Section 104
Powers
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
A local authority shall have power to do all or any of the following things:
(a)
to establish, maintain and carry out such sanitary services for the removal and destruction of, or otherwise dealing with, night-soil, slops, rubbish, litter, dead animals and all kinds of refuse, waste and effluent;
(b)
to establish, erect, maintain, let, control and license markets and market buildings, lodging houses, houses, rooms or buildings kept for public refreshment, shops, stalls and stands, and to control the occupation and use thereof;
(c)
to license temporary buildings, stalls, tables, showboards, barrows, carts, tricycles or other receptacles, whether stationary or otherwise, set up or used for the sale or exposing for sale of—
(i)
any food or drink in streets, public places or places of public resort or on private premises;
(ii)
goods other than food or drink in streets, public places or places of public resort, and to seize, destroy or dispose of the same if they are not so licensed;
(d)
to establish, erect and maintain public lavatories, closets and urinals, either above or below ground, in any public place and to impose such fees or charges for the use thereof;
(e)
to establish, erect and maintain abattoirs, whether within or without the local authority area;
(f)
to safeguard and promote the public health and to take all necessary and reasonably practicable measures—
(i)
for preventing the occurrence of any infectious, communicable or preventable disease;
(ii)
for maintaining its area in a clean and sanitary condition;
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(iii)
for preventing the occurrence of, or for remedying or causing to be remedied, any nuisance or condition likely to be injurious or dangerous to health; and
(iv)
for ensuring that any food is sold or exposed or offered for sale is safe and fit for human consumption;
(g)
to establish, erect, equip, maintain, control and operate cold storage works and depots for the inspection of meat;
(h)
to establish, erect, equip, maintain, control and operate depots for the inspection, treatment, distribution, purchase and sale of milk or milk products;
(i)
to provide or designate places and facilities for the taking of baths and washing of clothes in areas which are not served or adequately served with water supply; and
(j)
to establish, erect, maintain, control and operate disinfecting stations.