(1) With the previous sanction of the 1[State] Government, and subject to such conditions as the State Government may prescribe, 2[a committee may appoint a sub-committee consisting of such members as it may deem fit for the management of any one or more wards] and may delegate to the sub-committee all or any of the powers of the committee to be exercised within the ward or wards.
(2) The sub-committee shall, if necessary, from time to time, appoint one of its members to be chairman of the sub-committee.
Section 35 3[35. Extraordinary powers of President or Vice-President in case of emergency. - (1) On the occurrence or threatened occurrence of any event involving or likely to involve extensive damage to property or danger to human life or grave inconvenience to the public, the President or the Executive Officer or, in the absence of the President or during the vacancy of his office, a Vice- President may, if in his opinion there is an emergency necessitating action before the matter can be considered by the committee, direct the execution of any such work or the doing of any such act which the committee is empowered to execute or do, as the emergency shall in his opinion justify or require, and may direct that the expense of executing such work or doing such act be paid from the municipal fund :
Provided that every such action taken under this section shall be reported to the committee at its next meeting.
(2) The President or Vice-President 4[or the Executive Officer] shall not act under this section in contravention of any order of the committee.
(3) The President 5[or in his absence] or during the vacancy of his office a Vice- President may prohibit, until the matter has been considered by the committee, the doing of any act which is in his opinion undesirable in the public interest :
Provided that the act is one which the committee has power to prohibit.
(4) No direction given in this section shall be questioned in any court on the ground that the case was not one of emergency.
The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 34 31
1. Substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950
2. Substituted by Punjab Act 8 of 1974, Section 3.
3. Substituted for the old section by Punjab Act 3 of 1933 Section 16. In the case of Municipalities to which the Municipal (Executive Officer) Act, 1931, applies Section 35 has been amended, vide Item No.
3. Schedule II, Punjab Act 2 of 1931, as amended by Punjab Act 2 of 1934
4. Inserted by Item 3, Schedule II of Punjab Act 2 of 1931, as amended by Punjab Act 2 of 1934, in the case of Municipalities, to which Punjab Act 2 of 1931, applies
5. The words "in his absence" shall be submitted by "or the Executive Officer or in the absence of the President" by item 3, Schedule II of Punjab Act 2 of 1931, in the case of Municipalities to which Punjab Act 2 of 1931, applies Joint Committees Section 36