According to the Section 51 of the Local Government Act 1989, the Municipal Council has the following duties:

The Municipal Council shall within the limits of the area under its jurisdiction be responsible for

(1) Subject to this section, a municipal or district council shall within the limits of the area under its jurisdiction be responsible for -

(a) subject to the Roads Act -

(i) the cleansing and lighting of all motorways and main roads;

(ii) the construction, care, maintenance, improvement, cleansing and lighting of all public roads;


(b) the collection and removal to approved disposal sites of household, industrial, commercial and agricultural waste and of such other waste as the Minister may direct to be collected and removed;


(c) the undertaking of works of afforestation, terracing and tree planting alongside public roads, and for the purposes of such planting, cut and remove any tree growing within 7 feet of any public road unless the owner of the land bordering such road elects to cut and remove the tree himself within such time as should be fixed by the local authority;

(d) the provision and regulation of public markets, fairs and placed of public auction;


(e) the control, care, management, maintenance, improvement and cleansing of all pavements, drains, bridges, beds and banks of lakes, rivulets and streams;


(f) the construction, care, management, maintenance, improvement, cleansing and lighting of squares, open spaces,parks, gardens, bus shelters, public buildingds including lavatories, baths and swimming pools, open and dedicated to the use of, or by the public, not being the property of the Crown;


(g) the construction, management, maintenance and improvement of public libraries, exhibition halls and art galleries, theatres, places of public entertainment, playing fields, cemeteries and cremation grounds, nurseries for infants, pre-primary schools;


(h) the organization and management of technical and commercial courses and the award of scholarships for educational, technical and commercial courses as approved by the Minister;


(i) the control of premises used for commercial, industrial, professional and other related activities;


(j) the construction of residential buildings, the management, maintenance and improvement of housing estates belonging to the local authorities;


(k) the provision and maintenance of parking places for private cars;


(l) the control of pollution causing a public and private nuisance;


(m) the control of hawkers;


(n) the organization of welfare, sports and cultural activities;


(o) the provision and maintenance of traffic centers, including bus stations, lorry stands and stands of other public vehicles;


(p) any undertaking approved by the Minister.

(2) In the exercise of its functions under section (1), a local authority may close or divert, temporarily or permanently, and alter, widen, raise or lower, any public roads and carry out all necessary works in the area including the planting and felling of trees or shrubs and the digging of wells and conduits.

 

(3) Where any closure or diversion under this section is likely to be permanent, or where any widening requires the demolition of buildings of a greater value than what may be prescribed, the resolution whereby such closure or diversion or widening is decided shall be subject to the approval of the Minister, and no work shall be undertaken until notification of it has been published in 2 consecutive issues of the Gazette, and notice of the resolution has been sent to all persons whose premises may be injuriously affected by such work, by registered post at the residence or at the last known place of residence of such persons.

 

(4) The traffic on any public road may be temporarily stopped and controlled by order of the Commissioner of Police.

(5) In relation to any of the matters referred to in subsection (1), the Minister may intervene to cause to be carried by another party any of the duties conferred on a Local Authority.

 

 

 

 

 
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