Section 61
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
Section 61
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(1)
A local authority may, subject to and in accordance with this Ordinance, and with the approval,—
(a)
in the case of the Commission of the City of Kuching
North, the Council of the City of Kuching South and Miri City
Council, of the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri; and
(b)
in the case of all other local authorities, of the Minister, assess for rates all holdings whatsoever, or any specified class thereof, within its local authority area, and may make and levy any separate or consolidated rates thereon for all or any of the objects set out in subsection (2).
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(2)
The objects for which such rates may be made are—
(a)
the maintenance, repair and lighting of the public roads and of places and buildings vested in, or belonging to or under the control of, the local authority;
(b)
the supply of utilities to the local authority area;
(c)
the provision and maintenance of public parks, greens and other amenities;
(d)
the provision and maintenance of public drainage system;
(e)
the provision and maintenance of a system of removal of refuse, waste, or of the collection and removal of sewage, or of nightsoil, or of both and the establishment and maintenance of a public waste disposal facility or waste treatment or processing plant or site;
(f)
the provision of housing under a scheme approved by the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri;
(g)
the acquisition or improvement of any area which is insanitary or dangerous to health;
(h)
the performance of any duties imposed by any written law to the extent to which that law confers powers or duties on the local authority;
(i)
the general purposes of this Ordinance; and
(j)
any other purposes approved by the Majlis Mesyuarat
Kerajaan Negeri.