Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965

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    "slug": "andhra-pradesh-municipalities-act-1965",
    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965",
    "act_number": "(Andhra Pradesh Act No. 6 of 1965)",
    "act_year": 1965,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Object and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - (Act No. 6 of 2012).\n(i) To provide a statutory backing to the Andhra Pradesh State Level Property Tax Board;\n(ii) The Chairperson of the Board shall be a person who has held the office of the Judge of High Court; and\n(iii) The Board may be entrusted with the function of suggesting criteria for exempting buildings and lands from payment of property tax.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - (Act No. 16 of 2009).\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - (Act No. 13 of 2000).",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Andhra Area\" means the area in the State of Andhra Pradesh other than Telangana area;\n(2) \"appointment\" , \"appoint\" , includes temporary appointment and officiating appointment or to appoint temporarily or in an officiating capacity;\n(2-a) \"Backward Classes\" means any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens recognised by the Government for purposes of Clause (4) of Article 15 of the Constitution of India.\n(3) \"building\" means any structure constructed of any materials for any purpose, and includes a house, out-house, shop, stable, latrine, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall not exceeding two metres in height), or any part of such building;\n(4) \"building line\" means a line which is in rear of the street alignment and to which the main wall of a building abutting on a street may lawfully extend;\n(5) \"carriage\" means any wheeled vehicle with springs or other appliances acting as springs and includes any kind of bicycle, tricycle, rickshaw and palanquin but does not include any motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939; (Central Act 4 of 1939).\n(6) \"cart\" includes any wheeled vehicle which is not a carriage but does not include any motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939; (Central Act 4 of 1939).\n(7) \"casual vacancy\" means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time and casual election' means an election held to fill a casual vacancy:\n(7-a) \"ceiling limit\" means the ceiling limit as specified in Section 4 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976.\n(8) 'Chairperson' means the Chairperson of the Council;\n(8-a) \"Commissioner\" means the person appointed as Commissioner under Sub-section (1) of Section 29\n(9) \"Company\" means a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1956), and includes any foreign company within the meaning of Section 591 of that Act:\n(10) \"conservancy worker\" means a person employed in collecting or removing filth, in cleaning drains or slaughter houses or in driving cars used for the removal of filth;\n(11) \"Council\" means a municipal council constituted under this Act;\n(12) \"election authority\" means such officer or authority as may be appointed by the State Election Commission to exercise such powers and to perform such functions in connection with the conduct of elections to the Municipalities;\n(13) ............\n(14) \"factory\" means any premises including the precincts thereof,--\n(i) Where in any industrial or manufacturing process is carried on with the aid of steam, water, oil, gas, electrical or any other form of power which is mechanically transmitted and is not generated by human or animal agency; or\n(ii) Whereon twenty or more workers are working or were working and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of power or is ordinarily so carried on; but does not include a mine subject to the operation of the Mines Act, 1952 (Central Act 35 of 1952) or a railway running shed;\n(15) \"filth\" means--\n(a) night soil and other contents of latrines, cess-pools and drains;\n(b) dung and the refuses or useless or offensive material thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and\n(c) putrid and putrefying substances;\n(15-a) \"Finance Commission\" means the Finance Commission constituted by the Governor under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India;\n(16) \"government\" means the State Government.\n(17) \"house\" means a building or hut fit for human occupation, whether as a residence or otherwise, having a separate principal entrance from the common way, and includes any shop, workshop or warehouse or any building used for garaging or parking buses or as a bus-stand;\n(18) \"hut\" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, mud, leaves, grass or thatch and includes any temporary structure of whatever size or any small building of whatever material made, which the council may declare to be a hut for the purposes of this Act;\n(19) \"latrine\" includes privy, water-closet and urinal;\n(20) \"local area\" includes any town, village, hamlet, bazar, station or other area or any group of the same in the immediate neighbourhood of one another but does not include a cantonment governed by the Cantonments Act, 1924; (Central Act 2 of 1924).\n(21) \"municipal officer\" means the principal office of any council;\n(22) \"municipality\" means a municipality of such grade as may be declared by the Government, from time to time, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette on the basis of its income and such other criteria as may be prescribed;\n(22-a) \"Nagar Panchayat\" means a body deemed to have been constituted under Section 2-A, for a transitional area specified by the Governor under clause (42-a);\n(23) \"nuisance\" includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or disturbance to rest or sleep or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or property of the public or the people in general who dwell or occupy in the vicinity or persons who may have occasion to use any public right;\n(24) \"occupier\" includes--\n(a) any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building or part of the same in respect of which the word is used;\n(b) a rent-free occupant;\n(25) \"ordinary vacancy\" means a vacancy occurring by efflux of time and \"ordinary election\" means an election held to fill an ordinary vacancy;\n(26) \"owner\" includes--\n(a) the person for the time being receiving or entitled to receive, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person or estate for any religious or charitable purposes, the rent or profits of the property in connection with which the word is used;\n(b) the person for the time being in charge of the animal or vehicle in connection with which the word is used;\n(27) \"palanquin\" includes tonjons, manchils and chairs carried by men by means of posts, but not slings or cots used for the conveyance of children or aged or sick people;\n(27-a) \"population\" or population at the last census' with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the population as ascertained at the last census of which all the relevant and necessary figures have been published;\n(28) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act;\n(29) \"private street\" means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage or riding path, which is not a public street but does not include a pathway made by the owner of premises on his own land to secure access to, or the convenient use of, such premises;\n(30) \"public place\" includes any path, garden or ground or any other place to which public have or are permitted to have access;\n(31) \"public street\" means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage or riding path over which the public have a right of way whether a thoroughfare or not, and includes-\n(a) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway;\n(b) the footway attached to any street public bridge or causeway; and\n(c) the drains attached to any such street, public bridge or cause way and the land, whether covered or not by any pavement, verandah, or other structure which lies on either side of the roadway upto the boundaries of the adjacent property whether that property is private property or property belonging to the Government;\n(32) \"public water-course, springs, wells and tanks\" include those used by the public to such an extent as to give a prescriptive right to such use,\n(32-a) \"qualifying date\" in relation to the preparation and publication of every electoral roll under this Act means the first day of January of the year in which it is so prepared and published;\n[(32-b) \"Recognised Political Party\" and \"Registered Political Party\" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, issued by the Election Commission of India under Article 324 of the Constitution of India and in the registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, issued by the State Election Commission under Article 243-K read with Article 243-ZA of the Constitution of India.]\n(33) \"reconstruction\" of a building includes--\n(a) the re-erection, wholly or partially, of a building after more than one-half of its cubical contents have been taken down or burnt down or has fallen down whether at one time or not;\n(b) the re-erection, wholly or partially, of any building of which an outer wall has been taken down or burnt down or has fallen down to or within ten feet of the ground, adjoining the lowest storey of the building, and of any frame building which has so far been taken down or burnt down or has fallen down, so as to leave only the frame work of the lowest storey;\n(c) the conversion into a dwelling house or a place of public worship of any building not originally constructed for human habitation or for public worship as the case may be, or the conversion into more than one dwelling house of a building originally constructed as one dwelling house only or the conversion of a dwelling house into a factory, shop, office or warehouse;\n(d) the re-conversion into a dwelling house or a place of public worship or a factory of any building which has been discontinued as, or appropriated for any purpose other than, a dwelling house or a place of public worship or a factory, as the case may be.\n(34) \"Regional Director\" means the Regional Director of Municipal Administration having jurisdiction over the Municipality concerned;\n(35) \"residence'-- \"reside'-- a person is deemed to have his residence\" or to reside\" in any house, if he sometimes uses any portion thereof as a sleeping apartment; and a person is not deemed to cease to reside in any such house merely because he is absent from it or has elsewhere another dwelling house in which he resides, if he is at liberty to return to such house at any time and has not abandoned his intention of returning;\n(36) \"rubbish\" means dust, ashes, broken bricks, mortar, broken glass, and refuse of any kind which is not filth';\n(37) \"salary\" means pay and acting pay or payment by way of commission and includes exchange, compensation allowances but not allowances for house-rent, conveyance or travelling expenses;\n(38) \"scheduled castes\" means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or, groups within, such castes, races or tribes as are notified to be Scheduled Castes under Article 341 of the Constitution of India in relation to the State of Andhra Pradesh;\n(39) \"scheduled tribes\" means such tribes, or tribal communities or parts of, or groups within, such tribes or tribal communities as are notified to be Scheduled Tribes under Article 342 of the Constitution of India in relation to the State of Andhra Pradesh;\n(40) \"State Election Commission\" means the State Election Commission constituted in pursuance of Article 243- K of the Constitution of India;\n(41) \"street alignment\" means a line dividing the lands comprised in and forming part of a street from the adjoining land;\n(42) \"Telangana area\" means the territories specified in Sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956; (Central Act 37 of 1956);\n(42-a) \"transitional area\" or a smaller urban area' means such area as the Governor may, having regard to the population of the area, the density of the population therein, the revenue generated for local administration, the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities, the economic importance or such other factors as he may deem fit, specify by public notification for the purposes of this Act, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf;\n(42-b)'Wards Committee' means a Wards Committee constituted under Section 5-B;\n(43) \"watercourse\" includes any river, stream or channel whether natural or artificial,\n(44) \"year\" means the financial year.",
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            "number": "2A",
            "title": "2A. Constitution of Nagar Panchayats.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part 2\nConstitution of Municipalities and constitution or appointment of Municipal Authorities\nChapter 1\nConstitution of Municipalities",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of Municipalities.",
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            "content": "(a) include within a Municipality any local area or part thereof, in the vicinity of such Municipality;\n(b) exclude from a Municipality, any area comprised therein.]",
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        {
            "number": "3A",
            "title": "3A. Abolition of Municipalities.",
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            "content": "(a) the Government shall, before they issue such notification, communicate to the municipal council the grounds on which they propose to do so, fix a reasonable period for the municipal council to show cause against proposal and consider its explanations and objections, if any\n(b) the notification shall contain a statement of the reasons of the Government and shall be laid before the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.\nChapter 2\nConstitution or Appointment of Municipal Authorities",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. The Municipal authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) a council;\n(b) a Chairperson;\n(c) a commissioner.\n(d) the Wards Committee.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Constitution of Municipal Council.",
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            "content": "(i) Such number of elected members as may be notified from time to time by the Government in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, in accordance with such principles as may be prescribed: Provided that the number of members to be elected in respect of each Council existing at the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 1994 shall be as it stood at such commencement until such number is revised by the Government in accordance with the principles prescribed;\n(ii) every member of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing a constituency of which a Municipality or a portion thereof forms part:\n(iii) every member of the House of the People representing a constituency of which a Municipality or a portion thereof forms part:\n(iv) every member of the Council of States registered as an elector within the Municipality ex-officio;\n(v) persons having special knowledge or experience in Municipal Administration co-opted by the Municipal Council whose number shall be one in the case of a Nagar Panchayat two in the case of a Municipality having population of less than three lakhs and three in the case of a Municipality having a population of three lakhs or more :\n(vi) one person belonging to minorities to be co-opted in the prescribed manner by the members specified in clauses (i) to (iv) from among the persons who are registered voters in the Municipality and who are not less than twenty-one years of age:\n[5A. Symbols for direct elections.",
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        {
            "number": "5B",
            "title": "5B. Constitution, powers and functions of the Wards Committees.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Incorporation of Council.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Special provision in the case of newly constituted and reconstituted councils.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Reservation of seats.",
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            "content": "(a) such number of seats to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as may be determined by them, subject to the condition that the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the Municipal Council, as the population of the Scheduled Castes, or as the case may be, of the Scheduled Tribes in that Municipality bears to the total population of that Municipality; and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different Wards in a Municipality;\n(b) one third of the total number of seats to the Backward Classes and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different Wards in the Municipality;\n(c) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clauses (a) and (b) for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the Backward Classes;\n(d) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to every Municipal Council, for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different Wards in a Municipality.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Reservation of Office of members and Chairperson to cease after certain date.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Division of municipalities into wards, etc., for the purpose of election of members.",
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            "content": "(a) divide the municipality into as many as single member wards as the number of members notified under Section 5.\n(b) determine the wards in which the seats, if any, reserved under sub-section (1) of Section 8 shall be set apart; and\n(c) declare for whom such seats are reserved.\n(a) the ward which each elected member then on the council shall be deemed to represent; and\n(b) the ward or wards in which elections shall be held to fill the vacancies, if any, in the council.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10A",
            "title": "10A. State Election Commission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[10B. Powers and functions of the State Election Commission.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Preparation and publication of electoral roll for a municipality.",
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            "content": "(a) shall be prepared and published in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date,-\n(i) before each ordinary election; and\n(ii) before each casual election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of the Chairperson or Member of Municipality; and\n(b) shall be prepared and published, in any year, in the prescribed manner, by reference to the qualifying date, if so, directed by the State Election Commission:\n[12. Voter identity Cards.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Qualification of candidates.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "13A",
            "title": "13A. General Disqualification.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "13B",
            "title": "13B. Persons having more than two children to be disqualified.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Disqualification for election or for holding office as a member.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Other disqualifications of candidates.",
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            "content": "(a) to imprisonment for an offence under the [Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955] ; (Central Act 22 of 1955).\n(b) x x x x for any offence other than an offence of political character or any offence not involving moral delinquency, such sentence not having been suspended, reversed or the offence pardoned. shall be disqualified for election as a member while undergoing the sentence and for five years from the date of the expiration thereof.\n(a) of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court, a deaf-mute or suffering from leprosy;\n(b) an applicant to be adjudicated an insolvent or undischarged insolvent;\n(c) interested in a subsisting lease or contract entered into with or any work being done for, the council except as a share-holder, other than a director, in a company:\n(i) any sale or purchase of immovable property or any agreement for the same; or\n(ii) any public loan raised by municipality or any security for the payment of money only; or\n(iii) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the council is inserted; or\n(iv) the sale to the council of any articles in which he regularly trades, or the purchase from the council of any articles to a value in either case not exceeding five hundred rupees in the aggregate in any year during the period of the contract or work;\n(v) the occasional letting out on hire to the municipality or hiring from the municipality of any article for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate in any one year five hundred rupees;\n(d) employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the council or as a legal practitioner against the council;\n(e) an honorary magistrate for the municipal town;\n(f) already a member whose term of office as such will not expire before his fresh election can take effect, or has already been elected a member whose term of office has not yet commenced;\n(g) the employee or employer or the official subordinate or official superior of a member holding office on the said date;\n(h) in arrears of any kind due by him otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity to the municipality upto and inclusive of the previous year, in respect of which a bill or notice has been duly served upon him and the time if any specified therein for payment, has expired; or\n(i) dismissed form service of the Central Government, the State Government, any municipality or any local authority for misconduct.\n[15A. Disqualification of ground of corrupt practice or election offences.\n[15B. Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses.\n(a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time limit prescribed and in the manner required by or under this Act, and\n(b) has no good reason or justification for the failure, the State Election Commission shall, after following the procedure prescribed, by order published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, declare him,-\n(i) to be ineligible for a period of three years from the date of the said order to contest any election held for any office under this Act; and\n(ii) to have ceased to hold office, in case he is elected.]",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Disqualification of members.",
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            "content": "(a) is sentenced by a criminal court to such punishment and for such offence as is described in sub-section (1) of Section 15;\n[(aa) is elected to aWard/Office reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes, and subsequently the community certificate, on the basis of which he is elected is cancelled, underSection 5oftheAndhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993;]\n(b) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n(c) is a deaf-mute or is suffering from leprosy;\n(d) applies to be adjudicated or is adjudicated an insolvent;\n(e) subject to the proviso to clause (c) of Sub-section (2) of Section 15, acquires any interest in any subsisting contract made with, or work being done for, the council except as a share-holder, other than a director, in a company;\n(f) is employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the council or legal practitioner against the council;\n(g) is appointed as an officer or servant under this Act or as an honorary magistrate for the municipal town;\n(h) accepts employment under or becomes the official subordinate of any other member;\n(i) ceases to reside for a period of more than six months in the municipality or within two kilometers from the outer limits therefrom;\n(j) fails to pay arrears of any kind due by him, otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity, to the municipality within three months after a bill or notice has been served upon him under this Act, or where, in the case of any arrears, this Act does not require the service of any bill or notice, within three months after a notice requiring payment of the arrears, which notice it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to serve at the earliest possible date, has been duly served upon him by the Commissioner;\n(k) absents himself from the meetings of the council for a period of three consecutive months reckoned from the date of the commencement of his term of office, or of the last meeting which he attended, or of his restoration to office as member under Sub-section (3), as the case may be, or within the said period less than three ordinary meetings have been held absents himself from three consecutive ordinary meetings held after the said date:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. District Judge to decide questions of disqualifications of members.",
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            "content": "(a) such member or any other member may, within a period of two months from the date on which such intimation is given or doubt is entertained, as the case may be, and\n(b) the Commissioner shall, either on the direction of the council or with the approval of the Government if no such direction is given within a period of two months from the date of placing of the matter by the Commissioner before the council, apply for a decision to the District Judge of the district in which the municipality is situated.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Infringement of secrecy of [***] .",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Disqualification of persons convicted of [***] .",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Term of office of members and filling of seats.",
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            "content": "(b) An ex-officio member shall hold office so long as he continues to be the member of the Legislative Assembly of the State or as the case may be, of the House of the People.\n[21. Casual vacancies of members.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21A",
            "title": "21A. Postponement of casual elections to the office of members and Chairperson.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Procedure when no member is elected.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Election of Chairperson.",
