(1) In every Grama Panchayat, Municipality and Corporation Traffic Regulatory Committees shall be constituted as may be prescribed, for regulating matters in respect of traffic.

(2) The concerned head of the Local Government institution shall be the Chairman of the Traffic Regulatory Committee and the nominees of the District Magistrate, the District Police Chief, the Regional Transport Officer and the Executive Engineer of Public Works Department shall be the members of the said Committee.

(3) The Traffic Regulatory Committee shall issue orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) and the Kerala Road Safety Act, 2007 (Act 8 of 2007) and the rules made thereunder, for preventing danger, obstruction and inconvenience caused to the general public in respect of traffic in the following matters Such orders issued shall be complied with by the Government Departments concerned, the officers and the general public, namely:-

(a) Regulate the manner and time of traffic of all kinds in public places,

(b) Regulate the gateways, festoons, banners, hoardings, signs, representations, illuminated displays, construction activity, trade, welding, environment pollution, nuisance by noise, blasting of rocks, mining, bursting of crackers, flying of kites and fireworks etc, seen in any property in the manner having the possibility of distracting attention of the public road users or causing danger to them,

(c) Regulate the manner and mode of conveyance of timber, poles, ladders, iron girders, beams, iron bars, boilers, hay, soil and articles difficult in handling, etc along the streets,

(d) Regulate the carrying of any explosive substances or hazardous chemicals along public places which may cause danger to road users,

(e) Close certain streets or instruct that no one shall enter in certain places under circumstances that there is reasonable apprehension of danger from buildings which are on the verge of collapse of due to other reasons,

(f) Regulate the manner and means of entry from streets and public places to private buildings and places situated on the road side,

(g) Fix the manner in which the members of the general public may voluntarily assist in traffic management without causing any financial liability in that respect to the State or the Police Department.

(4) Subject to the approval of the Traffic Regulatory Committee, the District Police Chief may issue orders on the above matters and such orders shall be submitted before the concerned Traffic Regularity Committee within seven days.

(5) The orders submitted in such manner shall be considered by the Traffic Regulatory Committee and appropriate decision shall be take thereon,

Provided that the orders issued by the District Police Chief shall remain in force until a decision in taken by the Traffic Regulatory Committee.

(6) A District Level Traffic Regulatory Committee shall be constituted, in the manner prescribed by the Government, for coordinating the activities of the Traffic Regulatory Committees in a DIstrict and to establish traffic regulations for the district as a whole in the above matters.