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Anuradhapura Preservation Board Act (No. 32 of 1961) - Sect 24

Power to make by-laws

24.
(1) The Board may make by-laws in respect of all or any of the following matters: -
(a) any matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed, or for or in respect of which by-laws are required or authorized by this Act to be made;
(b) the regulation of the terms and conditions subject to which electrical energy will be supplied by the Board within the Controlled Area for industrial or domestic use and the price to be paid for electrical energy so supplied;
(c) the recovery, whether in a summary manner or otherwise, of the charges due in respect of the supply of electrical energy within the Controlled Area for industrial or domestic purposes;
(d) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of premises used for the purpose of carrying on any trade or business within the Controlled Area;
(e) the regulation, supervision and control of itinerant vendors within the Controlled Area;
(f) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of lodging-houses within the Controlled Area;
(g) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of pilgrims' rests within the Controlled Area;
(h) the regulation and control of any society or association concerned with any place of religious, historical or archaeological value;
(i) the control of the use of water for industrial or domestic use within the Area of Authority;
(j) the prevention of the pollution of water within the Area of Authority;
(k) the prevention of damage to places of religious, historical, or archaeological value, within the Area of Authority;
(l) the conditions, restrictions and exemptions subject to which any rate imposed under this Act shall be levied;
(m) the recovery, whether in a summary manner or otherwise, of rates or fees for the supply of water for industrial or domestic purposes;
(n) the regulation of fishing in waters within the Area of Authority;
(o) the ejection of persons trespassing on such lands within the Area of Authority as are under the control of the Board;
(p) the regulation of the transport or movement of cattle;
(q) the regulation of the use of roads within the Area of Authority;
(r) the regulation of the erection of buildings within the Area of Authority.
(2) No by-law made under subsection (1) shall have effect until it has been approved by the Minister, confirmed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, and published in the Gazette.
(3) Every by-law made under subsection (1) and approved by the Minister and confirmed by the Senate and the House of Representatives shall upon its publication in the Gazette be as valid and effectual as if it were herein enacted.


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