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THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 2019
Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 2019
Sections
An ACT
Section 1
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY
Section 2Section 1(1)
Section 1Section 1(2)
Section 1Section 1(3)
Section 1Section 2. Definitions
Section 2Section 2(1)
Section 2Section 2(2)
Section 2Section 2(3)
Section 2Section 2(5)
Section 2Section 2(6)
Section 2Section 2(7)
Section 2Section 2(8)
Section 2Section 2(9)
Section 2Section 2(10)
Section 2Section 2(10)(a)
Section 2Section 2(10)(b)
Section 2Section 2(12)
Section 2Section 2(13)
Section 2Section 2(14)
Section 2Section 2(15)
Section 2Section 2(16)
Section 2Section 2(17)
Section 2Section 2(18)
Section 2Section 2(19)
Section 2Section 2(20)
Section 2Section 2(21)
Section 2Section 2(22)
Section 2Section 2(23)
Section 2Section 2(24)
Section 2Section 2(25)
Section 2Section 2(26)
Section 2Section 2(27)
Section 2Section 2(28)
Section 2Section 2(29)
Section 2Section 2(30)
Section 2Section 2(31)
Section 2Section 2(32)
Section 2Section 2(33)
Section 2Section 2(34)
Section 2Section 2(35)
Section 2Section 2(36)
Section 2Section 2(36)(a)
Section 2Section 2(36)(b)
Section 2Section 2(36)(c)
Section 2Section 2(36)(d)
Section 2Section 2(36)(e)
Section 2Section 2(37)
Section 2Section 2(38)
Section 2Section 2(39)
Section 2Section 2(40)
Section 2Section 2(40)(a)
Section 2Section 2(40)(b)
Section 2Section 2(41)
Section 2Section 2(42)
Section 2Section 2(43)
Section 2Section 2(45)
Section 2Section 2(46)
Section 2Section 2(48)
Section 2Section 2(49)
Section 2Section 2(50)
Section 2Section 2(51)
Section 2Section 2(51)(a)
Section 2Section 2(51)(b)
Section 2Section 2(52)
Section 2Section 2(53)
Section 2Section 2(54)
Section 2Section 2(55)
Section 2Section 2(56)
Section 2Section 2(57)
Section 2Section 2(58)
Section 2Section 2(59)
Section 2Section 2(60)
Section 2Section 2(61)
Section 2Section 2(62)
Section 2Section 2(63)
Section 2Section 2(64)
Section 2Section 2(65)
Section 2Section 2(66)
Section 2Section 2(67)
Section 2Section 2(68)
Section 2Section 2(69)
Section 2
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER II - CONSTITUTION OF CORPORATION
Section 83Section 3(1)
Section 3Section 3(2)
Section 3Proviso to Section 3(2)
Section 3Section 3(2)(i)
Section 3Section 3(2)(ii)
Section 3Section 3(3)
Section 3Section 3(4)
Section 3Section 3(5)
Section 3Section 3(5)(a)
Section 3Section 3(5)(b)
Section 3Section 4(1)
Section 4Section 4(2)
Section 4Section 4(3)
Section 4Section 5(1)
Section 5Section 5(2)
Section 5Section 5(2)(a)
Section 5Section 5(2)(b)
Section 5Proviso to Section 5(2)(b)
Section 5Section 5(3)
Section 5Section 6. Delimitation of wards
Section 6Section 6(a)
Section 6Section 6(i)
Section 6Section 6(ii)
Section 6Proviso to Section 6(ii)
Section 6Section 6(b)
Section 6Section 6(c)
Section 6Section 7. Qualification for Councillors
Section 7Section 7(a)
Section 7Section 7(b)
Section 7Section 8. Disqualifications of Councillors
Section 8Section 8(a)
Section 8Proviso to Section 8(a)
Section 8Section 8(b)
Section 8Section 8(2)
Section 8Section 8(2)(a)
Section 8Section 8(2)(c)
Section 8Section 8(2)(d)
Section 8Section 8(2)(i)
Section 8Section 8(2)(ii)
Section 8Section 8(2)(a)
Section 8Section 8(2)(iii)
Section 8Section 8(2)(e)
Section 8Section 8(2)(f)
Section 8Section 8(2)(g)
Section 8Section 8(2)(h)
Section 8Section 8(2)(i)
Section 8Section 8(2)(k)
Section 8Explanation to Section 8(2)(k)
Section 8Section 8(2)(rn)
Section 8Section 8(2)(n)
Section 8Section 8(2)(o)
Section 8Section 8(2)(p)
Section 8Section 8(2)(q)
Section 8Explanation to Section 8(2)(q)
Section 8Section 8(3)
Section 8Section 8(3)(a)
Section 8Section 8(3)(b)
Section 8Section 8(3)(i)
Section 8Section 8(3)(ii)
Section 8Section 8(3)(iii)
Section 8Section 8(3)(c)
Section 8Section 8(3)(i)
Section 8Section 8(3)(ii)
Section 8Section 8(3)(iii)
Section 8Section 8(3)(iv)
Section 8Section 8(3)(v)
Section 8Section 8(3)(vi)
Section 8Section 8(5)
Section 8Section 8(6)
Section 8Section 9(1)
Section 9Section 9(2)
Section 9Section 9(3)
Section 9Section 10. Requisitioning of premises
Section 10Section 10(a)
Section 10Proviso to Section 10(a)
Section 10Section 10(2)
Section 10Section 10(3)
Section 10Section 10(3)(a)
Section 10Section 10(3)(b)
Section 10Section 11(1)
Section 11Section 11(1)(i)
Section 11Section 11(1)(ii)
Section 11Proviso to Section 11(1)(ii)
Section 11Section 12(1)
Section 12Section 12(2)
Section 12Section 12(3)
Section 12Section 13. Delegation of functions of the State Government with regard to requisitioning
Section 13Section 14(1)
Section 14Section 14(2)
Section 14Section 15(1)
Section 15Section 15(2)
Section 15Section 15(3)
Section 15Section 15(4)
Section 15Section 15(5)
Section 15Section 16(1)
Section 16Section 16(2)
Section 16Proviso to Section 16(2)
Section 16Explanation to Section 16(2)
Section 16Explanation to Section 16(2)
Section 16Section 17(1)
Section 17Section 17(2)
Section 17Section 17(3)
Section 17Section 18. Publication of results of elections
Section 18Proviso to Section 18
Section 18Section 19(1)
Section 19Section 19(2)
Section 19Section 19(3)
Section 19Section 20. Lodging of account
Section 20Section 21. Election petitions
Section 21Section 21(2)
Section 21Section 21(3)
Section 21Section 21(3)(c)
Section 21Section 22. Parties to the petition
Section 22Section 22(a)
Section 22Section 23. Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner
Section 23Section 23(a)
Section 23Explanation to Section 23(a)
Section 23Section 24(1)
Section 24Section 24(1)(a)
Section 24Section 24(1)(b)
Section 24Section 24(1)(c)
Section 24Section 24(1)(d)
Section 24Section 24(1)(i)
Section 24Section 24(1)(ii)
Section 24Section 24(1)(iii)
Section 24Section 24(1)(iv)
Section 24Section 24(2)
Section 24Section 24(2)(a)
Section 24Section 24(2)(b)
Section 24Section 24(2)(c)
Section 24Section 25. Procedure to be followed by the prescribed authority
Section 25Section 26(1)
Section 26Section 26(1)(a)
Section 26Section 26(1)(b)
Section 26Section 26(2)
Section 26Section 26(2)(a)
Section 26Section 26(2)(b)
Section 26Section 27. Procedure in case of equality of votes
Section 27Section 28(1)
Section 28Section 28(2)
Section 28Section 28(3)
Section 28Section 29. Corrupt practices
Section 29Section 29(1)
Section 29Section 29(2)
Section 29Section 29(3)
Section 29Section 29(4)
Section 29Section 29(5)
Section 29Section 29(6)
Section 29Proviso to Section 29(6)
Section 29Proviso to Section 29(6)
Section 29Explanation to Section 29(6)
Section 29Section 29(7)
Section 29Section 29(8)
Section 29Section 29(9)
Section 29Section 29(10)
Section 29Section 30(1)
Section 30Section 30(2)
Section 30Section 31(1)
Section 31Section 31(2)
Section 31Section 31(2)(a)
Section 31Section 31(2)(b)
Section 31Section 31(2)(c)
Section 31Section 31(3)
Section 31Section 31(4)
Section 31Section 32(1)
Section 32Section 32(1)(a)
Section 32Section 32(1)(b)
Section 32Section 32(1)(c)
Section 32Section 32(1)(d)
Section 32Section 32(1)(e)
Section 32Section 32(2)
Section 32Section 32(3)
Section 32Section 32(3)(a)
Section 32Section 32(3)(b)
Section 32Section 32(3)(c)
Section 32Section 32(4)
Section 32Explanation to Section 32(4)
Section 32Section 32(5)
Section 32Section 32(6)
Section 32Section 33(1)
Section 33Section 33(1)(a)
Section 33Section 33(1)(b)
Section 33Section 33(2)
Section 33Section 33(3)
Section 33Section 33(4)
Section 33Section 34(1)
Section 34Section 34(2)
Section 34Section 34(3)
Section 34Section 35(1)
Section 35Section 35(2)
Section 35Section 35(3)
Section 35Section 36. Removal of ballot papers from polling station to be an offence
Section 36Section 36(2)
Section 36Proviso to Section 36(2)
Section 36Section 36(3)
Section 36Section 36(4)
Section 36Section 37. Offence of booth capturing
Section 37Explanation to Section 37
Section 37Section 37(b)
Section 37Section 37(d)
Section 37Section 37(e)
Section 37Section 38. Other offences and penalties
Section 38Section 38(a)
Section 38Section 38(b)
Section 38Section 38(d)
Section 38Section 38(f)
Section 38Section 38(g)
Section 38Section 38(h)
Section 38Section 38(2)
Section 38Section 38(2)(a)
Section 38Section 38(2)(b)
Section 38Section 38(3)
Section 38Section 38(4)
Section 38Section 38(5)
Section 38Section 39. Promoting enmity between classes of citizen in connection with the election
Section 39Section 40(1)
Section 40Section 40(2)
Section 40Section 40(3)
Section 40Section 40(4)
Section 40Section 41(1)
Section 41Section 41(2)
Section 41Section 41(2)(a)
Section 41Section 41(2)(b)
Section 41Section 41(2)(i)
Section 41Section 41(2)(ii)
Section 41Section 41(3)
Section 41Section 41(3)(a)
Section 41Section 41(3)(b)
Section 41Section 42. Penalty for failure to observe procedure for voting
Section 42Section 43. Penalty for illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance at elections
Section 43Section 44. Penalty for Government servants for acting as election agent, polling agent or counting agent
Section 44Section 45(1)
Section 45Section 45(2)
Section 45Section 45(3)
Section 45Section 46. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll
Section 46Section 46(2)
Section 46Section 46(3)
Section 46Section 47. Liquor not to be sold, given or distributed on polling day
Section 47Section 47(2)
Section 47Section 47(3)
Section 47Section 48(1)
Section 48Section 48(1)(a)
Section 48Section 48(1)(b)
Section 48Section 48(1)(c)
Section 48Section 48(1)(d)
Section 48Section 48(1)(e)
Section 48Section 48(1)(f)
Section 48Section 48(1)(g)
Section 48Section 48(1)(h)
Section 48Section 48(1)(i)
Section 48Section 48(1)(ii)
Section 48Section 48(1)(iii)
Section 48Section 48(1)(iv)
Section 48Section 48(1)(v)
Section 48Section 48(1)(vi)
Section 48Section 48(1)(vii)
Section 48Section 48(1)(viii)
Section 48Section 48(1)(ix)
Section 48Section 48(1)(x)
Section 48Section 48(1)(xi)
Section 48Section 48(1)(xii)
Section 48Section 48(1)(i)
Section 48Section 48(1)(k)
Section 48Section 48(2)
Section 48Section 49. Bar to interference by Courts in electoral matters
Section 49Section 50(1)
Section 50Section 50(2)
Section 50Section 51(1)
Section 51Section 51(1)(a)
Section 51Section 51(1)(b)
Section 51Section 51(1)(c)
Section 51Section 51(1)(f)
Section 51Proviso to Section 51(1)(f)
Section 51Section 51(2)
Section 51Section 52. Payment of allowances to Councillors
Section 52Section 53(1)
Section 53Proviso to Section 53(1)
Section 53Section 53(2)
Section 53Proviso to Section 53(2)
Section 53Section 53(3)
Section 53Section 53(5)
Section 53Section 54. Motion of no confidence against Mayor or Deputy Mayor
Section 54Section 54(2)
Section 54Section 54(3)
Section 54Section 55(1)
Section 55Section 55(2)
Section 55Section 56(1)
Section 56Proviso to Section 56(1)
Section 56Section 56(2)
Section 56Proviso to Section 56(2)
Section 56Section 56(3)
Section 56Section 57(1)
Section 57Section 57(1)(a)
Section 57Section 57(1)(b)
Section 57Section 57(1)(c)
Section 57Section 57(2)
Section 57Proviso to Section 57(2)
Section 57Proviso to Section 57(2)
Section 57Section 57(3)
Section 57Section 57(4)
Section 57Section 57(5)
Section 57Section 57(5)(a)
Section 57Section 57(5)(b)
Section 57Section 57(5)(c)
Section 57Section 57(6)
Section 57Proviso to Section 57(6)
Section 57Section 57(7)
Section 57Section 57(8)
Section 57Proviso to Section 57(8)
Section 57Section 57(9)
Section 57Section 57(10)
Section 57Section 57(11)
Section 57Section 57(12)
Section 57Section 58(1)
Section 58Section 58(2)
Section 58Section 59(1)
Section 59Section 59(1)(a)
Section 59Section 59(1)(b)
Section 59Section 59(1)(i)
Section 59Section 59(1)(ii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(iii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(iv)
Section 59Section 59(1)(v)
Section 59Section 59(1)(vi)
Section 59Section 59(1)(vii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(viii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(ix)
Section 59Section 59(1)(x)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xi)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xiii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xiv)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xv)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xvi)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xvii)
Section 59Section 59(1)(xviii)
Section 59Proviso to Section 59(1)(xviii)
Section 59Section 59(2)
Section 59Section 60. Obligatory functions of Corporation
Section 60Section 60(a)
Section 60Section 60(f)
Section 60Section 60(g)
Section 60Section 60(h)
Section 60Section 60(i)
Section 60Section 60(k)
Section 60Section 60(rn)
Section 60Section 60(n)
Section 60Section 60(p)
Section 60Section 61. Discretionary functions of the Corporation
Section 61Section 61(a)
Section 61Section 61(b)
Section 61Section 61(c)
Section 61Section 61(d)
Section 61Section 61(e)
Section 61Section 61(f)
Section 61Section 61(g)
Section 61Section 61(i)
Section 61Section 61(ii)
Section 61Section 61(iii)
Section 61Section 61(iv)
Section 61Section 61(v)
Section 61Section 61(vi)
Section 61Section 61(vii)
Section 61Section 61(h)
Section 61Section 61(i)
Section 61Section 61(k)
Section 61Section 61(rn)
Section 61Section 61(n)
Section 61Section 61(p)
Section 61Section 61(q)
Section 61Section 61(r)
Section 61Section 61(s)
Section 61Section 61(t)
Section 61Section 61(u)
Section 61Section 61(v)
Section 61Section 62. Ward Sabha
Section 62Section 63(1)
Section 63Section 63(2)
Section 63Section 64(1)
Section 64Section 64(2)
Section 64Section 64(3)
Section 64Proviso to Section 64(3)
Section 64Explanation to Section 64(3)
Section 64Section 64(4)
Section 64Section 64(5)
Section 64Section 64(6)
Section 64Section 64(7)
Section 64Section 65. Meetings of Ward Committees
Section 65Proviso to Section 65
Section 65Section 66. Agenda
Section 66Section 67. Procedure for conduct of Ward Committee meetings
Section 67Section 67(i)
Section 67Section 67(ii)
Section 67Section 67(iii)
Section 67Section 68. Disqualifications
Section 68Section 69. Duties and functions of the Ward Committee
Section 69Section 69(a)
Section 69Section 69(b)
Section 69Section 69(c)
Section 69Section 69(d)
Section 69Section 69(f)
Section 69Section 69(g)
Section 69Section 69(h)
Section 69Section 69(i)
Section 69Section 69(k)
Section 69Section 69(1)
Section 69Section 69(1)(m)
Section 69Section 69(1)(n)
Section 69Section 69(1)(o)
Section 69Section 69(1)(p)
Section 69Section 70(1)
Section 70Section 70(2)
Section 70Section 71. Function of the Commissioner
Section 71
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER IV - MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES UNDER THE CORPORATION
Section 497Section 72(1)
Section 72Section 72(2)
Section 72Proviso to Section 72(2)
Section 72Proviso to Section 72(2)
Section 72Section 72(3)
Section 72Section 72(3)(a)
Section 72Section 72(3)(b)
Section 72Section 73(1)
Section 73Section 73(2)
Section 73Section 73(3)
Section 73Proviso to Section 73(3)
Section 73Section 74. Salary and allowances of Commissioners
Section 74Section 75. Leave etc. to Commissioner
Section 75Section 76. Contribution by Corporation
Section 76Section 77. Functions of the Commissioner
Section 77Section 77(a)
Section 77Section 77(b)
Section 77Section 77(d)
Section 77Section 78(1)
Section 78Section 78(1)(a)
Section 78Section 78(1)(b)
Section 78Section 78(1)(c)
Section 78Section 78(2)
Section 78Proviso to Section 78(2)
Section 78Section 79. Exercise of powers to be subject to sanction
Section 79Section 79(a)
Section 79Section 79(b)
Section 79
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER V - PROCEDURE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS BY THE CORPORATION
Section 525Section 80(1)
Section 80Section 80(2)
Section 80Section 80(3)
Section 80Section 81. First meeting of the Corporation after general elections for election of Mayor
Section 81Section 81(2)
Section 81Section 81(3)
Section 81Section 81(4)
Section 81Section 82. Notice of meetings and business
Section 82Proviso to Section 82
Section 82Proviso to Section 82
Section 82Proviso to Section 82
Section 82Section 83(1)
Section 83Section 83(2)
Section 83Section 83(3)
Section 83Proviso to Section 83(3)
Section 83Section 84(1)
Section 84Section 84(2)
Section 84Section 84(3)
Section 84Section 85(1)
Section 85Section 85(2)
Section 85Section 85(3)
Section 85Section 85(4)
Section 85Section 86(1)
Section 86Section 86(2)
Section 86Section 86(3)
Section 86Proviso to Section 86(3)
Section 86Proviso to Section 86(3)
Section 86Section 86(4)
Section 86Section 86(5)
Section 86Section 86(6)
Section 86Section 86(7)
Section 86Section 87. Councillors not to vote on matter in which he is interested
Section 87Section 88. Right to attend meetings of Corporation and its committees etc
Section 88Section 88(2)
Section 88Section 88(3)
Section 88Section 88(3)(a)
Section 88Section 88(3)(b)
Section 88Section 88(3)(i)
Section 88Section 88(3)(ii)
Section 88Section 88(3)(iii)
