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Member not be deemed intrested in prosecution. No judge or magistrate shall be deemed to be a party to, or personally intrested in, any prosecution for an offence punishable under this Act or any rule or by-law, or under any other law, within the meaning of section 556 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, by reason only that he is member of the committee by the order, or under authority of which it has been instituted. CHAPTER XII Control 1 [231. Control by Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. (1) The ~[-] Deputy Commissioner [-]3 or any official not below the rank of Extra Assistant Commissioner authorized in writing by "[him] or any person empowered by the State Government in this behalf by a general or special order, may - (a) enter on, inspect and survey, or cause to be entered on, inspected and surveyed, any immovable property occupied by any committee or joint committee, or any work in progress under its direction; (b) by order in writing addressed to the secretary call for and inspect or cause to be inspected any book or document in the possession or under the control of any committee or joint committee and the member or servant of the committee in possession of such book or document shall immediately place such book or document at the disposal of the secretary, who shall immediately comply with such order and shall immediately inform the President of the requisition. He shall also bring the matter to the notice of the committee at its meeting next following; (c) by order in writing addressed to the secretary require any such committee or joint committee to furnish within a special period such statements, accounts, reports and copies of documents relating to the proceedings or duties of the committees as he may think fit to call for; (d) inquire generally into the affairs of a committee or joint committee with a view to ascertaining whether a municipality is being satisfactorily administered, and for the purposes of such inquiry make use of any property of the committee, and of the powers mentioned in clauses (a), (b) and (c), and the members, officers, and servants of the committee shall tender such assistance in the enquiry as may be deemed necessary. Explanation. Any person so empowered shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. (2) The words "Commissioner or the" omitted by Punjab Act 34 of 1953 Schedule II. [-] Deputy Commissioner may record in writing for the consideration of any such committee or joint committee any observations that he may think proper in regard to the proceedings or duties of the committee. 1. Substituted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933, Section 88 2. The words "Commissioner or the," omitted by Punjab Act 34 of 1953, Schedule III. 3. The words "within their respective charges" omitted by ibid 4. Substituted by Punjab Act 34 of 1953, for the words "the Commissioner in the case of municipalities of the first class or the Deputy Commissioner in the case of municipalities of the second class." The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 232 (3) Every committee shall submit such periodical reports to the Deputy Commissioner or other authority as the [State] Government may direct. 1 [232. Powers to suspend any resolution or order of committee. The -[Deputy Commissioner] may, by order in writing, suspend the execution of any resolution or order of a committee, or joint committee or prohibit the doing of any act which is about to be done, or is being done in pursuance of or under cover of this act, or in pursuance of any sanction or permission granted by the committee in the exercise of its powers under the Act, if, in his opinion the resolution, order or act is in excess of the powers conferred by law or contrary to the interests of the public or likely, to cause waste or damage of municipal funds or property, or the execution of the resolution or order, or the doing of the act, is likely to lead to a breach of the peace, to encourage lawlessness or to cause injury or annoyance to the public or to any class or body of person.] de