| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the Urban Councils Ordinance. |
| 2.
| | Power to declare towns and to define their administrative limits. [ 30, 48 of 1971] |
| 3.
| | Urban Council to be constituted for each town. |
| 4.
| | Functions of Urban Councils. |
| 5.
| | Composition of Urban Councils . [ 116, Law 24 of 1977] [8, 21 of 2012] [2, 21 of 2017] |
| 7.
| | First general election of members. |
| 8.
| | Arrangements preliminary to constitution of Urban Councils. |
| 9.
| | Commencement of term of office of Urban Councils and date of constitution of such Councils. |
| 10.
| | Term of office of members elected at the first and each subsequent general election. |
| 11.
| | Subsequent general elections. |
| 12.
| | Refusal, resignation or vacation of office. [9, 21 of 2012] |
| 13.
| |
Section - 13 |
| 14.
| | Power of Minister to vary limits of town and number of members, and to dissolve and replace Council. [ 122, Law 24 of 1977] |
| 16.
| | New Urban Council to be existing Council. |
| 19.
| | Chairman and Vice-chairman. [ 125, Law 24 of 1977] [10, 21 of 2012] |
| 23.
| | Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be Justices of the Peace and I. 'unofficial Magistrates. |
| 24.
| | Presidency at meetings. |
| 25.
| | Meetings of the council how and when convened. |
| 26.
| | Powers of Council to be vested in the majority Quorum. |
| 27.
| | Appointment, powers and duties of secretary. |
| 28.
| | Minutes of proceedings of council to be entered in a book. |
| 29.
| | Committees. |
| 30.
| | Acts of Council not to be invalidated, by vacancies absence of members. |
| 31.
| | Urban Council to be corporations. |
| 32.
| | Lands vested in Urban Council. |
| 33.
| | Method of vesting administration &c; of such lands. |
| 34.
| | Other property vested in the Council. |
| 34A.
| | Control and erection of monuments.[ 7, Law 4 of 1975] |
| 34B.
| | Naming of Public parks, &c; [ 9, Law 4 of 1975] |
| 35.
| | General duties. |
| 36.
| | General powers.[ 13,61 of 1981][ 4,13 of 1983][ 2, 48 of 1984][ 66, 39 of 1986][ 2,18 of 1987] |
| 36A.
| | Powers of the Minister in respect of commercial and industrial enterprises.[ 5,13 of 1983] |
| 37.
| | Power to authorize surveys. |
| 38.
| | Contracts [ 3,48 of 1984] |
| 39.
| | Consent of Council [ 129, Law 24 of 1977] [ 4,48 of 1984] |
| 40.
| | Advertisement for tenders [ 5,48 of 1984] |
| 41.
| | Acquisition of lands or buildings for general public purposes. |
| 42.
| | Compulsory acquisition lands and buildings. |
| 43.
| | Power of Urban Council to act as trustee for any public purpose. |
| 44.
| | Urban Council to be the general authority for thoroughfares and communications. |
| 45.
| | Every General powers of Council with thoroughfares and open spaces. |
| 46.
| | Thoroughfares vested in Urban Council. |
| 47.
| | Prescription. |
| 48.
| | Language of notices, and how served. |
| 49.
| | Control of roads and paths in charge of minor local authority. |
| 50.
| | Power of Urban Council to construct new, and improve existing, thoroughfares. |
| 51.
| | Acquisition of lands required for diversions or enlargements. |
| 52.
| | Gifts of land required for diversion or enlargement of thoroughfares. |
| 53.
| | Power to dispose of discontinued street. |
| 54.
| | Power to take land adjoining new street for building diverting, widening, opening, enlarging , or purposes. |
| 55.
| | Other powers of an Urban Council. |
| 55A.
| | Naming of streets[ 4, Law 4 of 1975] |
| 56.
| | Roads for benefit of individual property owners. |
| 57.
| | Power to construct and maintain tramways. |
| 58.
| | Agreement with promoters for construction of tram ways. |
| 59.
| | Public vehicular communications. |
| 60.
| | Houses in a ruinous and dangerous state. |
| 61.
| | Failure to comply with notice. |
| 62.
| | Sale of materials of ruinous houses. |
| 63.
| | Proper officers powered to repair, &c; of through fare. |
| 64.
| | Power to take materials. |
| 65.
| | Power to erect buildings keep cattle &c. |
| 66.
| | Power to throw rubbish upon adjacent lands. |
| 67.
| | Power to make temporary road. |
| 68.
| | Power to cut trees. |
| 69.
| | Power to put up fences. |
| 70.
| | Power to make and keep open ditches, &c; and to lay trunks, &c. |
| 71.