Section 88Section 88(3)(iv)
Section 88Section 88(3)(v)
Section 88Section 88(3)(vi)
Section 88Section 88(3)(vii)
Section 88Section 88(3)(viii)
Section 88Section 88(3)(ix)
Section 88Section 88(3)(x)
Section 88Section 88(3)(xi)
Section 88Section 88(3)(xii)
Section 88Section 88(3)(xiii)
Section 88Section 88(5)
Section 88Section 88(6)
Section 88Section 88(7)
Section 88Section 89. Power to make regulations
Section 89Proviso to Section 89
Section 89Section 90. Keeping of minutes and proceedings
Section 90Section 91. Circulation of minutes and inspection of minutes and reports of proceedings
Section 91Section 92(1)
Section 92Section 92(2)
Section 92Section 93(1)
Section 93Section 93(1)(a)
Section 93Section 93(1)(b)
Section 93Section 93(1)(c)
Section 93Section 93(2)
Section 93
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VI - CORPORATION OFFICERS AND OTHER CORPORATION EMPLOYEES
Section 590Section 94(1)
Section 94Section 94(2)
Section 94Section 94(3)
Section 94Section 94(5)
Section 94Section 94(6)
Section 94Section 94(7)
Section 94Section 94(8)
Section 94Section 94(9)
Section 94Section 95. Officers and other employees not to be interested in any contract etc with Corporation
Section 95Section 95(2)
Section 95Proviso to Section 95(2)
Section 95
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VII - REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
Section 602Section 96(1)
Section 96Section 96(1)(a)
Section 96Section 96(1)(b)
Section 96Section 96(1)(e)
Section 96Section 96(1)(f)
Section 96Section 96(1)(g)
Section 96Section 96(1)(h)
Section 96Section 96(1)(i)
Section 96Section 96(2)
Section 96Section 97. Corporation fund to be kept in State Bank of India or in a Scheduled Bank or in a Government Treasury
Section 97Section 98. Operation of accounts with banks
Section 98Section 98(a)
Section 98Section 98(b)
Section 98Section 99. Payment not to be made unless covered by a budget grant
Section 99Proviso to Section 99
Section 99Section 99(a)
Section 99Section 99(b)
Section 99Section 99(c)
Section 99Section 99(i)
Section 99Section 99(ii)
Section 99Section 99(iii)
Section 99Section 99(iv)
Section 99Section 99(v)
Section 99Section 99(e)
Section 99Section 99(f)
Section 99Section 99(g)
Section 99Section 100. Duty of persons signing cheques
Section 100Section 100(a)
Section 100Section 100(b)
Section 100Section 101. Procedure when money not covered by a budget grant is expended
Section 101Section 102(1)
Section 102Proviso to Section 102(1)
Section 102Section 102(2)
Section 102Proviso to Section 102(2)
Section 102Section 102(3)
Section 102Section 102(1)
Section 102Section 103. Payments from Corporation Fund for works urgently required for public service
Section 103Section 104. Investment of surplus money
Section 104Section 105(1)
Section 105Section 105(2)
Section 105Section 106. Finance Commission
Section 106Section 106(a)
Section 106Section 106(i)
Section 106Section 106(ii)
Section 106Section 106(iii)
Section 106Section 106(b)
Section 106Section 106(c)
Section 106Section 106(2)
Section 106Section 107. Budget estimates
Section 107Section 107(2)
Section 107Section 107(3)
Section 107Section 108(1)
Section 108Section 108(1)(i)
Section 108Section 108(1)(ii)
Section 108Section 108(1)(iii)
Section 108Section 108(1)(iv)
Section 108Proviso to Section 108(1)(iv)
Section 108Section 108(2)
Section 108Section 108(3)
Section 108Section 108(3)(a)
Section 108Section 108(3)(b)
Section 108Proviso to Section 108(3)(b)
Section 108Section 108(4)
Section 108Section 109(1)
Section 109Section 109(2)
Section 109Section 110. Provisions as to unexpended budget grant
Section 110
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER VIII - TAXES AND FEES
Section 669Section 111(1)
Section 111Section 111(1)(a)
Section 111Section 111(2)
Section 111Section 111(2)(a)
Section 111Section 111(2)(b)
Section 111Section 111(2)(c)
Section 111Section 111(2)(e)
Section 111Section 111(2)(f)
Section 111Section 111(2)(g)
Section 111Proviso to Section 111(2)(g)
Section 111Section 111(3)
Section 111Section 111(4)
Section 111Section 111(5)
Section 111Section 112. Fee and users charges
Section 112Section 113. Rate of tax on lands and buildings
Section 113Proviso to Section 113
Section 113Section 114. Determination of rateable value of lands and buildings assessable to taxes
Section 114Section 114(a)
Section 114Section 114(b)
Section 114Section 114(c)
Section 114Section 114(d)
Section 114Proviso to Section 114(d)
Section 114Section 115. Taxation of union properties
Section 115Proviso to Section 115
Section 115Proviso to Section 115
Section 115Section 116(1)
Section 116Section 116(2)
Section 116Section 117(1)
Section 117Section 117(2)
Section 117Section 118. Taxes on lands and buildings a first charge on premises on which they are assessed
Section 118Explanation to Section 118
Section 118Section 119. Assessment list
Section 119Section 119(2)
Section 119Section 119(3)
Section 119Section 119(4)
Section 119Section 119(5)
Section 119Section 119(6)
Section 119Section 119(7)
Section 119Section 120. Evidentiary value of assessment list
Section 120Section 121(1)
Section 121Section 121(1)(b)
Section 121Section 121(1)(c)
Section 121Section 121(1)(d)
Section 121Section 121(1)(e)
Section 121Section 121(1)(f)
Section 121Section 121(1)(g)
Section 121Proviso to Section 121(1)(g)
Section 121Section 121(2)
Section 121Section 122. Preparation of new assessment list
Section 122Proviso to Section 122
Section 122Section 123(1)
Section 123Section 123(2)
Section 123Section 123(3)
Section 123Section 123(4)
Section 123Section 123(5)
Section 123Section 123(6)
Section 123Section 123(7)
Section 123Section 123(8)
Section 123Section 124. Notice of erection of building etc
Section 124Section 125(1)
Section 125Section 125(2)
Section 125Section 126(1)
Section 126Section 126(1)(a)
Section 126Section 126(1)(b)
Section 126Section 126(1)(c)
Section 126Section 126(2)
Section 126Section 126(3)
Section 126Section 127. Assessment in case of amalgamation of premises
Section 127Proviso to Section 127
Section 127Section 128. Power of Commissioner to assess separately outhouses portion of buildings
Section 128Section 129(1)
Section 129Section 129(2)
Section 129Section 130(1)
Section 130Section 130(2)
Section 130Proviso to Section 130(2)
Section 130Section 131(1)
Section 131Proviso to Section 131(1)
Section 131Section 131(1)(a)
Section 131Section 131(1)(b)
Section 131Section 131(1)(c)
Section 131Section 131(1)(d)
Section 131Section 131(1)(e)
Section 131Section 131(1)(f)
Section 131Section 131(2)
Section 131Explanation to Section 131(2)
Section 131Explanation to Section 131(2)
Section 131Section 132(1)
Section 132Section 132(2)
Section 132Section 132(2)(a)
Section 132Section 132(3)
Section 132Section 133. Permission of Commissioner to become void in certain cases
Section 133Section 133(a)
Section 133Section 133(b)
Section 133Section 133(c)
Section 133Section 133(d)
Section 133Section 134. Presumption in case of contravention
Section 134Section 135. Power of Commissioner in case of contravention
Section 135Section 136. Time and manner of payment of taxes or fees
Section 136Proviso to Section 136
Section 136Section 137(1)
Section 137Proviso to Section 137(1)
Section 137Section 137(1)(a)
Section 137Section 137(1)(c)
Section 137Section 137(2)
Section 137Section 137(3)
Section 137Section 137(5)
Section 137Section 138. Consequences of failure to pay tax or fee within thirty days
Section 138Section 139. Manner of recovering tax or fee
Section 139Section 139(i)
Section 139Section 139(ii)
Section 139Section 139(iii)
Section 139Section 139(iv)
Section 139Section 139(v)
Section 139Section 139(vi)
Section 139Section 140(1)
Section 140Section 140(2)
Section 140Section 140(3)
Section 140Section 141. Demolition etc. of building
Section 141Section 142(1)
Section 142Section 142(2)
Section 142Section 142(3)
Section 142Proviso to Section 142(3)
Section 142Section 143(1)
Section 143Section 143(2)
Section 143Section 144. Notice to be given of circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed
Section 144Section 145(1)
Section 145Section 145(2)
Section 145Section 146. Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant land or building
Section 146Section 147(1)
Section 147Section 147(2)
Section 147Section 147(3)
Section 147Section 148. Conditions of rights to appeal
Section 148Section 148(a)
Section 148Proviso to Section 148(a)
Section 148Section 148(b)
Section 148Section 149. Finality of appellate orders
Section 149Proviso to Section 149
Section 149Section 150. Taxation not to be questioned except under this Act
Section 150Section 150(2)
Section 150Section 151. Power to inspect for purposes of determining the rateable value or tax or fee
Section 151Section 151(a)
Section 151Section 151(b)
Section 151Section 151(c)
Section 151Section 151(d)
Section 151Section 151(2)
Section 151Section 152(1)
Section 152Section 152(2)
Section 152Section 153(1)
Section 153Proviso to Section 153(1)
Section 153Section 153(2)
Section 153Section 154(1)
Section 154Section 154(1)(a)
Section 154Section 154(1)(b)
Section 154Section 154(1)(c)
Section 154Section 154(2)
Section 154Section 155(1)
Section 155Section 155(2)
Section 155Section 156. Immaterial error not to affect liability
Section 156Section 157. Power of exemption
Section 157Section 158(1)
Section 158Section 158(2)
Section 158
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER IX - BORROWING
Section 831Section 159. Power of Corporation to borrow
Section 159Section 159(a)
Section 159Section 159(b)
Section 159Section 159(d)
Section 159Section 159(e)
Section 159Section 159(f)
Section 159Proviso to Section 159(f)
Section 159Section 159(i)
Section 159Section 159(ii)
Section 159Section 159(2)
Section 159Section 159(3)
Section 159Section 160. Time for repayment of money borrowed under section 159
Section 160Section 161. Form and effect of debentures
Section 161Section 162. Receipt by joint holders for the interest or dividend
Section 162Section 163(1)
Section 163Section 163(2)
Section 163Section 163(3)
Section 163Section 164. Application of sinking fund
Section 164Section 165(1)
Section 165Section 165(1)(a)
Section 165Section 165(1)(b)
Section 165Section 165(1)(c)
Section 165Section 165(1)(d)
Section 165Section 165(2)
Section 165Section 166. Priority of payment for interest and repayment of loans over other payments
Section 166Section 167(1)
Section 167Section 167(2)
Section 167Proviso to Section 167(2)
Section 167Section 168. Power to make regulations
Section 168Section 169(1)
Section 169Section 169(1)(a)
Section 169Section 169(1)(b)
Section 169Section 169(1)(c)
Section 169Section 169(1)(d)
Section 169Section 169(1)(e)
Section 169Section 169(1)(f)
Section 169Section 169(2)
Section 169Section 169(3)
Section 169Section 169(4)
Section 169Section 169(5)
Section 169Proviso to Section 169(5)
Section 169
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER X - PROPERTIES AND CONTRACTS
Section 873Section 170. Acquisition of immovable property by agreement
Section 170Section 171. Procedure when immovable property cannot be acquired by agreement
Section 171Section 172. Disposal of property
Section 172Section 172(a)
Section 172Section 172(b)
Section 172Section 172(c)
Section 172Section 173(1)
Section 173Section 173(2)
Section 173Section 174. Procedure for making contracts
Section 174Section 174(a)
Section 174Section 174(b)
Section 174Section 174(c)
Section 174Proviso to Section 174(c)
Section 174Section 175(1)
Section 175Section 175(2)
Section 175
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XI - ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Section 889Section 176(1)
Section 176Section 176(2)
Section 176Section 176(3)
Section 176Section 176(4)
Section 176Section 177(1)
Section 177Section 177(1)(a)
Section 177Section 177(1)(b)
Section 177Section 177(2)
Section 177Section 177(3)
Section 177Section 177(4)
Section 177Section 178. Action by Commissioner on the report
Section 178Section 178(2)
Section 178Section 179(1)
Section 179Section 179(2)
Section 179Section 179(2)(a)
Section 179Section 179(2)(b)
Section 179Section 179(3)
Section 179Section 179(4)
Section 179Section 180. Power of auditor to make queries etc. and call for returns etc
Section 180Section 180(2)
Section 180Section 180(3)
Section 180Section 180(4)
Section 180Section 180(5)
Section 180Proviso to Section 180(5)
Section 180Section 180(6)
Section 180
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XII - WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Section 915Section 181. Definitions
Section 181Section 181(1)
Section 181Section 181(1)(a)
Section 181Section 181(1)(b)
Section 181Section 181(1)(i)
Section 181Section 181(1)(ii)
Section 181Section 181(2)
Section 181Section 181(3)
Section 181Section 181(4)
Section 181Section 181(5)
Section 181Section 181(6)
Section 181Section 182. Power to require Corporation to carry out surveys and formulate proposals
Section 182Section 182(a)
Section 182Section 182(b)
Section 182Section 182(c)
Section 182Section 182(d)
Section 182Section 182(i)
Section 182Section 182(ii)
Section 182Section 183. Power to construct additional works
Section 183Section 184(1)
Section 184Section 184(1)(a)
Section 184Section 184(1)(b)
Section 184Section 184(1)(c)
Section 184Section 184(2)
Section 184Section 185(1)
Section 185Section 185(2)
Section 185Section 185(2)(b)
Section 185Section 185(2)(e)
Section 185Section 185(2)(f)
Section 185Section 186. Power to supply water for non-domestic purposes
Section 186Proviso to Section 186
Section 186Proviso to Section 186
Section 186Section 186(2)
Section 186Section 187(1)
Section 187Section 187(2)
Section 187Section 188. Obligation of owner or occupier to give notice of waste of water
Section 188Section 189. Cutting of supply to premises
Section 189Section 190. New premises no to be occupied without arrangement for water supply
Section 190Section 191(1)
Section 191Section 191(2)
Section 191Section 192(1)
Section 192Section 192(1)(a)
Section 192Section 192(1)(b)
Section 192Proviso to Section 192(1)(b)
Section 192Section 192(2)
Section 192Section 193(1)
Section 193Section 193(2)
Section 193Section 194(1)
Section 194Section 194(2)
Section 194Section 194(3)
Section 194Section 194(4)
Section 194Section 194(5)
Section 194Section 195. Power to enter premises to detect waste or misuse of water
Section 195Section 196. Power to test water fittings
Section 196Section 197(1)
Section 197Section 197(2)
Section 197Section 197(3)
Section 197Section 198(1)
Section 198Section 198(2)
Section 198Section 199. Joint and several liability of owners and occupiers for offence in relation to water supply
Section 199Section 200(1)
Section 200Section 200(2)
Section 200Section 200(3)
Section 200Section 200(4)
Section 200Section 200(4)(a)
Section 200Section 200(4)(b)
Section 200Section 201(1)
Section 201Section 201(2)
Section 201Section 202. Certain matters not to be passed into municipal drains
Section 202Section 202(a)
Section 202Section 202(b)
Section 202Explanation to Section 202(b)
Section 202Section 203(1)
Section 203Proviso to Section 203(1)
Section 203Section 203(1)(a)
Section 203Section 203(1)(i)
Section 203Section 203(1)(ii)
Section 203Section 203(1)(b)
Section 203Section 203(1)(i)
Section 203Section 203(1)(ii)
Section 203Section 203(1)(c)
Section 203Section 203(2)
Section 203Section 203(3)
Section 203Section 204(1)
Section 204Section 204(1)(a)
Section 204Section 204(1)(b)
Section 204Section 204(1)(c)
Section 204Section 204(1)(d)
Section 204Section 204(1)(e)
Section 204Section 204(1)(f)
Section 204Section 204(2)
Section 204Section 204(2)(a)
Section 204Section 204(2)(b)
Section 204Section 204(3)
Section 204Section 205(1)
Section 205Section 205(1)(a)
Section 205Section 205(1)(b)
Section 205Section 205(2)
Section 205Section 206(1)
Section 206Section 206(2)
Section 206Section 206(3)
Section 206Section 206(3)(a)
Section 206Section 206(3)(b)
Section 206Section 206(4)
Section 206Section 207. Power of Commissioner to close or limit the use of private drain in certain cases
Section 207Section 207(a)
Section 207Section 207(b)
Section 207Proviso to Section 207(b)
Section 207Section 207(i)
Section 207Section 207(ii)
Section 207Section 208(1)
Section 208Section 208(2)
Section 208Section 208(3)
Section 208Section 208(3)(a)
Section 208Section 208(3)(b)
Section 208Section 208(3)(c)
Section 208Section 209. Sewage and rain water drains to be distinct
Section 209Section 210. Powers of Commissioner to require owner to carry out certain works for satisfactory drainage
Section 210Section 210(a)
Section 210Section 211. Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and disposal of sewage
Section 211Proviso to Section 211
Section 211Proviso to Section 211
Section 211Section 212. Connection with water works and drains not to be made without permission
Section 212Section 213(1)
Section 213Section 213(2)
Section 213Section 213(3)
Section 213Section 214(1)
