( 1 ) The Municipality may require, by written notice, the owner Power to or the occupier of any land or building, within such period as may be rerluiremW specified in the notice, to close, remove, alter, repair,cleans, cesspool, drain, receptacle for sewage, septic tank. removal or conversion of latrines
(2) On the failure of the owner or the occupier to comply with the etc.
notice, the Municipality may cause the work to be done and recover the expenses thereof from the owner or the occupier of the land or the building or from both in such proportions as i t may deem reasonable.
CHAPTER XVI MEASURES TO CONTROL INFECTION AND MATTERS REGARDING VITAL STATISTICS Measures for preven- 245. It shall be the duty of the Municipality to take measures as are necessary tion and for preventing or checking the spread of any dangerous disease in the Municipal Of area of any epedemic disease among any animal therein.
dangerous diseases.
Power of 246. A Municipality may, on being satisfied that it is in the public interest so - to do, by written order direct that any lodging house or any place where to close lodging and eat- articles of food and drink are sold, prepared , stored or exposed for sale, inLr where a case of dangerous disease exists or has recently occured, shall be D closed for such period as may be specified in the order.
Power of Municipality 247. When the Municipal area or any part thereof is visited or threatened by to restrict or an outbreak of any dangerous disease, the Municipality may, by public notice, prohibit sale restrict in such manner, or prohibit for such period, as may be specified in the of fish, flesh, notice, the sale or preparation etc. of any article or food or drink of drug or food, drink, any container for human consumption, as may be specified in the nof ce.
articles etc.
Control 248. If a Municipality is of opinion that the water in any tank or other place is over well and tanks likely to endanger human life or..cause the spread of any disease, it may etc. prohibit its use and take such other measures as may be necessary in such manner as may be prescribed.
Disposal of 249. Where any person dies from any dangerous disease, the Municipality infectious may, by notice in writingcorpses.
(a) require any person having charge of the corpse to carry the same to mortuary for being disposed of in accordance with law ; or
(b) prohibit the removal of the corpse from the place where death occurred, except for the purpose of being burnt or buried or being carried to a mortuary.
Registration 250. ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Of Act, 1969, the Municipality shall cause a register to be maintained wherein and deaths.
the birth and deaths taking place within municipal area shall be supplied, on application, in such form of a certificate and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
(2) It shall be the duty of the parents or any relation of the child or the person having charge of the child to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief. to the officer empowered in a Municipal area in this behalf, within lO(ten) days of such birth, information containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
(3) When a child is born in a hospital or a nursing home or a maternity home, none but the officer-in-charge there shall be bound to forward forthwith to the officer empowered under this section a report of such birth in such time and in such form as may, from time to time, be specified by the State Government :
Provided that in the case of an illegitimate child the name of the father shall not be recorded unless both the parents jointly makes request and acknowledge parent-hood by putting signature on the Register. In all cases, if dispute arises only signature of the father in the Register shall be the presumptive evidence in this regard.
(4) In case any new-born child is found exposed, it shall be the duty of any person finding such child or of any person in whose charge such child may be to give to the officer empowered by the Municipality, within 10 (ten) days of finding of such child, such information containing the particulars of birth of such child as such person possesses.
25 1. It shall be the duty of the nearest relation present at the time of the death or in attendance during the last illness of any person dying within the Municipal r e g a r d i n g area, to give, to the officer specially empowered in this behalf, information death.
containing such particulars as may be prescribed within twenty-four hours of its occurrence :
Provided that-
(a) if the cause of death is known to be a dangerous disease, the information as aforesaid shall be given within twelve hours of its occurrence ;
(b) if the death of any person occurs in a hospital or a nursing home or a maternity home, it shall be the duty of the medical officer or other officer-in-charge thereof to forward forthwiah a report of such death in such form as may, from time to time, be speified by the State Government.
Medical 252. In the case of a person who had been attended in his last illness by a practitioner duly qualified medical practitioner, such practitioner shall, within three days certify of his becoming aware of the death of such person, sign and forward to the cause of death. officer specially empowered in this behalf a certifacte of the cause of death of such person in such form as may, from time to time, be specified by the Municipality, and the cause of death as stated in such certificate shall be entered in the register together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner.
Duties 253. It shall be the duty of the police to convey every unclaimed corpse to a police in regard to registered burial or burning ground or other place for disposal of the death or to a duly appointed mortuary and to inform thereafter the officer specially corpses. empowered in this behalf within whose jurisdiction such corpse is found.
Sextens etc. 254. No sexten or keeper of a registered burial or burning ground or other bury place for disposal of the dead, whether situated within the municipal area or etc. corpse. not, shall bury, burn or otherwise dispose of or allow to be buried, burnt or otherwise disposed of any corpse, unless such corpse is accompained by a certificate in such form as may be prescribed and signed by an officer specially empowered in this behalf or by a registered medical practitioner or any other medical practitioner authorised by the State Government in this behalf.
CHAPTER XVII DISPOSAL OF DEAD Resistration 255. ( 1 ) Every owner or person having the control of any place already of places for used for burying, burning or otherwise disposing of the dead, but which is not disposal of dead. vested in, or owned by, the Municipality or any board appointed by the State Government for administration of such place, shall apply to the Municipality in such a manner as may be prescribed within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act to register the name of such place and the Municipality may register or reject the prayer for reason to be recorded.
(2) Every such place vested in the Municipality or a board appointed by the State Government shall be registered in such manner as may be prescribed.
( 3 ) A Municipality may extend existing place or open a new place for the said purpose within Municipal area or, with the permission of the State Government, outside Municipality area.
(4) No new place shall be opened or existing place shall be extended by any person without permission of the Municipality.