Duties of the Council.
Urban Services
Depart-
ment,
Appoint- ment of officialo.
Tuties of Assistant
ITealth Services.
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64. The duties of the Council shall be to exercise control within the area allotted to it over all matters in respect of which powers are given to it by this Ordinance or any other Ordinance.
55. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the law in respect of matters over which the Council exercises control there shall be an Urban Services Department.
56. The Governor may appoint a secretary and assistant secretaries to the Council, and also health officers, and health and other inspectors and may also appoint such officers of the Urban Services Department as may be required.
57. The Assistant Director of Health Services shall be the firests of professional adviser to the Council in all medical matters including matters of public health and sanitation. It shall be his duty to assist and advise the Council on such matters and to superintend the enforcement and observance of all Ordinances relating to public health and of the by-laws and regulations made thereunder,
Duties of Chairman.
Appoint- ment of committees.
Delega- tion of Powara,
58. The Chairman of the Council shall give such instructions as may be necessary for carrying out and giving effect to the decisions and policy of the Council, and shall be responsible also for the general administration of the Urban Services Department,
50. The Council may appoint committees which may include persons who are not members of the Council and may by appoint- ment or removal change the personnel of any such committee:
Provided that at least two-thirds of the members of every such committee shall be members of the Council.
60. (c) The Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers and functions, other than any power to make or amend re gulations, rules or by-laws, to any member of the Council or to any committee of the Council or to any member of any such committee or to any public officer with full powers to enforce any of the provisions of any enactment conferring powers on the Council and may revoke such delegation.
(2) Any committee of the Council may by resolution delegate to any member of such committee or to any public officer such power and authority to enforce any of the provisions of any
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enactment conferring powers on the Council as may have been delegated by the Council to such committee and may revoke such delegation.
(3) In any case where a single member is exercising such delegated powers, under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), If he is not in agreement with a recommendation in writing of the appropriate public officer he shall refer such recommendation to the appropriate Select Committee or to the Council, and the Committee or the Council, as the case may be, shall decide whether the recommendation be accepted, modified or rejected.
(4) When powers are delegated to a public officer in accord- ance with the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) it shall not be necessary to specify an officer by name in the resolution delegating such powers and such powers may be properly delegated to the person for the time being holding a designated public office.
(5) No delegation made under the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) shall preclude the Council or a committee of the Council, as the case may be, from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers or functions so delegated.
61. Failure to comply with any written order of a member of Enforce- the Council, of a committee of the Council, or of a member of ment of
orders. a committee of the Council, duly empowered under section 60, such order having been signed by the secretary of the Council, and failure to comply with any order of a public officer duly empowered under section 60 shall be punishable in the same manner as if such order had been made by the Council.
62. No matter or thing done, by any member of the Council Protection or of a committee of the Council, bona fide for the purpose of of members. carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance or of any other enactment conferring powers on the Council, shall subject such member personally to any action liability claim or demand whatsoever.
PART IX.
Commencement, Repeat and Transitional Provisions.
63. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st day Commence of June, 1955-
84. (1) The Urban Council Ordinance is repealed.
ment.
Repeal.
(Cap. 101).