Section 214Proviso to Section 214(1)
Section 214Section 214(2)
Section 214Proviso to Section 214(2)
Section 214Section 214(3)
Section 214Section 215(1)
Section 215Proviso to Section 215(1)
Section 215Proviso to Section 215(1)
Section 215Section 215(2)
Section 215Section 215(3)
Section 215Section 215(3)(a)
Section 215Section 215(3)(b)
Section 215Section 215(3)(c)
Section 215Section 215(4)
Section 215Proviso to Section 215(4)
Section 215Section 216. Railway administration to be informed in certain cases
Section 216Section 217(1)
Section 217Section 217(2)
Section 217Section 217(3)
Section 217Section 218. Power of Commissioner to affix shafts etc. for ventilation of drain or, cesspool
Section 218Section 219(1)
Section 219Section 219(2)
Section 219Section 220. Employment of Government agencies for repairs etc
Section 220Section 221(1)
Section 221Proviso to Section 221(1)
Section 221Section 221(2)
Section 221Section 221(3)
Section 221Section 221(4)
Section 221Section 221(5)
Section 221Section 221(6)
Section 221Section 221(7)
Section 221Section 221(7)(a)
Section 221Section 221(7)(b)
Section 221Section 221(7)(c)
Section 221Section 221(8)
Section 221Section 221(9)
Section 221Section 222(1)
Section 222Section 222(1)(a)
Section 222Section 222(1)(b)
Section 222Section 222(1)(c)
Section 222Section 222(1)(d)
Section 222Section 222(1)(e)
Section 222Section 222(1)(f)
Section 222Section 222(2)
Section 222
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIII - STREETS
Section 1086Section 223. Vesting of public streets in Corporation
Section 223Section 223(2)
Section 223Section 224(1)
Section 224Proviso to Section 224(1)
Section 224Section 224(2)
Section 224Proviso to Section 224(2)
Section 224Section 225. Disposal of land forming site of public streets permanently closed
Section 225Section 226. Power to make new public streets
Section 226Section 226(b)
Section 226Section 226(c)
Section 226Section 226(d)
Section 226Section 227. Minimum width of new public streets
Section 227Section 228(1)
Section 228Section 228(1)(a)
Section 228Section 228(1)(b)
Section 228Section 228(1)(c)
Section 228Proviso to Section 228(1)(c)
Section 228Section 228(2)
Section 228Section 229. Power to acquire land and buildings for public streets and for public parking places
Section 229Section 229(a)
Section 229Section 229(b)
Section 229Section 229(c)
Section 229Explanation to Section 229(c)
Section 229Section 230(1)
Section 230Proviso to Section 230(1)
Section 230Proviso to Section 230(1)
Section 230Section 230(2)
Section 230Section 230(3)
Section 230Proviso to Section 230(3)
Section 230Section 231(1)
Section 231Section 231(2)
Section 231Section 231(3)
Section 231Section 232(1)
Section 232Section 232(2)
Section 232Section 232(3)
Section 232Section 232(4)
Section 232Section 233. Acquisition of open land and land occupied by platforms etc. within the regular line of street
Section 233Proviso to Section 233
Section 233Section 234(1)
Section 234Section 234(2)
Section 234Section 235. Setting forward of building to regular line of street
Section 235Explanation to Section 235
Section 235Section 236(1)
Section 236Proviso to Section 236(1)
Section 236Section 236(1)(a)
Section 236Section 236(1)(b)
Section 236Section 236(2)
Section 236Section 236(3)
Section 236Section 236(4)
Section 236Section 237. Owners obligation when dealing with land or building sites
Section 237Section 238. Layout plans
Section 238Section 238(a)
Section 238Section 238(b)
Section 238Section 238(c)
Section 238Section 238(d)
Section 238Section 238(2)
Section 238Section 238(3)
Section 238Section 238(4)
Section 238Section 238(4)(a)
Section 238Section 238(4)(b)
Section 238Section 238(4)(c)
Section 238Section 238(5)
Section 238Proviso to Section 238(5)
Section 238Section 238(6)
Section 238Section 239(1)
Section 239Section 239(1)(a)
Section 239Section 239(1)(b)
Section 239Section 239(2)
Section 239Section 240(1)
Section 240Section 240(2)
Section 240Section 241(1)
Section 241Section 241(2)
Section 241Section 242(1)
Section 242Section 242(1)(a)
Section 242Section 242(1)(b)
Section 242Section 242(2)
Section 242Section 242(3)
Section 242Section 243(1)
Section 243Section 243(1)(b)
Section 243Proviso to Section 243(1)(b)
Section 243Section 243(2)
Section 243Section 244. Ground floor, door etc. not to open outwards on streets
Section 244Section 245(1)
Section 245Section 245(2)
Section 245Section 245(3)
Section 245Section 246. Special provision regarding streets belonging to Government
Section 246Section 246(a)
Section 246Section 246(b)
Section 246Section 247. Power to remove anything deposited or exposed for sale in contravention of this Act
Section 247Section 247(a)
Section 247Section 247(b)
Section 247Section 248(1)
Section 248Section 248(2)
Section 248Section 248(3)
Section 248Section 249(1)
Section 249Section 249(1)(a)
Section 249Section 249(1)(b)
Section 249Section 249(1)(c)
Section 249Section 249(2)
Section 249Section 249(3)
Section 249Section 249(4)
Section 249Section 250. Streets not to be opened or broken up and building materials not to be deposited thereon without permission
Section 250Section 250(a)
Section 250Section 250(b)
Section 250Section 250(c)
Section 250Section 250(2)
Section 250Section 250(3)
Section 250Proviso to Section 250(3)
Section 250Section 251(1)
Section 251Section 251(2)
Section 251Section 252. Naming and numbering of streets
Section 252Section 252(a)
Section 252Section 252(c)
Section 252Section 252(d)
Section 252Section 252(2)
Section 252Section 253(1)
Section 253Section 253(2)
Section 253Section 254. Measures for lighting
Section 254Section 254(a)
Section 254Section 254(b)
Section 254Section 254(c)
Section 254Section 255(1)
Section 255Section 255(1)(a)
Section 255Section 255(1)(b)
Section 255Section 255(1)(c)
Section 255Section 255(2)
Section 255Section 255(3)
Section 255
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XIV - BUILDING REGULATIONS
Section 1214Section 256. Definitions
Section 256Section 256(a)
Section 256Section 256(b)
Section 256Section 256(i)
Section 256Section 256(ii)
Section 256Section 256(iii)
Section 256Section 256(c)
Section 256Section 256(f)
Section 256Section 256(g)
Section 256Section 256(h)
Section 256Section 256(i)
Section 256Section 257. Prohibition of erection of building without sanction
Section 257Section 258(1)
Section 258Section 258(2)
Section 258Proviso to Section 258(2)
Section 258Explanation to Section 258(2)
Section 258Section 259(1)
Section 259Section 259(1)(a)
Section 259Section 259(1)(b)
Section 259Section 259(1)(c)
Section 259Section 259(1)(d)
Section 259Section 259(1)(i)
Section 259Section 259(1)(ii)
Section 259Section 259(1)(f)
Section 259Section 259(1)(g)
Section 259Section 259(2)
Section 259Section 260(1)
Section 260Section 260(2)
Section 260Section 261(1)
Section 261Section 261(2)
Section 261Section 261(2)(a)
Section 261Section 261(2)(b)
Section 261Section 261(2)(c)
Section 261Section 261(2)(d)
Section 261Section 261(2)(f)
Section 261Section 261(2)(g)
Section 261Section 261(2)(h)
Section 261Section 261(3)
Section 261Section 261(2)
Section 261Section 261(4)
Section 261Section 262(1)
Section 262Proviso to Section 262(1)
Section 262Section 262(2)
Section 262Section 262(3)
Section 262Section 262(4)
Section 262Proviso to Section 262(4)
Section 262Section 262(5)
Section 262Section 262(6)
Section 262Proviso to Section 262(6)
Section 262Section 262(7)
Section 262Section 262(8)
Section 262Section 263. Sanction accorded under misrepresentation
Section 263Proviso to Section 263
Section 263Section 264. Buildings at corners of streets
Section 264Section 265(1)
Section 265Section 265(2)
Section 265Section 266. Prohibition against use of inflammable materials for buildings etc. without permission
Section 266Section 267(1)
Section 267Section 268.
Section 268Proviso to Section 268
Section 268Proviso to Section 268
Section 268Section 268(2)
Section 268Section 268(3)
Section 268Proviso to Section 268(3)
Section 268Section 268(4)
Section 268Section 268(5)
Section 268Section 268(6)
Section 268Section 268(2)
Section 268Section 268(3)
Section 268Section 268(4)
Section 268Section 268(5)
Section 268Proviso to Section 268(5)
Section 268Section 268(5)(i)
Section 268Section 268(5)(ii)
Section 268Section 268(5)(iii)
Section 268Section 268(6)
Section 268Section 268(7)
Section 268Section 268(8)
Section 268Section 268(9)
Section 268Section 268(10)
Section 268Section 269. Power to seal unauthorized development or construction
Section 269Section 270(1)
Section 270Section 270(1)(a)
Section 270Section 270(1)(b)
Section 270Section 270(2)
Section 270Section 270(3)
Section 270Section 271(1)
Section 271Section 271(2)
Section 271Proviso to Section 271(2)
Section 271Section 272(1)
Section 272Section 272(1)(a)
Section 272Section 272(1)(b)
Section 272Section 272(2)
Section 272Section 272(3)
Section 272Section 272(4)
Section 272Section 272(5)
Section 272Section 272(6)
Section 272Section 273(1)
Section 273Proviso to Section 273(1)
Section 273Section 273(2)
Section 273Section 273(3)
Section 273Section 274(1)
Section 274Section 274(1)(a)
Section 274Section 274(1)(b)
Section 274Section 274(1)(c)
Section 274Section 274(1)(d)
Section 274Section 274(1)(f)
Section 274Section 274(1)(g)
Section 274Section 274(1)(h)
Section 274Section 274(1)(i)
Section 274Explanation to Section 274(1)(i)
Section 274Section 274(1)
Section 274Section 274(2)
Section 274Section 274(2)(i)
Section 274Section 274(2)(ii)
Section 274Section 274(2)(iii)
Section 274Section 274(2)(iv)
Section 274Section 274(2)(v)
Section 274Section 274(2)(vi)
Section 274Section 274(2)
Section 274Section 274(3)
Section 274Section 274(4)
Section 274Section 274(5)
Section 274Section 274(6)
Section 274Section 274(7)
Section 274Section 274(8)
Section 274Explanation to Section 274(8)
Section 274Section 274(8)(i)
Section 274Section 274(8)(ii)
Section 274
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XV - SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Section 1344Section 275(1)
Section 275Section 275(1)(a)
Section 275Section 275(1)(b)
Section 275Section 275(2)
Section 275Section 276. Rubbish etc. to be property of Corporation
Section 276Section 277(1)
Section 277Section 277(1)(a)
Section 277Section 277(1)(b)
Section 277Section 277(1)(c)
Section 277Section 277(1)(d)
Section 277Section 277(2)
Section 277Section 278. Duty of owners and occupiers to collect and deposit rubbish etc
Section 278Section 278(a)
Section 278Section 278(b)
Section 278Section 278(c)
Section 278Section 279. Removal of rubbish etc. accumulated on premises used as factories, workshops etc
Section 279Section 279(a)
Section 279Section 279(b)
Section 279Section 280(1)
Section 280Section 280(2)
Section 280Section 280(3)
Section 280Section 280(3)(a)
Section 280Section 280(3)(b)
Section 280Section 280(3)(c)
Section 280Section 281. Commissioner's power to get premises scavenged and cleansed
Section 281Section 282(1)
Section 282Section 282(2)
Section 282Section 283(1)
Section 283Section 283(2)
Section 283Section 283(3)
Section 283Proviso to Section 283(3)
Section 283Section 284(1)
Section 284Section 284(2)
Section 284Section 284(2)(a)
Section 284Section 284(2)(b)
Section 284Section 284(3)
Section 284Section 284(4)
Section 284Section 285. Latrines and urinals for labourers etc
Section 285Section 286. Provision of latrines and urinals for markets etc
Section 286Section 287. Other provisions as to private latrines
Section 287Section 287(a)
Section 287Section 287(b)
Section 287Section 287(c)
Section 287Section 287(i)
Section 287Section 287(ii)
Section 287Section 288(1)
Section 288Section 288(2)
Section 288Proviso to Section 288(2)
Section 288Proviso to Section 288(2)
Section 288Section 288(3)
Section 288Section 289(1)
Section 289Section 289(2)
Section 289Section 289(3)
Section 289Section 290. Enforcement of notice requiring execution of works of improvement
Section 290Section 291(1)
Section 291Section 291(2)
Section 291Section 291(3)
Section 291Section 291(4)
Section 291Section 291(5)
Section 291Section 291(6)
Section 291Section 291(6)(a)
Section 291Section 291(6)(b)
Section 291Section 291(6)(c)
Section 291Section 291(6)(d)
Section 291Section 291(6)(e)
Section 291Section 291(6)(f)
Section 291Section 291(6)(g)
Section 291Explanation to Section 291(6)(g)
Section 291Section 291(6)(a)
Section 291Section 291(6)(b)
Section 291Section 291(6)(c)
Section 291Section 291(6)(e)
Section 291Section 291(6)(f)
Section 291Section 291(6)(g)
Section 291Section 291(6)(h)
Section 291Section 291(6)(i)
Section 291Section 291(7)
Section 291Section 292. Insanitary huts and sheds
Section 292Section 293(1)
Section 293Section 293(2)
Section 293Section 294. Obligation to give information of dangerous disease
Section 294Section 295. Removal of patient to hospital suffering from dangerous disease
Section 295Section 295(a)
Section 295Section 295(b)
Section 295Section 295(c)
Section 295Section 295(d)
Section 295Section 296. Disinfection of buildings and articles
Section 296Proviso to Section 296
Section 296Section 297(1)
Section 297Section 297(2)
Section 297Section 297(3)
Section 297Section 298(1)
Section 298Section 298(1)(a)
Section 298Section 298(1)(b)
Section 298Section 298(2)
Section 298Section 298(3)
Section 298Section 299(1)
Section 299Section 299(1)(a)
Section 299Section 299(1)(b)
Section 299Proviso to Section 299(1)(b)
Section 299Section 299(2)
Section 299Section 300(1)
Section 300Section 300(2)
Section 300Section 301(1)
Section 301Section 301(1)(a)
Section 301Section 301(1)(b)
Section 301Section 301(2)
Section 301Section 301(3)
Section 301Section 301(4)
Section 301Section 302. Driver of conveyance not bound to carry persons suffering from dangerous diseases
Section 302Section 303(1)
Section 303Section 303(2)
Section 303Section 304. Disposal of infected articles without disinfection
Section 304Section 305. Prohibition of making or selling of food, etc. or washing of clothes by infected persons
Section 305Section 305(a)
Section 305Section 305(b)
Section 305Section 306. Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink
Section 306Section 307(1)
Section 307Section 307(1)(a)
Section 307Section 307(1)(b)
Section 307Section 307(1)(c)
Section 307Section 307(2)
Section 307Section 308. Duty of persons suffering from dangerous diseases
Section 308Section 308(a)
Section 308Section 308(b)
Section 308Section 308(c)
Section 308Section 308(d)
Section 308Section 309. Disposal of infectious corpse where any person has died from any dangerous disease
Section 309Section 309(a)
Section 309Section 309(b)
Section 309Section 310(1)
Section 310Section 310(2)
Section 310Section 311. Power to call for information regarding burning or burial ground
Section 311Section 312(1)
Section 312Section 312(2)
Section 312Section 313(1)
Section 313Section 313(2)
Section 313Section 314. Removal of corpses
Section 314Section 315(1)
Section 315Section 315(1)(a)
Section 315Section 315(1)(b)
Section 315Section 315(2)
Section 315
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVI - PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUPPRESSION OF NUISANCES
Section 1487Section 316(1)
Section 316Section 316(1)(a)
Section 316Section 316(1)(i)
Section 316Section 316(1)(ii)
Section 316Section 316(1)(iii)
Section 316Section 316(1)(iv)
Section 316Section 316(1)(v)
Section 316Section 316(1)(vi)
Section 316Section 316(1)(vii)
Section 316Section 316(1)(viii)
Section 316Section 316(1)(ix)
Section 316Section 316(1)(b)
Section 316Section 316(1)(c)
Section 316Section 316(1)(e)
Section 316Section 316(1)(f)
Section 316Section 316(1)(g)
Section 316Section 316(1)(h)
Section 316Section 316(1)(i)
Section 316Section 316(1)(k)
Section 316Explanation to Section 316(1)(k)
Section 316Section 316(2)
Section 316Section 316(3)
Section 316Section 316(4)
Section 316Section 316(5)
Section 316Section 316(6)
Section 316Proviso to Section 316(6)
Section 316Section 317. Power of Commissioner to require removal or abatement of nuisance
Section 317Section 318. Registration and control of dogs
Section 318Section 318(b)
Section 318Section 318(c)
Section 318Section 318(2)
Section 318Section 318(2)(a)
Section 318Section 318(2)(b)
Section 318Section 318(3)
Section 318Section 318(4)
Section 318Section 318(4)(a)
Section 318Section 318(4)(b)
Section 318Section 318(5)
Section 318Section 318(5)(a)
Section 318Section 318(5)(b)
Section 318Section 318(5)(c)
Section 318Section 319. Staking or collecting inflammable materials
Section 319Section 320. Care of naked lights
Section 320Proviso to Section 320
Section 320Section 321. Discharging fireworks, fire arms etc.
Section 321Section 322. Power to require buildings, wells, etc. to be rendered safe
Section 322Section 323. Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes
Section 323
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVII - EXTINCTION AND PREVENTION OF FIRE
Section 1535Section 324. Establishment and maintenance of fire-brigade
Section 324Section 325.
