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AN ACT TO AMEND THE URBAN COUNCILS ORDINANCE
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:
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[16th April
, 1987 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Urban Councils (Amendment) Act, No. 18 of 1987.
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Amendment of section 36 of Chapter 255.
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2. Section 36 of the Urban Councils Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (h) of that section, of the following paragraphs:
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“(hh) to
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(i) prepare and submit to the appropriate authority, a programme for the provision of educational facilities such as buildings, furniture, playgrounds, hostels, teachers’ quarters, sports materials and library facilities in the town ;
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(ii) recommend to the appropriate authority, the opening, closing, amalgamation, naming and upgrading of, schools in the town;
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(hhh) exercise, perform and discharge any power, duty or function delegated to it by the Development Council established for the administrative district within the limits of which the town is situated and to implement any scheme or work assigned to it for implementation by such Development Council;”.
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Amendment of section 157 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 157 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
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(a) by the insertion immediately after sub-paragraph (w) of paragraph (9) of that section, of the following sub-paragraph:
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” (ww) the regulation and control of industrial waste; ” ;
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(b) by the substitution, in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (10) of that section, for the words” occupation of such stations “, of the words” occupation of such stations, the provision of facilities for the vaccination and immunization livestock and dogs”; and .
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(c) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (14A) of that section, of the following paragraph:-
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” (14B) the removal of obstructions to coastal fishing;”.
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Amendment of section 159 of the principal enactment.
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4. Section 159 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (d) of that subsection, of the following paragraphs:
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” (dd) all contributions voted by the Council towards; the provision of relief to poor people, the rehabilitation and care of, destitute persons or physically, mentally or socially handicapped persons, community development projects or employment programmes;
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(ddd) all contributions voted by the Council towards, promotion of religion and culture, including contributions made towards the costs of the organization of religious ceremonies and festivals, the maintenance of Dhamma schools and Sasana Rakshaka Mandalayas, the establishment pf cultural centres, the organization of literary and cultural festival , the publication of books of literary and cultural value and the award of prizes to artists, authors and craftsmen; .
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