126. The powers of any Pradeshiya Sabha to make bylaws under this Part shall without prejudice to the generality of the powers thereby conferred, include the power to make by-laws for or in respect of all of any of the following purposes :
| (i) meetings and procedure, including
| | (a) the intervals at which ordinary meetings are to be convened, | | |
| | | (c) mode of convening a meeting, | | |
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| (ii) officers and servants, including
| | (a) the creation of posts or officers, | | |
| | (b) appointments to posts or offices in the service of the Pradeshiya Sabha. net being local government service posts within the meaning of the Local Government Service Law, No. 16 of 1974, | | |
| | (c) the qualifications necessary for appointments to posts or offices referred to in subparagraph (b), | | |
| | (d) the payment of salaries. allowances and remuneration to officers and servants of the Pradeshiya Sabha who are not members of the Local Government Services, | | |
| | (e) the provision of pension or gratuities to the widow, children, next of kin or dependents of deceased officers and servants, | | |
| | (f) the establishment and regulation of a provident fund for the benefit of the officers and servants referred to in sub-paragraph (d), | | |
| | (g) the grant of leave of absence to officers and servants referred to in sub-paragraph (d) ; | | |
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| (iii) taxation including the recovery of any tax payable under this Act, for which no other express provision is made and the rendering of all returns and information that may be required for the purpose of any such tax; |
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| (iv) loans, including
| | (a) the form and manner of execution of securities, | | |
| | (b) the arrangements for liquidation, | | |
| | (c) the mode and order securities, of repayment of securities | | |
| | (d) the conditions of any loan and appropriation of the sums advance; the | | |
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| (v) the imposition, levy and recovery of rates and charges including.
| | (a) the assessment of buildings, lands and tenements, | | |
| | (b) the rendering of returns and information required for the purposes of such assessment. | | |
| | (c) the hearing and determination of objections, | | |
| | (d) the registration at the office of the Pradeshiya Sabha of mortgages over immovable property situated within the administrative limits of the Pradeshiya Sabha and of the addresses of mortgages, and the imposition and recovery of fees for such registration, | | |
| | (e) the posting of notices in writing to such registered mortgages of the sale of immovable property seized the recovery of rates, taxes, or charges; | | |
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| (vi) land and property, including
| | (a) the provision, regulation, and management of ambalams and madams, open spaces, and places for public recreation, | | |
| | (b) the care of waste or public land, | | |
| | (c) the maintenance and management of immovable property vested in, or under the control of, the Pradeshiya Sabha, | | |
| | (d) the care, regulation, and provision of common pasture grounds, and the levy of fees for the same, | | |
| | (e) the putting up and preservation of boundaries and of fences for lands, whether private or public, | | |
| | (f) the authorization of entry upon private lands for the purpose of the prevention of damage to, or the repairing or remedying defects in, any wires apparatus or the supports thereof maintained for the purpose of any public service; | | |
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| (vii) roads and thoroughfares including
| | (a) the improvement, alignment level, width, and construction of new roads and paths in the area, | | |
| | (b) the cleaning, watering, and lighting of roads and thoroughfares, | | |
| | (c) the use of, and regulation of traffic in roads and paths, including the limitation of the weight and speed of vehicles, and the prevention or restriction of the use of vehicles upon any bridge, road, or path, or in any place where such use may be attended with danger to the public, or may be likely to damage such bridge, road, or thoroughfare, | | |
| | (d) the regulation of processions and assembly and of the performance of music on roads, or thoroughfares, | | |
| | (e) the prevention, abatement, supervision, and regulation of obstructions, encroachments, projections and other interference with roads and thoroughfares, | | |
| | (f) the election of hoardings and other temporary structures or any decoration of any type, on or abutting any street and the charging of fees for any permits issued in that connection, the charging of fees for the use of hoardings erected by the Pradeshiya Sabha, | | |
| | (g) the protection of the public against dangers resulting form building and other opera tons in or about roads and thoroughfares, | | |
| | (h) the control of parking of motor vehicles within the Pradeshiya Sabha area, by providing parking places and collecting the prescribed fee for parking such motor vehicles in such places: | | |
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| (viii) buildings, building including
| | (a) the definition of areas to which the by-laws , under this heading are to apply, operations, | | |
| | (b) the regulation of the material of new buildings with a view to securing stability, presenting fire, and safeguarding health, | | |
| | (c) the space to be left about any building or block of buildings to facilitate and secure free circulation of air and to facilitate scavenging, | | |
| | (d) the dimensions of doors and windows, the level of the floor, 'the height of the roof, general ventilation, and drainage, | | |
| | (e) the levy of fees for the examination and consideration of plans 'for new buildings or for alterations to existing buildings, | | |
| | (f) the number and nature of latrines. | | |
| | (g) foundation and stability of structure, | | |
| | (h) the line of building frontage; | | |
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| (ix) public health and amenities, including