Section 325Section 325(a)
Section 325Section 325(b)
Section 325Section 325(c)
Section 325Section 325(d)
Section 325Section 325(e)
Section 325Section 325(f)
Section 325Section 325(2)
Section 325Section 325(3)
Section 325Section 325(1)
Section 325Section 325(4)
Section 325Section 326. Limitation on operation of this Chapter
Section 326
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XVIII - MARKETS, SLAUGHTER HOUSES, TRADES AND OCCUPATION
Section 1549Section 327(1)
Section 327Section 327(2)
Section 327Section 328. Use of municipal markets
Section 328Section 328(2)
Section 328Section 329(1)
Section 329Section 329(2)
Section 329Proviso to Section 329(2)
Section 329Section 329(2)(a)
Section 329Section 329(2)(b)
Section 329Section 330. Conditions of grant of license for private market
Section 330Section 330(2)
Section 330Section 330(3)
Section 330Proviso to Section 330(3)
Section 330Section 330(4)
Section 330Section 331(1)
Section 331Section 331(2)
Section 331Section 332. Prohibition of use of unlicensed market
Section 332Section 333(1)
Section 333Section 333(2)
Section 333Section 334. Levy of stallages, rent and fees
Section 334Section 334(a)
Section 334Section 334(i)
Section 334Section 334(ii)
Section 334Section 334(iii)
Section 334Section 334(iv)
Section 334Section 335. Stallages, rents etc. to be published
Section 335Section 336(1)
Section 336Proviso to Section 336(1)
Section 336Section 336(2)
Section 336Section 336(3)
Section 336Section 336(4)
Section 336Section 337(1)
Section 337Section 337(2)
Section 337Section 338(1)
Section 338Section 338(1)(a)
Section 338Section 338(1)(b)
Section 338Section 338(1)(c)
Section 338Section 338(1)(d)
Section 338Proviso to Section 338(1)(d)
Section 338Section 338(2)
Section 338Section 338(3)
Section 338Proviso to Section 338(3)
Section 338Proviso to Section 339
Section 339Section 339(3)
Section 339Section 339(4)
Section 339Section 340(1)
Section 340Proviso to Section 340(1)
Section 340Section 340(2)
Section 340Section 340(3)
Section 340Section 341(1)
Section 341Section 341(2)
Section 341Section 341(3)
Section 341Section 341(4)
Section 341Section 341(5)
Section 341Section 342. Licences for hawking articles etc.
Section 342Section 342(a)
Section 342Section 342(b)
Section 342Section 343(1)
Section 343Section 343(2)
Section 343Section 344. Licensing and control of theatre, circuses and places of public amusement
Section 344Proviso to Section 344
Section 344Section 345. Power of Commissioner to stop use of premises used in contravention of licences
Section 345Section 346(1)
Section 346Section 346(2)
Section 346Section 346(3)
Section 346Section 346(4)
Section 346Section 346(5)
Section 346
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XIX - IMPROVEMENTS
Section 1617Section 347. Improvement scheme
Section 347Section 347(a)
Section 347Section 347(b)
Section 347Section 348(1)
Section 348Section 348(1)(a)
Section 348Section 348(1)(b)
Section 348Section 348(1)(c)
Section 348Section 348(1)(d)
Section 348Section 348(1)(e)
Section 348Section 348(1)(f)
Section 348Section 348(1)(g)
Section 348Section 348(1)(h)
Section 348Section 348(1)(i)
Section 348Section 348(1)(k)
Section 348Section 348(1)(m)
Section 348Section 348(1)(o)
Section 348Section 348(1)(p)
Section 348Section 348(1)(q)
Section 348Section 348(1)(r)
Section 348Section 348(1)(s)
Section 348Section 348(2)
Section 348Section 348(3)
Section 348Section 349(1)
Section 349Section 349(2)
Section 349Section 350(1)
Section 350Section 350(1)(a)
Section 350Section 350(1)(b)
Section 350Section 350(1)(c)
Section 350Section 350(2)
Section 350Section 351. Rehousing scheme
Section 351Section 352. Improvement scheme and rehousing scheme to comply with master plan and zonal development plan
Section 352Section 353. Provisions of housing accommodation for the economically weaker sections
Section 353Section 353(a)
Section 353Section 353(b)
Section 353
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XX - REGULATION OF FELLING AND PLANTING TREES
Section 1652Section 354. Prohibiting felling, cutting, damaging, destroying any tree in any urban area
Section 354Explanation to Section 354
Section 354Section 354(a)
Section 354Section 354(b)
Section 354Section 354(c)
Section 354Section 354(ct)
Section 354Section 354(e)
Section 354Section 354(f)
Section 354Section 354(g)
Section 354Section 354(h)
Section 354Section 354(2)
Section 354Section 355(1)
Section 355Section 355(1)(i)
Section 355Section 355(1)(ii)
Section 355Section 355(1)(iii)
Section 355Section 355(1)(iv)
Section 355Section 355(1)(v)
Section 355Section 355(2)
Section 355Section 356(1)
Section 356Section 356(2)
Section 356Section 357. Duties of Tree Authority
Section 357Section 357(a)
Section 357Section 357(b)
Section 357Section 357(c)
Section 357Section 357(ct)
Section 357Section 357(e)
Section 357Section 358. Appointment of Tree Officer
Section 358Section 359(1)
Section 359Section 359(2)
Section 359Section 360(1)
Section 360Proviso to Section 360(1)
Section 360Section 360(1)(i)
Section 360Section 360(1)(ii)
Section 360Section 360(1)(iii)
Section 360Section 360(2)
Section 360Section 360(3)
Section 360Section 361(1)
Section 361Section 361(2)
Section 361Section 362(1)
Section 362Section 362(2)
Section 362Section 363. Responsibilities for preservation of trees
Section 363Section 364. The recovery of expenditure on failure to comply with orders for planting of trees
Section 364Section 365(1)
Section 365Section 365(2)
Section 365Section 365(3)
Section 365Section 365(4)
Section 365Section 366. Seizure
Section 366Section 367. Penalty
Section 367Explanation to Section 367
Section 367Section 368. Compounding of offences
Section 368Section 369. Operation of other laws not barred
Section 369Section 370. Power to make rules
Section 370Section 371(1)
Section 371Section 371(1)(a)
Section 371Section 371(1)(b)
Section 371Section 371(1)(c)
Section 371Section 371(1)(d)
Section 371Section 371(1)(e)
Section 371Section 371(2)
Section 371Section 371(3)
Section 371Proviso to Section 371(3)
Section 371Section 371(3)(b)
Section 371Section 371(4)
Section 371Section 372. Power of entry and inspection
Section 372Section 372(b)
Section 372Section 372(c)
Section 372Section 372(d)
Section 372Section 373(1)
Section 373Section 373(2)
Section 373Section 373(3)
Section 373Section 374(1)
Section 374Section 374(1)(a)
Section 374Section 374(1)(b)
Section 374Section 374(2)
Section 374Section 374(3)
Section 374Section 375. Time of making entry
Section 375Section 376. Consent ordinarily to be obtained
Section 376Proviso to Section 376
Section 376Section 377. Regard to be had to social or religious usages
Section 377Section 378. Prohibition of obstruction or molestation in execution of work
Section 378Section 379. Public notices how to be made known
Section 379Section 380. Newspaper in which advertisement of notices to be published
Section 380Proviso to Section 380
Section 380Section 381. Proof of consent etc. of Commissioner etc.
Section 381Section 382. Notices, etc. to fix reasonable time
Section 382Section 383(1)
Section 383Section 383(2)
Section 383Section 384. Notice etc. by whom to be served or issued
Section 384Section 385(1)
Section 385Section 385(1)(a)
Section 385Section 385(1)(i)
Section 385Section 385(1)(ii)
Section 385Section 385(1)(b)
Section 385Section 385(1)(i)
Section 385Section 385(1)(ii)
Section 385Section 385(1)(c)
Section 385Section 385(1)(i)
Section 385Section 385(1)(ii)
Section 385Section 385(1)(i)
Section 385Section 385(1)(ii)
Section 385Section 385(1)(iii)
Section 385Section 385(2)
Section 385Section 385(2)(a)
Section 385Section 385(2)(b)
Section 385Section 385(3)
Section 385Section 385(5)
Section 385Section 385(6)
Section 385Section 385(7)
Section 385Section 386. Power in case of non-compliance with notice, etc.
Section 386Section 387(1)
Section 387Proviso to Section 387(1)
Section 387Section 387(2)
Section 387Section 388. Execution of work by occupier in default of owner and deduction of expenses from rent
Section 388Section 389(1)
Section 389Section 389(2)
Section 389Section 389(3)
Section 389Section 390. General power to pay compensation
Section 390Section 391(1)
Section 391Section 391(2)
Section 391Section 392. Mode of recovery of certain dues
Section 392Proviso to Section 392
Section 392Section 393. Right of owner to apply to court of the District Judge in case of obstruction by occupier
Section 393Section 393(2)
Section 393Section 393(3)
Section 393Section 394. General powers and procedure of the court of District Judge
Section 394Section 395(1)
Section 395Section 395(1)(a)
Section 395Section 395(1)(b)
Section 395Proviso to Section 395(1)(b)
Section 395Section 395(2)
Section 395Section 395(3)
Section 395Proviso to Section 395(3)
Section 395Section 395(3)(i)
Section 395Section 395(3)(ii)
Section 395Section 396. Repayment of half fees on settlement before hearing
Section 396Section 397. Power of the court of District Judge to delegate certain powers and to make rules
Section 397Section 397(a)
Section 397Section 397(b)
Section 397Section 398. Punishment for certain offences
Section 398Section 398(a)
Section 398Section 398(b)
Section 398Section 398(i)
Section 398Section 398(ii)
Section 398Section 399. General
Section 399Section 400.
Section 400Proviso to Section 400
Section 400Section 400(2)
Section 400Explanation to Section 400(2)
Section 400Section 400(2)(a)
Section 400Section 400(2)(b)
Section 400Section 401. Police establishments
Section 401Section 401(2)
Section 401Section 402(1)
Section 402Section 402(1)(a)
Section 402Section 402(1)(b)
Section 402Section 402(2)
Section 402Section 402(3)
Section 402Section 403. Power to institute legal proceedings etc. and obtain legal advice
Section 403Section 403(a)
Section 403Section 403(i)
Section 403Section 403(ii)
Section 403Section 403(iii)
Section 403Section 403(b)
Section 403Section 403(d)
Section 403Section 403(e)
Section 403Section 403(f)
Section 403Section 403(g)
Section 403Section 403(h)
Section 403Section 404. Prosecution
Section 404Section 405(1)
Section 405Section 405(2)
Section 405Section 406. Protection of action of the Corporation etc.
Section 406Section 407(1)
Section 407Section 407(2)
Section 407Section 407(3)
Section 407
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXII - RULES, REGULATIONS AND BYE-LAWS
Section 1828Section 408(1)
Section 408Section 408(2)
Section 408Section 409(1)
Section 409Section 409(2)
Section 409Section 409(3)
Section 409Section 410. Powers to make bye-laws
Section 410Section 410(1)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 410(7)
Section 410Section 410(8)
Section 410Section 410(1)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 410(7)
Section 410Section 410(8)
Section 410Section 410(9)
Section 410Section 410(10)
Section 410Section 410(12)
Section 410Section 410(13)
Section 410Section 410(14)
Section 410Section 410(15)
Section 410Section 410(16)
Section 410Section 410(17)
Section 410Section 410(18)
Section 410Section 410(19)
Section 410Section 410(20)
Section 410Section 410(21)
Section 410Section 410(22)
Section 410Section 410(23)
Section 410Section 410(24)
Section 410Section 410(25)
Section 410Section 410(26)
Section 410Section 410(1)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 410(21)
Section 410Section 410(22)
Section 410Section 410(23)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 410(7)
Section 410Section 410(8)
Section 410Section 410(9)
Section 410Section 410(10)
Section 410Section 410(11)
Section 410Section 410(12)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 410(7)
Section 410Section 410(8)
Section 410Section 410(9)
Section 410Section 410(10)
Section 410Section 410(11)
Section 410Section 410(12)
Section 410Section 410(13)
Section 410Section 410(14)
Section 410Section 410(15)
Section 410Section 410(16)
Section 410Section 410(17)
Section 410Section 410(18)
Section 410Section 410(19)
Section 410Section 410(20)
Section 410Section 410(21)
Section 410Section 410(22)
Section 410Section 410(23)
Section 410Section 410(1)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(1)
Section 410Section 410(2)
Section 410Section 410(3)
Section 410Section 410(4)
Section 410Section 410(4)(a)
Section 410Section 410(5)
Section 410Section 410(6)
Section 410Section 411(1)
Section 411Section 411(1)(a)
Section 411Section 411(1)(b)
Section 411Section 411(1)(c)
Section 411Section 411(2)
Section 411Section 412. Supplemental provisions respecting bye-laws
Section 412Proviso to Section 412
Section 412Section 413(1)
Section 413Section 413(2)
Section 413
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIII - CONTROL
Section 1930Section 414. Power of Government to require production of documents
Section 414Section 414(a)
Section 414Section 414(b)
Section 414Section 415. Inspections
Section 415Section 416(1)
Section 416Section 416(1)(a)
Section 416Section 416(1)(b)
Section 416Proviso to Section 416(1)(b)
Section 416Section 416(2)
Section 416Section 417. Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 416
Section 417Section 418. Power to review
Section 418Section 419. Power of revision
Section 419Section 420. Dissolution of Corporation
Section 420Proviso to Section 420
Section 420Section 420(2)
Section 420Section 420(2)(a)
Section 420Section 420(2)(b)
Section 420Section 420(2)(c)
Section 420
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXIV - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1949Section 421. Delegation
Section 421Section 421(2)
Section 421Section 422. Validity of notices and other documents
Section 422Section 423. Admissibility of document or entry as evidence
Section 423Section 433(b). Powers of Corporation in rural areas
Section 433Section 434. Power to suspend any resolution or order of Corporation
Section 434Section 435. Power of Government to modify proceedings
Section 435Proviso to Section 435
Section 435Section 436. Power of Government to withdraw any area of Municipal area, from operation of Act
Section 436Proviso to Section 436
Section 436Section 436(2)
Section 436Section 437(1)
Section 437Section 437(2)
Section 437Section 437(3)
Section 437Section 437(4)
Section 437Section 437(4)(a)
Section 437Section 437(4)(i)
Section 437Section 437(4)(ii)
Section 437Section 437(4)(b)
Section 437Section 437(5)
Section 437Section 438. Transitional provisions
Section 438Section 438(a)
Section 438Section 438(b)
Section 438Section 438(d)
Section 438Section 439(1)
Section 439Section 439(2)
Section 439Section 439(3)
Section 439Section 440(1)
Section 440Section 440(2)
Section 440Section 440(3)
Section 440Section 440(4)
Section 440Section 441. Provision for municipality or local authority which is superseded or dissolved
Section 441Section 442(1)
Section 442Section 442(2)
Section 442Section 443. Power to remove difficulties
Section 443Schedule - FIRST SCHEDULE
Section 1985Schedule - SECOND SCHEDULE
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(25) \"hut\" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud,\nleaves, grass, cloth or thatch and includes any structure of whatever material made\nwhich the Corporation may declare to be a hut for the purposes of this Act ;\n,\n/\ni",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(e) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for use and occupation\nof any land or building ;",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(b) a person shall not be deemed to cease to \"reside\" in any such dwelling house\nmerely because he is absent from it or has elsewhere another dwelling house\nin which he resides, if there is, liberty of returning to it at any time, and no\nabandonment of the intention of returning to it;",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(53) \"rural areas\" means the part of the municipal area which immediately before their\ninclusion within the limits of the municipal areas were situated within the local\nlimits of a Gram Panchayat and exclude by a notification under this clause.",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(58) \"State Election Commission\" means the State Election Commission constituted\nby the State Government under section 104 of the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat\nRaj Act, 1997 ( 5 of 2001) and under articles 243-K and 243-ZA of the Constitution\nof India;",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(59) \"street\" shall mean any road, footway, square, court, alley, gully or passage,\naccessible whether permanently or temporarily to the public and whether a\nthoroughfare or not, and shall include every vacant space, notwithstanding that\nit may be private property and partly or wholly obstructed by any gate, post,\nchain or other barrier, if houses, shops or other buildings abut thereon, and if it\nis used by any person as means of access to or from any public place or\nthoroughfare, whether such persons be occupiers of such buildings or not, but\nshall include any part of such space which the occupier of any such building\nhas right at all hours to prevent all other persons from using as aforesaid and\nshall include also the drains or gutters therein, or on either side of the land,\nwhether covered or not by any pavement, verandah or other erection, up-to the\nboundary of any abutting property, not accessible to the public ;",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(63) \"vehicle\" includes a carriage, cart, van, dray, truck, hand-cart, bicycle, tricycle,\ncycle-rickshaw, auto-rickshaw, motor vehicle and every wheeled conveyance\nwhich is used or is capable of being used on a street ;",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "2",
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"content": "(66) \"water seal latrine\" means a latrine with a minimum water-seal of 20 mm. in\nwhich excreta is pushed in or flushed by water and is not required to be removed\nby human agency ;",
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"number": "2",
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"number": "3",
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"content": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, the\narea comprised within the limits of the Itanagar Municipal Corporation constituted under\ntheArunachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 shall be the Municipal Corporation\nof Itanagar.",
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"number": "3",
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"content": "(2) The Government may, from time to time, by a notification in the Official Gazette,\ndeclare any municipality to be a Corporation by whatever name called.",
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"number": "3",
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"number": "3",
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"number": "3",
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"content": "(3) The Government may, from time to time, after consultation with the Corporation, by\nnotification in the Official Gazette, alter the limits of the municipal area of the\nCorporation declared under sub-sections (1) and (2) so as to include therein or\nexclude therefrom such areas as may be specified in the notification.",
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"number": "3",
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"number": "3",
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"number": "3",
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"number": "4",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation shall be a body\ncorporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power subject to the\nProvisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and may by the said name\nsue and be sued.",
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"number": "4",
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"content": "(2) Save as provided in sub-section (3), all seats in the Corporation shall be filled by\npersons chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the municipal\narea and for this purpose the municipal area shall, by a notification issued in this\nbehalf, be divided into territorial constituencies to be known as wards.",
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"number": "4",
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"content": "(3) In the Corporation, in addition to persons chosen by direct election under this section,\nthe Members of the State Legislative Assembly, representing constituencies which\ncomprise wholly or partly in municipal area, shall also be the Councillors.",
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"number": "5",
"title": "Section 5(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation, unless sooner dissolved under section\n420 of this Act, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting.",
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"number": "5",
"title": "Section 5(2)",
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"content": "(2) An election to constitute the Corporation shall be completed -",
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"number": "5",
"title": "Section 5(2)(a)",
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"number": "5",
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"number": "5",
"title": "Proviso to Section 5(2)(b)",
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"content": "Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved\nCorporation would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary\nto hold any election under this section for constituting the Corporation for such\nperiod.",
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"number": "5",
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"content": "(3) A Corporation constituted upon its dissolution before the expiration of its duration\nshall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Corporation\nwould have continued under sub-section (1) - had it not been so dissolved.",
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"number": "6",
"title": "Section 6. Delimitation of wards",
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"content": "For the purposes of election of Councillors the Deputy\nCommissioner shall, in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the State\nGovernment,-",
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"number": "6",
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"content": "(a) divide the municipal area into wards in such a manner that,",
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"number": "6",
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"number": "6",
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"content": "Provided that the population in each ward shall not be less than 5000 and the number\nof total seats to be filled by direct election shall not exceed twenty five;",
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"number": "6",
"title": "Section 6(b)",
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"content": "(b) Determine the territorial extent of each ward ; and",
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"number": "6",
"title": "Section 6(c)",
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"content": "(c) Determine the ward or wards in which seats are reserved under this Act.",
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"number": "7",
"title": "Section 7. Qualification for Councillors",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a Councillor,\nunless-",
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{
"number": "7",
"title": "Section 7(a)",
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"content": "(a) he has attained twenty-one years of age; and",
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{
"number": "7",
"title": "Section 7(b)",
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"content": "(b) his name is registered as an elector in the electoral roll of any ward in the municipal\narea.",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8. Disqualifications of Councillors",
"chapter": null,
"content": "1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as,\nand for being, a Councillor of the Corporation-",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if he is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for the\npurposes of election to the Legislature of the State:",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Proviso to Section 8(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than\n25 years, if he has attained the age of 21 years; and",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(b)",
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"content": "(b) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by the Legislature of the State.",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) A person shall also be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Councillor",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n{b) if he is an undercharged insolvent;",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a\nforeign State, or is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to\na foreign State.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) if he has, in proceedings for questioning the validity or regularity of an election,\nbeen found to have been guilty of-\n•\n•",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(i)",
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"content": "(i) any corrupt practice under section 29 of this Act;",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) any offence punishable under sections 171-E or 171-F of the Indian Penal\nCode, 1860 ( 45 of 1860) or any offence punishable under section 29 or clause",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(a)",
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"content": "(a) of sub-section (2) of section 38 of this Act; unless a period of six years has\nelapsed since the date of the finding.",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) if he has incurred more expenditure than prescribed under section 19 or has\nfailed to lodge account under section 20 within 30 days of the declaration of\nthe result of the election;.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) if he has been convicted by a criminal court to imprisonment for an offence involving\nmoral turpitude, unless a period of six years has elapsed since his conviction ;",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) if he holds any office of profit under the Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) if he is a licensed architect, draftsman, engineer, plumber, surveyor or town planner\nor is a partner of a firm of which any such licensed person is also a partner;",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) if he holds any office of profit under the Government or the Municipal Corporation;",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) if he is interested in any subsisting contract made with, or any work being done for\nthe Corporation except as a share holder ( other than a director) in an incorporated\ncompany or as a member of a co-operative society;\nU) if he is retained or employed in any professional capacity either personally or in the\nname of a firm of which he is a partner or with which he is engaged in a professional\ncapacity, in connection with any cause or proceeding in which the Corporation or\nany of municipal authorities is interested or concerned ;",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(k)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(k) if he, having held any office under the Government, the Corporation or any other\nlocal authority, any Government company or any corporate body owned or controlled\nby the Government has been dismissed from service ;\n(I) if he has encroached upon or is a beneficiary of the encroachment upon any land\nbelonging to, or taken on lease or requisitioned by or on behalf of, the State\nGovernment, a municipality, a panchayat, a co-operative society or any other local\nauthority, unless a period of six years has elapsed since the date on which he is\nejected therefrom or he ceases to be the encroacher;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Explanation to Section 8(2)(k)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.-For the purposes of this clause the expression \"beneficiaries\"\nshall include the spouse and legal heirs of the encroacher; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(rn)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(rn) if he is registered as a habitual offender under the Arunachal Pradesh (Criminal\nLaw Amendment) Act, 1987 (4 of 1988).",
"footnote": "4 of 1988",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(n)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(n) if he has been ordered to give security for good behaviour under section 110 of the\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);",
"footnote": "2 of 1974",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(o)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(o) if he fails to pay any arrears of any kind due to him, otherwise than as an agent,\nreceiver, trustee or an executor to the Corporation within three months after a\nnotice in this behalf has been served upon him ;",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(p)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(p) if he is in the employment or service under any panchayat or of any other local\nauthority or co-operative society or the State Government or Central Government or\nany public sector undertaking under the control of the Central or the State\nGovernment.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)(q)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(q) if he has made any false statement or declaration in writing under this Act or\nthe rules made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Explanation to Section 8(2)(q)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause the expression \"service\" or\n\"employment\" shall include persons appointed, engaged or employed on whole\ntime, part time, casual, daily or contract basis.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1360
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) above -",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) a disqualification under clause (e) of sub-section (2) shall not take effect until\nthree months have elapsed since the date of such disqualification or if within\nthese three months an appeal or petition for revision is brought in respect of\nthe conviction or sentence until that appeal or petition is disposed of ;",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) a person shall not be deemed to have incurred any disqualification under clause\n(f), or clause (g) of sub-section (2) by reason only of his receiving -",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any pension ; or",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any allowance or facility for serving as a Mayor or Deputy Mayor or as a\nCouncillor ; or",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) any fee for attendance at a meeting of any committee of the Corporation;",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) a person shall not be deemed to have any interest in a contract or work such\nas is referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (2) by reason only of his having a\nshare or interest in -",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any lease, sale, exchange or purchase of immovable property or any\nagreement for the same ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any agreement for the loan of money or any security for the payment of\nmoney only ; or",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the\nCorporation is associated ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) the sale to the Corporation or to any other municipal authority or any\nofficer or other employee of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation of\nany article in which he regularly trades or the purchase from the Corporation\nor from any such authority, officer or other employee on behalf of the\nCorporation of any article of a value in either case not exceeding five\nthousand rupees in the aggregate in any year during the period of the\ncontract or work; or",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) the letting out on hire to the Corporation or the hiring from the Corporation\nof any article not exceeding two thousand rupees in the aggregate in any\nyear during the period of the contract or work ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1480