| | Power to lay stones, &c.. |
| 72.
| | Notice of intended building along a thoroughfare. [ 6,48 of 1984] |
| 73.
| | Erection of temporary fences and inclosures [ 7,48 of 1984] |
| 74.
| | Building limits along roads. |
| 75.
| | Power of Minister to modify building limit. |
| 76.
| | Condition to be attached to all licences under section. |
| 77.
| | Power of Urban Council to deal with building, boundary wall or gateway erected or re-erected in contravention of Ordinance. |
| 78.
| | Principles of assessing compensation in respect of land developed by building. |
| 79.
| | Power of Urban Council to acquire adjacent land for owner of land within building limit. |
| 80.
| | Power to demand production of title deeds. [ 8,48 of 1984] |
| 81.
| | Demand of production of deed to include power of examination. [ 9,48 of 1984] |
| 82.
| | Power to make survey of premises. |
| 83.
| | Proof of right to apparent encroachment to rest upon the owner. |
| 84.
| | Removal of obstructions or encroachments. |
| 85.
| | Destroying milestone, bridge, &c. [ 10,48 of 1984] |
| 86.
| | Using new road for certain lime after making [ 11,48 of 1984] |
| 87.
| | Owner or occupier bound to have bridge, &c over drain leading to his house. |
| 88.
| | Allowing trees to grow in such a way as to injure thoroughfares [ 12,48 of 1984] |
| 89.
| | Damage to thoroughfare through clearing, draining, or opening up neighbouring land. |
| 90.
| | Offences. [ 13,48 of 1984] |
| 91.
| | Seizure of stray cattle. [ 14,48 of 1984] |
| 92.
| | Interference with cattle seizers or pig seizers [ 15,48 of 1984] |
| 93.
| | Power of Urban Council to authorize the user of public thoroughfares for special purposes. |
| 94.
| |
Section - 94 |
| 95.
| | Expenses caused by extraordinary traffic. |
| 96.
| | Powers conferred on officers in charge of public works by whom to be exercised. |
| 97.
| | Survey by proper officer lobe conclusive evidence. |
| 98.
| | Compensation for injury to properly by authorized officers. |
| 99.
| | Arbitration. |
| 100.
| | Officers and contractors leaving stones, thoroughfares by night. [ 16,48 of 1984] |
| 101.
| | Road officer or road contractor not liable to fine except in certain cases. |
| 102.
| | Police officers and grama seva niladharis to enforce provisions of this part. |
| 103.
| | Urban Council to be the public health authority. |
| 104.
| | Urban Council to make public drains. |
| 105.
| | Duty of Council to repair, alter, and discontinue drains |
| 106.
| | Penalty for making unauthorised drains into public drains. [ 17,48 of 1984] |
| 107.
| | Building over drains &c; not to be erected without consent of Urban Council. |
| 108.
| | General control of drains. |
| 109.
| | Obstruction of discharge of rain water and drainage [ 18,48 of 1984] |
| 110.
| | Duty of council as to latrine accommodation. |
| 111.
| | Council may order or cause additional latrines to be constructed. |
| 112.
| | Council may cause persons employing men to provide and maintain latrine or latrines, &c. |
| 113.
| | Neglecting to enclose private latrine. [ 19,48 of 1984] |
| 114.
| | General control of latrines. |
| 115.
| | Penalty for persons making or altering latrines, &c; contrary to the directions or by-laws of Urban Council [ 20,48 of 1984] |
| 116.
| | Inspection of latrines, &c. |
| 117.
| | Power of Urban Council to direct latrine or closure of cesspit. [ 21,48 of 1984] |
| 118.
| | Duty of Council as to conservancy and scavenging. |
| 119.
| | All refuse collection to be the properly of Council. |
| 120.
| | Places for disposal of refuse and keeping equipment. |
| 121.
| | Duty of council as to insanitary buildings. |
| 122.
| | Power of Council as to existing buildings. |
| 123.
| | Overcrowding of houses. [ 22,48 of 1984] |
| 124.
| | Power of Council to inspect and lime wash houses. |
| 125.
| | Houses or huts not to be built or roofed with cadjan without permission. |
| 126.
| | Inspection of nuisances. |
| 127.
| | Power to fill up unwholesome tanks on private Premises. |
| 127A.
| | Nuisance by child. [ 23,48 of 1984] |
| 127B.
| | Public bathing places. [ 23,48 of 1984] |
| 127C.
| | Pollution of streams which flow into reservoirs or waterworks.[ 23,48 of 1984] |
| 127D.
| | Pollution caused by Factories. [ 23,48 of 1984] |
| 127E.
