 151Internal revenues of municipality
150. 152
151. 153
152. 154Power to levy user charges
153. 155
154. 156Levy of surcharge on tax or fee
155. 157Power to levy development charge
156. 158Realisation of tax, fees, cess, etc under any other law
157. 159Power to impose consolidated tax
158. 160
159. 161Taxes by whom payable
160. 162Duty on transfers of property
161. 163Assessment in case of holdings subdivided into separate shares
162. 164Assessment in case of holdings having been amalgamated
163. 165Power of Standing Committee in case of excessive hardship
164. 166Remission or adjustment on account of vacant holdings
165. 167
166. 168Investigation of objections by Municipal Commissioner or Executive Officer
167. 169Appeal to the Competent Court / District Judge
168. 170Valuations when to final
169. 171
170. 172License for use of site for purpose of advertisement
171. 173Tax on advertisement
172. 174
173. 175License for use of site for purpose of advertisement to be void in certain cases
174. 176Presumption in case of contravention
175. 177Power of Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer in case of contravention
176. 178Removal of poster, hoarding, etc
177. 179
178. 180Declaration of ferries as municipal ferries
179. 181
180. 182Time and manner of payment of taxes
181. 183Presentation of bill
182. 184Regulations regarding payment and recovery of tax
183. 185Requirement of payment of rent by occupier towards tax due on land or building
184. 186
185. 187
186. 188Cancellation of irrecoverable dues
187. 189Apportionment of property tax on lands and buildings by person primarily liable to pay
188. 190Mode of recovery
189. 191Commercial Projects and receipts therefrom
190. 192Undertaking of project by municipality or by other agency
191. 193Types of Private Sector Participation Agreements
192. 194Functions assigned to municipality or other agencies
193. 195
194. 196Duty of municipality to supply water
195. 197Supply of water to connected premises
196. 198Supply of water for non-domestic purposes
197. 199Provision of communication pipes and fittings
198. 200Water-supply through hydrants, stand-posts and other conveniences
199. 201Provision for fire hydrants
200. 202Supply of water to areas outside municipal area
201. 203
202. 204Vesting of sub-soil rights
203. 205Works to be undertaken for supply of water
204. 206Management of waterworks
205. 207Purity of water for domestic purpose
206. 208Water not to be wasted
207. 209Prohibition regarding sinking of tube-wells, digging of wells, etc
208. 210
209. 211
210. 212Power to lay mains, service pipes etc
211. 213Prohibition for laying water pipes and construction of latrines and cesspools
212. 214Power in relation to water supply
213. 215Power to turn off supply of water to premises
214. 216Power to provide water meters and recover charges
215. 217
216. 218Liability for offence in relation to water-supply
217. 219Municipality to provide drainage, sewerage and outfall
218. 220Provision of means for disposal of sewage
219. 222
220. 223Power of making drains
221. 224Sewage and rain water to be separate
222. 225
223. 226Powers in relation to drainage
224. 227Premises not to be erected without drains
225. 228Affixing of pipes for ventilation of drains, etc
226. 229Construction of water closets and privies
227. 230Water-closets and other accommodation in building newly erected or re-erected
228. 231
229. 232Special provisions relating to trade effluent
230. 233Special provisions regarding drainage of trade effluent
231. 234Connection with water works, mains and drains not to be made without permission
232. 235
233. 236Railway administration to be informed in certain cases
234. 237
235. 238Maps of underground water mains, supply pipes, drains, etc
236. 239Rights of user of property for aqueducts, conduits etc
237. 240
238. 241
239. 242
240. 243Work to be done by licensed plumber
241. 244Power of access to waterworks, drainage or sewerage installation
242. 245Prohibition of certain acts and penalty therefor
243. 246
244. 247Sewerage charge and sewerage cess
245. 248
246. 249
247. 250Municipal Water Supply, Drainage and Sewerage Code
248. 251
249. 252
250. 253Functions of municipality
251. 254
252. 255Identification of places for disposal and final disposal of solid waste
253. 256
254. 257Duty of Cooperative Housing Society, Apartment Owners Association, etc
255. 258
256. 259Penalty for littering on streets and depositing or throwing any solid waste
257. 260
258. 261
259. 262
260. 263Constitution and incorporation of State Commission
261. 264Constitution of Selection Committee by State Government
262. 265
263. 266Removal of Chairperson and other Members
264. 267Officers of State Regulatory Commission and other Staff
265. 268Functions of State Regulatory Commission
266. 269The Jharkhand State Municipal Advisory Committee
267. 270
268. 271Representation before State Regulatory Commission
269. 272Appeal to High Court in certain cases
270. 273Determination of user charges by State Regulatory Commission
271. 274
272. 275Accounts and Audit of State Regulatory Commission
273. 276Annual Report of State Regulatory Commission
274. 277
275. 278Directions by State Government
276. 279
277. 280
278. 281
279. 282Punishment for non-compliance of direction given by State Regulatory Commission