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(3)(vi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vi) any agreement or contract with the Corporation or any other municipal\nauthority for taking water or any other thing which the Corporation may\ngenerally supply.\n( 4) If a person sits or votes as a Councillor of the Corporation when he is not qualified\nor that he is disqualified for such Councillorship, he shall be liable in respect of\neach day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred rupees to be\nrecovered as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) If any question arises as to whether a Councillor of the Corporation has become\nsubject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-sections (1) and (2), the\nquestion shall be referred for the decision of such authority and in such manner as\nthe Government may by notification provide.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) If a person who is chosen as a Councillor of the Corporation, becomes a Member of\nthe House of the People, the Council of States, the State Legislative Assembly, or\nbecomes member of a municipality, or an office bearer of a panchayat, then at the\nexpiration of a period of fifteen days from the date of publication of the election\nresult, as the case may be, within fifteen days from the date of the commencement\nof term of office of a Member of the House of People, the Council of State, the State\nLegislative Assembly or member of the municipality, or an office bearer of a\npanchayat, his seat in a Corporation shall become vacant, unless he has previously\nresigned his seat in the House of People, the Council of States, the State Legislative\nAssembly, the panchayat or the municipality, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The superintendence, direction and control of the\npreparation of electoral rolls, delimitation of wards and the conduct of all elections of\nthe Corporation, shall be vested in the State Election Commission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Government as well as the Corporation shall, when so requested by the State\nElection Commission, make available to the Commission such staff material and\nmonetary resources as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred\non the State Election Commission by sub-section (1 ).",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The State Government in consultation with the Commission shall frame its own\nrules and lay down its own procedure.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10. Requisitioning of premises",
"chapter": null,
"content": "vehicles etc. for election purposes.-(1) If it appears\nto the State Government that in relation to the Municipal Corporation,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1550
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{
"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any premises are needed or are likely to be needed for the purpose of being used\nas a polling station or for the storage of ballot boxes after a poll has been taken, or\n{b) any vehicle, vessel or animal is needed or is likely to be needed for the purpose of\ntransport of ballot boxes to or from any polling station, or transport of members of\nthe police force for maintaining order during the conduct of such election, or transport\nof any officer or other person for performance of any duties in connection with such\nelection, the State Government, may by order in writing, requisition such premises,\nor such vehicle, vessel or animal, as the case may be, and may make such further\norders as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient in connection with the\nrequisitioning :",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Proviso to Section 10(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no vehicle, vessel or animal which is being lawfully used by a\ncandidate or his agent for any purpose connected with the election of such candidate\nshall be requisitioned under this sub-section until the completion of the poll at such\nelection.\nThe requisition shall be effected by an order in writing addressed to the\nperson deemed by the State Government to be the owner or person in possession\nof the property and such order shall be served in the prescribed manner on the\nperson to whom it is addressed.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Whenever any property is requisitioned under sub-section (1 ), the period of such\nrequisition shall not extend beyond the period for which such property is required\nfor any of the purposes mentioned in that sub-section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) In this section,-",
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"sort_order": 1590
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{
"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) \"premises\" means any land, building or part of building and includes a hut,\nshed or other structure or any part thereof ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(3)(b)",
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"content": "(b) \"Vehicle\" means any vehicle used or capable of being used for the purpose of\nroad transport, whether propelled by mechanical power or otherwise.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whenever in pursuance of section 1 O(a) the State\nGovernment requisitions any premises, there shall be paid to the persons interested\ncompensation the amount of which shall be determined by taking into consideration the\nfollowing, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(1)(i)",
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"content": "(i) the rent payable in respect of the premises or if no rent is so payable, the rent\npayable for similar premises in the locality;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) if in consequence of the requisition of the premises the person interested is compelled\nto change his residence or place of business, the reasonable expenses (if any)\nincidental to such change:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1640
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{
"number": "11",
"title": "Proviso to Section 11(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where any person interested shall negotiate the compensation\nto be paid in advance.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any premises requisitioned under\nsection 1 O are to be released from requisition, the possession thereof shall be delivered to\nthe person from whom possession was taken at the time when the premises were\nrequisitioned, or if there were no such person, to the person deemed by the State Government\nto be the owner of such premises, and such delivery of possession shall be a full discharge\nof the State Government from all liabilities in respect of such delivery, but shall not prejudice\nany rights in respect of the premises which any other person may be entitled by due\nprocess of law to enforce against the person to whom possession of the premises is so\ndelivered.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where the person to whom the possession of any premises requisitioned under section\n10 is to be given under sub-section (1) cannot be found or is not readily ascertainable\nor has no agent or any other person empowered to accept delivery on his behalf, the\nState Government shall cause a notice declaring that such premises are released\nfrom requisition to be affixed on some conspicuous part of such premises and publish\nthe notice in the Official Gazette.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) When a notice referred to in sub-section (2) is published in the Official Gazette, the\npremises specified in such notice shall cease to be subject to requisition on and from\nthe date of such publication and be deemed to have been delivered to the person\nentitled to possession thereof ; and the State Government shall not be liable for any\ncompensation or other claim in respect of such premises for any period after the said\ndate.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1680
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"number": "13",
"title": "Section 13. Delegation of functions of the State Government with regard to requisitioning",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any powers\nconferred or any duty imposed on it by any of the provisions of sections 10 to 12 shall,\nunder such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be exercised or discharged\nby such officer or class of officers as may be so specified.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The State\nGovernment shall depute staff from Government or Semi Government Organisations of the\nState Government for the conduct of all elections to the Municipal Corporation and the\nofficers or staff em ployed in connection with the preparation, revision and correction of the\nelectoral rolls for, and the conduct of all elections shall be deemed to be on deputation with\nthe State Election Commission for the period during which they are so employed and such\nofficers and staff shall, during that period, be subject to the control, superintendence and\ndiscipline of the State Election Commission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person deputed on election duty under sub-section (1) disobeys any orders\nissued by an officer appointed to conduct the election under this Act regarding the\nperformance of an election duty or deliberately abstains himself from duty or contravenes\nany provision of this Act and the rules made thereunder, he shall be punishable with\nfine which may extend to five hundred rupees.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1710
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"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) All Seats shall be reserved for persons\nbelonging toArunachal Pradesh Schedule Tribes in the Corporation,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1720
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{
"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) One-third out of the total number of seats, reserved under sub-section (1 }, shall be\nreserved for women belonging to the Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled women Tribes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1730
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{
"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The State Government may, by general or special order, reserve such number of seats\nfor persons belonging to scheduled tribe in a corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1740
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{
"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The seats reserved under sub-sections (2) shall be allotted by rotation to different\nconstituencies in the municipal area in such manner as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1750
},
{
"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The reservation of seats under this section shall be given effect to through a notification\nissued, at the time of each election, by the State Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1760
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"number": "16",
"title": "Section 16(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) For every municipal area there shall be a list of voters which shall be\nprepared in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1770
},
{
"number": "16",
"title": "Section 16(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every person who is qualified to be registered in Legislative Assembly roll relatable to\nthe municipal area or whose name is entered therein and ordinarily resident within the\nmunicipal area shall be entitled to be registered in the list of voters of that municipal\narea:",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "16",
"title": "Proviso to Section 16(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no person shall be entitled to be registered in the list of voters for\nmore than one ward of the municipal area.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1790
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{
"number": "16",
"title": "Explanation to Section 16(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation-I.- The expression \"ordinarily resident\" shall have the meaning\nassigned to it in section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 ( 43 of 1951)\nsubject to the modification, that reference to \"constituency\" therein will be construed\nas reference to \"municipal area\".",
"footnote": "43 of 1951",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1800
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{
"number": "16",
"title": "Explanation to Section 16(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation-11.-Aperson shall be disqualified for registration in the list of voters of\nthe municipal area if he is disqualified for the registration in the Legislative Assembly roll.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whenever a vacancy occurring by death, resignation or\nremoval, or by vacation of a seat for any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled within six\nmonths of the occurrence of such vacancy:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1820
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"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every person elected or nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall be elected or nominated\nto serve for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the vacancy be a vacancy reserved for any category, the vacancy will be filled from the\nsame category.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1840
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{
"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18. Publication of results of elections",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The names of all persons elected as Councillor\nshall, as soon as may be after such election be published by the State Election Commission\nin the Official Gazette :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1850
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"number": "18",
"title": "Proviso to Section 18",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the names of all the Councillors elected at a general election shall be\nso published as far as possible simultaneously.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1860
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{
"number": "19",
"title": "Section 19(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every candidate at an\nelection shall, either himself or by his election agent, or by any other person with his\nauthority, consent or knowledge keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in\nconnection with the election incurred or authorised by him or by his election agent or by\nany other person with his authority, consent or knowledge between the date on which he\nhas been nominated and the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1870
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{
"number": "19",
"title": "Section 19(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The account shall contain such particulars, as may be, prescribed by the State\nGovernment in consultation with the State Election Commission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1880
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"number": "19",
"title": "Section 19(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The total of the said expenditure shall not exceed such amount as may be prescribed\nby the State Government in consultation with the State Election Commission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1890
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{
"number": "20",
"title": "Section 20. Lodging of account",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Every contesting candidate at an election shall, within thirty days\nfrom the date of election of the returned candidate or, if there are more than one returned\ncandidates at the election and the dates of their election are different, the later of those two\ndates lodge with the officer, as may be appointed by the State Election Commission, an\naccount of his election expenses which shall be a true copy of the account kept by him or\nby his election agent or by any other person with his authority, consent or knowledge\nunder section 19.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21. Election petitions",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) No election of a Councillor shall be called in question except by\nan election petition presented to the Divisional Commissioner, having jurisdiction over that\nmunicipal area hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the prescribed authority within\nthirty days from the date of the publication of the result of the election under section 18.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) An election petition calling in question any such election may be presented on one or\nmore of the grounds specified in section 24, by any candidate at such election or by\nany elector of the ward concerned.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition all the candidates at his election.\n( 4) An election petition-\n( a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies;\n{b) shall, with sufficient particulars, set forth the ground or grounds on which the\nelection is called in question ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in the Code\nof Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), for the verification of pleadings.",
"footnote": "5 of 1908",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1940
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22. Parties to the petition",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1950
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{
"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) where the petitioner, in addition to claiming declaration that the election of all or\nany of the returned candidates is void, claims a further declaration that he himself\nor any other candidate has been duly elected, all the contesting candidates other\nthan the petitioner, and where no such further declaration is claimed, all the returned\ncandidates ; and\n{b) any other candidate against whom allegations of any corrupt practice are made in\nthe petition.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1960
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"number": "23",
"title": "Section 23. Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A petitioner may claim-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1970
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"number": "23",
"title": "Section 23(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) a declaration that the election of all or any of the returned candidates is void ; and\n{b) in addition thereto, a further declaration that he himself or any other candidate has\nbeen duly elected.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1980
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{
"number": "23",
"title": "Explanation to Section 23(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- The expression \"returned candidate\" means a candidate whose name\nhas been published in the Official Gazette, under section 18.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 1990
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section\n(2), if the prescribed authority is of the opinion -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2000
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that on the date of his election a returned candidate was not qualified or was disqualified,\nto be chosen as a Councillor; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2010
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that any corrupt practice has been committed by a returned candidate or his agent or\nby any other person with the consent of a returned candidate or his agent ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2020
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) that any nomination paper has been committed by a returned candidate or his agent or\nby any other person with the consent of a returned candidate or his agent ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2030
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) that the result of the election in so far as it concerns, a returned candidate has been\nmaterially affected -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2040
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) by the improper acceptance of any nomination; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2050
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) by any corrupt practice committed in the interest of the returned candidate by a\nperson other than the candidate or his agent or a person acting with the consent\nof such candidate or agent; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2060
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) by the improper acceptance or refusal of any vote or reception of any vote which\nis void; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2070
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(1)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) by the non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or any rules or orders made\nthereunder.\nPrescribed authority shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2080
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If in the opinion of the prescribed authority, a returned candidate or any of his agents,\nhas been alleged to be guilty of any corrupt practice, but the prescribed authority is\nsatisfied -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2090
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate, or\nsuch corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and without the consent\nof the candidate ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2100
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that the candidate took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of\ncorrupt practices at the election; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2110
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{
"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt practice on the\npart of the candidate or any of his agents, the prescribed authority may decide that\nthe election of the returned candidate is not void.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2120
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{
"number": "25",
"title": "Section 25. Procedure to be followed by the prescribed authority",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The procedure provided in the\nCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in regard to suits shall be followed by the\nprescribed authority in the trial and disposal of an election petition under this Act.",
"footnote": "5 of 1908",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2130
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any\nrules made thereunder, every election petition shall be decided by the prescribed authority\nwithin a period of six months from the date of its presentation under section 21, and at the\nconclusion of the hearing of an election petition, the prescribed authority shall make an\norder-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2140
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) dismissing the election petition ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2150
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void ; or\n( c) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void and the\npetitioner and any other candidate to have been duly elected.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2160
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person who has filed an election petition has, in addition to calling in question\nthe election of the returned candidate, claimed declaration that he himself or any\nother candidate has been duly elected and the prescribed authority is of opinion -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2170
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that in fact the petitioner or such other candidate received a majority of the valid\nvotes; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2180
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that but for the vote obtained by the returned candidate, the petitioner or such\nother candidate would have obtained a majority of the valid votes,\nThe prescribed authority shall after declaring the election of the returned candidate\nto be void, declare the petitioner or such other candidate, as the case may be, to have\nbeen duly elected.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2190
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{
"number": "27",
"title": "Section 27. Procedure in case of equality of votes",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If during the hearing of an election petition it\nappears that there is an equality of votes between any candidate at the election and that\nthe addition of a vote would entitle any of those candidate to be declared elected, then the\nprescribed authority shall decide between them by lot and proceed as if the one on whom\nthe lot falls had received an additional vote.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Save as otherwise provided, an order of the prescribed authority\non an election petition shall be final.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2210
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"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) An election of a Councillor not called in question in accordance with the foregoing\nprovisions shall be deemed to be a good and valid election.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2220
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{
"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any person aggrieved by the order of the prescribed authority may file an appeal to the\nFinancial Commissioner appeal to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh or such other\nofficers, as may be authorised, by notification, by the State Government in consultation\nwith the State Election Commission, within a period of thirty days from the date of the\norder and he shall hear and dispose of the appeal within a period of ninety days.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29. Corrupt practices",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The following shall be deemed to be corrupt practices, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2240
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Bribery as defined in sub-section (1) of section 123 of the Representation of the People\nAct, 1951 (43of 1951);",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2250
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Undue influence as defined in sub-section (2) of the said section;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2260
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) An appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of the\ncandidate or his election agent to vote or refrain from votirig on grounds of caste, race,\ncommunity or religion or the use of or appeal to, religious symbols or, the use of or\nappeal to, national symbols such as the national flag or the national emblem, for the\nfurtherance of the prospects of that candidate's election ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2270
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The publication by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of\nthe candidate or his election agent of any statement of fact which is false, and which\nhe either believes to be false or does not believe to be true, in relation to the personal\ncharacter or conduct of any candidate, or in relation to the candidature, or withdrawal\nfrom contest of any candidate being a statement reasonably calculated to prejudice\nthe prospects of that candidate's election;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2280
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The promotion of, or attempt to promote, feelings of enmity or hatred between different\nclasses of citizen of India on grounds of religion, race, caste, community or language,\nby a candidate or his agent or any other person with the consent of candidate or his\nagent for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for\nprejudicially affecting the election of any candidate; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2290
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The hiring or procuring, whether on payment or otherwise, of any vehicle or vessel by a\ncandidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of the candidate or his\nelection agent for conveyance of any elector other than the candidate himself, and the\nmembers of his family or his agent to or from any polling station provided in accordance\nwith the rules made under this Act:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2300
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Proviso to Section 29(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the hiring of a vehicle or vessel by an elector or by several electors\nat their joint cost for the purpose of conveying him or them to or from any such polling\nstation shall not be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this clause, if the vehicle or\nvessel so hired is a vehicle or vessel not propelled by mechanical powers:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2310
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"number": "29",
"title": "Proviso to Section 29(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that the use of any public transport vehicle or vessel or any railway carriage\nby an elector at his own cost for the purpose of going to or coming from any such polling station\nshall not be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this sub-section ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2320
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Explanation to Section 29(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- In this sub-section the expression \"vehicle\" means any vehicle used or capable\nof being used for the purpose of road transport whether propelled by mechanical power or\notherwise and whether used for drawing other vehicles or otherwise.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2330
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) The holding of any meeting in which intoxicating liquors are served.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2340
