Section 324 · Premises not to be used for certain purposes without licence

(1) No person shall use or permit to be used any premises for any of the following purposes without or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence issued by the Commissioner in this behalf, namely :- (a) any of the purposes specified in Part-I of the Schedule I; (b) any purpose which is, in the opinion of the Commissioner dangerous to life, health or property or is likely to create a nuisance; (c) keeping horses, cattle or other quadruped animals or birds for transportation, sale or hire or for sale of the produce thereof; or (d) storing any of the articles specified in Part II of the Schedule- I except for domestic use of those articles: Provided that the Corporation may declare that premises in which the aggregate quantity of article stored for sale does not exceed such quantity as may be prescribed by bye-laws in respect of any such articles shall be exempted from the operation of clause (d). (2) In prescribing the terms of a licence granted under this section for the use of premises as mills or iron yards or for similar purposes, the Commissioner may, when he thinks fit, require the licensee to provide a space or passage within the premises for carts for loading and unloading purposes. (3) The Corporation shall fix a scale of fees to be paid in respect of premises licenced under sub-section (1): Provided that no such fee shall exceed five hundred rupees. [324-A. Registration of cattle and maintenance of their record .- (1) Head of every family shall be responsible to give or cause to be given, either orally or in writing, the details of cattle owned by his family to the Corporation within a period of one month from the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011, and thereafter, every time as and when any change in the number of cattle takes place by any reason. (2) On receipt of the details of cattle under sub-section (1), the Corporation shall register cattle and shall maintain records thereof in such manner as may be notified by the Corporation: 1. Section 324-A inserted vide H.P. Act No. 32 of 2011, effective from 20th February, 2012. Provided that the Corporation may charge registration fee at such rate as may be fixed by it. (3) It shall be the duty of the Corporation to assist the officials or persons engaged by Animal Husbandry Department for applying appropriate identification mark on each cattle and to maintain the record of identification. (4) If any cattle with identification mark is found stray, the owner of the cattle shall be identified by the Corporation from the record maintained by it and such owner shall be liable for penalty of rupees five hundred for the first offence which shall be imposed by the Commissioner or the Officer authorized by him in this behalf. (5) If the Corporation fails in identifying such stray cattle due to tempering with identification mark or mutilation thereof, it shall report the matter to the In-charge of the nearest Animal Husbandry Department who shall lodge the stray cattle to the nearest Goshala.]