THE KERALA MUNICIPALITY ACT, 1994* - nrcddp

(2) The Government or the officer authorised by them in this behalf shall be the appointingauthority in respect of all other posts whether they are included in the Municipal Common Service ornot].225. The Health Officer, the Engineer, the Electrical Engineer etc.— (1) TheGovernment may, after consulting a Municipality, sanction a post of Health Officer and a post of MunicipalEngineer for that Municipality.(2) The Government may, after consulting a Municipality, which has undertaken thegeneration, transmission or supply of electrical energy, sanction a post of Municipal ElectricalEngineer for that Municipality.(3) The Government may sanction the post of ^[Deputy Secretary,] Finance Manager,Accounts Officer, Revenue Officer and such other posts in a Municipal Corporation andgiving due regard to the necessity and financial soundness of a Municipality may also sanctionsimilar posts in a Town Panchayat and a Municipal Council.(4) The Finance Manager shall, in addition to his duty as such, function as the advisorand Secretary to the Standing Committee for Taxation, Finance and Accounts of the Municipalityconcerned.45 [226. Control of Chairperson over health Officer.— (1) Notwithstanding anything containedin Travancore-Cochin Public Health Act, 1955 (XIV of 1955) or Madras Public Health Act, 1939 (MadrasAct HI of 1939) the functions vested in the Secretary under this Act relating to public health matters andwhich are conferred upon the Health Officer by Section 14 of the Travancore-Cochin Public Health Act,1955 (XIV of 1955), or Section 16 of the Madras Public Health Act, 1939 (Madras Act III of 1939), exceptthe functions involving expenditure from the Municipal fund, shall be exercised by the health officersubject to the control and supervision of the Chairperson.(2) Where there is no Health Officer in any Municipality the Senior Medical Officer of hospital, or publichealth centres or dispensaries under the control of thai Municipality, shall be the health officer ex-officioof the Municipality]227. Special Provisions regarding Government servants lent to Municipality.—46 [(1) Subject to the terms and conditions as prescribed, the Government may transfer their officers andemployees to the service of the Municipalities for the implementation of schemes, projects and plansentrusted or vested in the Municipality under this Act.(1 A) The Government officers and employees transferred to a Municipality under sub- section (1) shallperform, in addition to their normal functions, any other connected functions assigned to them by theMunicipality as if they are officers and employees of the Municipality.(1B) The officers and employees so transferred shall be under the control and supervision of theMunicipality, and the terms and conditions in regard to their services including disciplinary actions, shallcontinue to be the same as that applicable to them under the Government subject to the other provisions ofthis Act.(1C) The salary of the Government employees transferred to the Municipality shall be paid bythe Government, until the Government decide that it shall be paid from the Municipal Fund.]44A. Section 224 substituted by Act 8 of 1995,w.e.f 5-8-199944B.Substituted for the words by Act 8 of 1995,w.e.f 5-8-199945. Section 226 substituted by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f. 24-3-1999.46. Sub-section (1) substituted by sub-sections (1) to (Ic) by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f. 24-3-1999.