The Manipur Municipalities Act

Service of notice

Reasonable time for act to be fixed

Service of notice on owner or occupier of land

Procedure when owners or occupiers are required by Nagar Panchayat or the Council to execute works

Person required to execute any work may prefer objection to the municipality

Procedure if person objecting alleges that work will cost more than three thousand rupees

Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson to make order after hearing objection

Power of municipality on failure of persons to execute works

Power to apportion expenses among owners and occupiers

Apportionment among owners and occupiers

Occupiers may recover cost of works executed at their expenses from owners

Power to enter upon, possession of houses so repaired

Sale of materials of houses pulled down

Cognizance

Offences under the Act compoundable

Power and duties of police in respect of offences

Appeals from order refusing licences

Appeals from orders in other cases

Appeal not to be dismissed without giving reasonable opportunity

Dispute as to compensation payable by municipality

Indemnity

Bar of suits in absence of notice


PROCEDURE


(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act a Court shall take cognizance
of any offence under this Act or under any rules or bye-laws made thereunder except on the complaint of
the municipality or some person authorised by the municipality by general or special order in this behalf.

(2) No Court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any of the offences specified in
sub-section (1).

LAWGIST

# 193 Cognizance