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"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) The issuing of any circular, placard or poster having a reference to the election which\ndoes not bear the name and address of the printer and publisher thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2350
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"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) The obtaining or procuring or abetting or attempting to obtain or procure by a candidate\nor his agent, or by any other person with the consent of the candidate or his agent, any\nassistance (other than the giving of vote) for the furtherance of the prospects of that\ncandidate's election, from any person in the service of the Government of India or any\nState or a local authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29(10)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(10) Any other practices which the Government may by rules specify to be corrupt practice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2370
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"number": "30",
"title": "Section 30(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every officer, or official, agent or other person\nwho performs any duty in connection with the recording or counting of votes at an election,\nshall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting and shall not (except for\nsome purpose authorised by or under any law) communicate to any person any information\ncalculated to violate such secrecy.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "30",
"title": "Section 30(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person, who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1 ), shall be punishable\nwith imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine, or with\nboth.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No\nperson who is a returning officer, or an assistant returning officer or a presiding officer or\npolling officer at an election or an officer or official appointed by the returning officer or the\npresiding officer to perform any duty in connection with an election or a member of a police\nforce, shall, in the conduct or management of the election do any act (other than the giving\nof votes) for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2400
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No such person as aforesaid shall endeavour-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2410
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to persuade any person to give his vote at an election ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2420
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to dissuade any person for giving his vote at an election; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2430
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"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to influence the voting of any person at an election in any manner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2440
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall\nbe punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with\nfine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2450
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"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) An offence punishable under sub-section (3) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2460
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{
"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall, on the date or dates on which the poll is taken at any\npolling station, commit any of the following acts within the polling station, or in any public\nor private place within a distance of one hundred metres of the polling station, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)(a)",
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"content": "(a) canvassing for votes ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2480
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) soliciting the votes of any elector; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2490
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) persuading any elector not to vote for any particular candidate; or",
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"sort_order": 2500
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) persuading any elector not to vote at the election ; or",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2510
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)(e)",
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"content": "(e) exhibiting any notice or sign (other than an official notice) relating to the election.",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(2)",
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"content": "(2) No person shall convene, hold or attend any public meeting within any ward on the\ndate or dates on or at any time within twenty-four hours, preceding the start of the poll\nfor an election in that ward.",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No person shall,-",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) convene, hold, attend, join or address any public meeting or procession in\nconnection with an election ; or",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) display to the public any election matter by means of cinematography, television\nor other similar apparatus ; or",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) propagate any election matter to the public by holding, or by arranging the holding\nof, any musical concert or any theatrical performance or any other entertainment\nor amusement with a view to attracting the members of the public thereto;\nIn any polling area during the period of forty-eight hours ending with the hour\nfixed for the conclusion of poll for any election in that polling area.",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) shall\nbe punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with\nfine not exceeding rupees ten thousand, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Explanation to Section 32(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- In this section the expression \"election matter\" means any matter\nintended or calculated to influence or affect the result of an election.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall\nbe punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) An offence committed under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall, on the\ndate or dates on which a poll is taken at any polling station,-",
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{
"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) use or operate within or at the entrance of the polling station or in any public or\nprivate place in the neighbourhood thereof any apparatus for amplifying or\nreproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or a loud speaker; or",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) shout or otherwise act in a disorderly manner, within or at the entrance of the\npolling station, or in any public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, so as\nto cause annoyance to any person visiting the polling station for the poll, or so as\nto interfere with the work of the officer and other persons on duty at the polling\nstation.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person who contravenes or wilfully aids or abets the contravention of the provisions\nof sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend\nto three months, or with fine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is\ncommitting or has committed an offence punishable under this section, he may direct\nany police officer to arrest such person, and thereupon the police officer shall arrest\nhim.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any police officer may take such steps and use such force as may be reasonably\nnecessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1 ), and\nmay seize any apparatus used for such contravention.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "34",
"title": "Section 34(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any person who during the hours\nfixed for the poll at any polling station, misconducts himself or fails to obey the lawful\ndirections of the presiding officer, may be removed from the polling station by the presiding\nofficer or by any police officer on duty or by any person authorised in this behalf by such\npresiding officer.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "34",
"title": "Section 34(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The power conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercised so as to prevent any\nelector who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity\nof voting at that station.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "34",
"title": "Section 34(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If any person who has been so removed from a polling station re-enters the polling\nstation without the permission of the presiding officer, he shall be punishable with\nimprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine, or with both.\n( 4) An offence punishable under sub-section (3) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "35",
"title": "Section 35(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any person to whom this\nsection applies, is without reasonable cause guilty of any act or omission in breach of his\nofficial duty, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. An\noffence punishable under this section shall be cognizable.\n..",
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"number": "35",
"title": "Section 35(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any such person for damages in\nrespect of any such act or omission as aforesaid.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "35",
"title": "Section 35(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The persons to whom this section applies are returning officers, assistant returning\nofficers, presiding officers, polling officers and any other person appointed to perform\nany duty in connection with receipt of nominations or withdrawal of candidatures or\nthe recording or counting of votes at an election; and the expression \"official duty\"\nshall for the purposes of this section be construed accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "36",
"title": "Section 36. Removal of ballot papers from polling station to be an offence",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) Any person who\nat an election fraudulently takes or attempts to take a ballot paper out of a polling station,\nor wilfully aids or abets the doing of any such act shall be punishable with imprisonment for\na term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five hundred\nrupees, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "36",
"title": "Section 36(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is\ncommitting or has committed an offence punishable under sub-section (1 ), such\nofficer may, before such person leaves the polling station, arrest or direct a police\nofficer to arrest such person and may search such person or cause him to be searched\nby a police officer:",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "36",
"title": "Proviso to Section 36(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that when it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched, the\nsearch shall be made by another woman with strict regard to decency.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "36",
"title": "Section 36(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any ballot paper found upon the person arrested on search shall be made over for\nsafe custody to a police officer by the presiding officer or when the search is made by\na police officer, shall be kept by such officer in safe custody.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "36",
"title": "Section 36(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) An offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "37",
"title": "Section 37. Offence of booth capturing",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whoever commits an offence of booth capturing, shall be\npunishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which\nmay extend to two years and with fine, and where such offence is committed by a person\nin the service of the Government, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term\nwhich shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years and with fine.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "37",
"title": "Explanation to Section 37",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, \"booth capturing\" includes, among\nother things, all or any of the following activities, namely :-\n( a) seizure of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons\nmaking polling authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and doing of\nany other act which affects the orderly conduct or elections ;",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "37",
"title": "Section 37(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) taking possession of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or\npersons and allowing only his or their own supporters to exercise their right to vote\nand prevent others from voting ;\n( c) threatening any elector and preventing him from going to the polling station or a place\nfixed for the poll to cast his vote ;",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "37",
"title": "Section 37(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) seizure of a place for counting of votes by any person or persons making the counting\nauthorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machine and the doing of anything\nwhich affects the orderly counting of votes ;",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "37",
"title": "Section 37(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) Doing by any person in the service of Government, of all or any of the aforesaid\nactivities or aiding or conniving at, any such activity in the furtherance of the prospects\nof the election of a candidate.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38. Other offences and penalties",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) A person shall be guilty of an electoral offence, if at\nany election he-",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 2840
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) fraudulently defaces, destroys any nomination paper; or",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) fraudulently defaces, destroys or removes any list, notice or other document\naffixed by or under the authority of the returning officer; or\n( c) fraudulently defaces or destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot\npaper or any declaration of identify or official envelope used in connection with\nvoting by postal ballot ; or",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) without due authority supplies any ballot paper to any person or receives any\nballot 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\nis authorised by law to put in ; or",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 2870
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) without due authority destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with any ballot\nbox or ballot paper then in use for the purpose of the election ; or",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 2880
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of\nthe foregoing acts or wilfully aids or abets the doing of any such acts.",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 2890
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) violates the Model Code of Conduct issued by the State Election Commission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 2900
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall-",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if he is a returning officer or an assistant returning officer or a presiding officer or\na polling officer or any other officer or official employed on official duty in connection\nwith the election, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend\nto two years, or with fine, or with both ;",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if he is any other person, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may\nextend to six months, or with fine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be on official duty if his\nduty is to take part in the conduct of any election or part of an election including the\ncounting of votes or to be responsible after an election for the used ballot papers and\nother documents in connection with such election.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) An offence punishable under sub-section (2) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 2950
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"number": "38",
"title": "Section 38(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under section 32, or under section 36,\nor under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of this section unless there is a complaint made\nby order of, or under authority from, the State Election Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "39",
"title": "Section 39. Promoting enmity between classes of citizen in connection with the election",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any\nperson who in connection with an election under this Act promotes or attempts to promote\non grounds of religion, race, caste, community or language, feelings of enmity or hatred\nbetween different classes of the citizen of India shall be punishable with imprisonment for\na term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "40",
"title": "Section 40(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any person who at a public meeting to which\nthis section applies acts or incites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of\npreventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together, shall\nbe punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine\nwhich may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "40",
"title": "Section 40(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) An offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "40",
"title": "Section 40(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) This section applies to any public meeting of a political character held in any\nconstituency between the date of the issue of a notification under this Act calling\nupon constituency to elect a member or members and the date on which election is\nheld.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "40",
"title": "Section 40(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If any police officer reasonabiy suspects any person of committing an offence under\nsub-section (1 ), he may, if requested so to do by the Chairman of the meeting require\nthat person to declare to him immediately his name and address and, if the persons\nrefuses or fails to declare his name and address, or if the police officer reasonably\nsuspects him of giving a false name or address, the police officer may arrest him\nwithout warrant.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall print or\npublish, or cause to be printed or published, any election pamphlet or poster which does\nnot bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer and the publisher thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3020
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"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall print or cause to be printed any election pamphlet or poster-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) unless a declaration as to the identity of the publisher thereof, signed by him and\nattested by two persons to whom he is personally known, is delivered by him to\nthe printer in duplicate; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) unless within reasonable time after the printing of the document, one copy of the\ndeclaration is sent by the printer, together with one copy of the document,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3050
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"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(2)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) where it is printed in the Capital of the State, to the State Election Commission; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(2)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) in any other case, to the District Magistrate of the district, it is printed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) For the purposes of this section,-",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 3080
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{
"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any process for multiplying copies of a document, other than copying it by\nhand, shall be deemed to be printed and the expression \"printer\" shall be\nconstrued accordingly; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3090
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"number": "41",
"title": "Section 41(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) \"election pamphlet or poster\" means any printed pamphlet, hand-bill or other\ndocument distributed for the purpose of promoting or prejudicing the election\nof a candidate or group of candidates or any placard or poster having reference\nto an election, but does not include any hand-bill, placard or poster merely\nannouncing the date, time, place and other particulars of an election meeting\nor routine instructions to election agents or workers.\n( 4) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section ( 1) or sub-section (2)\nshall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or\nwith fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.",
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"number": "42",
"title": "Section 42. Penalty for failure to observe procedure for voting",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any elector to whom a ballot\npaper has been issued, refuses to observe the procedure prescribed for voting, the ballot\npaper issued to him shall be liable for cancellation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "43",
"title": "Section 43. Penalty for illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance at elections",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any person is\nguilty of any such corrupt practices as specified in sub-section (6) of section 29 of this Act,\nat or in connection with an election, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may\nextend to three months, or with fine.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "44",
"title": "Section 44. Penalty for Government servants for acting as election agent, polling agent or counting agent",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any person in the service of the Government acts as an election agent\nor a polling agent or a counting agent of a candidate at an election, he shall be punishable\nwith imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3130
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{
"number": "45",
"title": "Section 45(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person, other than the\nreturning officer, the presiding officer, any police officer and any other person appointed to\nmaintain peace and order at a polling station who is on duty at the polling station, shall, on\na polling day, go armed with arms, as defined in the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), of any\nkind within the neighbourhood of polling station.",
"footnote": "54 of 1959",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3140
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"number": "45",
"title": "Section 45(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1 ), he shall be punishable with\nimprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3150
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{
"number": "45",
"title": "Section 45(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), where a person\nis convicted of an offence under this section, the arms as defined in the said Act found\nin his possession shall be liable to confiscation and the licence granted in relation to\nsuch arms shall be deemed to have been revoked under section 17 of that Act.\n( 4) An offence punishable under sub-section (2) shall be cognizable.",
"footnote": "54 of 1959",
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"number": "46",
"title": "Section 46. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1 ). Every person employed\nin any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to\nvote at election to the Municipal Corporation shall, on the day of poll, be granted a holiday.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 3170
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{
"number": "46",
"title": "Section 46(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account\nof a holiday having been granted in accordance with sub-section (1) and if such\nperson is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such\na day, he shall nonetheless be paid for such day the wages he would have drawn had\nnot a holiday been granted to him on that day.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "46",
"title": "Section 46(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If an employer contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), then\nsuch employer shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.\n( 4) This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or\nsubstantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "47",
"title": "Section 47. Liquor not to be sold, given or distributed on polling day",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) No spirituous, fermented\nor intoxicating liquors or other substances of a like nature shall be sold, given or distributed\nat a hotel, catering house, tavern, shop or any other place , public or private, within a\npolling area during the period of forty-eight hours ending with the hour fixed for the conclusion\nof the poll for any election in that polling area.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "47",
"title": "Section 47(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person, who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1 ), shall be punishable\nwith imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may\nextend to two thousand rupees, or with both.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "47",
"title": "Section 47(3)",
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"content": "(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the spirituous, fermented\nor intoxicating liquors or other substances of a like nature found in his possession\nshall be liable to confiscation and the same shall be disposed off in such manner as\nmay be prescribed.",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(1) The Government\nmay in consultation with State Election Commission make rules to provide for or regulate\nall or any of the following matters for the purpose of holding elections of Councillor] under\nthis Act, namely:-",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(a) qualifications of elector and the preparation, publication, correction and revision of\nelectoral rolls ;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(b) the appointment of returning officers, assistant returning officers presiding officers\nand polling officers for the conduct of election;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(c) the nomination of candidates, form of nomination papers, objections to nominations\nand scrutiny of nominations and allotment of symbols to candidates ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(d)",
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"content": "(d) the deposits to be made by candidates, time and manner of making such deposits\nand the circumstances under which such deposits may be refunded to candidates or\nforfeited to the Corporation;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(e) the withdrawal of candidature;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(f)",
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"content": "(f) the appointment of agents of candidates ;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(g) the procedure in contested and uncontested elections ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(h)",
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"content": "(h) the date, time and place for poll and other matters relating to the conduct of elections\nincluding-",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(i)",
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"content": "(i) the appointment of polling stations for each ward ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) the hours during which the polling station shall be kept open for the casting of\nvotes;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(iii)",
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"content": "(iii) the printing and issue of ballot papers ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(iv)",
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"content": "(iv) the checking of voters by reference to electoral roll;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(v)",
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"content": "(v) the making with indelible ink of the left fore-finger or any other finger or limb of the\nvoter and prohibition of the delivery of the ballot paper to any person if at the time\nsuch person applies for such paper he has already such mark, so as to prevent\npersonation of voters ;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(vi) the manner in which votes are to be given and in particular in the case of illiterate\nvoters or of voters under physical or other disability;",
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"number": "48",
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"content": "(vii) the procedure to be followed in respect of challenged votes and tendered votes ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(viii)",
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"content": "(viii) the scrutiny of votes, counting of votes, the declaration of the results and the\nprocedure in case of equality of votes or in the event of a Councillor being elected\nto represent more than one ward;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(ix)",
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"content": "(ix) the custody and disposal of papers relating to elections ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(x)",
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"content": "(x) the suspension of polls in case of any interruption by riot, violence or any other\nsufficient cause and the holding of a fresh poll ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(xi)",
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"content": "(xi) the holding of a fresh poll in the case of destruction of or tampering with the ballot\nboxes before the count;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(xii)",
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"content": "(xii) the countermanding of the poll in the case of the death of a candidate before the poll ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(i)",