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            "content": "(b) If at any election held under this sub-section no Chairperson is elected, a fresh election shall be held:\n(c) Out of the total number of offices of chairperson in the State, the Government shall, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, by notification reserve--\n(i) such number of offices to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as may be determined subject to the condition that the number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices to be filled in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, in the Municipalities of the State bears to the total population in the Municipalities of the State and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State;\n(ii) one-third of the offices to the Backward Classes and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different municipalities in the State;\n(iii) not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved under clauses (i) and (ii) for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, or as the case may be Backward Classes; and\n(iv) not less than one-third (including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes) of the total number of offices to be filled in the State, for women; and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State.\n[23A. Disqualification on the ground of defection.\n(a) if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such political party; or\n(b) if he votes or abstains from voting in such municipal Corporation contrary to any direction issued by political party to which he belongs or by any person or authority authorised by it in this behalf, without obtaining, in either case, the prior permission of such political party, person or authority and such voting or abstention has not been condoned by such political party, person or authority within fifteen days from the date of such voting or abstention.\n(c) if he has been expelled from such political party in accordance with the procedure established by the constitution, rules or regulations of such political party.\nExplanation:\n[23B. Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of split.\n(a) he shall not be disqualified under such section (1) of section 23A on the ground-\n(i) that he has voluntarily given up his membership of his original political party; or\n(ii) that he has voted or abstained from voting in such Municipal Corporation contrary to any direction issued by such party or by any person or authority authorised by it in that behalf without obtaining the prior permission of such party, person or authority and such voting or abstention has not been condoned by such party, person or authority within fifteen days from the date of such voting or abstention; and\n(b) from the time of such spilt, such faction shall be deemed to be the political party to which he belongs for the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 23A  and to be his original political party for the purpose of this section.]\n[23C. Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of merger.\n(a) have become members of such other political party or, as the case may be, of a new political party formed by such merger;or\n(b) have not accepted the merger and opted to function as a separate group and from the time of such merger, such other political party or group, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the political party to which he belongs for the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 23A and to be his original political party for the purposes of this sub-section.\nExplanation.\n[23D. Authority to decide Questions of disqualification of  Councillors and Mayor.\n(a) such councillor or any other councillor may, within a period of two months form the date on which such intimation is given or doubt is entertained, as the case may be, and\n(b) the Commissioner shall, either on the direction of the councillor with the approval of the Government if no such direction is given within a period of two months from the date of placing of the matter by the Commissioner before the council, apply for a decision to the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad.\n[24. Reservation of Offices of Chairpersons.\n(i) such number of offices to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as may be determined subject to the condition that the number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices to be filled in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, in the Municipalities of the State bears to the total population of the Municipalities in the State and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State;\n(ii) one-third of the Offices to the Backward Classes and such offices may be allotted by rotation to the different Municipalities in the State;\n(iii) not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved under clauses (i) and (ii) above for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, or as the case may be, Backward Classes; and\n(iv) not less than one-third (including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes) of the total number of offices to be filled in the State, for women and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State.]",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Election of Vice-Chairperson.",
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            "footnote": "",
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            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Cessation of office of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson.",
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            "footnote": "",
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        {
            "number": "26A",
            "title": "26A. Procedure when office of Chairperson is vacant.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Notification of elections.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Requisitioning of premises and vehicles for election purposes.",
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            "content": "(a) any premises are needed or are likely to be needed for the purpose of being used as a polling station or for the storage of ballor boxes after a poll has been taken, or\n(b) any vehicle is needed or is likely to be needed for the purpose of transport of personnel or ballot boxes to or from any polling station, or transport of members of the police force for maintaining order during the conduct of such election, or transport of any officer or other person for performance of any duties in connection with such election, the Government may, by order in writing, requisition such premises or such vehicle, as the case may be, and may make such further orders as may appear to them to be necessary or expedient, in connection with the requisitioning;",
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            "number": "28A",
            "title": "28A. Payment of Compensation.",
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            "content": "(i) the rent payable in respect of the premises or if no rent is so payable, the rent payable for similar premises in the locality:\n(ii) if in consequence of the requisition of the premises, the person interested is compelled to change his residence or place of business, the reasonable expenses, if any, incidental to such change:",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "28B",
            "title": "28B. Power to obtain information.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "28C",
            "title": "28C. Eviction from requisitioned premises.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "28D",
            "title": "28D. Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "28E",
            "title": "28E. Voting machines at elections.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Appointment of Commissioner.",
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            "content": "Chapter 3\nPowers and Functions of the Municipal Authorities",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Vesting of municipal administration in the council.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Council's power to call for records.",
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            "number": "31A",
            "title": "31A. Appointment of Committees.",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Rules and Regulations for proceedings of Council.",
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            "content": "(a) the time and place of its meetings;\n(b) the manner in which notice thereof shall be given;\n(c) the preservation of order and the conduct of proceedings at meetings, and the powers which the Chairperson may exercise for the purpose of enforcing his decisions on points of order;\n(d) the transaction of business by any committee constituted under Section 31-A;\n(e) the persons by whom receipts may be granted for money paid to the council; and\n(f) all other similar matters.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Acts of council etc., not to be invalidated by defect in constitution, vacancy etc.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Council to submit annual administration report to Government and to furnish information relating to its plan schemes to Zilla Parishad.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Vesting of public streets and appurtenances in the council.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Duty of council in respect of public streets withdrawn from its control.",
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            "content": "(a) for the lighting, watering, scavenging, and drainage of such street;\n(b) for the provision, maintenance and repair of the water-supply mains, drains and sewers in, along-side or under such street;\n(c) for the provision, maintenance and repair of foot ways attached to such street:",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Vacant lands belonging to Government situtated in the municipality to be in the possession or under the control of the council.",
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            "content": "(a) construct or permit the construction of any building or other structure on any such vacant land:\n(b) use or permit the use of such vacant land for any permanent purpose;\n(c) alienate such vacant land to any third party, unless the prior permission of the Government is obtained by the council therefor, after furnishing such information as the Government may require, including the usefulness of the land or any housing scheme;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Collected sewage, etc., to belong to council.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Power of Board of Revenue to transfer control of endowments to council.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 49
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Acceptance of donations, endowment or trust by the council.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Subjects not provided for by this Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 51
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Procedure for acquisition of immovable property under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 52
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Authority to contract and contractual power of persons appointed by Government.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 53
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        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Rules regarding the conditions on which contracts may be made.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 54
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        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Mode of executing contracts.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Power of Council to pass motion of no confidence in .................... Vice-Chairperson.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 56
        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Powers and functions of the Chairperson.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) make arrangements for the election of the Vice-Chairperson;\n(b) convene the meeting of the council;\n(c) refer any resolution of the council for its re-consideration which, in his opinion is in excess of the powers of the council or inconsistent with any law; and\n(d) exercise all the powers and perform all the functions specifically conferred or imposed on the Chairperson by this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Power of Chairperson to incur contingent expenditure.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) in the case of third grade or second grade municipality, not exceeding one thousand and five hundred rupees.\n(ii) in the case of first grade or special grade or selection grade municipality, not exceeding three thousand rupees.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 58
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Emergency powers of the Chairperson.",
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            "content": "(a) he shall not act under this Section in contravention of any resolution of the council prohibiting the execution of any particular act; and\n(b) he shall report the action taken under this Section and the reasons therefor to the council at its next meeting;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 59
        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Delegation and devolution of functions of Chairperson.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) when an order of delegation made under this sub-section is in force, no further order of delegation of any functions shall be made in favour of any member other than the member in whose favour the order in force was made;\n(ii) no delegation under this sub-section shall, without the special sanction of the council, be made for any period exceeding in the aggregate ninety days in any year; and\n(iii) every order made under this sub-section shall be communicated forthwith to the council and the Regional Director.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Presidency of council and Chairperson.",
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            "content": "(b) At the first meeting in every year, of the council, the Chairperson may nominate from amongst the elected members a panel of not more than four temporary chairmen, any one of whom may preside at any meeting of the council in the absence of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson in the order in which they are nominated in the panel. The panel of temporary chairmen so nominated shall remain in force until a new panel of temporary chairmen is nominated.\n(b) If any member who has been ordered to withdraw, continues to remain in the meeting, the Chairperson may take steps to cause him to be removed.\n(b) If a member is so named by the Chairperson, the Chairperson shall at a meeting of the council forthwith put the question that the member (naming him) be suspended from functioning in the council as such for a period not exceeding three consecutive months reckoned from the date of that meeting. Provided that the council may, at any time resolve that such suspension be terminated.\n(c) A member suspended under this sub-section shall forthwith withdraw from the precincts of the council.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Member when to abstain from taking part in discussion and voting.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 62
        },
        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Duties and powers of individual members.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 63
        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Payment of honorarium and conveyance allowance to Chairperson and conveyance allowance to members.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Resignation of member, .........................., Vice-Chairperson or Chairperson.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 65
        },
        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Powers and functions of the Commissioner.",
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            "content": "(a) carry into effect all the resolutions of the council;\n(b) furnish to the council such periodical reports regarding the progress made in carrying out the resolutions of the council;\n(c) subject to all other restrictions, limitations and conditions hereinafter imposed, exercise the executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and be directly responsible for the due fulfillment of the purposes of this Act;\n(cc) exercise diciplinary control over the employees of the Municipal Council, who shall be subordinate to the Commissioner;\n(d) exercise all powers in relation to the collection of taxes and fees, the licences and the removal of encroachments;\n(e) be in charge of the office of the municipality and have custody of the municipal records;\n(f) inspect the places of entertainment for the purposes of verification of the sale of tickets; and\n(g) exercise all the powers and perform all the functions specifically conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by or under this Act.\n(i) in the case of a third grade or second grade municipality not exceeding one thousand rupees;\n(ii) in the case of first grade municipality, not exceeding fifteen hundred rupees.\n(iii) in the case of a special grade or a selection grade municipality, not exceeding two thousand rupees.\n(b) He shall report the expenditure so incurred and the reasons therefor to the council at its next meeting.\n57.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Commissioner to attend the meetings of the council and its committees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 4\nControlling Authorities and their powers",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 67
        },
        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. Government's power to cancel or suspend resolutions etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) cancel any resolution passed, order issued, or licence or permission granted; or\n(ii) prohibit the doing of any act which is about to be done or is being done, in pursuance or under colour of this Act, if in their opinion--\n(a) such resolution, order, licence, permission or act has not been passed, issued, granted or authorised in accordance with law; or\n(b) such resolution, order, licence, permission or act is in excess of the powers conferred by this Act or any other enactment; or\n(c) the execution of such resolution, or order, the continuance in force of such licence or permission or the doing of such act is likely to cause financial loss to municipality, danger to human life, health or safety or is likely to lead to a riot or breach of peace or is against public interest.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 68
        },
        {
            "number": "59A",
            "title": "59A. Government's power to suspend Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson or Member.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 69
        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. Government's power to remove Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.",
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            "content": "61.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Government's power to dissolve the council.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 71
        },
        {
            "number": "62A",
            "title": "62A. Appointment of Special Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the Council;\n(b) the Chairperson; and\n(c) the Commissioner;\n[62B. Appointment of Special Officers to the Municipalities in Scheduled Areas.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 72
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        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Government's power to appoint officers to supervise municipalities.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 73
        },
        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Government's power to take action in certain cases.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 74
        },
        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. Government's powers to undertake work for municipality.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 75
        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. District Collector's power to enforce execution of resolutions.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 76
        },
        {
            "number": "67",
            "title": "67. Power District Collector and Government for purposes of control.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 77
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        {
            "number": "68",
            "title": "68. Emergency powers of District Collector.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 78
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        {
            "number": "69",
            "title": "69. Powers of officers acting for, or in default of, council and liability of municipal fund.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 79
        },
        {
            "number": "70",
            "title": "70. Power of District Collector to suspend a resolution, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part 3\nMunicipal Establishment",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
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        {
            "number": "71",
            "title": "71. Appointment of Municipal Health Officer, Municipal Engineer, Education Officer and Town Planning Officer.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "72",
            "title": "72. Government's power to regulate the methods of recruitment, conditions of service, etc., Officers appointed under Sections 29 and 71.",
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            "content": "(a) to make rules to regulate the classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, pay and allowances and disciplinary conduct of the officer appointed under Section 29 or Section 71, as the case may be;\n(b) to recover form the council concerned the whole or such proportion of the salary and allowances paid to any such officer and such contribution towards his leave allowances, pension or provident-cum-pension fund of such officer as the Government may, by general or special order, determine.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "73",
            "title": "73. Other officers and employees of council.",
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            "content": "[74. Appointment to posts of officers and employees of council sanctioned under Section 73.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "75",
            "title": "75. Power of Government to transfer officers and employees of municipalities.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "76",
            "title": "76. Power of council to frame regulations.",
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            "content": "(a) fixing the amount and nature of security to be furnished;\n(b) prescribing educational or other qualifications;\n(c) regulating the grant of leave, leave allowances, acting allowances and travelling allowances;\n(d) regulating the grant of pensions and gratuities;\n(e) establishing and maintaining provident funds and making contribution thereto compulsory;\n(f) regulating conduct; and\n(g) generally prescribing conditions of service;\n(i) that the amount of any leave, leave allowances, travelling allowances, pension or gratuity provided for in such regulations shall, in no case without the special sanction of the Government, exceed what would be admissible in the case of Government employees of similar standing and status; and\n(ii) that the conditions under which such allowances are granted or any leave, superannuation or retirement is sanctioned, shall not without similar sanction be more favourable than those for the time being prescribed for such Government employees.\n[77. Power to punish municipal employees.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "78",
            "title": "78. Power to grant leave to officers and employees.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 86
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        {
            "number": "79",
            "title": "79. Special provisions regarding Government employees lent to council.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) if he is employed as a Medical Officer, without the consent of the Government; and\n(b) in any other case, without the consent of the Government or until three month's notice in writing to that effect shall have been given to the Chief Controlling Authority of the branch of the Government service to which the Government employee belongs.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "80",
            "title": "80. Constitution of a municipal service for the State for any class of municipal officers and employees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part 4\nChapter 1\nTaxation",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "81",
            "title": "81. Levy of ordinary taxes and the control of Government in respect thereof.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) a property tax;\n(ii) x x x\n(iii) a tax on carriages and carts; and\n(iv) a tax on animals.\n(b) The council may, by resolution and with the previous sanction of the Government also levy a tax on advertisements.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "82",
            "title": "82. Duty on transfers of property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "83",
            "title": "83. Notification of new taxes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 91
        },
        {
            "number": "84",
            "title": "84. Saving for certain provisions of the Constitution of India.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 92
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        {
            "number": "85",
