(1)The Chief Officer of a Municipality, when so authorised by the Municipality in this behalf, may provide and maintain in the Municipal area of the Municipality, municipal markets, slaughter houses or stockyards in such buildings conveniences for the use of persons carrying on trade or business in, or frequenting such markets or slaughter houses and may provide and maintain in any such markets, buildings and places, machines, weights, scales and measures for he weighment or measurement of goods sold therein.