| | | (b) conservancy and scavenging and the charging of fees therefor, | | |
| | (c) the inspection, regulation, maintenance, and cleaning of drains, privies, cesspits, ash pits and sanitary conveniences and appliances, | | |
| | (d) the regulation and management of public sanitary conveniences, | | |
| | (e) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of lodging-house and tenement buildings, | | |
| | (f) the abatement of nuisances including the regulation and control of the operation of gramophones, loudspeakers, amplifiers and other instruments automatically or mechanically producing or reproducing sound, | | |
| | (g) the seizure, forfeiture removal and destruction of unwholesome articles of food or drink, and the prevention of the sale or exposure for sale thereof, | | |
| | (h) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of bakeries, eating houses, hotels and restaurants and tea and coffee boutiques, | | |
| | (i) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of dairies and the sale of milk. | | |
| | (j) the sale of provisions including the inspection, regulation and control of shops and places (other than markets) used for the sale of meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables, or other perishable articles of food for human consumption, and the licensing of shops and places used for the sale of fresh meat. fresh fish, or live animals, | | |
| | (k) the regulation, supervision, inspection, and control of trades deemed to be offensive or dangerous by the Pradeshiya Sabha, | | |
| | (l) the regulation the dimensions and use of kraals in public lakes, rivers, lagoons and estuaries (or soaking coir husks, and the charging of fees for the use of such kraals, | | |
| | (m) the regulation, supervision, inspection, control and licensing of breweries and aerated water manufactories, | | |
| | (n) the compelling of owners and occupiers within the limits of the Pradeshiya Sabha to keep their lands free of undergrowth and rubbish, and their dwelling compounds in clean and sanitary condition, | | |
| | (o) the prevention of malaria and the destruction of mosquitoes and disease-bearing insects, | | |
| | (p) the draining, cleansing, covering, or filling up of ponds, pools, open ditches, sewers, drains and places containing or used for the collection of any drainage, filth, water, matter, or thing of an offensive nature or likely to be prejudicial to health, | | |
| | (q) the cleansing, purifying, ventilating, and disinfecting of houses, dwellings, and places of assembly or worship by the owners or occupiers and persons having the care or control thereof, | | |
| | (r) the prevention or mitigation of epidemic, endemic or, contagious diseases, and the speedy interment of the dead during the prevalence of. such disease, | | |
| | (s) washing and bathing, including the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public bathing places and places for washing animals and clothes, | | |
| | (t) the regulation and control of' industrial waste, | | |
| | (u) the preservation of public health and the suppression of nuisances; | | |
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| (x) itinerant vendors, including
| | (a) the supervision or control of itinerant vendors, | | |
| | (b) the issue of licenses for the purpose of such supervision or control, and the conditions to be attached to such licenses, | | |
| | (c) the refusal of licenses in prescribed circumstances, | | |
| | (d) the regulation or prohibition of the sale of any specified article or the le of articles in any specified place or area; | | |
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| (xi) animals, including
| | (a) the housing and penning of cattle, horses. sheep, goats, and pigs, | | |
| | (b) stray cattle, goats, and pigs, including the fixing, levying, and recovery of charges for the occupation of pounds, and the cost of the keep of the animals impounded, | | |
| | (c) the control of epidemic diseases among animals, the maintenance and regulation of quarantine stations for animals, and the levying of fees for the occupation thereof, the provision of facilities for vaccination and immunization of livestock and dogs, | | |
| | (d) the regulation and control of the collection and sale of the dung of cattle, horses, sheep, and goats, and the removal of such dung from any place within the limits of any Pradeshiya Sabha to any place outside such limit, | | |
| | (e) the protection and preservation of game and wild birds, | | |
| | (f) the destruction of stray dogs, | | |
| | (g) the prevention of cruelty to animal!; (including the restriction of the exposure for sale of live animals in any manner which in the opinion of the Pradeshiya Sabha is likely to cause unnecessary pain or suffering) , | | |
| | (h) the regulation and supervision of cattle sheds, galas, night paddocks for cattle and halting places and the control of the location thereof, | | |
| | (i) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of slaughter houses and the levy and recovery of fees for the use thereof: | | |
| | (j) the disposal of the bodies of dead animals and | | |
| | (k) the branding of animals; | | |
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| (xii) public or private markets and fairs, including-
| | (a) their establishment, maintenance and improvement. | | |
| | (b) their regulation, supervision, inspection, and control including the regulation of the prices of articles sold therein, | | |
| | (c) their conservancy and scavenging, and the prevention of nuisances in connection therewith, | | |
| | (d) the control of traffic, and the preservation of order within them and in their immediate vicinity, | | |
| | (e) the provision, inspection, and control of latrines, slaughter houses, water supply, and lighting on the premises of markets, | | |
| | (f) the allotment of stalls, stands, seats or spaces, | | |
| | (g) the inspection of food and seizure of unwholesome articles of food, | | |
| | (h) the prohibition of the introduction or sale of any article or articles of food in cases where, there exists good reason for such prohibition, | | |
| | (i) the absolute prohibition, or the restriction by means of special licences, of the sale of any articles, and the charging of fees for such special licences, | | |