            "title": "85. Levy of property tax.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) a tax for general purposes;\n(b) a water and drainage tax to provide for expenses connected with the construction, maintenance, repair, extension or improvement, of water or drainage works here to before provided or hereafter to be provided;\n(c) a lighting tax to provide for expenses connected with the lighting of the municipality by gas or electricity; and\n(d) a scavenging tax to provide for expenses connected with the removal of rubbish, filth or the carcases of animals from private premises:\n(b) In the case of railway lands which are not used exclusively for agricultural purposes and are not occupied by or adjacent and appurtenant to, buildings, the council shall levy these taxes at such percentages of the capital value of such lands, and the Government shall have power to make rules regarding the manner in which, the person or persons by whom and the intervals at which, the capital value of such lands shall be determined, and they may also by such rules restrict or modify the application of the provisions contained in Schedule II to such lands.\n[85A. Constitution of the Andhra Pradesh State Property Tax Board.\n[85B. Composition of the Board.\n(i)\nCommissioner and Director of\n\t\t\t\tMunicipal-Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh.\n\t\t\t\tEx-officio\nVice-Chairperson\n(ii)\nSecretary to Government, Information Technology\n\t\t\t\tand Communications Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh or an\n\t\t\t\tExpert in Information Technology\nMember\n(iii)\nAn expert in valuation of building and lands\n\t\t\t\tfor assessment of property tax\nMember\n(iv)\nPresident, Chamber of Municipal Chairman, Andhra\n\t\t\t\tPradesh Ex-officio\nMember\n(v)\nOne person in the category of Additional\n\t\t\t\tDirector of Municipal Administration appointed by the Government\nMember-Secretary]\n[85C. Qualification for the Chairperson and Members.\n(ii) The members shall be persons who are having knowledge and experience in the fields of valuation of properties for assessment of property tax, Information Technology (I.T.) as may be prescribed.]\n[85D. Term and other conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.\n[85E. Resignation.\n[85F. Removal from Office.\n[85G. Staff of the Board.\n[85H. Functions of the Board.\n(i) To make arrangements for preparation of data base of property tax in all Municipalities, for proper maintenance of all record and registers relating to assessment of property tax.\n(ii) to make arrangements for assessment of property tax on all buildings and lands situated in the Municipalities as per the provisions of the Act and the Rules issued thereunder.\n(iii) to monitor that the assessment books shall be completely revised by the Commissioner once in five years as per the provisions of the Act and the Rules issued thereunder.\n(iv) to make arrangements that all new constructions or additions or improvements to the existing buildings in the Municipalities are assessed to Property Tax within thirty days from the date of completion of the building or occupation of the building whichever is earlier.\n(v) to conduct study on prevailing rental value of buildings from time to time in Municipalities.\n(vi) to make arrangements for the calculation of payment of service charges in respect of Central Government properties as per the instructions of State Government and Government of India.\n(vii) to review the present Property Tax assessment system in Municipalities and make suggestions to the Government in this regard.\n(viii) to make arrangements for assessment or revision of property tax relating to at least 25% of the aggregate number of estimated properties across all Municipalities in the State by 31st March, 2015.\n(ix) to prepare a work plan to achieve the above coverage and publish the work plan in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.\n(x) to make arrangements for disposal of revision petitions and appeals filed for revision of Property Tax by the concerned officers within three months from the date of filing such revision petitions or appeals.\n(xi) to suggest the Government about the criteria to be adopted for exemption of buildings and lands in Municipalities from payment of Property Tax.\n(xii) to make arrangements for maintenance of register of properties exempted from the payment of Property Tax by all the Municipalities.\n(xiii) to undertake training of Officers and Staff of Municipalities in the assessment and revision of Property Tax directly or through any institution.\n(xiv) to discharge such other functions in the field of assessment of Property Tax including development of expertise in valuation of lands and buildings.]\n[85I. Powers of the Board.\n(i) to issue instructions to the Municipalities for assessment and revision of Property Tax as per the provisions of the Act and the Rules issued thereunder which shall be complied with by all the Municipal Commissioners.\n(ii) The Municipal Commissioner shall consult the Board before issue of draft notification fixing monthly rent proposed per square metre of plinth area for assessment or revision of property tax. The Board shall study the draft notification and make a comparative study of the monthly rental values proposed by other Municipalities in the District in this regard and offer its views in the matter. The Municipal Commissioner shall give due consideration to the views offered by the Board before adopting the final notification showing monthly rent per square metre of plinth area as prescribed.\n(iii) to make a test check of the assessments made by the Commissioner both at the time of assessment of new buildings and revision of Property Tax.\n(iv) to inspect any building or land in the Municipality or take measurements of the property for verification of the Property Tax assessment.\n(v) to call for particulars relating to the building or land from any owner or occupier by serving a notice for the purpose of verification of the assessment of Property Tax.\n(vi) to inspect records and registers relating to assessment and revision of property tax in Municipalities.\n(vii) to call for information from Municipal Commissioners on assessment and revision of Property Tax.\n(viii) to conduct review meetings with Commissioners of Municipalities and Regional Directors of Municipal Administration on assessment and revision of Property Tax and to issue suitable instructions in the matter.]\n[85J. Meetings of the Board.\n[85K. Funds of the Board.\n(i) such moneys as may be paid to the Board by the State Government or any other authority or agency; and\n(ii) such moneys as may be paid to the Board by the Municipalities as may be prescribed.\n[85L. Expenditure.\n[85M. Budget.\n[85N. Accounts.\n[85O. Audit.\n[85P. Annual Report.\n[85Q. Delegation of powers and functions by the Board.\n[85R. Members, officers and employees to be public secants (Central Act 45 of 1860).",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "86",
            "title": "86. Levy of property tax on a direction by Government.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 94
        },
        {
            "number": "87",
            "title": "87. Method of assessment of property tax.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 95
        },
        {
            "number": "88",
            "title": "88. General exemptions.",
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            "content": "(a) places set apart for public worship and either actually so used or used for no other purpose;\n(b) choultries for the occupation of which no rent is charged and choultries the rent charged for the occupation of which is used exclusively for charitable purposes.\n(c) recognised educational institutions including hostels, public buildings and places used for the charitable purpose of sheltering destitute or animals and libraries and play-grounds which are open to the public;\n(d) such ancient monuments protected under the law relating to preservation of ancient monuments for the time being in force, or parts thereof as are not used as residential quarters, or as public offices;\n(e) charitable hospitals and dispensaries;\n(f) such hospitals and dispensaries maintained by railway administration as may, from time to time, be notified by the Government in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette:\n(g) burial and burning grounds included in the book kept at the municipal office under Section 303;\n(h) buildings and lands belonging to the council;\n(i) any irrigation work vesting in the Government including the bed of water-course or any building or land adjacent and appertaining to such irrigation work; all lands belonging to or under the control of the Government including the vacant lands specified in Section 37 and all such other Government property, being neither buildings nor land, from which, in the opinion of the Government the income could be derived as may, from time to time, be notified by the Government in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;\n(i) x x x x\n(ii) If the annual rental value of the same does not exceed Rs. 300/- in the case of owner occupied residential buildings within the municipal limits:\n(iii) the person to be assessed does not own any other building or land assessed to the property tax and is not liable to profession tax or income tax.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 96
        },
        {
            "number": "89",
            "title": "89. Taxation to be uniform.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 97
        },
        {
            "number": "90",
            "title": "90. Property tax a first charge on property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 98
        },
        {
            "number": "91",
            "title": "91. Property tax when payable.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 99
        },
        {
            "number": "91A",
            "title": "91A. Power to correct the assessment records.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "92",
            "title": "92. Vacancy remission.",
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            "content": "(a) premises shall be deemed to be vacant only if they are unoccupied and unproductive of rent;\n(b) premises shall be deemed to be productive of rent, if let to a tenant having a continuing right of occupation thereof, whether they are actually occupied by such tenant or not;\n(c) premises furnished or reserved by the owner for his own occupation whenever required shall be deemed to be occupied whether they are actually occupied by the owner or not,\n(d) premises used or intended to be used for the purposes of any industry which is seasonal in character shall not be deemed to be vacant merely on account of their being unoccupied and unproductive of rent during such period or periods of the half-year in which seasonal operations are normally suspended;\n(e) a vacancy which has continued during the whole of the month of February shall be deemed to have continued for not less than thirty consecutive days.\n(b) No demand for such remission shall be entertained in the case of a person who is in arrears of property tax due by him otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity to the municipality, in respect of which a bill has been duly served upon him and the time, if any, specified therein for payment has expired.\n(c) The period in respect of which the remission is made shall be calculated\n(i) if remission is sought in respect of the half-year in which notice is delivered, from the date of delivery of the notice or from the date on which the building, land or premises became vacant and unlet whichever is later; and\n(ii) If remission is sought in respect of the half-year succeeding that in which the notice is delivered, from the commencement of the half-year in respect of which remission is sought or from the date on which the building, land or premises became vacant and unlet, whichever is later.\n(d) Every notice under clause (a) shall expire which the half-year succeeding that during which it is so delivered and shall have no effect thereafter.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 101
        },
        {
            "number": "93",
            "title": "93. Obligation of transferor and transferee to give notice of transfer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the liability of the transferee for the payment of the said tax; or\n(b) the prior claim of the council under Section 90.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 102
        },
        {
            "number": "94",
            "title": "94. Owner's obligation to give notice of construction, reconstruction or demolition of building.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) If such date falls within the last two months of a half-year, the owner shall subject to notice being given under clause (a), be entitled to a remission of the whole of the tax or enhanced tax, as the case may be, payable in respect of the building only for that half-year.\n(c) If such date falls within the first four months of a half-year, the owner shall, subject to notice being given under Clause (a) be entitled to a remission of so much, not exceeding a half of the tax or enhanced tax, as the case may be, payable in respect of the building only, for that half-year. as is proportionate to the number of days in that year preceding such date.\n(b) If such notice is given within the first two months of a half-year, the owner shall be entitled to a remission of the whole of the tax payable in respect of the building for that half-year.\n(c) If such notice is given within the last four months of a half-year, the owner shall be entitled to a remission of such sum not exceeding a half of the tax payable in respect of the building for that half-year as is proportionate to the number of days in that half-year succeeding the demolition or destruction, as the case may be.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 103
        },
        {
            "number": "95",
            "title": "95. Power of Commissioner or valuation officer to call for information and to enter upon premises.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 104
        },
        {
            "number": "96",
            "title": "96. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 105
        },
        {
            "number": "97",
            "title": "97. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 106
        },
        {
            "number": "98",
            "title": "98. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 107
        },
        {
            "number": "99",
            "title": "99. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 108
        },
        {
            "number": "100",
            "title": "100. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 109
        },
        {
            "number": "101",
            "title": "101. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 110
        },
        {
            "number": "102",
            "title": "102. Tax on Carriages and Carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 111
        },
        {
            "number": "103",
            "title": "103. General provisions regarding tax on carriages and carts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 112
        },
        {
            "number": "104",
            "title": "104. Liability to tax according to period for which carriage has been kept.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 113
        },
        {
            "number": "105",
            "title": "105. Cart liable to tax to be registered.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 114
        },
        {
            "number": "106",
            "title": "106. Non-liability to tax in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to pay tax to the municipality during any year on any carriage or cart in respect of which the tax for the same year has already been paid to the municipality by some other person; or\n(b) to pay to the municipality on any carriage or cart in respect of which tax has already been paid to any other municipality or any other local authority or cantonment board, whether under this Act relating to such other local authority or the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Central Act 2 of 1924) more than the excess, if any of the tax payable in the municipality in respect of such carriage or cart over the tax already paid to the other municipality, the other local authority or the cantonment board, as the case may be.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 115
        },
        {
            "number": "107",
            "title": "107. Exemptions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) carriages or carts belonging to the Government and used for defence purposes;\n(b) carriages or carts belonging to the council;\n(c) carriages or carts kept solely for sale by carriage or cart makers and dealers;\n(d) carriages or carts which have been under repair or kept by a carriage or cart maker during the whole of the year;\n(e) children's parambulators and tricycles;\n(f) carriages or carts kept solely to be used for the conveyance of the sick, the injured or the dead, free of charge.\n(g) private bicycles and owner driven rickshaws.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 116
        },
        {
            "number": "108",
            "title": "108. Compounding of tax.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 117
        },
        {
            "number": "109",
            "title": "109. Forms to be sent to and returned by tax payers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 118
        },
        {
            "number": "110",
            "title": "110. Grant of licence to carriages on payment of tax and prepayment of tax -- conditions precedent to registration of carriages.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 119
        },
        {
            "number": "111",
            "title": "111. Power to require numbers to be affixed to bicycles etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to every carriage let out for hire within the municipality; and\n(b) to every bicycle and tricycle kept or used within the municipality.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 120
        },
        {
            "number": "112",
            "title": "112. Seizure of vehicles not bearing numbers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the tax, if any, due on the vehicle or animal sold;\n(ii) such penalty not exceeding the amount of the tax as the Commissioner may direct and\n(iii) the charges incurred in connection with the seizure, detention and sale.\n(i) the tax due thereon;\n(ii) such penalty not exceeding the amount of the tax as the Commissioner may direct; and\n(iii) the charges incurred in connection with the seizure and detention Tax on Animals",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 121
        },
        {
            "number": "113",
            "title": "113. Tax on Animals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 122
        },
        {
            "number": "114",
            "title": "114. Tax on advertisements.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) of a public meeting; or\n(b) of an election to any legislative body or to the council; or\n(c) of a candidature in respect of such an election:\n(a) is exhibited within the window of any building; or\n(b) relates to the trade or business carried on within the land or building upon or over which such advertisement is exhibited or to any sale, or letting of such land or building or any effects therein or to any sale, entertainment or meeting to be held upon or in the same; or\n(c) relates to the name of the land or building upon or over which the advertisement is exhibited or to the name of the owner or occupier of such land or building; or\n(d) relates to the business of any railway administration; or\n(e) is exhibited within any railway station or upon any wall or other property of a railway administration except any portion of the surface of such wall or property fronting any street.\n(a) any flagstaff, pole, vane or weathercock, unless adapted or used wholly or in part for the purpose of any advertisement: or\n(b) any sign or any board, frame or other contrivance securely fixed to or on the top of the wall or parapet of any building or on the cornice or blocking course of any wall or to the ridge of a roof:\n(c) any advertisement relating to the name of the land or building upon or over which the advertisement is exhibited or to the name of the owner or occupier of such land or building; or\n(d) any advertisement relating exclusively to the business of a railway administration and placed wholly upon or over any railway, railway station, yard, platform or station approach belonging to a railway administration and so placed that it cannot fall into any street or public place; or\n(e) any notice of land or building to be sold or let, placed upon such land or building.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 123
        },
        {
            "number": "115",
            "title": "115. Prohibition of advertisements without written permission of Commissioner.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the advertisement contravenes any bye-laws made by the council under clause (3) of Section 330; or\n(ii) the tax, if any, due in respect of the advertisement has not been paid.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 124
        },
        {
            "number": "116",
            "title": "116. Permission of the commissioner to become void in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) if the advertisement contravenes any bye-law made by the council under clause (30) of Section 330;\n(b) if any addition to the advertisement be made except for the purpose of making it secure under the direction of Municipal Engineer, or the Commissioner;\n(c) if any material change be made in the advertisement or any part thereof;\n(d) if the advertisement or any part thereof falls otherwise than through accident;\n(e) if any addition or alteration be made to or in the building, wall or structure upon or over which the advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or retained, if such addition or alteration involves the disturbance of the advertisement or any part thereof; and\n(f) if the building, wall or structure upon or over which the advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or retained, be demolished or destroyed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 125
        },
        {
            "number": "117",
            "title": "117. Owner or person in occupation to be deemed responsible.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 126
        },
        {
            "number": "118",
            "title": "118. Removal of unauthorised advertisements.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 127
        },
        {
            "number": "119",
            "title": "119. Collection of tax on advertisements.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 128
        },
        {
            "number": "120",
            "title": "120. Method of assessments of duty on transfers of property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) in the form of a surcharge on the duty imposed by the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, (Central Act 2 of 1899) for the time being in the State, on every instrument of the descriptions specified below, in respect of the whole or part of the immovable property, as the case may be, situated within the limits of a municipality; and\n(b) at such rate as may be fixed by the Government, not exceeding five per centum on the amount specified below against such instrument; Description of instrument Amount on which duty shall be levied\n(i) Sale of immovable property. The amount of value of the consideration for the sale, as set-forth in the instrument or the market value of the property which is the subject matter of the sale whichever is higher\n(ii) Exchange of immovable property The market value of the property of greater value, which is the subject matter of exchange.\n(iii) Gift of immovable property The market value of the property which is the subject matter of the gift.\n(iv) Mortgage with possession of immovable property The amount secured by the mortgage, as set forth in the instrument.\n(v) Lease for a term exceeding one hundred years or in perpetuity of immovable property An amount equal to one-sixth of the whole amount or value of the rents which would be paid or delivered in respect of the first fifty years of the lease as set forth in the instrument.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 129
        },
        {
            "number": "121",
            "title": "121. Provisions of the Indian Stamps Act, 1899, applicable on the introduction of duty on transfers of property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Section 27 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Central Act 2 of 1899) shall be read as if it specifically requires the particulars to be set forth separately in respect of property situated within the limits of a municipality and outside such limits; and\n(b) Section 64 of the same Act shall be read as if it referred to the Council concerned as well as the Government.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 130
        },
        {
            "number": "122",
            "title": "122. Power to make rules regarding assessment and collection of duty on transfer of property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[123.\nOLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 131
        },
        {
            "number": "123",
