(1) The Wards Committee shall prepare the annual Area plan and forward the same to the Municipality concerned for its integration with the Municipal Plan.
(2) An annual budget calendar of the Wards Committee-shall be prepared strictly in accordance with the Schedule appended to i,his ACt.~ix weeks before the Municipal budget. The Municipality may suggest changes" that may be effected in the annual budget prepared by the Wards Committee after discussion with it. . : • ! •
16. The Municipality budget shall be the aggregate of all the budgets of the Wards Committees prepared in accordance with section 15 of this Act and shall have additional account heads for specific receipts and expenditures atthe Municipality level.
Rights of the Wards Committee.
Procedure for conducting meetings of AreaSabha and Wards . Committee.
Preparation of budget of the Wards Committee.
, , Budget of Municipalitr Providing of infrastructure to the Area Sabha and the Wards Committee.
Additional duties relating to statistics of the Wards Committee.
Provisions or this Act not to be derogatory.
Power to remove difficulties.
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17. The Municipality shall be responsible for providing administrative and infrastructural support to the Area Sabha and the Wards Committee for its proper functioning and shall create mechanisms for checks and balances over the officials and shall have the power to recommend to the competent authority for imposition of penalties for misconduct and negligence of duties of such officials. < .
18. In addition to the functions and duties assigned to the Wards Committee under section 12 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Wards I Committee to compile, maintain and update annually the following information, namely» ,.
(a) economic information including the number and nature of commercial establishment in the Area and employment '" .data; .
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(b) information relating to land use! pu?lic spaces, civic amenity sites, traffic patterns, public transportationhubs, preservation and restoration of environment, natural resources and heritage > 0 sites; and
(c) infrastructure index including the extent of infrastructural development, current and pending projects and the infrastructural requirements of the area.
19. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition -to the provisions of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Punjab Act 3 ofl911 )and the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act 42 of 1976) and shall not be derogatory to the provisions contained therein .
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20 .. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effectto the provisions of this, , Act, the State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provision, not inconsistent with the provisions a.(~hisAct, as may appear to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficultyr-;
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Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencernentof'this Act. .
(2) Every order made under this section, shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly.
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SCHEDULE [See sub-section (2) of section 15] Month Primary Activity ...
April Area Plan May Ward Plan June Ward Plan July Area Budget August Area Budget September Ward Budget -, October Ward Budget November Municipality's Budget December Municipality's Budget January Works review February Works review March Works review .-:
H.P.S. MAHAL, Secretary to Government of Punjab, Dgpartrnent of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
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