An Ordinance to Make Provision For The Establishment of Town Councils For The Purposes of Local Government In Ceylon.

• Coming into Force: 15 March 1946
• Act Number: 256

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• Short title-
• Power to declare towns and to define their administrative limits.
• Town Council to be constituted for each town
• Functions of Town Councils.
• Composition of Town Councils.
• Wards.[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• First general election of members.[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Arrangements preliminary to constitution of Town Council.[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Commencement of term of office of Town Councils and date of constitution of such Councils. [§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Term of office of members elected at the first and each subsequent general election.[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Subsequent general elections..[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Refusal, resignation, or Vacation of office.
• Election for more than one ward.[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Power of Minister to vary limits of town and number of members, and to dissolve and replace Council-[§ 89, 53 of 1946.]
• Effect of alteration made by Order under section 14. [ § 89, 53 of 1946.]
• New Town Council to be successor of existing council.
• First meeting and election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of a Town Council.
• Mode of election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.[§ 7, 39 of 1951.]
• Term of office and functions of Chairman.
• Removal of Chairman from office by resolution of the Council.
• Power to nominate Chairman when not elected by Council.
• Term of office and functions of Vice-Chairman.
• Presidency at meetings.
• Meetings of the Council how and when convened.
• Powers of Council to be vested in the majority. Quorum.[§ 12, 8 of 1952.]
• Appointment. powers, and duties of secretary.
• Minutes of proceedings of council to be entered in a book.
• Committees.
• Acts of Council not to be invalidated by vacancies or absence of member.
• Town Councils to be corporations-
• Lands vested in Town Council.
• Method of vesting, administration &c., of such lands.
• Other property vested In the Council.
• General duties.
• General powers
• Power to authorize surveys.
• Contracts
• Consent of the Town Council.
• Consent of Commissioner-
• Application of section 39. [§ 2, 8 of 1952]
• Advertisement for tenders.
• Acquisition of lands buildings for general public purposes.[§ 62, 9 of 1950.]
• Compulsory acquisition of lands and buildings.[§ 62, 9 of 1950.]
• Power of Town Council to act as trustee for any public purpose.
• Town Council to be the authority for thoroughfares and communications-
• General powers of Council with regard to thoroughfares and open spaces.
• Thoroughfares vested in Town Council
• Prescription,
• Language of notices.
• Notices how served.
• Control of roads and paths in charge of minor local authority.
• Power of Town Council to construct new, and improve existing, thoroughfares.
• Acquisition of lands required for diversions or enlargements,
• Gifts of land required for diversion or enlargement of thoroughfares.
• Power to dispose of discontinued street.
• Power to take land adjoining new street for building purposes.[§ 2, 8 of 1952]
• Other powers of Town Council.
• Roads for benefit of individual property owners-[§ 2, 8 of 1952] [§ 2, 8 of 1952]
• Houses in a ruinous and dangerous state.
• Failure to comply with notice.
• Sale of materials of ruinous houses.
• Proper officers empowered to enter upon lands for and repair, &c. of thoroughfares,
• Power to take materials.
• Power to erect buildings and keep cattle, &c
• Power to throw rubbish upon adjacent lands.
• Power to make temporary road.
• Power to cut trees-
• Power to put up fences.
• Power to make and keep open ditches, &c, and to lay trunks. &c.
• Power to lay stones, &c.
• Notice of intended building along a thoroughfare,
• Erection of temporary if fences and inclosures.
• Building limits along roads.
• Power of Minister to modify building limit,
• Condition to be attached to all licences under section 73.
• Power of Town Council to deal with building, boundary wall or gateway erected or re-erected in contravention of Ordinance.
• Principles of assessing compensation in respect of land developed by building,
• Power of Town Council to acquire adjacent land for owner of land within building limit
• Power to demand, production of title deeds.
• Demand of production of deed to include power of examination.
• Power to make survey of premises.
• Proof of right to apparent encroachment to rest upon the owner.
• Removal of obstruction or encroachments
• Destroying milestone, bridge, &c.
• Using new road for certain time after making.
• Owner or occupier bound to have bridge &c over drain leading to his house.
• Allowing trees to grow in such a way as to injure thoroughfares.
• Damage to thoroughfare through clearing, draining or opening up neighbouring land.
• Offences.
• Seizure of stray cattle.
• Interference with cattle seizers or pig seizers.
• Power of Town Council to authorize the user of public thoroughfares for special purposes.[§ 2, 8 of 1952.][§ 2, 8 of 1952.]
• By-laws.
• Expenses caused by extraordinary traffic.
• Powers conferred on officers in charge of public works by whom to be exercised.
• Survey by proper officer to be conclusive evidence.
• Compensation for injury to property by authorized officers.
• Arbitration.
• Officers and contractors leaving stones, & c,. on thoroughfares by night-
• Road officer or road contractor not liable to fine except in certain cases.
• Police officers and headmen to enforce provisions of this Part-
• Town Council to be general public health authority.
• Town Council to make public drains.
• Duty of Council to repair, alter, and discontinue drains.
• Penalty for making, unauthorized drains Into public drains.
• Building over drains, &c. not to be erected without consent of Town Council.
• General control of drains.
• Obstruction of discharge of rain water and drainage.
• Duty of Council as to latrine accommodation.
• Council may order or cause additional latrines to be constructed.
• Council may cause persons employing men to provide and maintain latrine or latrines. ;c.
• Neglecting to enclose private latrine.
• General control of latrines.
• Penalty for persons making or altering latrines, &c, contrary to the directions or by-laws of Town Council.
• Inspection of latrines, &c.
• Power of town Council to direct removal of latrine or closure cesspit.
• Duty of Council as to conservancy and scavenging.
• All refuse collected to be the property of council.
• Places for disposal of refuse, and keeping equipment.
• Duty of Council as to insanitary buildings.
• Power of Council as to existing buildings.
• Overcrowding of houses
• Power of Council to inspect and limewash houses
• Houses or him not to be built or roofed with cadjan without permission.
• Inspection of nuisances-
• Power to fill up unwholesome tanks on private premises.
• Licensing of slaughter- houses.
• Power of Town Council to establish and maintain public utility services.[§ 2, 8 of 1952.]
• Manner of defraying expenses of public utility services.
• Supply to Premises in, adjacent areas [§ 2, 8 of 1952.]
• General power of Council.
• Ratepayer entitled to free water supply from public stand-pipes for domestic purposes.
• Meaning of " domestic purposes ".
• Contract for private service.
• Duty of Council as to market.
• Licensing of new private, markets.
• Licensing of existing private markets.
• Licence to be annual and subject to stamp duly.
• New private markets to conform to prescribed standards.
• Cleansing and scavenging of markets.
• New private markets to acquire no vested interests.
• Power of Chairman to refuse new licence.
• Refusal of licenses to existing private markets
• Special provinces will regard to markets established over thirty years.
• Power to license market provisionally.
• Compensation for discontinuance of private market,
• Vesting of village markets in Town Councils.
• Transfer of markets.
• Power to suspend licence of private markets.
• Penalty for keeping unauthorized market.
• Market areas.
• Power of Council to make by-laws
• Approval and publication of by-laws.
• Supply of copies of by-laws.
• By-laws to be subject to disallowance or amendment.
• Subjects of by-laws-
• Local fund and its constituents.
• Application of local fund.
• Power to impose and levy rates.
• Exemption from rates.
• Power of Council to impose taxes and licence duties.[§ 2, 8 of 1952.]
• Vehicles and animals tax.
• Licence duty.
• By-laws relating to taxes.
• Assessment of rates and taxes.
• Power of Chairman to require return.
• Power of Chairman to summon persons before him.
• Chairman's Powers of inspection.
• Recovery of rates and taxes
• Waiver of sums due to the Council.
• Assessment, &c ..not to the impeached for want of form.
• Power of Town Council to , borrow on the security of rates and taxes.
• Limitation of borrowing powers.
• Form of security, &c.
• Books of accounts to be kept by Council.
• Preparation and publication of annual accounts.
• Budget.
• Variation of expenditure proposed in budget.
• Annual administration report.
• Audit.
• Recovery of surcharges.
• appeal and enforcement of surcharges, &c.
• Removal of Chairman, and dissolution of Town Council.
• Inquiries.
• Costs of inquiries and Proceedings.
• Power to make inquiry and to default in duty by Town Councils.
• Power to give and enforce order requiring Council to do necessary...