            "title": "123. Compensation to Municipalities towards loss of income from tolls, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) to each municipality specified in Schedule VIII which was constituted prior to the first day of April 1961;\n(a) in the Andhra Area, the sum shown against the municipality in Part A of that Schedule, as compensation for the loss of income from tolls or vehicle tax on motor vehicles or both which the said municipality was deriving under the proviso to Section 10 (1) (a) (v) of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1931, (Act III of 1931) before the said proviso was omitted by the Madras Motor Vehicles Taxation (Andhra Amendment) Act 1956 (Act III of 1956).\n(b) in the Telangana area, the sum shown against the municipality in Part B of that Schedule, as compensation for the loss of income from tolls on animals and Vehicles which the municipality was levying under Section 107 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) District Municipalities Act, 1956, (Acts XVIII of 1956) before the said section was omitted by Section 3 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) District Municipalities (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1961 (Act XXXVIII of 1961).\n(ii) to each municipality constituted on or after the 1st day of April, 1961-\n(a) in the Andhra area, a sum equal to the average annual income derived by the district board from tolls or vehicle tax on motor vehicles or both during the three years ending on the 31st day of March 1961 within the area for which the municipality was constituted, from out of the sum payable to the Zilla Parishad which is now functioning in the place of such district board;\n(b) in the Telangana area, a sum equal to the average annual income derived by the district board from the tolls on animals and vehicles, during the three years ending on the 31st day of March, 1961 within the area for which the municipality was constituted; from out of the sum payable to the Zilla Parishad which is now functioning in the place of such district board:\n(iii) to each municipality specified in Part C of that Schedule, the sum shown thereof, as compensation for the loss in income due to the abolition of fees or licences granted to motor vehicles which the said municipality was deriving under Section 10 (1) (a) (iv) of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1931 (Act III of 1931).\n(iv) to each municipality in the State constituted prior to the 1st day of April, 1963-\n(a) in the Andhra area, a sum calculated at the rate of thirty paise per head of population at the last census in the municipality towards the loss of income on account of the abolition of fees for the use of cart-stand levied on motor vehicles, if such municipality was deriving any income from fees during any one of the three years immediately preceding that day;\n(b) in the Telangana area a sum calculated at the rate of thirty paise per head of population at the last census, in  the municipality towards the loss of income on account of the abolition of tax on motor vehicles, if such municipality was deriving any income from that tax during any one of the three years immediately proceeding that day.\n(a) the arrears of tolls or vehicles tax on motor vehicles or both left uncollected which could have been collected; and\n(b) the amounts which the municpalities or the Zilla Parishads should have paid to any other local authority constituted under any enactment for the time being in force on account of collections made on behalf of such local authority and remaining to be adjusted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "124",
            "title": "124. Power to write off irrecoverable taxes, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 2\nFinance Municipal Fund",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 133
        },
        {
            "number": "125",
            "title": "125. Definition of Municipal Fund.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 134
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        {
            "number": "126",
            "title": "126. Budget estimate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 135
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        {
            "number": "127",
            "title": "127. Revised or supplementary budget.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[127A. Preparation of annual accounts.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 136
        },
        {
            "number": "128",
            "title": "128. Appointment of auditors [to audit the annual accounts] .",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 137
        },
        {
            "number": "129",
            "title": "129. Contribution to expenditure by other local authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 138
        },
        {
            "number": "130",
            "title": "130. Application of Schedule II.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 139
        },
        {
            "number": "131",
            "title": "131. Guarantee of Government of principal of, and interest on, the loans floated by council for purposes of the Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, and\n(b) by notice for not less than fourteen days in such of the principal newspapers in the municipality as the Government may select in this behalf. discontinue any guarantee given by them or restrict the maximum amount thereof or modify the conditions subject to which it is given with effect from a specified date not being earlier than six months from the date of publication of the notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 140
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        {
            "number": "132",
            "title": "132. Recovery of loans and advances made by the Government.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 141
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        {
            "number": "132A",
            "title": "132A. Finance Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) the principles which should govern,\n(i) the distribution between the State and the Municipalities of the net proceeds of the taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the State, which may be divided between them under this part and the allocation between the Municipalities of their respective shares of such proceeds;\n(ii) the determination of the taxes, tolls and fees which may be assigned to or appropriated by the Municipalities;\n(iii) the grants-in-aid to the Municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State;\n(b) the measures needed to improve the financial position of the Municipalities;\n(c) any other matter referred to the Finance Commission by the Government in the interests of sound finances of the Municipalities.\nPart 5\nPublic Health, Safety and Convenience\nChapter 1\nWater-supply Lighting and Drainage",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 142
        },
        {
            "number": "133",
            "title": "133. Vesting of works in councils.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 143
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        {
            "number": "134",
            "title": "134. Construction and maintenance of water-works.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 144
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        {
            "number": "135",
            "title": "135. Constitution of water boards for local authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 145
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        {
            "number": "136",
            "title": "136. Trespass on premises connected with water supply.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 146
        },
        {
            "number": "137",
            "title": "137. Prohibition of building over water mains.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 147
        },
        {
            "number": "138",
            "title": "138. Council to provide water for use.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 148
        },
        {
            "number": "139",
            "title": "139. Control over connections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 149
        },
        {
            "number": "140",
            "title": "140. Private water-supply for consumption and use and power of the Chairperson to enforce provision of water supply.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 150
        },
        {
            "number": "141",
            "title": "141. Power of council to make bye-laws for water supply.",
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            "content": "(a) provide for the classification of supply of water under the following categories, namely:-\n(i) supply to residential buildings;\n(ii) supply to residential hotels;\n(iii) supply to shops, commercial establishments (other than industrial undertakings), restaurants, eating houses, the aters and places of public amusement or entertainment;\n(iv) supply to industrial undertakings;\n(v) supply to non-residential buildings not falling within the scope of category (ii), category (iii) or category (iv).\n(b) provide for the levy of different rates of charge in respect of water supplied to the different categories specified in clause (a);\n(c) in cases of supply to residential buildings, lay down the maximum free allowances to be made and the rates of charge to be levied in respect of water supplied in excess of such allowance; and\n(d) in cases of supply to all buildings lay down that the charge for water supplied shall be based on the number of taps allowed, irrespective of the quantity of water consumed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 151
        },
        {
            "number": "142",
            "title": "142. Levy and collection of pipe-line service charges.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 152
        },
        {
            "number": "143",
            "title": "143. Supply beyond the limits of municipality.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 153
        },
        {
            "number": "144",
            "title": "144. Power to disconnect water-supply.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the premises are unoccupied;\n(b) any water tax or any sum due for water for the cost of making a connection or for the cost or hire of a meter or for the cost of carrying out any work or test connected with the water-supply, which is chargeable to any person by or under this Act, is not paid within fifteen days after a bill for such tax or sum has been presented;\n(c) after receipt of a notice from the Commissioner requiring him to refrain from so doing, the owner or occupier continues to use the water or to permit it to be used in contravention of any bye-laws made under this Act;\n(d) the owner or occupier neglects within a period specified in any notice issued by the Commissioner under any bye-law made under this Act to put a meter or to comply with any other lawful order or requisition:\n(e) the owner or occupier wilfully or negligently damages his metre or any pipe or tap conveying municipal water;\n(f) the occupier refuses to admit the Commissioner or the person authorised into premises which he proposes to enter for the purpose of executing any work or of placing or removing any apparatus or of making any examination or inquiry in connection with the water supply, or prevents the Commissioner or the person authorised from doing such work, placing or removing such apparatus or making such examination or inquiry;\n(g) any pipes, taps, works or fittings connected with the municipal water-supply are found on examination by the Commissioner or the person authorised to be out of repair to such an extent as to cause waste or contamination of water;\n(h) the owner or occupier causes pipes, taps, works or fittings connected with the municipal water supply to be placed, removed, repaired or otherwise interfered with in violation of the bye-laws;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 154
        },
        {
            "number": "145",
            "title": "145. Non-liability of council for disconnection, or stoppage of supply in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 155
        },
        {
            "number": "146",
            "title": "146. Provision for lighting in public streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 156
        },
        {
            "number": "147",
            "title": "147. Maintenance of system of drainage by council.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[147A. Acceptance of contributions towards the capital cost of underground drainage.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 157
        },
        {
            "number": "148",
            "title": "148. Owners of buildings to pay for clearance of sullage from their buildings by connecting their house-drains with public drains.",
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            "content": "(a) a monthly rent at such rate for each building as may be laid down in the bye-laws;\n(b) such percentage of the capital value of the building as may be laid down in the bye-laws;\n(c) the number of taps allowed, irrespective of the quantity of water consumed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 158
        },
        {
            "number": "149",
            "title": "149. Control over house drains, privies and cess pools.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 159
        },
        {
            "number": "150",
            "title": "150. Connection of house-drains of private latrines with public drains of underground sewers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) no requisition shall be made under this section on any person who has been exempted from payment of the property tax under sub-section (5) of Section 88; and\n(b) no person shall be required under this section to expend a sum exceeding ten times the property tax on any such building, with the land assessed with it as part of the same premises or, in the case of buildings exempted under Sec. 88, ten times the property tax which would be payable on such building with the land which would be assessed with it to the property tax, if such building were not exempt; and if any amount exceeding the said sum is expended, the excess shall be borne by the council.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 160
        },
        {
            "number": "151",
            "title": "151. Commissioner may close or limit the use of existing private drains.",
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            "content": "(a) subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), close discontinue or destroy the said drain and do any work necessary for that purpose; or\n(b) direct that such, drain shall, from such date as he specifies in this behalf, be used for sullage and sewage only, or for water unpolluted with sullage or sewage only, and by notice require the owner of the premises to make, at his own expense an entirely distinct drain for water unpolluted with sullage or sewage or for sullage and sewage.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 161
        },
        {
            "number": "152",
            "title": "152. Power of Commissioner to drain premises in combination.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the nature of the intended work,\n(b) the estimated expenses thereof, and\n(c) the proportion of such expenses payable by each owner:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 162
        },
        {
            "number": "153",
            "title": "153. Building etc., not to be erected without permission over drains.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 163
        },
        {
            "number": "154",
            "title": "154. Construction of culverts or drain coverings by owner or occupier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 164
        },
        {
            "number": "155",
            "title": "155. Power to regulate discharge of water from building or land.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) require any court-yard, alley or passage between two or more buildings to be paved by the owners of such buildings with such materials and in such manner as may be approved by him; and\n(b) require such pavement to be kept in proper repair.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 165
        },
        {
            "number": "156",
            "title": "156. Provision of public latrines and urinals.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 166
        },
        {
            "number": "156A",
            "title": "156A. Licensing of public latrines and urinals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 167
        },
        {
            "number": "157",
            "title": "157. Provision of latrines by owner or occupier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 168
        },
        {
            "number": "158",
            "title": "158. Provision of latrines for labourers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 169
        },
        {
            "number": "159",
            "title": "159. Provision of latrines for markets, cart-stands, cattle sheds, choultries, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 170
        },
        {
            "number": "160",
            "title": "160. Latrines to be screened from view and kept clean.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 171
        },
        {
            "number": "161",
            "title": "161. Power to carry wire, pipes, drains, etc., through private property subject to causing as little inconvenience as possible and paying for direct damage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 172
        },
        {
            "number": "162",
            "title": "162. Prohibition against making connection with mains without permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 173
        },
        {
            "number": "163",
            "title": "163. Powers in respect of works outside the municipality.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) over any lake, tank or reservoir, from which a supply of water for drinking for producing electric energy or for other purposes is derived and over all lands within one kilometre water level of any such lake, tank or reservoir;\n(b) over any water-course from which a supply of water for drinking for producing electric energy or for other purposes is derived within one kilometer above and half kilometre below any point at which water is taken for such area; and\n(c) over any lands used for sewage, farms, sewage disposal tanks, filters and other works connected with the drainage of the municipality.\nChapter 2\nScavenging",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 174
        },
        {
            "number": "164",
            "title": "164. Council to arrange for the removal of rubbish and filth and for the preparation and sale of compost.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the regular sweeping and cleaning of the streets and removal of sweeping therefrom:\n(b) the daily removal of filth and carcasses of animals from private premises;\n(c) the daily removal of rubbish from dust-bins and private premises, and with this object, it shall provide-\n(i) depots for the deposits of filth, rubbish and the carcasses of animals;\n(ii) covered vehicles or vessels for the removal of filth;\n(iii) vehicles or other suitable means for the removal of the carcasses of large animals and rubbish;\n(iv) dust-bins for the temporary deposit of rubbish;\n(d) utilization of road sweepings, rubbish and filth for preparation of compost and its sale;\n(e) the utilization of carcasses of animals for the supply of bones for the purpose of manures and its sale.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 175
        },
        {
            "number": "165",
            "title": "165. Contribution from persons having control over places of pilgrimage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 176
        },
        {
            "number": "166",
            "title": "166. Prohibition of improper disposal of carcasses, rubbish and filth.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) deposit the carcasses of animals, rubbish or filth in any street, or on the varandah of any building, or on any unoccupied ground alongside any street or any public quarry, jetty or landing place, or on the bank of a watercourse or tank; or\n(b) deposit filth or carcasses of animals in any dust-bin or in any vehicle not intended for the removal of the same; or\n(c) deposit rubbish in any vehicle or vessel intended for the removal of filth save for the purpose of deodorizing or disinfecting the filth.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 177
        },
        {
            "number": "167",
            "title": "167. Prohibition against keeping night-soil, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 178
        },
        {
            "number": "168",
            "title": "168. Prohibition against allowing out flow of filth.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 179
        },
        {
            "number": "169",
            "title": "169. Prohibition against using any cart without cover in the removal of filth, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 180
        },
        {
            "number": "170",
            "title": "170. Prohibition against throwing rubbish or filth into drains.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 181
        },
        {
            "number": "170A",
            "title": "170A. Disposal of waste.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 3\nStreets",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 182
        },
        {
            "number": "171",
            "title": "171. Maintenance and repair of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) rupees one thousand five hundred per annum in the case of second grade or third grade municipality;\n(b) rupees three thousand per annum in the case of any other municipality.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 183
        },
        {
            "number": "171A",
            "title": "171A. Government's power to repair the public streets vested in the Municipal Council.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 184
        },
        {
            "number": "172",
            "title": "172. Powers of municipal authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) lay out and make new public streets;\n(b) construct bridges and sub-ways;\n(c) turn, divert or with the special sanction of the Government permanently close any public street or part thereof;\n(d) widen, open, extend or otherwise improve any public street.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 185
        },
        {
            "number": "173",
            "title": "173. Power to dispose of permanently closed streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 186
        },
        {
            "number": "174",
            "title": "174. Acquisition of land and buildings for improvement of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any land required for the purpose of turning, diverting, opening, widening, extending, or otherwise improving any public street, or of making any new public street, and the buildings, if any, standing upon such land; and\n(b) any land outside the proposed street alignment, with the buildings, if any, standing thereupon:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 187
        },
        {
            "number": "175",
            "title": "175. Power to specify building line and street alignment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) specify for any public street a building line or a street alignment or both;\n(b) from time to time, define a fresh line in substitution for any line so defined or for any part thereof:\n(i) at least one month before the meeting of the council at which the matter is decided, public notice of the proposal has been given and special notice thereof has also been put up in the street or part of the street for which such line is proposed to be defined, and\n(ii) the council has considered all objections to the said proposal made in writing and delivered at the municipal office not less than three clear days before the day of such meeting.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 188
        },
        {
            "number": "176",
            "title": "176. Buildings not to be constructed within street alignment or building line.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 189
        },
        {
            "number": "177",
            "title": "177. Setting back projecting buildings or walls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to rebuild such buildings or take it down to an extent exceeding one half thereof above the ground level, such half to be measured in cubic centimetres, or\n(b) to remove, reconstruct or make any addition, to any portion of such building which is within the street alignment, by an order require such building, addition or alteration to be set back to the street alignment;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 190
        },
        {
            "number": "178",
            "title": "178. Setting buildings forward to improve line of street.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 191
        },
        {
            "number": "179",
            "title": "179. Projected streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 192
        },
        {
            "number": "180",
            "title": "180. Watering of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 193
        },
        {
            "number": "181",
            "title": "181. Temporary closure of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 194
        },
        {
            "number": "182",
            "title": "182. Protection of appurtenances and materials of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 195
        },
        {
            "number": "183",
            "title": "183. Power of municipality to recover expenses caused by extraordinary traffic.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 196
        },
        {
            "number": "184",
            "title": "184. Owner's obligation to make a layout and to form a street or road when disposing of lands as building sites.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) make a layout and form a street or road giving access to sites and connecting them with an existing public or private street except in the cases where the sites abut on an existing public or private street;\n(b) set apart in the layout adequate area of land on such a scale as may be prescribed for a play-ground, a park, an educational institution or for any other public purpose.\n(i) the street or road as required in clause (a) of sub-section (2) is laid out and the condition required in clause (b) thereof is fulfilled:\n(ii) all layouts indicating sub-divisions of land, however small they are, are approved by the council;\n(iii) any proposal for sub-division before it is registered in the records of the municipality is certified by the town planning officer as having been approved;\n(iv) in all cases of sub-division--\n(a) the plot is not less than the size fixed by the council from time to time;\n(b) the streets and lanes proposed conform to the minimum standards fixed by the council.\n(v) a copy of the title deed of the land duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Government together with an urban land ceiling clearance certificate, in case the extent of land exceeds the ceiling limit and if it does not exceed the ceiling limit an affidavit declaring that the total extent of land held by such holder, his or her spouse and unmarried minor children does not exceed the ceiling limits are furnished.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "185",