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"content": "(i) the requisitioning of premises, vehicles, vessels or animals, payment of\ncompensation in connection with such requisitioning, eviction from requisitioned\npremises and release of premises from requisition;\nU) the fee to be paid on an election petition ;",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(1)(k)",
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"content": "(k) any other matter relating to elections or election disputes which is to be prescribed\nor in respect of which the Government deems it necessary to make rules under\nthis section or in respect of which this Act makes no provisions or makes insufficient\nprovision and provision is, in the opinion of the Government, necessary.",
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"number": "48",
"title": "Section 48(2)",
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"content": "(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of any rule framed under this section\nshall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.",
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"number": "49",
"title": "Section 49. Bar to interference by Courts in electoral matters",
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"content": "Notwithstanding anything in this\nAct, the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of\nseats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made under article 243-K of the\nConstitution of India shall not be called in question in any Court.",
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"number": "50",
"title": "Section 50(1)",
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"content": "(1) Every Councillor shall, before taking his seat,\nmake and subscribe at a meeting of the Corporation an oath or affirmation according to the\nfollowing form, namely:-\n\"I having been elected/nominated as Councillor of the Municipal Corporation of\n............... do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true and allegiance to\nthe Constitution of India as by law established and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon\nwhich I am about to enter.\"",
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"number": "50",
"title": "Section 50(2)",
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"content": "(2) If a person sits or votes as a Councillor before he has complied with the requirements\nof sub-section (1 ), he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or\nvotes to a penalty offive hundred rupees to be recovered as an arrear of tax under this\nAct, and his vote will be considered invalid.",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Councillor shall function under\nthe pleasure of Government and the Government may, by notification, remove any Councillor,\nif in its opinion -",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(1)(a)",
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"content": "(a) he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 8; or",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) he has flagrantly abused his position as a Councillor or has through negligence or\nmisconduct been responsible for the loss or misapplication of any money or property\nof the Corporation;",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(1)(c)",
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"content": "(c) he has become physically or mentally incapacitated for performing his duties as a\nCouncillor; or\n( d) he absents himself during three successive months from the meetings of the Corporation ; or\n( e) he acts in contravention of the provisions of section 88 :",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(1)(f)",
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"content": "(f) he has without reasonable cause in the opinion of the State Government fails to convene\nmore than three consecutive meetings of the Ward Committee.",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Proviso to Section 51(1)(f)",
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"content": "Provided that before making an order under this section, reasonable opportunity\nshall be given to the Councillor to be heard and to show cause against such an order.",
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"number": "51",
"title": "Section 51(2)",
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"content": "(2) If a Councillor resigns his seat by writing under his hand addressed to the\nCommissioner, he shall cease to be a Councillor on the date of acceptance of his\nresignation and his office shall thereupon fall vacant.",
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"number": "52",
"title": "Section 52. Payment of allowances to Councillors",
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"content": "The Councillors shall be entitled to receive\nallowances for attendance at meetings of the Corporation and of its committees at such\nrates as may be prescribed subject to the limits as may be imposed by the Government.",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Section 53(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation\nshall at its first meeting and thereafter at the expiration of every two and half years, elect\none of its Councillors to be the Chairperson to be known as the Mayor and another Councillor\nto be the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation :",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Proviso to Section 53(1)",
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"content": "Provided that the office of the Mayor shall be reserved for the Arunachal Pradesh\nScheduled Tribes Women; by rotation or by lots in the manner prescribed:",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Section 53(2)",
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"content": "(2) The term of office of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation shall be two\nand half years from the date of his election, as such, unless in the mean time he\nresigns his office as Mayor or Deputy Mayor or unless in the case of Deputy Mayor is\nelected as the Mayor and he shall cease to hold his office on the expiry of his term of\noffice:",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Proviso to Section 53(2)",
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"content": "Provided that if the office of the Mayor or Deputy Mayor is vacated or falls\nvacant during the tenure on account of death, resignation or no-confidence motion, a\nfresh election within a period of one month of the vacancy shall be held from the same\ncategory, for the remainder period.",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Section 53(3)",
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"content": "(3) The Mayor and Deputy Mayor shall be entitled to the payment of such honorarium\nand may be given such facilities in respect of residential accommodation, telephone,\nconveyance and the like as may be prescribed by bye-laws.\n( 4) The Mayor of the Corporation shall have access to the record of the Corporation and\nissue directions to the Commissioner or other functionaries of the Corporation or call\nfor reports from them with a view to ensuring proper implementation of the decisions\nof the Corporation.",
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"number": "53",
"title": "Section 53(5)",
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"content": "(5) The Mayor shall have such powers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of\nthis Act and to implement the decisions of the Corporation.",
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"number": "54",
"title": "Section 54. Motion of no confidence against Mayor or Deputy Mayor",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1 )A motion of no confidence\nagainst the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor may be made in accordance with the procedure as\nmay be prescribed.",
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"number": "54",
"title": "Section 54(2)",
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"content": "(2) Where a notice of intention to move a resolution requiring the Mayor or the Deputy\nMayor of the Corporation to vacate his office, signed by not less than majority of its\ntotal elected Councillors is given and if a motion of no confidence is carried by a\nresolution passed by a majority of elected Councillors present and voting at its general\nor special meeting, the quorum of which is not less than one-half of its total elected\nmembers, the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor against whom such resolution is passed\nshall cease to hold office forthwith.",
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"number": "54",
"title": "Section 54(3)",
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"content": "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made there under, the\nMayor or the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation shall not preside over a meeting in\nwhich a motion of no confidence is to be discussed against him. Such meeting shall\nbe presided over by such a person, and convened in such manner, as may be prescribed\nand the person against whom a motion of no confidence is moved, shall have a right\nto vote and to take part in the proceedings of such meeting.\n( 4) Motion of no confidence under this section shall not be maintainable within six months\nof the date of his election to such office and any subsequent motion of no confidence\nshall not be maintainable within the interval of six months of the last motion of no\nconfidence.",
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"number": "55",
"title": "Section 55(1)",
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"content": "(1) When the office of the\nMayor is vacant, the Deputy Mayor shall act as Mayor until a new Mayor is elected.",
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"number": "55",
"title": "Section 55(2)",
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"content": "(2) When the Mayor is absent from duty on account of illness or any other cause, the\nDeputy Mayor, shall act, as Mayor during his absence.",
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"number": "56",
"title": "Section 56(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Mayor may, by writing under his\nhand addressed to the Deputy Mayor, resign his office.",
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"number": "56",
"title": "Proviso to Section 56(1)",
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"content": "Provided that if the office of the Deputy Mayor is vacant, then the Mayor may submit\nhis resignation to the Deputy Commissioner of the District;",
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"number": "56",
"title": "Section 56(2)",
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"content": "(2) The Deputy Mayor may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Mayor, or",
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"number": "56",
"title": "Proviso to Section 56(2)",
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"content": "Provided that if the office of the Mayor is vacant, then the Deputy Mayor may\nsubmit his resignation to the Deputy Commissioner of the District; and",
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"number": "56",
"title": "Section 56(3)",
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"content": "(3) A resignation under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall take effect from the date\nof its acceptance by the Mayor or Deputy Mayor or the Deputy Commissioner, as the\ncase may be.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation shall have the following standing committees,\nnamely:-",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(1)(a)",
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"content": "(a) General Functions Committee;",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) Finance, Contracts and Planning Committee; and",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(1)(c)",
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"content": "(c) Social Justice Committee.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(2)",
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"content": "(2) Each standing committee shall consist of not less than three and not more than five\nCouncillors including the Mayor or Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, elected by the\nCouncillors of the Municipal Corporation from amongst elected Councillors:",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Proviso to Section 57(2)",
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"content": "Provided that each standing committee shall include atleast one member who may\nbe a woman.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Proviso to Section 57(2)",
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"content": "Provided further that the General Function Standing Committee shall, include\nSenior Town Planner, Superintending Engineer UD and the Deputy Commissioner of\nthe concerned District as Permanent Members. They shall be entitled to vote in any\nsuch meeting.\nProvided further also that the Finance contract and Planning Committee shall,\ninclude Finance and Account Officer of the Town Planning and Urban Local Body,\nUrban Development and Corporation as permanent Members. They shall be entitled\nto vote in any such meetings.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(3)",
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"content": "(3) The General Functions Committee shall perform functions relating to the establishment\nmatters, communications, construction of buildings and roads, urban housing, relief\nagainst natural calamities, water supply, sewerage disposal, health and sanitation\nand all miscellaneous residuary matters.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(4)",
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"content": "(4) The Finance, Contracts and Planning Committee shall perform the functions relating\nto the finances of the Corporation, preparation of budget, scrutinising proposals for\nincrease of revenue including taxes, examination of receipts and expenditure statement,\nsales and leases of Corporation properties, recovery of loans, examination of schedule\nof rates, consideration of all proposals affecting the finances of the Corporation and\ngeneral supervision of the revenue and expenditure of the Corporation and any other\nfunctions relating to the development of the municipal area.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(5)",
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"content": "(5) The social Justice Committee shall perform functions relating to-",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(5)(a)",
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"content": "(a) promotion of education, economic, social, cultural and other interests of the\nArunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes and weaker sections of the society;",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(5)(b)",
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"content": "(b) protection from social injustice and all other forms of exploitation;",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(5)(c)",
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"content": "(c) amelioration oftheArunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes women and other weaker\nsections of society;\n( d) Securing social justice to the Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes, women and\nother weaker sections of the society.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(6)",
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"content": "(6) The Mayor shall be the ex-officio member and also Chairman of the General Functions\nCommittee and Finance, Contracts and Planning Committee. The Deputy Mayor\nshall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Social Justice Committee:",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Proviso to Section 57(6)",
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"content": "Provided that if the Deputy Mayor acts as the Mayor of the Corporation, the\nmembers of the Social Justice Committee or any other standing committee of which\nthe Deputy Mayor, is the ex-officio member and the Chairman, the members of\nCommittee shall elect its Chairman from amongst themselves.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(7)",
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"content": "(7) No elected member of the Corporation shall be eligible to serve on more than two\nstanding committees at a time,",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(8)",
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"content": "(8) A Standing Committee may with the approval of the Corporation, co-opt not more than\ntwo persons who are not Councillors of the Corporation but who in the opinion of the\nCorporation possess special qualifications for serving on such a committee:",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Proviso to Section 57(8)",
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"content": "Provided that such co-opted members shall not be deemed to be Councillors of\nthe Corporation and shall have no right to vote in any capacity whatsoever but shall be\nentitled to participate in all the proceedings of the committee in an advisory capacity.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(9)",
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"content": "(9) The Chairman of every committee shall in respect of the work of the committee, be\nentitled to call for any information, return, statement, account or report from the office\nof the Corporation and to enter on and inspect any immovable property of the Corporation\nor work in progress connected with the work of the committee.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(10)",
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"content": "(10) Each committee shall be entitled to attendance at its meetings of any officer of the\nmunicipal Corporation who is connected with the work of the committee. The\nCommissioner shall under the instructions of the committee, issue notices and secure\nthe attendance of the officer.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(11)",
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"content": "(11) The Corporation may frame regulations relating to election of members of the Standing\nCommittees, conduct of business therein, and all other matters relating thereto.",
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"number": "57",
"title": "Section 57(12)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(12) The Commissioner, or the Joint/Assistant Commissioner, appointed under section\n73, shall be the ex-officio Member Secretary of the Standing Committee.\nCHAPTER-Ill\nFUNCTIONS OF THE CORPORATION",
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"number": "58",
"title": "Section 58(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules,\nregulations and bye-laws made thereunder, the municipal administration of the municipal\narea shall vest in the Corporation.",
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"number": "58",
"title": "Section 58(2)",
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"content": "(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1 ), it shall be the duty\nof the Corporation to consider all periodical statements of the receipts and disbursement\nand all progress reports and pass such resolutions thereon as it deems fit.",
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"number": "59",
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"content": "(1) Without prejudice\nto the generality of the provision of sub-section (1) of section 58, the State Government\nshall by notification endow the Corporation with such powers and authority as may be\nnecessary from time to time to enable it to function as institution of Local Self Government,\nsubject to such conditions as may be specified therein, with regard to,-",
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"number": "59",
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"content": "(a) the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice ;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(b)",
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"number": "59",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) regulation of land-use and construction of buildings ;",
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"number": "59",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(iv)",
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"content": "(iv) roads and bridges;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) water supply for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(vi)",
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"content": "(vi) public health, sanitation, conservancy and solid waste management;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(vii)",
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"content": "(vii) fire services;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(viii)",
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"content": "(viii) urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of ecological aspects ;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(ix)",
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"content": "(ix) safeguarding the interests of weaker sections of the society, including the\nhandicapped and mentally retarded;",
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"number": "59",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xi)",
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"content": "(xi) urban poverty alleviation;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xii)",
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"content": "(xii) provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, gardens and play\ngrounds;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xiii)",
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"content": "(xiii) promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xiv)",
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"content": "(xiv) burials and burial grounds, cremations and cremation grounds and electric\ncrematoriums.",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xv)",
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"content": "(xv) cattle ponds, prevention of cruelty to animals ;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xvi)",
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"content": "(xvi) vital statistics including registration of births and deaths;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xvii)",
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"content": "(xvii) amenities including street lighting, parking lots, bus stops and public conveniences;",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(1)(xviii)",
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"content": "(xviii) regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries:",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Proviso to Section 59(1)(xviii)",
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"content": "Provided that the notification regarding the devolution of powers under this\n. sub-section shall be issued within three months from the date of the\ncommencement of this Act, in the first instance.",
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"number": "59",
"title": "Section 59(2)",
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"content": "(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to divest the Corporation of\nvarious powers and functions vested in it under various provisions of this Act,\nrules, bye-laws made thereunder.",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60. Obligatory functions of Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "It shall be incumbent on the Corporation to make\nadequate provisions by any means or measures which it may lawfully use or take for each\nof following matters, namely:-",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60(a)",
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"content": "(a) the maintenance and cleaning of drains and drainage works and of public latrines,\nurinals and similar conveniences ;\n( b) the scavenging, removal and disposal of filth, rubbish and other obnoxious or polluted matters ;\n( c) the reclamation of unhealthy localities, the removal of noxious vegetation and generally\nthe abatement of all nuisances ;\n( d) the regulation of places for the disposal of the dead and the provision and maintenance\nof places for the said purpose ;\n( e) measures for preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases ;",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60(f)",
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"content": "(f) the construction and maintenance of municipal markets and the regulation thereof;",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60(g)",
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"content": "(g) the regulation and abatement of offensive or dangerous trades or practices ;",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60(h)",
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"number": "60",
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"number": "60",
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"content": "(k) the laying out of the maintenance of public parks, gardens or recreation grounds ;\n(I) the maintenance of monuments and memorials vested in a local authority in the\nmunicipal area immediately before the commencement of this Act or which may be\nvested in the Corporation after such commencement;",
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"number": "60",
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"content": "(rn) the maintenance and development of the value of all properties vested in or entrusted\nto the management of the Corporation ;",
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"number": "60",
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"content": "(n) the fulfilment of any other obligation imposed by or under this Act or any other law for\nthe time being in force ;\n( o) planting and care of trees on road sides etc. ; and",
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"number": "60",
"title": "Section 60(p)",
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"content": "(p) survey of buildings and lands.\nIn addition to above functions the State Government may assign any other obligatory\nfunction (s) to the Corporation as it may decide or prescribe from time to time.",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61. Discretionary functions of the Corporation",
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"content": "The State Government may assign any\ndiscreationaryfunction to the Corporation as it may decide or prescribe from time to time.",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(a)",
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"content": "(a) the furtherance of education including cultural and physical education;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(b)",
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"content": "(b) the establishment and maintenance of, and aid to, libraries, museums, art galleries,\nbotanical or zoological collections ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(c)",
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"content": "(c) the establishment and maintenance of, and aid to stadia, gymnasia, akharas and\nplaces for sports and games;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(d)",
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"content": "(d) the civic reception to persons of distinction;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(e)",
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"content": "(e) the providing of music or other entertainments in public places or places of public\nresort and the establishment of theatres and cinemas ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(f)",
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"content": "(f) the organisation and management of fairs and exhibitions",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(g)",
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"content": "(g) the construction and maintenance of -",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(i)",
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"content": "(i) rest houses ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) poor houses ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) infirmaries ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(iv)",
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"content": "(iv) children's homes;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) houses for the deaf and dumb and for disabled and handicapped children;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(vi)",
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"content": "(vi) shelters for destitute and disabled persons ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(vii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vii) asylums for persons of unsound mind ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(h)",
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"content": "(h) the building or purchase and maintenance of dwelling houses for Corporation officers\nand other Corporation employees;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any measures for the welfare of the Corporation officers and other Corporation employees\nor any class of them, including the sanctioning of loans to such officers and employees\nor any class of them for construction of houses and purchase of vehicles ;\nU) the organisation or management of chemical or bacteriological laboratories for the\nexamination or analysis of water, food and drugs for the detection of diseases or\nresearch connected with the public health or medical relief ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(k)",
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"content": "(k) the provision for relief to destitute and disabled persons;\n(I) public vaccination and inoculation ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(rn)",
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"content": "(rn) the organisation, construction, maintenance and management of swimming pools,\npublic wash houses, bathing places and other institutions designed for the improvement\nof public health;",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(n)",
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"content": "(n) the organisation and management of farms and dairies within or outside the municipal\narea for the supply, distribution and processing of milk and milk products for the\nbenefit of the residents of the municipal area ;\n( o) the organisation and management of cottage industries, handicraft centres and sales\nemporium;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(p)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(p) the construction and maintenance of warehouses and god owns;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(q)",
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"content": "(q) the construction and maintenance of garages, sheds and stands for vehicles and\ncattle biers ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(r)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(r) the provision for unfiltered water supply;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(s)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(s) the improvement of the municipal area in accordance with improvement schemes\napproved by the Corporation;",
