(1)Subject to such maximum rates as the State Government may prescribe, a Gram Panchayat may levy the following fees, rates and tolls namely :-(i)fees on the registration of vehicles ;(ii)a fee for providing sanitary arrangements at such places of worship or pilgrimage, fairs and melas within its jurisdiction as may be specified by the State Government by notification published in the manner prescribed ;(iii)a water rate, where arrangement for the supply of water for drinking, irrigation or any other purpose is made by the Gram Panchayat within its jurisdiction ;(iv)a lighting rate, where arrangement for lighting of public streets and places is made by the Gram Panchayat within its jurisdiction ;(v)a conservancy rate, where arrangement for cleaning private latrines, urinals and cesspools is made by the Gram Panchayat within its jurisdiction ;(vi)fees on licence for running trade, wholesale or retail, within the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat unless such licence or such trade is prohibited under any law for the time being in force ;(vii)tolls on persons, vehicles or animals or any class of them at any toll bar which is established by the Gram Panchayat on any roads or bridge vested in or under the management of the Gram Panchayat ; and(viii)tolls in respect of any ferry established by or under the management of the Gram Panchayat.(2)The Gram Panchayat shall not undertake registration of vehicles or levy fees thereof and shall not provide sanitary arrangement at places of worship or pilgrimage, fairs and melas within its jurisdiction or levy fees therefor if such vehicle has already been registered by any other authority under any law for the time being in force or if such provision for sanitary arrangement has already been made by any other local authority or by the State Government.