            "title": "185. Making of a layout and forming of new private streets or road.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the intended level, direction and width of the street:\n(b) the street alignment and the building line:\n(c) the arrangements to be made for levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, channelling, severing, draining, conserving, lighting the street, and the provision for water-supply mains; and\n(d) the area set apart for public purposes under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 184.\n(e) a copy of the title deed of the land duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Government together with an urban land ceiling clearance certificate, or as the case may be an affidavit, referred to in Section 184.\n(i) where there is conversion of agricultural land, enclose a certificate to the effect that conversion fees as required under sub-section (1) of Section 184 has been paid; and\n(ii) for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations imposed under Section 184, deposit as security such amount, as may be prescribed, in the municipal treasury, or give as security in favour of the municipality and such extent of the land, and of such value, as may be prescribed, in the area covered by his layout.\n(i) if, in the opinion of the council, the proposed street or road is likely to disturb any arrangements made or to be made, for carrying out of any general scheme for the laying out of street or road either in the master plan or a detailed town planning scheme prepared therefor under the relevant law relating to the town planning for the time being in force;\n(ii) if the proposed street or road in the layout does not conform to the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder;\n(iii) if the proposed street or road is not so designed as to connect atleast at one end with a street which is already open; or\n(iv) if adequate area has not been set apart for public purposes under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 184,\n(v) if a copy of the title deed of the land duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Government together with an urban land ceiling clearance certificate, or as the case may be, an affidavit referred to in Section 184 are not furnished as required under sub-section (1) thereof;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 198
        },
        {
            "number": "185",
            "title": "186. Alteration or demolition of street or road made in breach of Section 185.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) require such person to show sufficient cause, by a written statement signed by him and sent to the Commissioner on or before such days as may be specified in the notice, why such street or road should not be altered to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or if such alteration is impracticable, why such street or road should not be demolished; or\n(b) require such person to appear before the Commissioner either personally or by a duly authorised agent on such day and at such time and place as may be specified in the notice, and show cause as required in clause (a).",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 199
        },
        {
            "number": "187",
            "title": "187. Power of Commissioner to order work to be carried out or to execute it in default.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 200
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        {
            "number": "188",
            "title": "188. Right of owner to require street to be declared public.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 201
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        {
            "number": "189",
            "title": "189. Prohibition against obstruction in, or over streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 202
        },
        {
            "number": "190",
            "title": "190. Streets open to all.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 203
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        {
            "number": "191",
            "title": "191. Prohibition and regulation of doors, ground-floor windows and bars opening outwards.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 204
        },
        {
            "number": "192",
            "title": "192. Removal of encroachments.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any projection, encroachment or obstruction (other than a door, or gate or a necessary access thereto, or bar or ground floor windows) situated against, or in front of such premises and in, or over any street;\n(b) any article whatsoever, hawked or exposed for sale in a public place or in any public street in contravention of the provisions of this Act, together with any vehicle, package, box or any other thing in or on which such article is placed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 205
        },
        {
            "number": "193",
            "title": "193. Power to allow certain projections and erections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 206
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        {
            "number": "194",
            "title": "194. Power to evict certain persons from municipal premises.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that a person authorised to occupy any premises vesting in or belonging to, the council has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act--\n(i) Not paid rent lawfully due from him in respect of such premises for a period of more than three months;\n(ii) sublet, without the permission of the council, the whole or any part of such premises;\n(iii) otherwise acted in contravention of any of the terms, express or implied, under which he is authorised to occupy such premises, or\n(b) that any person without the previous permission or licence from the council is in unauthorised occupation of any premises of the council, he may notwithstanding anything in any law for the time being in force, by notice served by post, or by affixing a copy of it on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of such premises, or in such other manner as may be prescribed, order that such person as well as any other person, who may be in occupation of the whole or any part of the premises shall vacate the same within one month of the date of the service of the notice, and where such notice relates to any land shall also remove any building or other construction or anything deposited on it.\n(i) gardens, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a buildings, and\n(ii) any fittings affixed to such building, or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 207
        },
        {
            "number": "195",
            "title": "195. Precautions during repairs of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) cause the same to be fenced and guarded;\n(b) take proper precautions against accident by shoring up and protecting the adjoining building; and\n(c) cause such bars, chains or posts to be fixed across or in any street in which any such work is under execution as are necessary in order to prevent the passing of vehicles or animals and avert danger.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 208
        },
        {
            "number": "196",
            "title": "196. Prohibition against removal of bars and lights.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 209
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        {
            "number": "197",
            "title": "197. Prohibition against making holes and causing obstruction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 210
        },
        {
            "number": "198",
            "title": "198. Licence for work on buildings likely to cause obstruction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) cause the said building to be fenced and guarded;\n(b) sufficiently light it during the night; and\n(c) take proper precautions against accidents during such time as the public safety or convenience requires.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 211
        },
        {
            "number": "199",
            "title": "199. Clearing of debris of fallen houses etc., by occupier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 212
        },
        {
            "number": "199A",
            "title": "199A. Punishment for destroying road direction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 213
        },
        {
            "number": "200",
            "title": "200. Naming of public streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 214
        },
        {
            "number": "201",
            "title": "201. Numbering of buildings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 4\nBuilding Regulations",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 215
        },
        {
            "number": "202",
            "title": "202. Construction of buildings for public worship.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 216
        },
        {
            "number": "203",
            "title": "203. Permission for construction of new building not to be granted on certain sites.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 217
        },
        {
            "number": "204",
            "title": "204. Building site and construction of buildings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 218
        },
        {
            "number": "205",
            "title": "205. Powers of council to regulate future construction of certain classes of buildings in particular streets or localities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that in any streets or portions of streets specified in the notice--\n(i) continuous building will be allowed;\n(ii) the elevation and construction of the frontage of all buildings thereafter constructed or reconstructed shall, in respect of their architectural features, be such as the council may consider suitable to the locality; or\n(b) that in any localities specified in the notice, the constrution of only detached buildings will be allowed; or\n(c) that in any streets, portions of streets or localities specified in the notice, the construction of shops, warehouses, factories, huts or buildings of a specified architectural character, or buildings destined for particular uses, will not be allowed without the special permission of the council.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 219
        },
        {
            "number": "206",
            "title": "206. Buildings at corner of streets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 220
        },
        {
            "number": "207",
            "title": "207. Prohibition against use of inflammable materials for buildings without permission.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 221
        },
        {
            "number": "208",
            "title": "208. Prohibition against constructing doors, ground-floor windows and bars so as to open outwards.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 222
        },
        {
            "number": "209",
            "title": "209. Application to construct or reconstruct buildings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) an application in writing for the approval of the site, together with a site plan of the land, and\n(b) an application in writing for permission to execute the work together with ground-plan, elevations and sections of the building, and a specification of the work.\n(c) a copy of the title deed of the land duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Government together with an urban land ceiling clearance certificate or as the case may be, an affidavit referred to in Section 184.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 223
        },
        {
            "number": "210",
            "title": "210. Necessity for prior approval of site.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 224
        },
        {
            "number": "211",
            "title": "211. Prohibition against commencement of work without permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 225
        },
        {
            "number": "212",
            "title": "212. Period within which Commissioner is to signify approval or disapproval.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 226
        },
        {
            "number": "213",
            "title": "213. Period within which Commissioner is to grant or refuse to grant permission to execute work.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 227
        },
        {
            "number": "214",
            "title": "214. Effect of delay in grant or refusal of approval or permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 228
        },
        {
            "number": "215",
            "title": "215. Grounds on which approval of sites for or licence to construct or reconstruct building may be refused.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) that the work, or use of the site for the work or any of the particulars comprised in the site plan, ground plan elevations, sections or specifications would contravene some specified provision of any law or some specified order, rule, declaration or bye-laws made under any law.\n(2) that the application for such permission does not contain the particualrs or is not prepared in the manner required under rules or bye-laws;\n(3) that any of the documents referred to in Section 209 have not been signed as required under rules or byelaws;\n(4) that any information or a copy of the title deed of the land duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Government together with an urban land ceiling clearance certificate, or as the case may be, an affidavit referred to in Section 184 are not furnished or documents required by the Commissioner under rules or bye-laws have or have not been duly furnished.\n(5) that streets or roads have not been made as required by Section 184.\n(6) that the proposed building would be an encroachment upon Government or municipal land.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 229
        },
        {
            "number": "216",
            "title": "216. Lapse of permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 230
        },
        {
            "number": "217",
            "title": "217. Power to require alteration of work.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) is otherwise than in accordance with the plans or specifications which have been approved; or\n(b) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any bye-law, rule, order of declaration made thereunder he may, by notice, require the owner of the building within a period stated either--\n(i) to make such alterations as may be specified in the said notice with the object of bringing the work into conformity with the said plans or provisions; or\n(ii) to show cause why alteration should not be made.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 231
        },
        {
            "number": "218",
            "title": "218. Stoppage of work endangering human life.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 232
        },
        {
            "number": "219",
            "title": "219. Application of certain sections to wells.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 233
        },
        {
            "number": "220",
            "title": "220. Application to construct or reconstruct huts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) an application for permission to execute the work; and\n(b) a site plan of the land.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 234
        },
        {
            "number": "221",
            "title": "221. Prohibition against commencement of work without permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 235
        },
        {
            "number": "222",
            "title": "222. Period within which Commissioner is to grant or refuse to grant permission to execute the work.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 236
        },
        {
            "number": "223",
            "title": "223. Effect of delay in grant or refusal of permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 237
        },
        {
            "number": "224",
            "title": "224. Grounds on which permission to construct or reconstruct hut may be refused.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) that the work or use of the site for work would contravene some specified provisions of any law or some specified order, rule, bye-law or declaration made under any law.\n(2) that the application for permission does not contain the particulars or is not prepared in the manner required under rules or bye-laws;\n(3) that any information or plan required by the Commissioner under rules or bye-laws has not been duly furnished;\n(4) that streets or roads have not been made as required by Section 184; or\n(5) that the proposed building would be an encroachment upon Government or municipal land.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 238
        },
        {
            "number": "225",
            "title": "225. Lapse of permission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 239
        },
        {
            "number": "226",
            "title": "226. Maintenance of external walls in repair.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 240
        },
        {
            "number": "227",
            "title": "227. Application of provisions to alterations and additions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 241
        },
        {
            "number": "228",
            "title": "228. Demolition or alteration of building work unlawfully commenced, carried on or completed.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) that the construction or reconstruction of any building or well--\n(a) has been commenced without obtaining the permission of the Commissioner or the Chairperson as the case may be, or where an appeal has been made to the council, in contravention of any order passed by the council; or\n(b) is being carried on, or has been completed, otherwise than in accordance with the plans or particualrs on which such permission or order was based; or\n(c) is being carried on, or has been completed, in breach of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made under this Act or of any direction or requisition lawfully given or made under this Act or such rules or bye laws; or\n(ii) that any alterations required by any notice issued under Section 217 have not been duly made;or\n(iii) that any alteration of or addition to any building or any other work made or done for any purpose into or upon, any building, has been commenced or is being carried on or has been completed in breach of Section 227.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 242
        },
        {
            "number": "229",
            "title": "229. Exemptions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 243
        },
        {
            "number": "230",
            "title": "230. Application of Schedule III.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 5\nNuisance",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 244
        },
        {
            "number": "231",
            "title": "231. Precautions in case of dangerous structures.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 245
        },
        {
            "number": "232",
            "title": "232. Precautions in case of dangerous trees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 246
        },
        {
            "number": "233",
            "title": "233. Precautions in case of dangerous tanks, wells, holes, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 247
        },
        {
            "number": "234",
            "title": "234. Power to stop dangerous quarrying.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 248
        },
        {
            "number": "235",
            "title": "235. Precaution against fire.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 249
        },
        {
            "number": "236",
            "title": "236. Prohibition of construction of, wells, tanks etc., without the permission of the Chairperson.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the Commissioner may by notice require the owner or other person who has done such work to fill up or demolish such work in such manner as the said officer shall direct; or\n(b) the Chairperson may grant permission to retain such work, but such permission shall not exempt such owner from proceedings for contravening the provisions of sub-section (1).",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 250
        },
        {
            "number": "237",
            "title": "237. Filling in of pools etc., which are a nuisance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any pool, ditch, tank, well, pond, bog, swamp, quarry-hole, drain, cess-pool, pit, water-course, or any collection of water; or\n(b) any land on which water may at any time accumulate, is or is likely to become a breeding place of mosquitoes or in any other respect a nuisance, the said officer may by notice require the owner or person having control thereof to fill up, cover over, weed and stock with larvicidal fish, or petrolize in such manner and with such materials as the said officer shall direct or to take such action for removing or abating the nuisance as the said officer shall direct.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 251
        },
        {
            "number": "238",
            "title": "238. Regulation or prohibition of certain kinds of cultivation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 252
        },
        {
            "number": "239",
            "title": "239. Cleansing of insanitary private tank or well used for drinking.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) refrain from using or permitting the use of such water, or\n(b) close or fill up such place or enclose it with a substantial wall or fence.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 253
        },
        {
            "number": "240",
            "title": "240. Duty of council in respect of public well or receptacle of stagnant water.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 254
        },
        {
            "number": "241",
            "title": "241. Public wells etc, open to all.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 255
        },
        {
            "number": "242",
            "title": "242. Prohibition against or regulation of washing animals or clothes or fishing or drinking in public water courses, tanks etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 256
        },
        {
            "number": "243",
            "title": "243. Provision of public wash houses.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 257
        },
        {
            "number": "244",
            "title": "244. Prohibition against washing by was her men at unauthorised places.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) public wash-houses or places maintained or provided under Section 243, or\n(b) such other places as it may appoint for the purpose.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 258
        },
        {
            "number": "245",
            "title": "245. Prohibition against defiling water of tanks etc., whether public or private.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) bathe in or in any manner defile the water in any place set apart by the council or by the owner thereof for drinking purposes;\n(b) deposit any offensive or deleterious matter in the dry bed of any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes; or\n(c) wash clothes in any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking or bathing; or\n(d) wash any animal or any cooking utensil or wool, skins, or other foul or offensive substances or deposit any offensive or deleterious matter in any place set apart as aforesaid for bathing or washing clothes, or\n(e) cause or permit to drain into or upon any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking, bathing or washing clothes, or cause or permit any thing to be brought therein or do anything whereby the water may be fouled or corrupted. Control over abandoned Lands. Untrimmed Hedges, etc.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 259
        },
        {
            "number": "246",
            "title": "246. Untenanted buildings or lands.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 260
        },
        {
            "number": "247",
            "title": "247. Removal of filth or noxious vegetation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 261
        },
        {
            "number": "248",
            "title": "248. Fencing of buildings or lands and pruning of hedges and trees.",
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            "content": "(a) fence the same to the satisfaction of the said officer; or\n(b) prune any hedges bordering on the said street so that they may not exceed such height from the level of the adjoining roadway as the said officer may determine; or\n(c) cut any hedges or trees overhanging the said street and obstructing it or the view of traffic or causing it damage; or\n(d) lower an enclosing wall or fence which by reason of its height and situation, obstructs the view of traffic so as to cause danger.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "249",
            "title": "249. Lime quashing, cleaning, etc., of buildings.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "250",
            "title": "250. Further powers with reference to insanitary buildings.",
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            "content": "(a) that any building or portion thereof is, by reason of its having no plinth, or having a plinth of insufficient height or by reason of the want of proper drainage or ventilation or by reason of the impracticability of cleansing, attended with danger of disease to the occupier thereof or to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or is, for any reason, likely to endanger the public health or safety, or\n(b) that a block or group of buildings is, for any of the said reasons or by reason of the manner in which the buildings are crowded together, attended with such risk as aforesaid, he may, by notice, require the owners or occupiers of such buildings or portions of buildings, or at his option, the owners of the land occupied by such buildings or portions of buildings, to execute such works or to take such measures as he may deem necessary for the prevention of such danger.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "251",
            "title": "251. Buildings unfit for human habitation.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "252",
            "title": "252. Abatement of over-crowding in dwelling houses or dwelling place.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 266
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        {
            "number": "253",
            "title": "253. Prohibition against feeding certain animals on filth.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 267
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        {
            "number": "254",
            "title": "254. Prohibition against keeping animal so as to be a nuisance or dangerous.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 268
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        {
            "number": "255",
            "title": "255. Power to destroy stray pigs and dogs.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 269
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        {
            "number": "256",
            "title": "256. Power to use or sell materials of dangerous structures taken down etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 270
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            "number": "257",
            "title": "257. Procedure where there is no owner or occupier.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 271
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        {
            "number": "258",
            "title": "258. Limitation of compensation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 6\nLicences and fees",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 272
        },
        {
            "number": "259",
            "title": "259. Central or State Government not required to take out licence etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 273
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        {
            "number": "260",
            "title": "260. Licences for places in which animals are kept.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 274
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        {
            "number": "261",
            "title": "261. General powers of control over stables, cattle-sheds and cow-houses.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 275
        },
        {
            "number": "262",
            "title": "262. Power to direct discontinuance of use of buildings as stable, cattle-shed or cow-house.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 276
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        {
            "number": "263",
            "title": "263. Purposes for which places may not be used without licences.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) until sixty days from the date of publication: and\n(b) except with the previous sanction of the Government in any area outside the municipal limits.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 277
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        {
            "number": "264",
            "title": "264. Application to be made for construction, establishment or installation of factory, workshop or work-place in which steam or other power is to be employed.",
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            "content": "(a) to construct or establish any factory, workshop or work-place in which it is proposed to employ steam power, water-power or other mechanical power or Electrical power; or\n(b) to install in any premises any machinery or manufacturing plant driven by steam, water or other power as aforesaid (not being machinery or manufacturing plant exempted by rules), shall, before beginning such construction, establishment or installation make an application in writing to the council for permission to undertake the intended work.\n(i) a plan of the factory, work-shop, work-place or premises prepared in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf by the Government; and\n(ii) such particulars as to the power, machinery, plant or premises as the council may require by bye-laws made in this behalf.\n(a) grant the permission applied for, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as it thinks fit to impose; or\n(b) refuse permission, if it is of opinion that such construction, establishment or installation is objectionable by reason of the density of the population in the neighbourhood or that it is likely to cause a nuisance.\n(i) the adequacy of the provision for ventilation and light;\n(ii) the sufficiency of the height and dimensions of the rooms and doors;\n(iii) the suitability of the exists to be used in case of fire; and\n(iv) such other matters as may be prescribed by rules made by the Government.\n(b) Before granting permission under sub-section (3), the council shall consult and have due regard to the opinion of the Municipal Health Officer or where there is no such officer, of the District Medical and Health Officer, as regards the suitability of the site of the factory, work-shop, work-place or premises for the purpose specified in the application.\n(a) shall, in regard to the replacement of machinery, the levy of fees, the conditions to be observed and the like, be subject to such restrictions and control as may be prescribed; and\n(b) shall not be deemed to dispense with the necessity for compliance with the provisions of Sections 209 and 211 or Sections 220 and 221, as the case may be.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 278
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            "number": "265",
            "title": "265. Use of steam whistles etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 279
        },
        {
            "number": "266",
            "title": "266. Council may issue directions for abatement of nuisance caused by steam or other power.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) prohibit the use of the particular kind of fuel employed; or\n(b) restrict the notice or vibration by prohibiting the working of the factory, workshop or work-place between the hours of 9-30 p.m. and 5-30 a.m.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 280
        },
        {
            "number": "264",
            "title": "267. Power of Government to pass orders or give directions in respect of action taken or omitted to be taken under Section 264, Section 265 or Section 266.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 281
        },
        {
            "number": "268",
            "title": "268. Notification of residential, industrial, commercial, etc., areas in the municipality.",
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            "content": "(b) The notification shall contain also such general information as to the situation and limits of the areas proposed to be reserved for different purposes specified in sub-section (1) and the restrictions, limitations and conditions, if any, proposed to be imposed in regard to the use of land in each such reserved area.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 282
        },
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            "number": "269",
            "title": "269. Power of Government to notify the location of the industries.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 283
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        {
            "number": "270",
            "title": "270. The Commissioner may enter any factory, workshop or work place.",
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            "content": "(a) at any time between sunrise and sunset;\n(b) at any time when any industry is being carried on; and\n(c) at any time by day or by night, if he has reason to believe that any offence is being committed under Section 264, Section 265 or Section 266",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 284
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        {
            "number": "271",
            "title": "271. Provision of municipal slaughter-houses.",
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            "content": "(a) place the collection of such rents and fees under the management of such persons as may be appear to it proper; or\n(b) farm out such collection for any period not exceeding three years at a time and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 285
        },
        {
            "number": "272",
            "title": "272. Licence for slaughter-houses.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 286
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        {
            "number": "273",
            "title": "273. Slaughter of animals for sale as food.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 287
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        {
            "number": "274",
            "title": "274. Slaughter of animals during festivals and religious ceremonies.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 288
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            "number": "275",
            "title": "275. Regulations of milk trade.",
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            "content": "(a) carry on within the municipality the trade or business of a dealer in, or importer or seller or hawker of, milk, or dairy-produce;\n(b) use any place in the municipality for carrying on the trade or business or selling of milk or dairy-produce:",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 289
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            "number": "276",
            "title": "276. Public markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 290
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        {
            "number": "277",
            "title": "277. Power in respect of public markets.",
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            "content": "(a) fees for the use of, or for the right to expose goods for sale in such markets;\n(b) fees for the use of shops, stalls, pens or stands in such markets;\n(c) fees on vehicles or pack-animals carrying, or on persons bringing goods for sale in such markets;\n(d) fees on animals brought for sale into, or sold in such markets; and\n(e) licence fees on brokers, commission agents, weigh men and measurers practising their calling in such markets.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 291
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        {
            "number": "278",
            "title": "278. Control of the Municipal Health Office over public markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 292
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        {
            "number": "279",
            "title": "279. Licence for private market.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 293
        },
        {
            "number": "280",
            "title": "280. Fee for licence.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 294
        },
        {
            "number": "281",
            "title": "281. Sale in unlicensed private markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 295
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        {
            "number": "282",
            "title": "282. Powers of Council in respect of private markets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) construct approaches, entrances, passages, gates, drains and cess pits for such market and provide it with latrines of such description and in such position and number as the Council may think fit;\n(b) roof and pave the whole or any portion of the floor with such material as will, in the opinion of the Council, secure imperviousness and ready cleansing;\n(c) ventilate it properly and provide it with supply of water;\n(d) provide passages of sufficient width between the stalls and make such alterations in the stalls, passage, shops, doors or other parts of the market as the Council may direct; and\n(e) keep it in a cleanly and proper state and remove all filth and refuse therefrom.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 296
        },
        {
            "number": "283",
            "title": "283. Suspension or refusal of licence in default.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 297
        },
        {
            "number": "284",
            "title": "284. Prohibition against nuisances in private markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 298
        },
        {
            "number": "285",
            "title": "285. Power to close private markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 299
        },
        {
            "number": "286",
            "title": "286. Acquisition of rights of private person to hold private markets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 300
        },
        {
            "number": "287",
            "title": "287. Duty of expelling lepers, etc., from markets and power to expel disturbers.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 301
        },
        {
            "number": "288",
            "title": "288. Butchers, fish-mongers, poulterer's licence.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 302
        },
        {
            "number": "289",
            "title": "289. Power to prohibit or regulate sale of articles in public streets.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 303
        },
        {
            "number": "290",
            "title": "290. Decision of disputes as to whether places are markets.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 304
        },
        {
            "number": "291",
            "title": "291. Provision of public cart-stands, etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 305
        },
        {
            "number": "292",
            "title": "292. Prohibition of use of public place or sides of public street as cart-stands, etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 306
        },
        {
            "number": "293",
            "title": "293. Duty of Municipal Health Officer to inspect.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 307
        },
        {
            "number": "294",
            "title": "294. Powers of Municipal Health Officer for purpose of inspection.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 308
        },
        {
            "number": "295",
            "title": "295. Preventing inspection by Municipal Health Officer.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 309
        },
        {
            "number": "296",
            "title": "296. Power of Municipal Health Officer to seize diseased animals, noxious food etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 310
        },
        {
            "number": "297",
            "title": "297. Removing or interfering with articles seized.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 311
        },
        {
            "number": "298",
            "title": "298. Power to destroy article seized.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 312
        },
        {
            "number": "299",
            "title": "299. Production of seized articles, etc., before magistrate and power of magistrate to deal with them.",
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            "content": "(a) to be forfeited to the council; or\n(b) to be destroyed at the expense of the owner or person in whose possession it was at the time of seizure so as to prevent the same being again exposed or hawked about for sale, or used for human food for the manufacture or preparation of, or for containing any such article as aforesaid.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 313
        },
        {
            "number": "300",
            "title": "300. Registration or closing of places for disposal of the dead.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 314
        },
        {
            "number": "301",
            "title": "301. Licensing of places for disposal of the dead.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) grant or refuse a licence; or\n(b) postpone the grant of a licence until objections to the site have been removed or any particulars called for by it have been furnished.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 315
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        {
            "number": "302",
            "title": "302. Provision of burial and burning grounds and crematoria within or outside municipality.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 316
        },
        {
            "number": "303",
            "title": "303. Register of burial grounds.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 317
        },
        {
            "number": "304",
            "title": "304. Report of burials and burnings.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 318
        },
        {
            "number": "305",
            "title": "305. Prohibition against use of burial and burning grounds dangerous to health or overcrowded with graves.",
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            "content": "(a) that any registered or licensed place for the disposal of the dead is in such a state or situation as to be, or to be likely to become, dangerous to the health of persons living in the neighbourhood thereof, or\n(b) that any burial ground is overcrowded with graves and if in the case of a public burial or burning ground or other place as aforesaid, another convenient place duly authorized for the disposal of the dead exists or has been provided for the persons who would ordinarily make use of such place, it may, with the previous sanction of the Government, give notice that it shall not be lawful after a period to be named, in such notice to bury, burn or otherwise dispose of any corpse at such place.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "306",
            "title": "306. Prohibition in respect of corpses.",
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            "content": "(a) bury or cause to be buried, any corpse or part thereof in a grave whether dug or constructed of masonry or other wise, in such manner that the surface of the coffin or the surface of the body where no coffin is used, is at a depth less than one and a half meters from the surface of the ground; or\n(b) build or dig or cause to be built or dug, any grave in any burial ground at a distance less than half a metre from the margin of any other existing grave; or\n(c) without the sanction in writing of the municipal health officer or an order in writing of a magistrate, reopen a grave; or\n(d) when burning or causing to be burnt a corpse or part thereof permit the same or any part thereof or its clothes to remain without being completely reduced to ashes; or\n(e) carry through any street a corpse or part thereof not decently covered; or\n(f) while carrying a corpse or part thereof within the municipality, leave the same in or near any street for any purpose whatever; or\n(g) remove, otherwise than in a closed receptacle any corpse or part thereof kept or used for the purpose of dissection.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 320
        },
        {
            "number": "307",
            "title": "307. Grave digger's licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 7\nVital statistics and the prevention of diseases",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 321
        },
        {
            "number": "308",
            "title": "308. Compulsory registration of vital statistics.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 322
        },
        {
            "number": "309",
            "title": "309. Definition of infectious disease.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 323
        },
        {
            "number": "310",
            "title": "310. Obligation of medical practitioner or owner or occupier of house to report infectious disease.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 324
        },
        {
            "number": "311",
            "title": "311. Power of entry into suspected places.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 325
        },
        {
            "number": "312",
            "title": "312. Disinfection of buildings and articles.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 326
        },
        {
            "number": "313",
            "title": "313. Provision of places for disinfection and power to destroy infected articles.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 327
        },
        {
            "number": "314",
            "title": "314. Prohibition against transfer of infected articles.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 328
        },
        {
            "number": "315",
            "title": "315. Power of \"Chairperson\" to prohibit use of water likely to spread infection.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 329
        },
        {
            "number": "316",
            "title": "316. Municipal health officer may order removal of patients to hospitals.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 330
        },
        {
            "number": "317",
            "title": "317. Prohibition against infected person carrying on occupation.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 331
        },
        {
            "number": "318",
            "title": "318. Prohibition against person suffering from infectious disease entering public conveyance.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 332
        },
        {
            "number": "319",
            "title": "319. Letting of infected buildings.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 333
        },
        {
            "number": "320",
            "title": "320. Power to order closure of places of public entertainment.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 334
        },
        {
            "number": "321",
            "title": "321. Minor suffering from infectious disease not to attend school.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 335
        },
        {
            "number": "322",
            "title": "322. Compulsory vaccination.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 336
        },
        {
            "number": "323",
            "title": "323. Obligation to give information of small-pox.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 337
        },
        {
            "number": "324",
            "title": "324. Mosquito control.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 338
        },
        {
            "number": "325",
            "title": "325. Power of access to Commissioner for anti-malarial operations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part 6\nSubsidiary Legislation and Penalties\nChapter 1\nRules, Bye-Laws and Regulations",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 339
        },
        {
            "number": "326",
            "title": "326. Power of Government to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) with reference to all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed;\n[(b) with regard to all matters not expressly provided for in this Act, relating to electoral rolls, conduct of elections and resolution of disputes relating to elections to any office, including deposits to be made by candidates standing for direct elections and the conditions under which such deposits may be forfeited;]\n(c) as to the conditions on which property may be acquired by the council or on which property vested in or belonging to the council may be transferred by sale, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise;\n(d) as to the working of provident funds;\n(e) as to the matters mentioned in Rule 39 of the Taxation and Finance Rules in Schedule II; as to the conditions on which grants-in-aid shall be paid from municipal fund for purposes of education and medical relief and as to the conditions on which grants and loans may be made to co-operative building societies;\n(f) as to the intermediate offices, if any, through which correspondence between the municipal authorities and the Government or officers of the Government shall pass;\n(g) as to the preparation of plans and estimates for works which are to be partly or wholly constructed at the expense of the council and the power of to municipal authorities or officers of the Government, to accord professional or administrative sanction to estimates;\n(h) as to the accounts to be kept by the council, the manner in which such accounts shall be audited and published and as to the conditions under which the rate-payers may appear before auditors, inspect books and vouchers and take exception to items entered or omitted therein;\n(i) as to the estimates of receipts and expenditure, returns, statements and reports to be submitted by council;\n(j) as to the modes in which the officers of the Government shall advise and assist council in carrying out the purposes of this Act;\n(k) as to the interpellation of the Chairperson by the Members;\n(l) as to the moving of resolutions at the meetings of the Council;\n(m) for regulating the sharing between local authorities of the proceeds of the x x x tax on carriages and carts, tax on animals, and other taxes or income levied or obtained under this or any other Act;\n(n) as to the form of registers and returns of births and deaths and the manner in which the registers shall be maintained, the dates on which returns shall be made and the officer to whom returns shall be sent;\n(o) as to the transfer of allotments entered in the sanctioned budget of a council from one head to another;\n(p) as to the power of auditors, inspecting and superintending officers and officers authorised to hold inquiries, to summon and examine witnesses, and to compel the production of documents and all other matters connected with audit, inspection, and superintendence;\n(q) for determining the cost of buildings and lands;\n(r) as to the fines to be imposed in respect of breach of bye- laws made under Section 330;\n(s) as to the procedure to be followed in the making of a layout and forming of street or road and the setting apart of areas for public purposes and for determining the information and plans to be submitted with the applications for permission to make layouts and form streets or roads and set apart areas for public purposes and for regulating the level and width of public streets or roads and the height of buildings abutting thereon.\n327.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "328",
            "title": "328. Power to amend Schedules.",
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            "content": "329.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 341
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        {
            "number": "330",
            "title": "330. Power of council to make bye-laws.",
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            "content": "(1) for all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be provided for by bye-law;\n(2) for the due performance by all municipal officers and employees of the duties assigned to them;\n(3) for the regulation of the time and mode of collecting the taxes and duties under this Act;\n(4) for determining the conditions under which lands shall be deemed to be appurtenant to buildings;\n(5)(a) for the use of public tanks, well, conduits and other places or works for water-supply;\n(b) for the regulation of public bathing, washing and the like;\n(c) for the maintenance and protection of the water-supply system, and the protection of the water-supply from contamination;\n(d) for the conditions on which connections with the council's water-supply mains may be made, for their alteration and repair and for their being kept in proper order;\n(e) for the supply of water for consumption and use;\n(f) for the prevention of waste of water;\n(g) for the measurement of water;\n(h) for the compulsory provision of cisterns and meters;\n(i) for the supply of water in case of fire;\n(6) for the maintenance and protection of the lighting system;\n(7)(a) for the maintenance and protection of the drainage system;\n(b) for the construction of house-drains and for regulating their situation, mode of construction and materials;\n(c) for the alteration and repair of house-drains;\n(d) for the cleansing of house-drains;\n(e) for the construction of cess-pools, septic-tanks, filters and drains;\n(f) for the payment or apportionment of money payable on account of pipes or drains common to more premises than one;\n(8) for the cleansing of latrines, earth-closets, ash-pits and cess-pools and the keeping of latrines supplied with sufficient water for flushing;\n(9)(a) for the testing of water pipes and drains in private premises, the recovery or the apportionment of the cost of such testing, and the breaking up of ground or of buildings for the purposes of such testing;\n(b) for the licensing of plumbers and fitters, and for the compulsory employment of licensed plumbers and fitters;\n(10) for the protection of avenues, streets grass and other appurtenances of public streets and other places;\n(11) for the regulation of the use of parks, gardens, and other public or municipal places and institutions, but not including the regulation of traffic therein, the reservation thereof for particular kinds of traffic, or the closing thereof or parts thereof to traffic;\n(12)(a) for the regulation of building;\n(b) for determining information and plans to be submitted with applications to build;\n(c) for the licensing of builders and surveyors and for the compulsory employment of licensed builders and surveyors;\n(13) for the regulation of hotels, lodging houses, boarding houses, choultries, rest-houses, emigration depots, restaurants, eating houses, cafes, refreshment rooms, coffee-houses, tea stalls and any premises to which the public are admitted for repose or for the consumption of any food or drink;\n(14) for regulating the mode of constructing stables, cattle-sheds and cow-houses and connecting them with municipal drains;\n(15) for the sanitary control and supervision of places used for any of the purposes specified in Schedule IV and of any trade or manufacture carried on therein;\n(16)(a) for the control and supervision of slaughter houses and of places used for skinning and cutting up carcasses;\n(b) for the control and supervision of the methods of slaughtering;\n(c) for the control and supervision of butchers carrying on business in the municipality or at any slaughter-house outside the municipality provided by the council or licensed by the municipal health officer, as the case may be;\n(17) for the inspection of milch cattle, and the regulation of the ventilation, lighting, cleaning drainage and water-supply of dairies and cattle-sheds in the occupation of persons following the trade of dairy-man or milk seller;\n(18) for enforcing the cleanliness of milk stores and milk shops and vessels and utensils used by the keepers thereof or by hawkers for containing or measuring milk or preparing any milk product and for enforcing the cleanliness of persons employed in the milk trade:\n(19) for requiring notice to be given whenever any milch animal is affected with any contagious disease and prescribing the precautions to be taken in order to protect milch cattle and milk against infection and contamination;\n(20)(a) for the inspection of public and private markets and shops and other places therein;\n(b) for the regulation of their use and the control of their sanitary condition;\n(c) for licensing and controlling brokers, commission agents, weigh men and measurers practising their calling in markets;\n(21) for prescribing the method of sale of articles whether by measure, weight, tale or piece;\n(22) for the prevention of the sale or exposure for sale of unwholesome meat, fish or provisions and securing the efficient inspection and sanitary regulation of shops in which articles intended for human food are kept or sold;\n(23)(a) for the regulation of burial and burning grounds and other places for the disposal of corpses;\n(b) for the verification of deaths and the causes of death;\n(c) for the period for which corpses must be kept for inspection;\n(d) for the period within which corpses must be conveyed to a burial or burning ground, and the mode of conveyance of corpses through public places;\n(24) for the registration of births and deaths;\n(25) for the training and licensing of nurses, dhais and midwives;\n(26) for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the municipality;\n(27) for the prevention of infectious diseases of persons or animals;\n(28) for the enforcement of compulsory vacination;\n(29) for the prevention of outbreaks of fire;\n(30) for the prohibition and regulation of advertisements in public streets or parks;\n(31) in general for securing cleanliness, safety and order and the good government and well-being of the municipality and for carrying out all the purposes of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 342
        },
        {
            "number": "330A",
            "title": "330A. Power of Government to make rules in lieu of bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 343
        },
        {
            "number": "331",
            "title": "331. Power to give retrospective effect to certain bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 344
        },
        {
            "number": "332",
            "title": "332. Conditions precedent to making bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 345
        },
        {
            "number": "333",
            "title": "333. Confirmation of bye-laws by Government.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 346
        },
        {
            "number": "333A",
            "title": "333A. Penalty for breaches of bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and in case of a continuing breach with fine which may extend to fifteen rupees for every day during which the breach continues after conviction for the first breach; or\n(b) with fine which may extend to ten rupees for every day during which the breach continues after receipt of notice from the executive authority to discontinue such breach.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 347
        },
        {
            "number": "334",
            "title": "334. Copies of Act, rules and bye-laws to be sold at municipal office.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) of this Act,\n(b) of all rules framed by the Government under clause (b) of Sub-section (2) of Section 326, and\n(c) of all bye-laws in force for the time being, shall be kept at the municipal office and shall be sold to the public at cost price.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 348
        },
        {
            "number": "335",
            "title": "335. Publication of regulations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter 2\nPenalties",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 349
        },
        {
            "number": "336",
            "title": "336. General provisions regarding penalties specified in Schedules VI and VII.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) contravenes any provision of any of the sections or rules specified in the first column of Schedule VI, or\n(b) contravenes any rule or order made under any of the specified sections or rules in the said Schedule, or\n(c) fails to comply with any direction lawfully given to him or any requisition lawfully made upon him under or in pursuance of the provisions of any of the said sections or rules, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the forth column of the said Schedule:\n(a) contravening any provision of the sections or rules specified in the first column of Schedule VII, or\n(b) contravening any rule or order made under any of the specified sections or rules in the said Schedule, or\n(c) failing to comply with any direction lawfully given to him or any requisition lawfully made upon him under or in pursuance of the provisions of any of the said sections or rules, continues to contravene the said provision or to neglect to comply with the said direction or requisition, as the case may be, shall, on conviction, be punished for each day after the previous date of conviction during which he continues so to offend, with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the forth column of the said Schedule:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 350
        },
        {
            "number": "337",
            "title": "337. Penalty for acting as Member, Chairperson, or Vice-Chairperson when disqualified.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 351
        },
        {
            "number": "338",
            "title": "338. Penalty for acquisition by any municipal officer of interest in contract or work.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 352
        },
        {
            "number": "339",
            "title": "339. Penalty for omission to take out licence for carriage or animal.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 353
        },
        {
            "number": "339A",
            "title": "339A. Penalty for wilful prevention of distraint.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 354
        },
        {
            "number": "340",
            "title": "340. Penalty for unlawful building.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) is commenced without the permission of the Commissioner, or\n(b) is carried on or completed otherwise than in accordance with the particulars on which such permission was based, or\n(c) is carried on or completed in contravention of any lawful order or in breach of any provision contained in this Act or in any rule or bye-law made thereunder or of any direction or requisition lawfully given or made, or",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 355
        },
        {
            "number": "341",
            "title": "341. Notice to conservancy worker before discharge, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 356
        },
        {
            "number": "342",
            "title": "342. Wrongful restraint of municipal authority or officer and his delegate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 357
        },
        {
            "number": "343",
            "title": "343. Penalty for not giving information or giving false information.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) omits to furnish it, or\n(b) knowingly furnishes false information, such person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding on hundred rupees.\n[Chapter III]\nCorrupt Practices and Election Offences\nCorrupt Practices",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 358
        },
        {
            "number": "343A",
            "title": "343A. Corrupt Practices.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(A) Any gift, offer or promise by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent of any gratification, to any person whomsoever, with the object directly or indirectly of inducing,-\n(a) a person to stand or not to stand as or to withdraw or not to withdraw from being a candidate at an election, or\n(b) an elector to vote or refrain from voting at an election, or as a reward to-\n(i) a person for having so stand or notstood, or for having withdrawn or not having withdrawn his candidature; or\n(ii) an elector for having voted or refrained from voting;\n(B) The receipt of, or agreement to receive, any gratification, whether as a motive or a reward,-\n(a) by a person for standing or not standing as or for withdrawing or not withdrawing from being a candidate, or\n(b) by any person whomsoever for himself or any other person for voting or refraining from voting or inducing or attempting to induce any electoi vote or refrain from voting, or any candidate to withdraw or not to withdraw his candidature.\n(a) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of this clause any such person as is referred to therein, who-\n(i) threatens any candidate or any elector or any persdn in whom a candidate, or an, elector is interested, with injury of any kind including social ostracism and excommunication or expulsion from any caste or community: or\n(ii) induces or attempts to induce a candidate or an elector to believe that he, or any person in whom he is interested will become or will be rendered an object of divine displeasure or spiritual censure, shall be deemed to interfere with the free exercise of the electoral right of such candidate or elector within the meaning of this clause:\n(b) a declaration of public policy, or a promise of public action, or the mere exercise of a legal right without intent to interfere with an electoral right, shall not be deemed to be interference within the meaning of this clause.\n(i) of such appointment, resignation, termination of service, dismissal or removal from service, as the case may be; and\n(ii) where the date of taking effect of such appointment, resignation, termination of service, dismissal or removal from service, as the case may be, is stated in such publication, also of the fact that such person was appointed with effect from the said date, or in the case of resignation, termination of service, dismissal or removal from service, such person ceased to be in such service with effect from the said date.\nElectoral Offences\nElectoral Offences",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 359
        },
        {
            "number": "343B",
            "title": "343B. Promoting enmity between classes in connection with election.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 360
        },
        {
            "number": "343C",
            "title": "343C. Prohibition of public meetings during period of forty-eight hours ending with hour fixed for conclusion of poll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) convene, hold, attend, join or address any pubic meeting or procession in connection with an election; or\n(b) display to the public any election matter by mean of cinematography, television or other similar apparatus; or\n(c) propagate any election matter to the public by holding, or by arranging the holding of, any musical concert or any theatrical performance or any other entertainment or amusement with a view to attracting the members of the public thereto, in any polling area during the period of forty-eight hours ending with the hour fixed for the conclusion of the poll for any election in that polling area.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 361
        },
        {
            "number": "343D",
            "title": "343D. Disturbance at election meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 362
        },
        {
            "number": "343E",
            "title": "343E. Restrictions on the printing of pamphlets, posters etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) unless a declaration as to the identity of the publisher thereof, signed by him and attested by two persons to whom he is personally known, is delivered by him to the printer in duplicate; and\n(b) unless, within a reasonable time after the printing of the document, one copy of the declaration is sent by the printer, together with one copy of the document-\n(i) where it is printed in the capital of the State, to the Election Authority, and\n(ii) in any other case, to the District Magistrate of the District in which it is printed.\n(a) any process for multiplying copies of a document other than copying it by hand, shall be deemed to be printing and the expression 'printer' shall be construed accordingly; and\n(b) \"election pamphlet or poster\" means any printed pamphlet, handbill or other document distributed for the purpose ofpromoting or prejudicing the election of a candidate or group of candidates or any placard or poster having reference to an election, but does not include any handbill, placard or poster merely announcing the date, time, place and other particulars of an election meeting or routine instructions to election agents or workers.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 363
        },
        {
            "number": "343F",
            "title": "343F. Maintenance of secrecy of voting.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 364
        },
        {
            "number": "343G",
            "title": "343G. Officers etc. at elections not to act for candidates or to influence voting.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to persuade any person to give his vote at an election, or\n(b) to dissuade any person from giving his vote at an election, or\n(c) to influence the voting of any person at an election in any manner.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 365
        },
        {
            "number": "343H",
            "title": "343H. Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling stations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) canvassing for votes; or\n(b) soliciting the vote of any elector; or\n(c) persuading any elector not to vote for any particular candidate; or\n(d) persuading any elector not to vote at the election; or\n(e) exhibiting any notice or signs (other than an official notice) relating to the election.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 366
        },
        {
            "number": "343I",
            "title": "343I. Penalty for disorderly conduct in or near polling stations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) use or operate within or at the entrance of the polling station, or in any public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, any apparatus for amplifying or reproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or a loudspeaker, or\n(b) shout, or otherwise act in a disorderly manner within or at the entrance of the polling station or in any public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, so as to cause annoyance to any person visiting the polling station for the poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other persons on duty at the polling station.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 367
        },
        {
            "number": "343J",
            "title": "343J. Penalty for misconduct at the polling station.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 368
        },
        {
            "number": "343K",
            "title": "343K. Penalty for failure to observe procedure for voting.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 369
        },
        {
            "number": "343L",
            "title": "343L. Penalty for illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance at elections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 370
        },
        {
            "number": "343M",
            "title": "343M. Breaches of official duty in connection with elections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 371
        },
        {
            "number": "343N",
            "title": "343N. Penalty for Government Servants etc. for acting as election agent, polling agent or counting agent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 372
        },
        {
            "number": "343O",
            "title": "343O. Prohibition of going armed to or near a polling station.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 373
        },
        {
            "number": "343P",
            "title": "343P. Removed of ballot papers or ballot boxes from polling stations to be an offence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 374
        },
        {
            "number": "343Q",
            "title": "343Q. Offence of booth capturing.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) seizure of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons making polling authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and doing of any other act which affects the orderly conduct of elections;\n(b) taking possession of polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons and allowing only his or their own supporters to exercise their right to vote and prevent others from free exercise of their right to vote;\n(c) coercing or intimidating or threatening directly or indirectly threatening any elector and preventing him from going to the polling station or a place fixed for the poll to cast his vote;\n(d) seizure of a place for counting of votes by any person or persons, making the counting authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and the doing of anything which affects the orderly counting of votes;\n(e) doing by any person in the service of Government, of all or any of the aforesaid activities or aiding or conniving at, any such activity in the furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 375
        },
        {
            "number": "343R",
            "title": "343R. Liquor not to be sold, given or distributed on polling day.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 376
        },
        {
            "number": "343S",
            "title": "343S. Other offences and penalties thereunder.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper; or\n(b) fraudulently defaces or destroys or removes any list, notice or other documents affixed by or under the authority of a election officer; or\n(c) fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper or the official mark or any ballot paper or any declaration of identity or official envelope used in connection with voting by postal ballot; or\n(d) without due authority supplies any ballot paper to any person or receives any ballot paper from any person or is in possession of any ballot paper; or\n(e) fraudulently puts into any ballot box anything other than the ballot paper which he is authorised by law to put in; or\n(f) without due authority destroys, takes, opens or otherwt •; interferes with any ballot box or ballot papers then in use for the purposes of the election; or\n(g) fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts or willfully aids or abets the doing of any such acts.\n(b) if he is any other person, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 377
        },
        {
            "number": "343T",
            "title": "343T. Penalty for offences not otherwise providedfor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[Chapter IV]\nMiscellaneous Election Matters",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 378
        },
        {
            "number": "343U",
            "title": "343U. Adjournment of poll in emergencies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 379
        },
        {
            "number": "343V",
            "title": "343V. Fresh poll in the case of destruction, etc., of ballot boxes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any ballot box used at a polling station is unlawfully taken out of the custody of the presiding officer or the election officer, or is accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost, or is damaged or tampered with, to such an extent, that the result of the poll at that polling station cannot be ascertained; or\n(b) any voting machine develops a mechanical failure during the course of the recording of votes; or\n(c) any such error or irregularity in procedure as is likely to vitiate the poll is committed at a polling station, the election officer shall forthwith report the matter to the State Election Commission.\n(a) declare the poll at that polling station to be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking a fresh poll at that polling station and notify the day so appointed and the hours so diced n such manner as it may deem fit, or\n(b) if satisfied that the result of a fresh poll at that polling station will not, in any way, affect the result of the election or that the mechanical failure of the voting machine or the error or irregularity in procedure is not material, issue such directions to the election officer as it may deem proper for the further conduct and completion of the election.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 380
        },
        {
            "number": "343W",
            "title": "343W. Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Booth capturing has taken place at a polling station or in such number of polling stations as is likely to affect the result of such election or that the result of the poll at that polling station cannot be ascertained; or\n(b) booth capturing takes place in any place for counting of votes in such a manner that the result of the counting at that place cannot be ascertained, the Election Officer shall forthwith report the matter to the State Election Commission.\n(a) declare that the poll at that polling station be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking fresh poll at that polling station and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit, or—\n(b) if satisfied that in view of the large number of polling stations involved in both capturing the result of the election is likely to be affected or that booth capturing had affected counting of votes in such manner as to affect result of the election, countermand the election in that constituency.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 381
        },
        {
            "number": "343X",
            "title": "343X. Destruction, loss, etc., of ballot papers at the time of counting.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) direct that the counting of votes shall be stopped, declare the poll at that polling station to be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking a fresh poll at that polling station and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit, or\n(b) if satisfied that the result of a fresh poll at that polling station will not, in any way, affect the result of the election, issue such directions to the election officer as it may deem proper for the resumption and completion of the counting and for the further conduct and completion of the election in relation to which the votes have been counted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 382
        },
        {
            "number": "343Y",
            "title": "343Y. Electoral officers and staff etc. deemed to be on deputation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 383
        },
        {
            "number": "343Z",
            "title": "343Z. Delegation of the powers of the Commission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 384
        },
        {
            "number": "343ZA",
