Section 1
This Instrument may be cited as the Kinabatangan District Council Instrument 1968.
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Kinabatangan District Council Instrument 1968 Reprinted 1999
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Kinabatangan District Council Instrument 1968 Reprinted 1999 is Malaysia State Subsidiary Legislation, cited as State Subsidiary Legislation 1968 1968, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1968.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE 1961
(No. 11 of 1961)
KINABATANGAN DISTRICT COUNCIL INSTRUMENT 1968
(G.N.S 62 of 1968)
INSTRUMENT issued by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri under the provisions of section 3 of the Local Government Ordinance 1961.
Section 2
In this Instrument –
“Council” means the Kinabatangan District Council established by clause 3 of the Instrument;
"Ordinance" means the Local Government Ordinance 1961.
Section 3
There is hereby established with effect from the 1st day of July 1968 a District
Council to be known as the Kinabatangan District Council.
Section 4
(1)
The limits of the area under the jurisdiction of the Council are as defined in the
First Schedule hereto.
Section 4A
The are set out in the First Schedule is declared as rating area and shall be subjected to rates as prescribed by the order made under section 82 of the Ordinance.
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Section 5
The seal of the Council shall be the following device –
A circle with the words "Kinabatangan District Council" around the circumference:
Provided that until such time as a seal capable of reproducing the said device can be procured a rubber stamp bearing the inscription "Kinabatangan District Council" may be used in lieu of such seal.
Section 6
The Council shall be composed of the District Officer, Kinabatangan, and not more than eighteen members to be appointed by the Minister of Local Government and Housing.
Section 7
All appointed members shall be appointed for a period of not exceeding two years.
Section 8
The Chairman of the Council shall be the District Officer, Kinabatangan.
Section 9
The Council's office shall be at the District Office, Kinabatangan. Meetings of the
Council shall be held in the Council's office.
Section 10
The Council shall hold not less than four ordinary meetings each year.
Section 11
The Chairman may at any time and shall, at the request in writing of not less than one-third of the members stating the object of the meeting, call a special meeting of the
Council, and the day fixed for such meeting shall be within fourteen days of the presentation of such request. The notice of any special meeting, shall specify the object of the meeting, and no other subjects than those specified in such notice shall be discussed at such meeting.
Section 12
Notice of the meeting and the place of every meeting of the Council shall be served on every member either personally or by leaving the same at his usual place of residence or at his business address not less than twenty-four hours before such meeting:
Provided that the accidental omission to serve notice on any member shall not affect the validity of such meeting.
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Section 13
The Council may co-opt on any committee appointed under section 27 (1) of the
Ordinance any Government officer or any person with professional or special qualifications.
Section 14
In addition to those functions conferred upon the Council by the Ordinance, or by any other law for the time being in force, the Council –
(a)
shall perform the function specified in paragraph (49) of section 49 (1) of the
Ordinance;
(b)
shall provide for the burial of paupers in accordance with the religion or custom of the deceased;
(c)
shall perform all the functions specified in paragraphs (23), (33) and (46) of section 49 (1) of the Ordinance;
(d)
shall keep clean all roads, streets and all other public places of which the
Council has general control and care;
(62)
, (64), (68), (69), (70), (71), (72) and (73) of section 49 (1) of the
Ordinance;
(f)
may perform all the functions specified in paragraphs (13), (42), (47), (57)
and (67) of section 49 (1) of the Ordinance;
(g)
may regulate and control stopping and parking of vehicles in any vehicle park established by the Council or under its control.
Schedule
Kinabatangan District
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Dated at Kota Kinabalu this 27th day of May 1968.
DZULKIFLI BIN ABDUL HAMID,
Clerk to the Cabinet.
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