Panjab District Boards Act, 1883
Bare Act · 1883
An Act to make better provision for local self-government in the Districts of the Panjab.
- Act number
- 20 of 1883
- Enacted
- 12 October 1883
- Contents
- 79 sections · 4 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – Repeal of Act V of 1878
- Section 3 – Definitions
- Section 4 – Powers exercisable from time to time
Chapter II
- Section 5 – The local rate
- Section 6 – Road, school and post cesses to merge in the rate (preview)
- Section 7 – Liability for local rate (preview)
- Section 8 – Power to recover a share of the rate from occupancy-tenant (preview)
- Section 9 – Appropriation of proceeds of local rate (preview)
Chapter III
- Section 10 – Establishment of district and local boards (preview)
- Section 11 – Number and appointment or election of members (preview)
- Section 12 – Term of office of members (preview)
- Section 13 – Resignation of members (preview)
- Section 14 – Powers of the Local Government as to removal of mothers (preview)
- Section 15 – Filling of casual vacancies (preview)
- Section 16 – Incorporation of district boards (preview)
- Section 17 – Time for district and local boards coming into existence (preview)
- Section 18 – Chairman (preview)
- Section 19 – Vice-chairman (preview)
- Section 20 – Duties of district board (preview)
- Section 21 – Duties of local board (preview)
- Section 22 – Limits on expenditure of local board (preview)
- Section 23 – Power for district board to provide for performance of duty in default of local board (preview)
- Section 24 – Joint committees (preview)
- Section 25 – Record and publication of proceedings (preview)
- Section 26 – Power to make rules as to business and affairs (preview)
- Section 27 – Employment of officers and servants (preview)
- Section 28 – Pensions of Government officials serving boards (preview)
- Section 29 – Pensions of servants of boards (preview)
- Section 30 – Powers of taxation conferred on district boards (preview)
- Section 31 – Procedure in imposing taxes (preview)
- Section 32 – Reduction and abolition of tax (preview)
- Section 33 – Levy of fees (preview)
- Section 34 – Additional funds to be provided by the Government (preview)
- Section 35 – District fund (preview)
- Section 36 – Vesting, custody and investment of district fund (preview)
- Section 37 – Application of district fund (preview)
- Section 38 – Works or undertakings benefiting several districts (preview)
- Section 39 – Annual estimates of income and expenditure of district boards (preview)
- Section 40 – Accounts of district boards (preview)
- Section 41 – Estimates and accounts of local boards (preview)
- Section 42 – Inspection of estimates and accounts (preview)
- Section 43 – Publication of abstract of accounts (preview)
- Section 44 – Control of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner over boards and joint committees (preview)
- Section 45 – Power to suspend action (preview)
- Section 46 – Extraordinary powers of Deputy Commissioner in ease of emergency (preview)
- Section 47 – Power to provide for performance of duties in case of default of board (preview)
- Section 48 – Power to invest other officers with power of control (preview)
- Section 49 – Report of action under preceding sections (preview)
- Section 50 – Powers of Local Government and its officers over boards (preview)
- Section 51 – Power of Local Government to supersede in case of incompetency, persistent default abuse of powers (preview)
- Section 52 – Consequences of supersession (preview)
- Section 53 – Constitution of new board, and transfer of functions of superseded local boards (preview)
- Section 54 – Disputes (preview)
- Section 55 – Power of the Governor General in Council and the Local Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 56 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 57 – Penalty for infringement of regulations (preview)
- Section 58 – Prosecutions (preview)
- Section 59 – Liability of members of boards (preview)
- Section 60 – Procedure for making rules and regulations (preview)
- Section 61 – Acquisition of land (preview)
- Section 62 – Penalty on member, officer or servant being interested in contracts made with a board or joint committee (preview)
- Section 63 – Saving for Act XI of 1879 (preview)
- Section 64 – General powers of Local Government and Commissioners (preview)
- Section 65 – Contracts of local Committees (preview)
- Section 66 – Government officers serving under committees to continue under board (preview)
- Section 67 – Power of Local Government to except local area from operation of Act (preview)
- Section 68 – Committee to be constituted for district wholly excepted from Act (preview)
- Section 69 – Power to direct that Act XX of 1856 shall cease to be in force (preview)
Chapter IV — Supplemental Provisions As To Taxation
- Section 70 – Recovery of rates (preview)
- Section 71 – Local rate or tax how to be assessed and collected (preview)
- Section 72 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 73 – Instalments of rates and taxes (preview)
- Section 74 – Power of Local Government to exempt from taxation (preview)
- Section 75 – Power to direct measurements (preview)
- Section 76 – Suits relating to rates and taxes under this Act cognizable by Courts having cognizance of suits for rent (preview)
- Section 77 – Confirmation and recovery of existing rates (preview)
- Section 78 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 79 – [Repealed.] (preview)