280. 283
281. 284
282. 285
283. 286
284. 287
285. 288Power of State Government to make rules
286. 289Power of State Regulatory Commission to make regulations
287. 290
288. 291Vesting of public streets in municipality
289. 292
290. 293
291. 294
292. 295
293. 296Permanent closure of public street
294. 297
295. 298Closure of Public Street for parking purposes and levy of parking fee
296. 299Right of owners to require streets to be declared public
297. 300
298. 302
299. 303
300. 304Measures for lighting
301. 305Prohibition of removal, etc., of street lights
302. 306
303. 307Municipal markets, slaughterhouses and stockyards
304. 308Establishment of municipal markets, slaughterhouses and stockyards
305. 309Leasing of Commercial Infrastructure or Land
306. 310Places for Slaughter of animals for sale
307. 311
308. 312Use of municipal markets
309. 313
310. 314Power to close unlicensed places
311. 315Regulations to be framed for markets and slaughterhouses
312. 316
313. 317Use of premises as a hotel or lodging house
314. 318Trade on milk and other products
315. 319Use of premises for keeping milch cattle and other animals
316. 320
317. 321Power to make rules for the improvement of milk supply
318. 322
319. 323Prohibition of adulterants in place where butter, ghee etc., are manufactured or stored
320. 324
321. 325Destruction of animals and articles seized
322. 326
323. 327Power to make regulations regarding slaughterhouses, etc
324. 328Benchmarking of service levels by the municipality
325. 329
326. 330
327. 331
328. 332
329. 333
330. 334
331. 335
332. 336Power to require trees, hedges, etc., to be trimmed
333. 337Power to require protection of streets during cutting down of trees etc
334. 339
335. 340Pollution of watercourse prohibited
336. 341Power to require removal of nuisance arising from tank
337. 342
338. 343Power to prohibit use of polluted water for drinking or culinary purposes
339. 344
340. 345Public latrines and urinals
341. 346Prohibition of nuisances
342. 347
343. 348Bill-sticking without permission
344. 349Destroying direction posts, lamp-posts, etc
345. 350Indecent or obscene pictures or printed or written matter
346. 351Use of steam whistle, etc
347. 352
348. 353
349. 354
350. 355
351. 356
352. 357
353. 358Power to require improvement of drainage of land
354. 359Abatement of nuisance of mosquito
355. 360Penalty for disobeying requisition
356. 361Municipality to prevent and check dangerous diseases
357. 362
358. 363
359. 364Special measures in case of outbreak of dangerous or epidemic diseases
360. 365Means for disinfection
361. 366Special conveyance for carrying infected persons
362. 367
363. 368Regulations for control, etc., of infectious diseases
364. 369Acts prohibited in connection with disposal of dead
365. 370Registration of places for disposal of the dead
366. 371Prohibition to bury or burn in unregistered ground
367. 372
368. 373
369. 374
370. 375Power to require closing of burning and burial grounds, etc
371. 376Disposal of dead animals
372. 377
373. 379
374. 380
375. 381Preparation of development plans by municipalities
376. 382Entrustment of schemes to municipalities for implementation
377. 383District Planning Committee
378. 384Metropolitan Planning Committee
379. 385Removal of congested buildings
380. 386Power to require improvement of building unfit for human habitation
381. 387Power to order demolition of building unfit for human habitation
382. 388
383. 389Reclamation of low-lying sites
384. 390Power to prohibit re-erection of building on inaccessible sites
385. 391Removal of building materials from any premises in certain cases
386. 392
387. 393Area improvement scheme
388. 394
389. 395Submission of area improvement scheme to municipality and State Government
390. 396
391. 397
392. 398
393. 399
394. 400
395. 401Slum improvement scheme
396. 402Acquisition of right of user
397. 403
398. 404Power of Government to require municipality to prepare a Master Plan
399. 405Municipal Streets Technical Committee
400. 406Classification of public streets
401. 407
402. 408
403. 409Unique premises number
404. 410Rights of way for underground utilities
405. 411
406. 412
407. 413Defining regular line of street
408. 414Setting back buildings to regular line of street
409. 415
410. 416
411. 417
412. 418
413. 419
414. 420Special provision regarding streets belonging to Central or State Government
415. 421Temporary erection on streets during festivals
416. 422
417. 423
418. 424Restoration of municipal properties by public utilities
419. 425Definitions
420. 426Prohibition of erection without sanction
421. 427Sanction of building plan
422. 428
423. 429
424. 430
425. 431Periodic Inspection of construction activity
426. 432No action to be taken without affording opportunity
427. 433
428. 434Framing of Building Regulation
429. 435Municipalities to maintain Register of Licensed Architects
430. 436Order of demolition and stoppage of buildings or works in certain cases and appeal
431. 437Order of stoppage of building or work in certain cases
432. 438
433. 439Power of Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer to require alteration of work
434. 440Completion certificate
435. 441
436. 442Municipal Building Tribunal
437. 443Building at corners of streets
438. 444
439. 445
