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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1976

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1 PART I PRELIMINARY-1. Short title, application and commencement.
2 PART I PRELIMINARY-2. Interpretation.
3 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-3. Declaration and determination of status of local authority areas.
4 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-4. Change of name and status, and alteration of boundaries.
5 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-5. Merger of two or more local authorities.
6 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-6. Succession of rights, liabilities and obligations.
7 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-7. Extension of this Act to non-local authority areas.
8 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-8. Administration of local authority areas.
9 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-9. Power of State Authority to issue directions.
10 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-10. Councillors.
11 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-11. Declaration by Councillor before assuming office.
12 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-12. Councillors exempt from service as assessors or jurors.
13 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-13. Local authorities to be corporations.
14 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-14. Common seal.
15 PART II ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-15. Provisions relating to local government elections ceasing to have effect.
16 PART III OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-16. List of offices.
17 PART III OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-17. Power of local authority to provide for discipline, etc , of its officers.
18 PART III OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES-18. Superannuation or Provident Fund.
19 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-19. Local authority office.
20 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-20. Ordinary meetings.
21 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-21. Special meetings.
22 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-22. Notice of meetings.
23 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-23. Meetings of local authority to be public.
24 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-24. Quorum.
25 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-25. Chairman of meetings.
26 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-26. Vote of majority decisive.
27 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-27. Minutes to be kept of all proceedings.
28 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-28. Appointment of Committees.
29 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-29. Standing orders for regulating proceedings of local authorities.
30 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-30. Extraordinary powers in case of emergency.
31 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-31. Validity of acts of local authority officers.
32 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-32. Authentication and execution of documents.
33 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-33. Exemption of Councillors, etc , from personal liability.
34 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-34. Disability of Councillors for voting on account of interests in contracts, etc .
35 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-35. Restriction.
36 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-36. Contracts.
37 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-37. Mode of executing contracts exceeding ten thousand ringgit.
38 PART IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS-38. Employees not to be interested in contracts.
39 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-39. Revenue of the local authority.
40 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-40. Local authority fund.
41 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-41. Power of local authority to raise loans.
42 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-42. Power of local authority to issue mortgages or debenture stock and to make regulations in respect thereof.
43 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-43. Notice of trust, charge or other interest not receivable.
44 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-44. Securities to be trust investment.
45 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-45. Remedies for default.
46 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-46. Borrowing powers for special purposes.
47 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-47. Loans by Government
48 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-48. Loans to be first charge on revenue and assets.
49 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-49. Advance by way of overdraft.
50 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-50. Sinking fund.
51 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-51. State Authority may give directions as regards sinking fund.
52 PART V GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS-52. Renewal and insurance funds.
53 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-53. Accounts to be kept.
54 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-54. Financial year.
55 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-55. Annual estimates to be passed and approved.
56 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-56. Supplementary estimates.
57 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-57. No expenditure to be incurred unless included in the estimates.
58 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-58. Virement.
59 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-59. Form of estimates.
60 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-60. Audit of accounts.
61 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-61. Power to Take Evidence
62 PART VI ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT-62. Remuneration of auditor.
63 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-63. Control of public place, etc .
64 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-64. Power to make new public places, etc , and enlarge them.
65 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-65. Power temporarily to close public places.
66 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-66. Power to erect public buildings in open public places.
67 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-67. Conditions and restrictions in regard to closure of street, etc .
68 PART VII PUBLIC PLACES-68. Naming of public places, etc .
69 PART VIII POLLUTION OF STREAMS-69. Committing nuisance in streams, etc .
70 PART VIII POLLUTION OF STREAMS-70. Pollution of streams with trade refuse, etc .
71 PART VIII POLLUTION OF STREAMS-71. Local authority may recover for work done.
72 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-72. Powers.
73 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-73. By-laws.
74 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-74. Filthy house, etc .
75 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-75. Power to enter and cleanse houses or buildings.
76 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-76. Destruction of rats and mice.
77 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-77. Closing and demolition, etc , of insanitary dwellings.
78 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-78. Overcrowding of houses.
79 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-79. When house to be deemed "overcrowded".
80 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-80. Nuisances to be abated.
81 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-81. Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily under this Act.
82 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-82. Notice requiring abatement of nuisance.
83 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-83. Order for demolition of house unfit for habitation.
84 PART IX FOOD, MARKETS, SANITATION AND NUISANCES-84. Power to proceed where cause of nuisance arises outside local authority area.
85-93 PART X FIRE SERVICES-85-93. [Repealed by Act 341: s.63] .
94 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-94. Local authority may provide burial grounds and crematoria and issue licences for the same.
95 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-95. Penalty for unlawful burials.
96 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-96. Power to close burial grounds and crematoria.
97 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-97. Exhumation of corpses.
98 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-98. Power to make by-laws.
99 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-99. Keeping of registers.
100 PART XI BURIAL PLACE, CREMATORIA AND EXHUMATION-100. Non-application of other written laws.
101 PART XII FURTHER POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY-101. Further powers of local authority.
102 PART XIII BY-LAWS-102. General power to make by-laws.
102A PART XIII BY-LAWS-102A. By-law, etc , may prescribe fees and charges.
103 PART XIII BY-LAWS-103. By-laws to be confirmed by State Authority.
104 PART XIII BY-LAWS-104. Penalties for breaches of by-laws.
105 PART XIII BY-LAWS-105. Power to demand monetary deposits from applicants for permits.
106 PART XIII BY-LAWS-106. Publication of by-law, rule or regulation in the Gazette constitution notice.
107 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-107. Licences.
108 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-108. Notices, etc .
109 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-109. Default in compliance with notice or order.
110 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-110. Power to enter premises.
111 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-111. Officer may demand names and addresses.
112 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-112. Penalty for obstructing Councillor and others.
113 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-113. Recovery of expenses.
114 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-114. Expenses and costs payable by owners.
115 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-115. Recovery of expenses or costs from persons in default.
116 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-116. Recovery of charges for local authority services.
117 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-117. Recovery by instalments.
118 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-118. Compensation, damages and costs to be determined by courts of competent jurisdiction.
119 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-119. General penalty.
120 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-120. Local authority may direct prosecution.
121 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-121. Power of arrest.
122 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-122. Books of local authority to be prima facie evidence of sums due.
123 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-123. Liability for acts and omissions.
124 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-124. Public Authorities Protection Ordinance 1948.
125 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-125. Protection of Councillors, officers and employees from personal liability.
126 PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS-126. Officers to be public servants.
127 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-127. Power to impose rates.
128 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-128. Further rates.
129 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-129. Division of area and holding for rating purposes.
130 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-130. Basis of assessment of rate.
131 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-131. [Repealed by Act A865: s.7] .
132 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-132. Drainage rate.
133 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-133. Duration of rate.
134 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-134. Exemption from rates.
135 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-135. Exemption or reduction of rate.
136 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-136. Minimum rate payable.
137 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-137. Preparation of Valuation List.
138 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-138. Designation if name of owner unknown.
139 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-139. Joint or separate valuation.
140 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-140. Return may be required.
141 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-141. Notice of new valuation list to be published.
142 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-142. Objections.
143 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-143. Confirmation of new Valuation List.
144 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-144. Amendments to Valuation List.
145 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-145. Appeals.
146 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-146. Rates to be first charge.
147 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-147. Proceedings in default.
148 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-148. Proceedings for recovery of an arrear.
149 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-149. Sale of property attached.
150 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-150. Application of proceeds of sale.
151 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-151. Attachment and sale of holding.
152 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-152. Recovery of costs.
153 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-153. Power to stop sale.
154 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-154. Objection to attachment.
155 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-155. Recovery of rates paid by occupier.
156 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-156. Arrear may be sued as debt.
157 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-157. Evidence of rates.
158 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-158. Assessment, etc , not to be impeached for want of form.
159 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-159. Liability of owner on sub-division or amalgamation of holdings.
160 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-160. Notice of transfer of rateable holdings.
161 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-161. Notice of new buildings.
162 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-162. Refund on unoccupied buildings.
163 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-163. Provision for rating buildings on State or reserved land.
164 PART XV RATING AND VALUATION-164. Saving.
165 PART XVI SPECIAL PROVISIONS-165. Transfers of functions.
166 PART XVI SPECIAL PROVISIONS-166. Repeal.
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