56B.
| (1) On the receipt of the report of the person or persons appointed to hold an inquiry under section 56A, the Minister shall determine what measures shall be taken for the purpose of performing any duty or carrying out any work which the Village Council has omitted to perform or carry out or in respect of which the Village Council has made any default, and make in writing an order requiring the Council within such time as shall be specified in the order to take such measures accordingly, and to raise the funds necessary for the purpose by levying any one or more of the rates or taxes leviable under this Ordinance or by means of a loan. |
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| (2) If a Village Council fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1) within the time specified therein, the Minister may in writing appoint some person to take the measures specified in the order, and may in writing fix the remuneration to be paid to such person, and direct that such remuneration and the cost of the measures taken in accordance with the order of the Minister shall be paid or defrayed out of the communal fund of the Council, and that, if necessary, any one or more of the rates or taxes leviable under this Ordinance shall be imposed, or increased, and levied. |
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| (3) For the purpose of carrying out a direction of the Minister under subsection (2), any person appointed under that subsection shall have the power-
| | (a) to impose, or increase, and levy any such rate or tax as may be imposed, or increased, and levied by the Village Council affected by such direction ; and | | |
| | (b) to sign and issue a cheque or an order of payment for the withdrawal of, and to withdraw, any sum from the communal fund of the Council; | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts