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Council’s powers to make by-laws

Cap. 87, s. 49 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Every Council may from time to time make by-laws on all matters connected with the rule and good order of its town and for the proper carrying out of the objects and purposes of (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), such by-laws may provide for all or any of the following, namely– (a) for the establishment, control and use of public lavatories and latrines; (b) for the licensing of horses, mules, carts, drays and handcarts kept or used in its town and the imposition of fees in respect thereof; (c) for the establishment, regulation, control, maintenance, and management of markets, slaughter-houses, bath-houses, and wash- houses and the imposition of rents and fees payable by persons using or benefited by such markets, slaughter-houses, bath-houses, wash- houses, meat or other stalls; 41 (d) for regulating the lighting of places, streets, markets and other buildings under the control of the Council and the naming and numbering of any houses, lots, places and streets in the town; (e) for prohibiting, except in the case of wild animals which may be shot in the bush, the killing or slaughtering of any animal the flesh of which is intended for human food in any place within, or within one mile beyond the limits of, its town, other than in the slaughter- house; (f) for prohibiting the exposing or exhibition for sale of the flesh of any animal, other than a wild animal shot in the bush, in any place within, or within one mile beyond the limits of, its town, other than in the market or such other place or places as the Council may appoint; (g) for the regulation of parks, piers, street vendors, gardens, public recreation grounds, bridges, streets, canals and public drains, including the imposition of fees for the use thereof; (h) for the service of notices, orders and other documents required or authorised to be served by or on the Council under this Act or any regulations made thereunder; (i) for regulating the passing of any livestock or other animals through the streets of such town and specifying the streets through which such livestock or animals may be allowed to pass, the time of such passing and the manner and method of leading or driving them; or 42 (j) generally for all matters connected with the rule and good government of its town and the proper carrying out of the objects and purposes of this Act. (3) All by-laws made by a Council under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.
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