Power to make by-laws

(1) A council may from time to time make by-laws for the rule and good government of its village generally, and in particular in respect of all or any of the following matters, (a) for the naming and numbering of houses, lots, places and streets in any village; (b) for regulating the passing of livestock through the streets of such village and specifying the streets through which the livestock shall be allowed to pass, the time of such passing and the method of leading or driving the livestock; (c) for the establishment, and the control and use of, public lavatories and latrines; 19 (d) subject to the Housing and Town Planning Act, Cap. 182, for regulating the construction of buildings, including temporary structures (e) for the establishment, regulation, control, maintenance and management of markets, slaughterhouses, meat or other stalls therein, bath-houses and wash-houses; (f) for regulating the rent and fees payable by persons using or benefited by such markets, slaughter-houses, meat or other stalls therein, bath-houses and wash- houses; (g) for the regulation of parks, gardens and public recreation grounds in the village; (h) for preventing animals from being landed or imported except at a place or places as may from time to time be prescribed and for the provision of public pens for animals and for the imposition of fees and regulations in respect of the use thereof; (i) for the cleanliness of streets and other public places; (j) for the cleaning of unkept and overgrown yards within the limits of a village and for recovering the costs of doing same from the owners; (k) (i) for the sanitation of the village in (ii) for drainage and sewage; 20 (iii) for scavenging and the removal and disposal of excreta; (l) for the regulation of the keeping of dogs and other animals; (m) for preventing and extinguishing fires; (n) for cemeteries and graves; (o) for the destruction of insects; (p) for suppression and abetment of nuisances; (q) for the entry of authorised officers of the council upon premises for the purposes of this Act or of any by- laws or regulations made there under; (r) for imposing such restrictions upon owners of land in villages as may be necessary to prevent any building upon such land from being or becoming a source of danger to surrounding property, whether from fire or from its insecure construction or dilapidated condition; (s) for ensuring that sound environmental practices are adhered to by all persons within the village; and (t) generally for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act and for the efficient governing of the village. (2) Before submitting the proposed by-laws to the House in accordance with the next following section, the council shall call a general meeting of the village and present the by-laws to the consideration of the villagers. No by-laws shall be 21 presented to the House unless they have been approved by a majority of those present at such meeting. bylaws and