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Section 35: Power of Gram Panchayat to make general order

The Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994State Act of Punjab · Act 9 of 1994

A Gram l?anchayat may by general order to be published in the manner prescribed -

(a) prohibit the use of water of a well, pond or other excavation suspected to be dangerous to the public health;

(b) regulate or prohibit the watering of cattle or bathing or washing at or near wells, ponds, or other excavations, reserved for drinking water;

( c) regulate or prohibit the steeping of hemp or any other plant in or near ponds or other excavations within two hundred and twenty yards of the 26 residential area of a village;

(d) regulate or prohibit the dyeing or tanning of skins within four hundred and forty yards of the residential area of a village;

(e) regulate or prohibit the excavation of earth;

(f) regulate or prohibit the establishment of brick-kilns and charcoal kilns within eight hundred and eighty yards and pottery kilns within two hundred and twenty yards of the residential area of the village;

(g) direct that the carcasses of all dying within the village except animals slaughtered for consumption shall not be disposed of within a radius of four hundred and forty yards of the residential area of the village:

Provided that nothing shall be done under this clause to interfere with the legal rights of any person;

(h) regulate the construction of new buildings or the extensions or alterations of any existing buildings ·or the abadi;

(i) regulate with the previous permission of the State Government the parking of public vehicles;

G) regulate such matters as may be necessary for the general protection of standing crops and trees on common land and the planting of such trades;

(k) regulate the observance of sanitation and taking curative and preventive measures to remove and prevent the spread of epidemics;

(l) regulate the maintenance of water courses meant for irrigation pmposes;

(m) regulate the killing of stray dogs;

(n) regulate the slaughter of animals; and

(o) prohibit beggary;

(p) direct the taking of measure for the prevention of waterlogging;

(q) regulate the flaying and disposal of dead animals;

(r) prohibit the sale of harmful eatables within the Gram Sabha area;

(s) regulate offensive and dangerous trades or practices.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
Section35
Marginal notePower of Gram Panchayat to make general order
JurisdictionState of Punjab
StatusIn force as published by the source

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