State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

407. Levy of stallages, rents and fees in municipal markets and slaughter-houses.— The Commissioner may— (a) charge for the occupation or use of any stall, shop, standing, shed or pen in a municipal-market or slaughter-house, and for the right to expose goods for sale in a municipal market, and for weighing and measuring goods sold in any such market and for the right to slaughter animals in any municipal slaughter-house such stallages, rents and fees as shall from time to time be fixed by him, with the approval of 5[the Standing Committee,] in this behalf; or (b) with the approval of 6[the Standing Committee,] from the stallages, rents and fees leviable as aforesaid or any portion thereof, for any period not exceeding one year at a time; or (c) put up to public auction, or, with the approval of 7[the Standing Committee,] dispose of, by private sale, the privilege of occupying or using any stall, shop, standing, shed or pen, in a municipal market or slaughter-house for such term and on such conditions as he shall think fit.