THE KERALA MUNICIPALITY ACT, 1994* - nrcddp

44 [(3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2) the Secretary shall,—(a) Send the application to the Municipal Health Officer where the Municipality has appointed aMunicipal Health Officer, and in other cases, to the District Medical Officer of the Health Departmenthaving jurisdiction over the area and to the concerned District Collector for their opinion on the application;and.(b) publish a public notice inviting objections and suggestions, if any regarding the application.)(4) The Municipality, 45 [after considering the views of the officers under sub-section (3) and all otherobjections and directions received before the date specified in the notice], may-fa) grant or refuse togrant a licence; or(b) postpone the grant of a licence, until objections to the site have been removed or anyparticulars called for by it having been furnished.485. Provision of burial and burning grounds and crematoria within or without Municipalarea.— 46 [(1) Every Municipality shall, where there is no necessary land or arrangement to be used asburial or burning grounds or crematoria, arrange land to be used as burial or burning grounds orcrematoria within or outside the limits of the Municipal area, by meeting the expense from the Municipalfund, in accordance with the provisions of Section 484 and may charge rent and fees for the use thereof:Provided that in providing burial or burning grounds or crematoria outside the limits of theMunicipal area, the opinion of the District Medical Officer also shall be sought and the prior permissionof the Local Self Government Institution, within the area of which it is intended to be provided, shall beobtained.](2) The Municipality may farm out the collection of such rents and fees for any periodnot exceeding three years at a time and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit.(3) Where the Municipality provides any such place without the limits of its municipalarea, all the provisions of this Act and all bye-laws framed thereunder for the management ofsuch places within the municipal area shall apply to such place.47 [485A. Burial and burning grounds to be at distant places from residential buildings.—No Municipality shall grant a licence under Section 484 for using any place as crematoria for burial orburning of dead bodies within a distance of fifty metres from residential buildings or utilise for suchpurposes under Section 485:Provided that in the case of a concrete vault such distance shall not be less than twenty-fivemetres.]486. Register of registered, licensed and provided places and prohibition of useof other places.— (1) A register shall be kept at the office of the Municipality in which theplaces registered, licensed, or provided under sections 483, 484 and 485 and all such placesregistered, licensed or provided before the commencement of this Act shall be recorded, and theplans of such places shall be filed in such office.(2) A notice that such place has been registered, licensed or provided as aforesaid shallbe affixed in English and in the language of the locality to some conspicuous places at or nearthe entrance to the burial ground or other place as aforesaid.(3) No person shall bury, burn or otherwise dispose of any corpses except in a placewhich has been registered, licensed or provided as aforesaid:44.Sub-section (3) substituted by Act 14 of 1999,w.e.f 24-3-1999.45.Substitued for the words by Act 14 of 1999,w.e.f 24-3-1999.46.Subsection(1) substituted by Act 14 of 1999 w.e.f 24-3-199947. Section 485A inserted by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f 24-3-1999