440. 446Power to regulate future construction of buildings in particular streets or localities
441. 447Power to stop excavation
442. 448Power to require alteration of existing buildings
443. 449Power to order removal of dangerous buildings
444. 450Inspection of building
445. 451Permission in case of non-residential uses of premises
446. 452Conditions for grant of permission
447. 453Power to prohibit change of authorized use of building
448. 454
449. 455Premises not to be used for non-residential purpose without municipal license
450. 456
451. 457Licensing of places for keeping horses and cattle
452. 458
453. 459
454. 460
455. 461
456. 462Private market not to be kept open without a license
457. 463
458. 464
459. 465
460. 466
461. 467Power to seize food or drug etc
462. 468Appointment of Chief Registrar and Registrars
463. 469Duties of Registrars
464. 470
465. 471
466. 472Registration of name of child or of alteration of name
467. 473Correction of errors in registers of births or deaths
468. 474
469. 475
470. 476
471. 477
472. 478
473. 479
474. 480Management of natural or technological disasters
475. 481Exclusion of industrial townships from municipal areas
476. 482Signature, conditions, duration, suspension, revocation, etc., of licences and permissions
477. 483
478. 484Power to enter land or adjoining land in relation to any work
479. 485Breaking into building
480. 486
481. 487
482. 488
483. 489
484. 490
485. 491
486. 492
487. 493
488. 494
489. 495
490. 496
491. 497
492. 498
493. 499Power of the municipality to enter into agreement for payment of expenses in installments
494. 500Power of the municipality to declare certain expenses to be improvement expenses
495. 501Improvement expenses, how recoverable and by whom payable
496. 502
497. 503
498. 504
499. 505Relief to receivers, agents and trustees
500. 506
501. 507
502. 508
503. 509
504. 510
505. 511
506. 512
507. 513
508. 514
509. 515
510. 516
511. 517
512. 518Procedure in the court
513. 519
514. 520
515. 521
516. 522Power of Municipal Magistrate to direct payment of fine and demolition of unlawful works
517. 523
518. 524Notice, limitation, and tender of amends in suits against municipality etc
519. 525
520. 526
521. 527Power of police to arrest offenders
522. 528
523. 529
524. 530
525. 531Prohibition against obstruction of Mayor or the Chairperson or any municipal authority etc
526. 532
527. 533
528. 534
529. 535Liability for loss, waste or misapplication of money or property of the municipality
530. 536Councillors and officers and other employees of the municipality to be public servants
531. 537Other laws not to be disregarded
532. 538
533. 539
534. 540
535. 541Administrative machinery for the conduct of election
536. 542Staff of certain authorities to be made available for election work
537. 543Furnishing of certain information essential for candidates
538. 544Penalty for filing false affidavit, etc
539. 545Requisitioning of premises, vehicles, etc., for election purposes
540. 546
541. 547
542. 548Powers of entry into and inspection of premises, etc
543. 549Eviction from requisitioned premises
544. 550
545. 551
546. 552
547. 553Right to Vote
548. 554
549. 555
550. 556Observers
551. 557
552. 558
553. 559
554. 560Disturbances at election meetings
555. 561Restrictions on the printing of pamphlets, posters, etc
556. 562Maintenance of secrecy of voting
557. 563Officers etc., at elections not to act for candidates or to influence voting
558. 564
559. 565Penalty for disorderly conduct in or near polling stations
560. 566Penalty for misconduct at the polling station
561. 567
562. 568
563. 569Breaches of official duty in connection with election
564. 570
565. 571Prohibition of going armed to or near a polling station
566. 572Removal of ballot papers from polling station to be an offence
567. 573Offence of booth capturing
568. 574Other offences and penalties therefor
569. 575Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll
570. 576Liquor not to be sold, given or distributed on polling day
571. 577
572. 578
573. 580
574. 581
575. 582
576. 583
577. 584Grounds for declaring election to be void
578. 585
579. 586
580. 587
581. 588
582. 589
583. 590Power to make rules
584. 591Power to amend Schedule
585. 592Power to make regulations
586. 593Conditions precedent to making of regulations
587. 594Regulations to be subject to approval of the State Government
588. 595Power of the State Government to cancel or modify regulations
589. 596Supplemental provisions respecting regulations
590. 597Penalty for breach of regulation
591. 598Rules and regulations to be available for inspection and purchase
592. 599
593. 600
594. 601
595. 602Fine for not paying tax under chapter 19
596. 603Fine for putting building to any use other than that for which a license has been granted
597. 604Penalty for obstructing contractor
598. 605Penalty for causing damage to property belonging to municipality
599. 606Encroachment on streets
600. 607Punishment of imprisonment in default of payment of fine
601. 608General penalty
602. 610Prosecution
603. 611Compounding of offences
604. 612
605. 613Provisions of the chapter to override other provisions
606. 614Removal of difficulties
607. 615Repeal and Savings
608. 616
609. 617

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