| | Power of chairman of an Urban Council in regard to trees or branches, trunks or fruits of trees endangering the safety of person property. [ 23,48 of 1984] |
| 128.
| | Licensing of slaughterhouses.[ 14,61 of 1981] |
| 128A.
| | Closure order by Magistrate.[ 15,61 of 1981] |
| 129.
| | Power of Urban Council to establish and maintain public utility services. |
| 130.
| | Manner of defraying expenses of public utility services. |
| 131.
| | Supply to premises in adjacent areas. |
| 132.
| | General powers of Council. |
| 133.
| | Ratepayer entitled to free water supply from public stand-pipes for domestic purposes. |
| 134.
| | Meaning of domestic purposes. |
| 135.
| | Contract for private service. |
| 136.
| | Duty of Council as to markets. |
| 137.
| | Licensing of new private markets. |
| 138.
| | Licensing of existing private markets. |
| 139.
| | Licence to be annual and subject to stamp duty. |
| 140.
| | New private markets to conforms to prescribed standards. |
| 141.
| | Cleaning and avenging of markets. |
| 142.
| | New private markets to acquire no vested interests. |
| 143.
| | Power of Chairman to refuse new license. |
| 144.
| | Refusal of licences to existing private markets. |
| 145.
| | Special provisions with regard to markets established over thirty years. |
| 146.
| | Power to license market provisionally. |
| 147.
| | Compensation for discontinuance of private market. |
| 148.
| | Vesting of village markets in urban council. |
| 149.
| | Transfer of markets. |
| 150.
| | Power to suspend licence of private markets. |
| 151.
| | Penalty for keeping unauthorized market. [ 24,48 of 1984] |
| 152.
| | Market areas. |
| 153.
| | Power of Council to make by-laws.[ 16,61 of 1981] |
| 153A.
| | Power to compound offences.[ 17,61 of 1981] |
| 154.
| | Approval and publication of by-laws. |
| 155.
| | Supply of copies of by-laws. |
| 156.
| | By-laws to be subject to disallowance amendment. |
| 157.
| | Subjects of by-laws.[3, 5 of 1983] |
| 158.
| | Local fund and its constituents. |
| 159.
| | Application of local fund-[ 18,61 of 1981][ 25,48 of 1984][ 67, 39 of 1986][ 4,18 of 1987] [11, 21 of 2012] |
| 159A.
| | Ex gratia payment of pension, annuity, gratuity or retiring allowance. [2,7 of 1959] |
| 159B.
| | Power to establish gratuity scheme. [2,7 of 1959] |
| 160.
| | Power to impose and levy rates.[ 3,10 of 1981] |
| 161.
| | Exemption from rates. |
| 162.
| | Power of Council to impose taxes and licence duties. |
| 163.
| | Vehicles and animals tax. [13,42 of 1979] |
| 164.
| | Licence duty. |
| 165.
| | By-laws relating to taxes. |
| 165A.
| | Tax on certain trades. [ 15, 42 of 1979] |
| 165AA.
| | Determination of duty or tax where several trades are carried on. [9,20 of 1985] |
| 165B.
| | Tax on businesses and professions[ 15, 42 of 1979] [10,20 of 1985] |
| 165C.
| | Tax on undeveloped land. [ 15, 42 of 1979] [11,20 of 1985] |
| 165D.
| | Tax on certain sales of land, 19791] [ 71, 39 of 1986] |
| 166.
| | Assessment of rates and taxes. |
| 167.
| | Power of Chairman to require returns. |
| 168.
| | Power of Chairman to summon persons before him. |
| 169.
| | Chairman's Powers of inspection. |
| 170.
| | Recovery of rates and taxes. |
| 170A.
| | Recovery of payments due to the Urban Council. [ 28, 48 of 1971] |
| 171.
| | Waiver of sums due to the Council. |
| 172.
| | Assessment, &c; not to be impeached for want of form. |
| 173.
| | Power of Urban Council to borrow on the security of raise and taxes. |
| 174.
| | Limitation of borrowing powers. |
| 174A.
| | When Chairman may exercise powers of Council relating to raising of loans. [ 131, Law 24 of 1977] |
| 175.
| | Form of security, &c. |
| 176.
| | Books of accounts to be kept by council. |
| 177.
| | Preparation and publication of annual accounts. |
| 178.
| | Budget. |
| 178A.
| | Chairman's Powers with regard to budget [ 132, Law 24 of 1977] [12, 21 of 2012] |
| 178B.
| | "Transitional provision.[ 2, 35 of 2014] |
| 179.
| | Variation of expenditure proposed in budget [ 133, Law 24 of 1977] |
| 180.
| | Annual administration report. |
| 181.
| | Audit. |
| 182.
