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BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2002 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2002 ORDINANCE XII OF 2002 An Ordinance further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Ordinance, 2002 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 5th August, 2002] No Legis: 1-122/Law/2001-VII, dated 5-8-2002.--The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 2nd August, 2002, is hereby published for general information: 9. Addition of new section 67-A in Ordinance XVIII of 2001.---In the said Ordinance, after s6ction 67, the following new section shall be added:-- "67-A. Functions and powers of the Town Council.-- The functions and powers of the Town Council shall be to: (a) approve taxes, cesses, rates, fees, user-charges, tolls, levies fines and penalties proposed by Town Municipal Administration specified in Part-IV of the Second Schedule; (b) approve annual budget and appropriation for the Town Municipal Administration; (c) approve long and short term development plans; (d) approve posts of personal staff for the office of Town Nazim and the terms and conditions of their service; provided that, no staff of advisor, special assistant, press or political secretary to the Town Nazim shall be sanctioned or approved; (e) elect monitoring committees of the Town Council to monitor the working of the Town Municipal Administration and the provision, of municipal services; (f) ensure that monitoring committees perform their functions in a non-intrusive manner without interfering in the day to day working of the relevant offices of the Town Municipal Administration and do not assume a command and control role; (g) review the reports of the monitoring committees and make appropriate recommendations to the Town Nazim; (h) elect Ethics Committee which shall be responsible for enforcing the code of conduct for regulating the conduct of the members of the Town Council. (i) elect an Insaaf Committee for interacting with the Insaaf Committee of the Zila Council; (j) elect Town Accounts Committee to review the audit reports of the accounts of Town Municipal Administration; (k) review the performance of Town Municipal Administration presented by the Town Nazim; (l) recommend by resolution to City District Government to undertake measures for improving delivery of municipal service to the Town; (m) approve bye-laws for delivery of municipal service; (n) approve land use, zoning and Master Plan of the Town development and maintenance programmes or projects proposed by the Town Municipal Administration; and (o) require by resolution, the Town Municipal Administration to undertake measures for improvement in the delivery of municipal services."