| | (j) the provision of security against fires, | | |
| | (k) the temporary closing of any market or fair, | | |
| | (l) the due performance of their duties by market-keepers and other employees, | | |
| | (m) the fixing and recovers of fees or rents for the use of the premises of a public market or any part thereof, or of the buildings thereon, and for the leasing of the right to collect any such fees or rents, | | |
| | (n) the declaration of a market area for each public market, and the licensing, restriction, or prohibition .of private markets or of the sale of market accommodation within such area in any place other than the public market, | | |
| | (o) the licensing of private markets or fairs, the conditions of the licence, and the fees payable in respect therefor, | | |
| | (p) the standards to be observed in respect of accommodation, drainage, roads. air spaces, equipment, and sanitary requirements, in private markets or fairs, | | |
| | (q) the renovation, alteration, enlargement, and improvement of existing buildings, and the erection of new buildings after notice to the Pradeshiya Sabha and in accordance with plans to be approved by the Pradeshiya Sabha, in or about the premises of private markets or fairs; | | |
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| (xiii) water supply and waterworks including
| | (a) the provision, regulation, protection and maintenance of communal wells, spouts, springs or other watering places far the supply of water for domestic purposes, | | |
| | (b) the regulation and maintenance of watering places of any kind set apart by the Pradeshiya Sabha for bathing or for the washing of animals, clothes and other articles, | | |
| | (c) the regulation of the construction and maintenance of private wells in such manner a9 may be necessary to safeguard the public health and safety, | | |
| | (d) the regulation, control, protection and maintenance of the supply of water from any waterworks established or maintained by the Pradeshiya Sabha, | | |
| | (e) the prevention of waste, misuse, undue consumption or contamination of the water supplied for public or private use, | | |
| | (f) the direction of the use and prescribing the size, nature, strength and materials and the mode of arrangement, position, alteration, removal, renewal and repair of the pipes valves, cocks, cisterns, soil pans, water closets and other apparatus and receptacle! or any of them to be used, respectively for carrying, delivering, regulating and storing water, | | |
| | (g) the regulation of the public supply of water by stand-pipes and the use of the same, | | |
| | (h) the regulation of the supply of water by private services and the materials and fittings to be used, | | |
| | (i) the regulation of the supply of water by measurement and the materials, meters, appliances and fittings used for such purpose or in connection therewith, | | |
| | (j) the regulation of the terms and conditions subject to which water will be supplied for domestic purposes or for other than domestic purpose and the price to be paid for water so supplied, | | |
| | (k) the prescribing of the procedure for the recovery of moneys due for the supply of water. | | |
| | (l) every other purpose relating to the supply or control of the supply of water supplied from the waterworks as to the Pradeshiya Sabha may appear necessary ; | | |
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| (xiv) public services, including all matters necessary for their establishment, maintenance, working and supply, for the imposition and recovery of charges in connection therewith, and for their protection against damage and against competition; |
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| (xv) the measure of dimension of bread, and the regulation of its manufacture and quality; |
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| (xvi) the regulation of weights and measures; |
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| (xvii) the prevention of accidents connected with toddy drawing, for the periodical inspection of the ropes and other appliances used for that purpose; |
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| (xviii) the prevention of accidents caused by the setting of spring guns and traps; |
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| (xix) the fencing of wells and pits ; |
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| (xx) the prevention of gambling and cock fighting and of cart racing on public paths or roads; |
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| (xxi) the prevention of disorderly conduct, or loitering in public paths or roads or public places, and of the use of abusive language; |
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| (xxii) the prevention of the sale to boys under sixteen years of ago or to females, of any description of spirits or other intoxicating liquor or toddy drawn 'from any species of palm or the fermented juice of the sugar cane; |
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| (xxiii) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of hairdressing saloons and barbers' shops; |
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| (xxiv) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of billiard saloons; |
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| (xxv) the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of forges; |
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| (xxvi) the removal of obstructions to coastal fishermen;; |
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| (xxvii) welfare facilities for fishermen; |
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| (xxviii) the licensing of persons as brokers; |
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| (xxix) the licensing of persons carrying on the business of money lending; |
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| (xxx) the regulation and control of advertisements displayed or exhibited so as to be visible from any thoroughfare and the charging of fees in respect of advertisements so displayed or exhibited. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts