THE PAURASHAVA ORDINANCE, 1977, PART IV, CHAPTER XI

( Ordinance NO. XXVI Of 1977 )

[ 27th June, 1977 ]

স্থানীয় সরকার (পৌরসভা) অাইন, ২০০৯ (২০০৯ সনের ৫৮ নং অাইন) দ্বারা রহিত করা হইয়াছে।

PART IV

FUNCTIONS IN DETAIL

CHAPTER XI

SOCIAL WELFARE

Social welfare126. A Paurashava may, and if so required by the Prescribed Authority shall,-

(a) establish, manage and maintain welfare homes, asylums, orphanages, widow homes and other institutions for the relief of the distressed;

(b) provide for the burial and burning of paupers found dead within the municipality at its own expense;

(c) adopt such measures as may be prescribed for the prevention of beggary, prostitution, gambling, taking of injurious drugs and consumption of alcoholic liquor, juvenile delinquency and other social evils;

(d) organise social service volunteers;

(e) adopt such measures as may be prescribed for the promotion of the welfare of backward classes, families of the persons serving in the Armed Forces, and women and children; and

(f) adopt any other measures likely to promote social welfare.