            "title": "343ZA. Election petitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[Chapter V]\nElection Expenses",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 385
        },
        {
            "number": "343ZB",
            "title": "343ZB. Applications of chapter.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 386
        },
        {
            "number": "343ZC",
            "title": "343ZC. Account of election expenses.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) incurred, or authorized by the contesting candidate, or by his election agent;\n(b) incurred by any association, or body of persons, or by any individual (other than the candidate or his election agent), aimed at promoting or procuring the election of the candidate concerned; and\n(c) incurred by any political party, by which the candidate is set up, so as to promote or procure his election;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 387
        },
        {
            "number": "343ZD",
            "title": "343ZD. Lodging of account with the District Election Authority.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[Chapter VI]\nAppointment of Observers",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 388
        },
        {
            "number": "343ZE",
            "title": "343ZE. Appointment of Observers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part 7\nProcedure and Miscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 389
        },
        {
            "number": "344",
            "title": "344. General provisions regarding licences and permissions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) place the collection of such fees under the management of such persons as may appear to it proper;\n(b) farm out such collection for any period not exceeding three years at a time and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 390
        },
        {
            "number": "345",
            "title": "345. Appeals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any notice issued or other action taken or proposed to be taken by the Chairperson, Commissioner, municipal health officer or any other officer of the municipality--\n(i) under Sections 140, 150, 157 to 161 (both inclusive) sub-sections (1) and (3) of Section 217, Sub-section (3) of Section 228, Subsection (1) of Section 231, sub-section (1) of section 232, Sub-section (1) of Section 237 and Sections 239, 250, 261 and 262;\n(ii) under any bye-law concerning house drainage and the connection of house drains with municipal drains or connections with municipal water supply or lighting mains; or\n(b) any order of the Commissioner, municipal health officer or any other officer of the municipality granting or refusing a licence or permission; or\n(c) any order of the Commissioner made under Section 212 refusing to approve the site for building, or under sub-section (6) of Section 344 suspending or revoking a licence; or\n(d) any other order of the Commissioner, municipal health officer or any other officer of the municipality that may be made appealable by rules under Section 326.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 391
        },
        {
            "number": "346",
            "title": "346. Limitation of time for appeal.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) where the appeal is against an order granting a licence or permission, within thirty days after the date of the publication of the order on the notice board of the council; and\n(b) in other cases, within thirty days after the date of the receipt of the order or proceeding against which appeal is made.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 392
        },
        {
            "number": "347",
            "title": "347. Power of persons conducting election and other enquiries.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 393
        },
        {
            "number": "348",
            "title": "348. Summons to attend and give evidence or produce documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 394
        },
        {
            "number": "349",
            "title": "349. Form of notices and permissions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 395
        },
        {
            "number": "350",
            "title": "350. Signature on documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 396
        },
        {
            "number": "351",
            "title": "351. Publication of bye-laws, notices, orders etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 397
        },
        {
            "number": "352",
            "title": "352. Notice of prohibition or setting apart of places.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 398
        },
        {
            "number": "353",
            "title": "353. Method of serving documents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) by giving or tendering the said document to such person; or\n(b) if such person is not found, by leaving such document at his last known place of abode or business or by giving or tendering the same to some adult member or servant of his family; or\n(c) if such person does not reside in the municipality and his address elsewhere is known to the Commissioner by sending the same to him by post registered; or\n(d) if none of the means aforesaid be available, by fixing the same in some conspicuous part of such place of abode or business.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 399
        },
        {
            "number": "354",
            "title": "354. Recovery by occupier of sum leviable from owner.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 400
        },
        {
            "number": "355",
            "title": "355. Obstruction of owner by occupier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 401
        },
        {
            "number": "356",
            "title": "356. Execution of work by occupier in default of owner.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 402
        },
        {
            "number": "357",
            "title": "357. Power of entry to inspect, survey or execute the work.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) except when it is in this Act otherwise expressly provided, no such entry shall be made after sunset and before sunrise;\n(b) except when it is in this Act otherwise expressly provided, no dwelling house, and no part of a public building, used as a dwelling place, shall be so entered without the consent of the occupier thereof, unless the said occupier has received at least two hours' previous notice of the intention to make such entry; and\n(c) sufficient notice shall be given in every case even when any premises may otherwise be entered without notice, to enable the inmates of any apartment appropriated to women to remove to some part of the premises where their privacy may be preserved;\n(d) due regard shall be had, so far as may be compatible with the exigencies of the purpose of the entry, to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 403
        },
        {
            "number": "358",
            "title": "358. Power of entry on lands adjacent to works.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 404
        },
        {
            "number": "359",
            "title": "359. Consequences of failure to obtain licences, etc., or of breach of the same.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the Chairperson, Commissioner or other officer may, by notice, require the person so doing such act to alter, remove or, as far as practicable, restore to its original state the whole or any part of any property move-able or immovable, public or private affected thereby, within a time to be specified in the notice; and further.\n(b) if no penalty has been specially provided in this Act for so doing such act, the person so doing it shall be liable, on conviction before a magistrate, to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for every such offence.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 405
        },
        {
            "number": "360",
            "title": "360. Time for complying with order and power to enforce in default.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 406
        },
        {
            "number": "361",
            "title": "361. Recovery of expenses from persons liable and limitation of liability of occupier.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 407
        },
        {
            "number": "362",
            "title": "362. Power of Commissioner to agree to receive payment of expenses in instalments.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 408
        },
        {
            "number": "363",
            "title": "363. Power of municipality to pay compensation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 409
        },
        {
            "number": "364",
            "title": "364. Recovery of sums due as taxes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 410
        },
        {
            "number": "365",
            "title": "365. Limitation for recovery of dues.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 411
        },
        {
            "number": "366",
            "title": "366. Persons empowered to prosecute.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 412
        },
        {
            "number": "367",
            "title": "367. Imprisonment in default of payment and application of costs etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 413
        },
        {
            "number": "368",
            "title": "368. Payment of compensation for damage to municipal property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 414
        },
        {
            "number": "369",
            "title": "369. Institution of suits against municipal authorities, officers and servants.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 415
        },
        {
            "number": "370",
            "title": "370. Provisions respecting institution etc., of civil and criminal actions and obtaining of legal advice.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) take, or withdraw from, proceedings against any person who commits--\n(i) any offence against this Act, rules, bye-laws or regulations;\n(ii) any offence which affects or is likely to affect any property or interest of the council or the due administration of this Act;\n(iii) any nuisance whatsoever;\n(b) compound any offence against this Act, the rules, bye-laws or regulations which has been specified as compoundable in Schedule VI;\n(c) take, withdraw from or compromise proceedings for the recovery of expenses or compensation claimed to be due to the council;\n(d) withdraw or compromise any claim against any person in respect of a penalty payable under a contract entered into with such person;\n(e) defend any suit or other legal proceedings brought against the council or against any municipal authority, officer or employee, in respect of anything done or omitted to be done as aforesaid;\n(f) compromise any claim, suit or legal proceedings brought against the council or against any municipal authority, officer or employee, in respect of anything, done or omitted to be done as aforesaid;\n(g) institute and prosecute any suit or withdraw from or compromise any suit or claim, which has been instituted or made in the name of the council or any other municipal authority officer or employee;\n(h) obtain such legal advice and assistance as he may, from time to time, think it necessary or expedient to obtain, or as he may be desired by the council to obtain, for any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing clauses of this section or for securing the lawful exercise or discharge of any power or duty vesting in or imposed upon, any municipal authority or officer or employee.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 416
        },
        {
            "number": "371",
            "title": "371. Power of election authority to defend himself, if sued.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 417
        },
        {
            "number": "372",
            "title": "372. Injunctions not be granted in election proceedings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 418
        },
        {
            "number": "373",
            "title": "373. Indemnity to the Government, Collector, Revenue Divisional Officer, Municipal Authorities, Officers and Agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 419
        },
        {
            "number": "374",
            "title": "374. Liability for loss, waste or misapplication.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 420
        },
        {
            "number": "375",
            "title": "375. Sanction for prosecution of Chairperson, Council, Commissioner or Municipal Health.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 421
        },
        {
            "number": "376",
            "title": "376. Assessments etc., not to be questioned.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 422
        },
        {
            "number": "377",
            "title": "377. Injunctions not to be granted in respect of revisions or amendment of assessment books.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 423
        },
        {
            "number": "378",
            "title": "378. Duties of Police Officers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to communicate without delay to the proper municipal officer any information which he receives of the design to commit or of the commission of any offence under this Act or any rule, bye-law or regulation made under it, and\n(b) to assist the Chairperson, the Commissioner or any municipal officer or employee reasonably demanding his aid for the lawful exercise of any power vesting in the Chairperson or the Commissioner or in such municipal officer or employee under this Act, or any such rule, bye-law or regulation.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 424
        },
        {
            "number": "379",
            "title": "379. Power of Police Officers to arrest persons.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) after his true name and address are ascertained, or\n(b) without the order of a magistrate for any longer time, not exceeding twenty-four hours from the hour of arrest than is necessary for bringing him before a magistrate.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 425
        },
        {
            "number": "380",
            "title": "380. Exercise of powers of Police Officer by Municipal Officers or Employees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 426
        },
        {
            "number": "381",
            "title": "381. Application of term of `Public Servant' to Municipal Officers, Agents and sub-agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 427
        },
        {
            "number": "382",
            "title": "382. Prohibition against obstruction of municipal authorities, employees and contractors.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 428
        },
        {
            "number": "383",
            "title": "383. Prohibition against removal of mark.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 429
        },
        {
            "number": "384",
            "title": "384. Prohibition against removal or obliteration of notice.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 430
        },
        {
            "number": "385",
            "title": "385. Prohibition against unauthorised dealings with public place or materials.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 431
        },
        {
            "number": "386",
            "title": "386. Oath of allegiance to be taken by Chairperson or Members.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 432
        },
        {
            "number": "387",
            "title": "387. Delegation of powers by the Government.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 433
        },
        {
            "number": "387A",
            "title": "387A. Power to give directions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 434
        },
        {
            "number": "388",
            "title": "388. Adjudication of disputes between local authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) decide it themselves, or\n(b) refer it for inquiry and report to an arbitrator or a board of arbitrators.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 435
        },
        {
            "number": "389",
            "title": "389. Act to be read subject to Schedule IX in regard to first reconstitution of councils, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 436
        },
        {
            "number": "389A",
            "title": "389A. Notified Areas.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) Where any local area is declared as a notified area, the Government may pass such orders as they may deem fit, as to exclude the local area from the jurisdiction of the local authority concerned, as to the disposal of any part of the property vested in such local authority and as to the discharge of the liabilities of such local authority relating to the said property, or arising from such local area.\n(a) apply or adopt to a notified area or any part thereof, any provision of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made thereunder.\n(b) impose in a notified area or any part thereof,\n(i) any tax, which might be imposed by the council under the provisions of this Act if the notified area were a municipality;\n(ii) where it is a mining area, a tax on mineral rights, subject to any limitations which may be imposed by Parliament by law relating to mineral development and the rules made thereunder, and subject to such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf:\n(c) appoint a committee for the purposes of-\n(i) the assessment and recovery of any tax imposed under clause (b);\n(ii) arranging the due expenditure of the proceeds of such taxes;\n(iii) the preparation and maintenance of proper accounts; and\n(iv) generally enforcing the provisions of this Act or any rule or bye-law applied or adopted under clause (a);\n(d) provided for\n(i) the total number of members of the committee, which shall not be less than seven but not more than fifteen, to be nominated by the Government of whom\n(A) not less than two but not more than four shall be officials;\n(B) not less than two but not more than four shall be persons representing the mining or industrial managements within the notified area;\n(C) not less than two but not more than four shall be persons representing the employees of such managements; and\n(D) not more than three shall be other persons residing within the notified area;\n(ii) the persons who shall be the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the committee, or the manner in which they shall be chosen, from among the members of the committee;\n(iii) the term of office of the members of the committee; and\n(iv) the restrictions and conditions subject to which the committee may perform its functions.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 437
        },
        {
            "number": "389B",
            "title": "389B. Power to transfer functions of Municipalities to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 438
        },
        {
            "number": "390",
            "title": "390. Amendment of Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Mining Settlements Act, 1956.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"60A. extension of provisions of law relating to municipalities or of rules thereunder:-\n(1) The Government may, at the request of the Board or otherwise by notification declare that any of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965, or of any rule made thereunder including those relating to taxation shall be extended to and be in force in the Mining Settlement or any specified area therein.\n(2) The provisions so notified shall be construed with such alterations not affecting the substance as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of adapting them to the Mining Settlement or any special area therein.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, all references to a council, or Chairperson thereof shall be construed as references to Board, or Chairperson thereof, all references to any officer or employee of a council as references to the corresponding officer or employee of Board and all references to Municipal limit as references to the limits of the Mining Settlement or the specified area therein, as the case may be.\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 439
        },
        {
            "number": "391",
            "title": "391. Repeal of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Municipalities Act, 1920 and Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) District Municipalities Act, 1956.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Schedule\nRules regarding Proceedings of the Council\nRules regarding Proceedings of the Council\n(Section 32)\nMode of transacting business.\nMode of transacting business.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 440
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. The council shall provide an office and shall meet therein for the transaction of business atleast once in every month, upon such days and at such times as it may fix and also at other times as often as a meeting is called by the Chairperson:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) No meeting shall be held unless notice of the day and time when the meeting is to be held and of the business to be transacted thereat has been given at least three clear days before the day of the meeting.\n(2) In cases of urgency the Chairperson may convene a meeting on giving shorter notice than that specified in sub-rule (1).\n(3) The agenda for the meeting shall be prepared by the Commissioner in consultation with the Chairperson. The Commissioner may include in the agenda any subject which in his opinion should be considered by the council and shall include therein any subject specified by the Chairperson. On any subject included in the agenda the Chairperson as well as the Commissioner shall have the right of recording his views in a note and such note shall be circulated to the Members or placed before the council before or at the time of the consideration of such subject by the council.\n2. (1) The Chairperson shall, on the requisition in writing of not less than one-third of the Members then on the council, convene a meeting of the council provided that the requisition specifies the day, other than a public holiday, the time and the purpose for which the meeting is to be held. The requisition shall be delivered at the municipal office during office hours to the Chairperson or Commissioner, Manager or any other person who may then be in charge of the office, atleast ten clear days before the day of the meeting.\n(2) Where the Chairperson fails within forty-eight hours from the delivery of such requisition to call a meeting, on the day specified therein, or within three days from such day, the meeting may be called by the Members who signed the requisition on giving the notice provided for in sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 to the other Members.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 441
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public:-",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 442
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. All questions which may come before the council at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the Members present and voting at the meeting and, in every case of equality of votes, the presiding Member shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 443
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. No business shall be transacted at a meeting unless there be present atleast six Members and if the number of Members then on the council exceeds sixteen, at least one third of that number.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. If within half an hour after the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned, unless all the Members present agree to wait longer.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. No resolution of the council shall be modified or cancelled within three months after the passing thereof except at a meeting specially convened in that behalf and by a resolution of the council supported by not less than one-half of the number of Members than on the council.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Minutes of the proceedings at each meeting of the council shall be drawn up and entered in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall be signed by the presiding member; and the said minutes shall, at all reasonable times and without charge, be open at the municipal office to the inspection of any person who pays any tax under this Act in the municipality.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Within three days of the date of the meeting, a copy of the minutes of the proceedings at such meeting in English and in the main language of the district, shall be forwarded by the Commissioner, to the Collector of the district and another copy to the Regional Director of Municipal Administration of the region, in which the municipality is situated. An authenticated copy of the said minutes shall also be affixed to the notice board of the municipal office and relevant extracts of the said mi",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "sort_order": 448
        },
        {
            "number": "76",
            "title": "10. The Commissioner shall have the custody of the proceedings and records of the council and may grant copies of any such proceedings and records on payment of such fees as the council may, by general or special order, determine. Copies shall be certified by the Commissioner as provided in Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Central Act 1 of 1872) and copies so certified may be used to prove the records of the council in the same manner as they may, under sub-section (5) of Section 78 ",
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            "sort_order": 449
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "11. The Chairperson elected by the council under Section 28 shall meet in the office provided by the council under Rule 1.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 450
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. The proceedings of every Chairperson elected by the council shall be recorded in writing and submitted to the council.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 26th October, 2019 [ap062]",
        "Act Number": "(Andhra Pradesh Act No. 6 of 1965)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1965",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}