(1) Minutes of the proceedings at each meeting of a committee shall be drawn up and recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose, shall be signed by the chairman of the meeting or of the next ensuing meeting, shall be published in such manner as the 1[State] Government may direct, and shall, at all reasonable times and without charge, be open to inspection by any inhabitant.
(2) A copy of every resolution passed at any meeting of a committee shall, within three days from the date of the meeting, be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner.
Section 31 2[31. Bye-laws. - Every committee may, from time to time, and shall, if so required by the State Government provide by bye-laws consistent with this Act and with the rules for] -
(a) the time and place of its meeting ;
(b) the manner in which notice of ordinary and special meetings and adjourned meetings shall be given ;
(c) the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at ordinary meetings;
(d) the conduct of proceedings at meetings and the adjournment of meeting;
(e) the custody of the common seal and the purposes for which it shall be used;
(f) the appointment of sub-committees and their duties, the division of duties among the members of the committee and the powers to be exercised by such members as are primarily responsible for the current executive administration, whether Presidents, Vice-Presidents members of sub-committees or individual members ;
(g) the persons by whom receipts shall be granted on behalf of the committee for money received under this Act ;
3[(gg) the condition on which registers, documents, maps and plans of the Committee may be inspected by the public, and copies of them supplied, and the fees payable for such inspection or for the supply of such copies;]
(h) the appointment, duties, executive powers, leave, suspension and removal of its officers and servants ;
(i) the term for which a Vice-President shall hold office ;
(j) appeal from executive orders of sub-committees, the President, Vice- President, member, officers and servants of the committee ;
(k) all other similar matters.
The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 29 29
1. Substituted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933.
2. Substituted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933.
3. Inserted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933, Section 13(a)(ii).
1[(2) No bye-laws made under clause (c) or clause (d) or clause (f) of sub-section
(1) shall take effect until it has been approved by the 2[State] Government.]
(3) Every bye-law made under this section shall be published in such manner as the3[State] Government may direct.
Delegation of Powers Section 32 4[32. Delegation of certain powers and functions of State Government. - The State Government may, by notification, delegate all or any of its powers under this Act, except the power to frame forms or make rules under Section 240, to any officer not below the rank of an Extra Assistant Commissioner, subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be specified in the notification.]
Section 33 5[33. Delegation of certain powers and functions of committees. - (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act every committee may subject to the provisions of Section 46, with the previous sanction of the State Government 6[.....] by resolution delegate :-
(a) to the President, a Vice-President, the Secretary or a sub- committee all or any of the powers conferred upon ‘the committee by Sections 39, 72, 75, 77, 97, 98, 101, 7[ ] 109(1), 110, 113, 114, 115, 115-A, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 140, 142, 143, 145(b) and (c), 166, 169(c), 170, 170-A (1) and (2), 172(2), 173, 176, 8[176-A], 191, 195-A, 203 to 208 (both inclusive), 210, 211, 212, and 220 ;
(b) to the Medical Officer of Health all or any of the powers conferred upon the committee under Sections 39, 105, 109, 113, 114, 115, 115- A, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 128, 131, 142, 143, 144, 145, clauses (b) and (c), 146, 149, 155, 157, 166, 182, 203, 204, 205, clause (b), 206, 208, 211 and 212 ;
(c) and to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Civil Surgeon of the district or any officer of the Department of Public Instructions or Public Health all or any of the powers conferred upon the committee under Section 39 ;
(d) and to the Municipal Engineer the powers conferred upon the committee under Section 195-A and under Section 195, except to the extent that composition under that section shall require the sanction of the committee ;
in respect of all or particular classes of cases arising under these sections, and for 30 The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 32
1. Substituted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933
2. Substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950
3. Substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950
4. Substituted by Punjab Act 8 of 1974, Section 2.
5. Substituted for the old section by Punjab Act 3 of 1933 Section 15, Sections 33, 46 and 47 shall be deemed to be omitted in the case of Municipalities to which the Punjab Municipal (Executive Officer) Act, 1931, applies.-vide Item No. 2, Schedule II, Act 3 of 1931, ibid.
6. The words "in the case of committees of the first class, and of the Commissioner in the case of those of the second class", omitted by Punjab Act 34 of 1953, Section 3, and Schedule III.
7. Figure 105 omitted by the Punjab Adaptation of Laws Order, 1968
8. Inserted by Punjab Act 12 of 1950, Section 2.
the whole or any part of the municipality and may, by resolution, withdraw the powers so delegated.
(2) The delegation by the committee of any power under sub-section (1) may be made subject to the condition that all or any orders made in pursuance or such delegation shall be subject to the right of appeal to or revision by, the committee within such period as may by bye-law be prescribed.]
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