| | Recovery of surcharges. |
| 183.
| | Appeal and enforcement of surcharges, &c. |
| 184.
| | Removal of Chairman and dissolution of Urban Council.[ 134,24 of 1977] [13, 21 of 2012] |
| 184A.
| | Secretary to exercise powers of council, Chairman and vice chairman in certain cases.[ 14, 48 of 1983] |
| 185.
| | Inquiries. |
| 186.
| | Cost of inquiries and proceedings. |
| 187.
| | Power to make inquiry as to default in duty by urban Councils. |
| 188.
| | Power to give and enforce order requiring council to do necessary work. |
| 189.
| | Power to direct loan to be raised. |
| 190.
| | Power to certify expenses. |
| 191.
| | Power of Local Loans Commissioners to advance loan. |
| 192.
| | Recovery of principal and interest from the Council. |
| 193.
| | Power to make general rules of procedure. |
| 194.
| | Approval of rules. |
| 195.
| | Power to make recommendations as to policy. |
| 196.
| | Power to inspect hooks, &c; of Urban Councils. |
| 197.
| | Power of Commissioner and authorized officers. |
| 198.
| | Annual report of commissioner on affairs of each urban Council. |
| 199.
| | Annual budgets to Commissioner. |
| 200.
| | Power to exercise control over budget of Urban Council. |
| 201.
| | Annual report. |
| 202.
| | Determination of disputes. |
| 203.
| | Power to extend time, &c. |
| 204.
| | Delegation of powers to Commissioner. |
| 205.
| | Power of Urban Council on default made by owner or occupier to execute works and recover expenses. |
| 206.
| | Power to levy charges on occupier, who same from his rent. |
| 207.
| | Occupiers not to be liable to more than the amount of rent due. |
| 208.
| | Occupier in default of owner may excuse works and deduct expenses from rent. |
| 209.
| | Obstruction by occupiers.[ 30,48 of 1984] |
| 209A.
| | Payment of incentives.[ 19,61 of 1981] |
| 210.
| | Remedy if neither the owner nor occupier pays expenses. |
| 211.
| | Determination of recovery of damages costs, &c. |
| 212.
| | Recovery of damages, &c;. |
| 213.
| | Recovery of expenses on account of improvement to private property. |
| 214.
| | Council may make compensation out of local fund. |
| 215.
| | Determination and payment of compensation. |
| 216.
| | Service of nobles. |
| 217.
| | Notices may be given or received by secretary or any other officer authorized thereunto. |
| 218.
| | Offences to be tried by Magistrate. |
| 219.
| | Limitation of prosecutions. [ 31,48 of 1984] |
| 220.
| | No action to be instituted against Council until after one month's notice, nor after six cause of action. |
| 221.
| | Protection of council and Its officers. |
| 222.
| | Relief against formalities. |
| 223.
| | Delegation of powers of Chairman to officers of Council. |
| 224.
| | Power of Council to grant general authorities to its officers. |
| 225.
| | Punishment for obstructing officers of Council. [ 32,48 of 1984] |
| 226.
| | Penalty for misuse of power by officers of Council. [ 33,48 of 1984] |
| 227.
| | Officers and servants of Council not to be interested in contracts. |
| 228.
| | Officers and servants of Urban Council to be public servants. |
| 229.
| | Repealed by [ 35,48 of 1984] |
| 230.
| | Repeal. |
| 231.
| | Construction and application laws. |
| 232.
| | No further roads to be constructed under Branch Roads Ordinance or Estate Roads Ordinance. |
| 233.
| | Adaptation of Branch Roads Ordinance and Estate Roads Ordinance. |
| 234.
| | On imposition of new taxation, contributions under Estate and Branch Roads Ordinances to cease. |
| 235.
| | Consequences of imposition of new tax in areas under operation of Village Councils Ordinance. |
| 236.
| | Urban Councils to be local authorities. |
| 237.
| | Ordinance Saving for existing securities and discharge of debts. |
| 238.
| | Proclamations, orders, rules, notifications continued in force. |
| 239.
| | Saving for pending actions, contracts &c. |
| 240.
| | Officers and servants. |
| 241.
| | Adjustment of salaries, &c;. |
| 242.
| | Power of authorized Urban Council to apply retrospectively by-laws for the grant of pensions, &c; to dependants of deceased officers or servants. |
| 243.
| | Abolition of offices. |
| 244.
| | Rates and assessments. |
| 245.
| | Equitable adjustment of property, debts, &c, on transfer. |
| 247.
| | Adjustment of questions not provided for. |
| 248.
| | Power to exclude application of specified provisions of Ordinance within specified limits. |
| 249.
| | Interpretation. [14, 21 of 2012] |
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