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18. Duties and Functions.

(a) framing programmes of production for the villages;
(b) framing budget of requirements for supplies and finance needed for carrying out the programmes;
(c) reclamation of waste land and bringing waste land under cultivation;
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(g) upkeep, protection and supervision of any buildings or other property which may belong to the Gaon Sabha or which may be transferred to it for management;
(h) registering births, deaths and marriages;
(i) removal of encroachments on public streets, public places and property vested in the Gaon Sabha;
(j) regulating places for the disposal of the dead bodies of human beings and animals and of other offensive matter;
(k) regulations of melas, markets and huts within its area, except those managed by the Government.
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(m) establishment, management and care of common grazing grounds, and land for the common benefit of the persons residing within its jurisdiction;
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(p) assisting the development of agriculture, commerce and industry;
(q) rendering assistance in extinguishing fire and protecting life and property when fire occurs;
(r) the administration of [justice] to the extent permitted in this Act and the election of the panches on the panel of the Circle Panchayat according to the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder;
(s) the maintenance of such records relating to cattle census, population census and other statistics may be prescribed;
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(u) allotment of places for storing manure;
(v) fulfilling any other obligation imposed by any other law on a Gaon Sabha.