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Pradeshiya Sabhas Act (No. 15 of 1987) - Sect 184

Rules as to meetings and tax and finance

184.
(1) The Minister may make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, on any matter connected with the execution 'or enforcement of these provisions, and without prejudice to the generality of the powers hereby conferred, may make such rules on all or any of the following matters:
(a) the form of the notice summoning meetings of a Pradeshiya Sabha, the intervals at which ordinary meetings are to be h M, and the procedure to be followed in the contract or meetings;
(b) the manner In which, any rent or fee which is not payable in advance under the by-laws made by a Pradeshiya Sabha, may be recovered summarily by the Pradeshiya Sabha in the event of default being made in the payment thereof;
(c) the several matters appertaining to finance and the administration of funds and other property for which rules are required under section 171 to be made and an other mutters connected therewith at incidental thereto;
(d) the rates of subsistence and travelling allowances payable to members and officers or servants of a Pradeshiya Sabha by way of reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of any duty ;
(e) the rates of travelling allowances payable to members of a Pradeshiya Sabha for accordance at meetings of the Pradeshiya Sabha ;
(f) the rates of allowances payable to the Chairman. Vice-Chairman and members of a Pradeshiya Sabha ;
(g) the returns to be rendered periodically by the Pradeshiya Sabha to the Minister;
(h) the receipt and disposal of stores and equipment, the keeping of inventories and the manner in which such inventories shall be kept;
(i) the appointment, discipline, suspension and dismissal of officers and servants of Pradeshiya Sabhas who are not members of the Local Government Service, and
(i) the qualifications necessary for appointment to posts or offices not being Local Government Service Posts within the meaning of the Local Government Service Law, No 16 of 1974,
(ii) the scales of the salaries to be assigned to such posts or offices,
(iii) the terms and conditions, and the duration, of any leave of absence that may be granted to such officers and servants,
(iv) provident fund for the benefit of such officers and servants of Pradeshiya Sabhas who are not members of the Local Government Service;
(j) the powers and duties of the Chairman in his capacity as the chief executive officer of a Pradeshiya Sabha ;
(k) the procedure to be followed by a Pradeshiya Sabha before any area, to which by-laws under section 126 (xii) are to apply, is defined.
(2) Every rule made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be brought before Parliament as soon as may be after such publication for approval
(3) Every rule made by the Minister, when approved by Parliament, shall prevail over any by-law made or deformed to the made by, or any power vested in, a Pradeshiya Sabha in respect of the same matter or for the same purpose. Notification of such approval shall be published in the Gazette.


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