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"sort_order": 4540
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(t)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(t) the provision of housing accommodation for the inhabitants of any area or for any\nclass of inhabitants ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(u)",
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"content": "(u) the establishment and maintenance of hospitals, dispensaries and maternity and child\nwelfare centres and the carrying out of other measures necessary for public medical\nrelief;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "Section 61(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) any measure not herein before specifically mentioned, likely to promote public safety,\nhealth, convenience or general welfare.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 4570
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"number": "62",
"title": "Section 62. Ward Sabha",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All persons comprised in the electoral roll of a ward shall constitute the\nWard Sabha for the purposes of this Act.",
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"number": "63",
"title": "Section 63(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) There shall be two meetings of the Ward Sabha in a year.\nThe meeting shall be convened by the elected ward Councillor at a public place after public\nnotice alongwith agenda.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 4590
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"number": "63",
"title": "Section 63(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The officer, to be nominated by the Commissioner, shall be the Secretary of the Ward\nSabha. The minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Ward Sabha shall be\nrecorded by the Secretary and a copy of minutes of the proceedings of each meeting\nshall be forwarded by him to the Commissioner.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) there shall be a Ward Committee for each ward in the Corporation\nto be constituted within six months of the constitution of Corporation.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(2)",
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"content": "(2) Each Ward Committee shall consist of a President and not exceeding nine eminent\nmembers, to be nominated by the Ward Sabha.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The elected Ward Councillor representing that ward shall be the President of the\nWard Committee:",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Proviso to Section 64(3)",
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"content": "Provided that at least fifty per cent seats of members of the Ward Committee\nshall be reserved for women.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Explanation to Section 64(3)",
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"content": "Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, eminent member of Ward Sabha\nmeans any person or a representative of a non-government organization or an\nassociation or a community based organization working for or representing any section\nof civil society in fields such as environment, social welfare, rural development, health,\nculture, business, trade etc.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(4)",
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"content": "(4) A person shall be disqualified for being nominated as a member of the Ward Committee\nunder sub-section (2) or to continue as such if, under the provisions of this Act or any\nother law for the time being in force, he is disqualified for being elected as a member\nof the Corporation.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(5)",
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"content": "(5) The Secretary of the ward Sabha shall also be the Secretary of the Ward Committee.\nThe minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Ward Committee shall be\nrecorded by the Secretary and a copy of minutes of the proceedings of each meeting\nshall be forwarded by him to the Corporation.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(6)",
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"content": "(6) The term of office of the member of the Ward Committee shall be two and half years\nfrom the date of nomination and he shall be eligible for renomination.",
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"number": "64",
"title": "Section 64(7)",
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"content": "(7) The nominated member of the ward committee shall not be entitled for honorarium.",
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"number": "65",
"title": "Section 65. Meetings of Ward Committees",
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"content": "It shall be the duty of the President to conduct meetings\nof the ward Committee at least once in two months for discussing the developmental\nissues and plans of the ward concerned.",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "65",
"title": "Proviso to Section 65",
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"content": "Provided that no resoluation shall be passed by the ward committee in contravention of\nany of the Government instructions or the provision of this Act.",
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"number": "66",
"title": "Section 66. Agenda",
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"content": "It shall be the duty of the President to set agenda for the meetings of the Ward\nCommittee.",
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"number": "67",
"title": "Section 67. Procedure for conduct of Ward Committee meetings",
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"content": "Following procedure shall be\nfollowed while conducting meetings of the Ward Committee, namely:-",
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"number": "67",
"title": "Section 67(i)",
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"content": "(i) reasonable notice of the Ward Committee meetings shall be given at least one week\nin advance and placed on the notice board in the office of Corporation and in the ward\nconcerned;",
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"number": "67",
"title": "Section 67(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) minutes of the Ward Committee meetings shall be maintained by the Secretary and\nthe same shall be made available to the general public for perusal at the office of the\nWard Committee; and",
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"number": "67",
"title": "Section 67(iii)",
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"content": "(iii) the minutes shall be presented at the next meeting of the Ward Committee for\nconfirmation.",
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"number": "68",
"title": "Section 68. Disqualifications",
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"content": "If a Member fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Ward\nCommittee, then the President may bring a resolution before the Ward Sabha, for removal\nof such member, for its approval. On approval of such resolution, such member shall stand\nremoved from the Ward Committee and in his place; the Ward Sabha may nominate\nanother person.",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69. Duties and functions of the Ward Committee",
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"content": "The Ward Committee shall discharge\nand perform the following duties and functions, namely:-",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(a)",
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"content": "(a) to prepare annual ward plan and forward the same to the Corporation for its integration\nwith annual plan of the Corporation;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(b)",
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"content": "(b) to ensure proper implementation of various developmental schemes approved by the\nCorporation for the concerned ward;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(c)",
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"content": "(c) to provide assistance in solid waste management in the ward",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) to supervise sanitation work in the ward;\n( e) to provide assistance for the preparation and encouragement of the developmental\nscheme( s) for the ward;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(f)",
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"content": "(f) to encourage harmony and unity among various groups of people in the ward;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(g)",
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"content": "(g) to provide assistance in the implementation of developmental schemes relating to the\nward;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(h)",
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"content": "(h) to provide assistance for identification of beneficiaries for the implementation of\ndevelopment and welfare schemes;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(i)",
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"content": "(i) to encourage art and cultural activities and sports activities and games;\nU) to ensure people's participation in the voluntary activities necessary for successful\nimplementation of the developmental activities of the Corporation;",
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"number": "69",
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"content": "(k) to suggest community water taps, public wells, public sanitation units, and such\nother public amenity schemes within the ward concerned ;",
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"number": "69",
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"content": "(1) to identify the deficiencies in the water supply and street lighting arrangements in the\nward and suggest remedial measures;",
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"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(1)(m)",
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"content": "(m) to render necessary assistance to the Corporation Authorities for timely collection of\ntaxes, fees and other arrears due to the Corporation;",
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"number": "69",
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"content": "(n) to generate proposals/plans and determine the priority of scheme and developmental\nprogrammes to be implemented in the Ward;",
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"number": "69",
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"content": "(o) to improve/ promote the overall environment situation by integrating environmental\nconsiderations more systematically within the Ward Sabha: and",
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{
"number": "69",
"title": "Section 69(1)(p)",
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"content": "(p) to perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Corporation .",
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{
"number": "70",
"title": "Section 70(1)",
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"content": "(1) The President and the members of the Ward Committee\nshall have the right to seek information from the Commissioner, on any matter relating to\nthe ward;",
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"number": "70",
"title": "Section 70(2)",
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"content": "(2) The Ward Committee shall submit periodical reports to the Corporation in respect of\nthe matters specified therein.",
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"number": "71",
"title": "Section 71. Function of the Commissioner",
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"content": "The Commissioner shall bring to the notice of the\nCorporation any act or resolution of the Ward Committee which is done or passed in\ncontravention of any of the Government instructions or the provisions of this Act ; provided\nthat if such act or omission is not rectified within 15 days, the Commissioner shall bring\nsuch omission or violation to the notice of the State Government.",
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{
"number": "497",
"title": "CHAPTER IV - MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES UNDER THE CORPORATION",
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{
"number": "72",
"title": "Section 72(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Government shall, by notification, in the Official\nGazette, appoint a Class I Officer of the Government as the Commissioner of the Corporation.",
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"number": "72",
"title": "Section 72(2)",
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"content": "(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), the Commissioner so appointed shall\nhold office for a term of three years in the first instance:",
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"number": "72",
"title": "Proviso to Section 72(2)",
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"content": "Provided that his appointment may be renewed for a term not exceeding three\nyears:",
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"number": "72",
"title": "Proviso to Section 72(2)",
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"content": "Provided further that no officer who has attained the age of superannuation shall\nbe appointed or continued as Commissioner.",
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{
"number": "72",
"title": "Section 72(3)",
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"content": "(3) The Government -",
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"number": "72",
"title": "Section 72(3)(a)",
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"content": "(a) shall recall the Commissioner if at a special meeting of the Corporation called for\nthe purpose;",
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{
"number": "72",
"title": "Section 72(3)(b)",
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"content": "(b) may in the public interest recall the Commissioner at anytime during the term of\nhis appointment.",
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{
"number": "73",
"title": "Section 73(1)",
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"content": "(1) The\nState Government may, if in its opinion it is expedient to do so in the public interest,\nappoint a person or persons to be called Joint/Assistant Commissioner appointed under\nsection 72 for the efficient performance of the functions of the Corporation and they shall\nbe governed by such conditions of service as may be fixed by the State Government from\ntime to time.",
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"number": "73",
"title": "Section 73(2)",
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"content": "(2) Subject to the approval of the Corporation and rules made in this behalf, the Joint/\nAssistant Commissioners appointed under sub-section (1) shall be subordinate to\nthe Commissioner and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may\nbe conferred and imposed upon the Commissioner under this Act and are further\ndelegated to them by the Commissioner.",
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"number": "73",
"title": "Section 73(3)",
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"content": "(3) There shall be a Legal Advisor-cum-Law Officer to aid and advice the Corporation in all\nlegal matters, to be appointed by the Corporation, on such terms and conditions as\nmay be prescribed.",
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"number": "73",
"title": "Proviso to Section 73(3)",
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"content": "Provided that he shall be designated as Joint Commissioner (Legal) after\ncompletion of five years regular service in the grade and Additional Commissioner\n(Legal) on completion of at least two years regular service as Joint Commissioner\n(legal).",
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"number": "74",
"title": "Section 74. Salary and allowances of Commissioners",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner and the officers appointed\nunder section 73 shall be paid out of the Corporation Fund such monthly salary and such\nmonthly allowance, as may from time to time be fixed by the Government and may be\ngiven such facilities in relation to residential accommodation, conveyance and the like as\nmay from time to time be fixed by the Government.",
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"number": "75",
"title": "Section 75. Leave etc. to Commissioner",
"chapter": null,
"content": "On the recommendations of the Mayor, leave (except\ncasual leave) may be granted, to the Commissioner by the Government and the casual\nleave shall be granted by the Mayor, and whenever the Commissioner is on leave, or is on\ntraining, another officer may be appointed by the Government in his place.",
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"number": "76",
"title": "Section 76. Contribution by Corporation",
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"content": "The Corporation shall make such contribution towards\nleave, allowances, pension and provident fund of the Commissioner as may be required by\nthe conditions of his service under the Government.",
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"number": "77",
"title": "Section 77. Functions of the Commissioner",
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"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act, and subject to\nsupervision and control of the Corporation and its Mayor the executive power for the purpose\nof carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall vest in the Commissioner, who shall also-",
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"number": "77",
"title": "Section 77(a)",
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"content": "(a) exercise all the powers and perform all the duties specifically conferred or imposed\nupon him by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force ;",
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"number": "77",
"title": "Section 77(b)",
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"content": "(b) prescribe the duties of and exercise supervision and control over the acts and\nproceedings of all Corporation officers and other Corporation employees, and subject\nto any rules that may be made in this behalf dispose of all questions relating to the\nservice of the said officers and other employees and their pay, privileges, allowances\nand other conditions of service ;\n( c) on the occurrence or threatened occurrence of any sudden accident or any unforeseen\nevent or natural calamity involving or likely to involve extensive damage to any property\nof the Corporation, or danger to human life, take such immediate action in consultation\nwith the Mayor and make a report forthwith to the Corporation of the action he has\ntaken and the reasons for the same as also of the amount of cost, if any, incurred or\nlikely to be incurred in consequence of such action, which is not covered by a budget\ngrant;",
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"number": "77",
"title": "Section 77(d)",
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"content": "(d) the Commissioner shall bring to the notice of the Corporation any act or resolution of\nthe Corporation which may be in violation of any Government instructions or the\nprovisions of this Act, provided that if such act or omission of the directions of the\nGovernment or the provisions of the Act, as the case may be, is not rectified within 15\ndays of the communication, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to bring such\nomission or violation to the notice of the Government.",
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"number": "78",
"title": "Section 78(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation and Mayor may at any time require the\nCommissioner -",
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{
"number": "78",
"title": "Section 78(1)(a)",
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"content": "(a) to produce any record, correspondence, plans or other documents which are in his\npossession or under his control as Commissioner or which are recorded or filed in his\noffice or in the office of any Corporation officer or other Corporation employee subordinate\nto him;",
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{
"number": "78",
"title": "Section 78(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account of statistics concerning or\nconnected with any matter pertaining to the administration of this Act or any municipal\nauthority;",
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{
"number": "78",
"title": "Section 78(1)(c)",
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"content": "(c) to furnish a report by himself orto obtain from any Corporation officer or other employee\nsubordinate to him and furnish with his own remarks thereon, a report upon any\nsubject concerning or connected with the administration of this Act or any municipal\nauthority.",
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{
"number": "78",
"title": "Section 78(2)",
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"content": "(2) Every such requisition shall be complied with by the Commissioner without any\nunreasonable delay; and it shall be incumbent on every Corporation officer and other\nCorporation employee to obey any order made by the Mayor or Corporation or\nCommissioner in pursuance of any such requisition:",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "78",
"title": "Proviso to Section 78(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Commissioner shall not be bound to comply with any such\nrequisition if with the previous approval of the Mayor he makes a statement that\nsuch compliance would be prejudicial to public interest or to the interests of the\nCorporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "79",
"title": "Section 79. Exercise of powers to be subject to sanction",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act,\nthe exercise of any power or the performance of any duty conferred or imposed upon the\nCorporation or any other authority by or under this Act, which will involve expenditure, shall\nbe subject to the following conditions, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "79",
"title": "Section 79(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that such expenditure, in so far as it is to be incurred in the year in which such power\nis exercised or duty performed, shall be provided for under a current budget-grant ;\nand",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "79",
"title": "Section 79(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that if the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty involves or is\nlikely to involve expenditure for any period or at any time after the close of the\nsaid year, such expenditure shall not be incurred without the sanction of the\nCorporation.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "525",
"title": "CHAPTER V - PROCEDURE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS BY THE CORPORATION",
"chapter": "CHAPTER V",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5240
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{
"number": "80",
"title": "Section 80(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation shall ordinarily hold at least one meeting in every month\nfor the transaction of its business.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5250
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{
"number": "80",
"title": "Section 80(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Mayor or in his absence the Deputy Mayor may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall\nupon a requisition in writing by not less than one-fourth of the total number of\nCouncillors, convene a special meeting of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "80",
"title": "Section 80(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any meeting may be adjourned until the next or any subsequent date, and an adjourned\nmeeting may be further adjourned in the like manner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "81",
"title": "Section 81. First meeting of the Corporation after general elections for election of Mayor",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1)\nThe first meeting of the Corporation after general elections shall be held as early as possible\nbut not later than thirty days after the publication of the results of the election of the\nCouncillors under section 18 and shall be convened by the Director.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "81",
"title": "Section 81(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 84, for election of the Mayor, the Director\nshall nominate a Councillor who is not a candidate for such election to preside over\nthe meeting.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "81",
"title": "Section 81(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If during the election of Mayor it appears that there is an equality of votes between the\ncandidates at such election and that the addition of a vote would entitle any of these\ncandidates to be elected as Mayor, then, the person presiding over the meeting shall\ndecide between them by lot to be drawn in the presence of the candidates and in\nsuch manner as he may determine, and the candidate on whom the lot falls shall be\ndeemed to have received an additional vote.",
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{
"number": "81",
"title": "Section 81(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The first meeting of the Corporation, after general election, shall be held as early as\npossible but not later than 30 days after the publication of the results of elections of\nCorporation under section 18.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "82",
"title": "Section 82. Notice of meetings and business",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A list of the business to be transacted at every\nmeeting except at an adjourned meeting shall be sent at the recorded address of each\nCouncillor at least five days before the time fixed for such meeting and no business shall\nbe brought before or transacted at, any meeting other than the business of which a notice\nhas been so given :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5320
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{
"number": "82",
"title": "Proviso to Section 82",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that an urgent meeting may be called on a notice of a lesser period than\nfive days:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5330
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{
"number": "82",
"title": "Proviso to Section 82",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that any Councillor may send or deliver to the Commissioner notice of any\nbusiness going beyond the matters mentioned in the notice given of such meeting so as to\nreach him at least forty-eight hours before the date fixed for the meeting and the Commissioner\nshall with all possible despatch take steps to circulate such resolution to every Mayor, Deputy\nMayor and Councillor in such manner as he may think fit:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5340
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{
"number": "82",
"title": "Proviso to Section 82",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that such other business or resolution may be transacted or taken up only\nwith the permission of the Chair.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5350
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{
"number": "83",
"title": "Section 83(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting the\nCorporation shall be one-third of the total number of Councillors.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5360
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{
"number": "83",
"title": "Section 83(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If at any time during a meeting of the Corporation there is no quorum it shall be the\nduty of the Mayor or the person presiding over such meeting either to adjourn the\nmeeting or to suspend the meeting until there is a quorum.",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 5370
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{
"number": "83",
"title": "Section 83(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Where a meeting has been adjourned under sub-section (2), the business which\nwould have been brought before the original meeting if there had been a quorum\npresent there at, shall be brought before, and may be transacted at an adjourned\nmeeting, whether there is quorum present or not :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "83",
"title": "Proviso to Section 83(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that notice of an adjourned meeting under sub-sections (2) and (3)\nshall be given to all Councillors including Mayor and Deputy Mayor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "84",
"title": "Section 84(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Mayor or in his absence, the Deputy Mayor shall preside at\nevery meeting of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5400
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{
"number": "84",
"title": "Section 84(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In the absence of both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor from the meeting the Councillors\npresent shall elect one from amongst themselves to preside.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "84",
"title": "Section 84(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Mayor or the person presiding over a meeting shall have and exercise a second\nor a casting vote in all cases of equality of votes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5420
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{
"number": "85",
"title": "Section 85(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all matters\nrequired to be decided by the Corporation shall be decided by majority of the votes of\nCouncillors present and voting.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5430
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{
"number": "85",
"title": "Section 85(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The voting shall be by show of hands, but the Corporation may, subject to such\nregulations as may be made by it, resolve that any question or class of questions\nshall be decided by secret ballot.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5440
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{
"number": "85",
"title": "Section 85(3)",
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"content": "(3) At any meeting, unless voting be demanded by at least four Councillors including\nMayor and Deputy Mayor, a declaration by the presiding officer at such meeting that\na resolution has been carried or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minutes, of the\nproceedings shall, for the purposes of this Act, be conclusive evidence of the fact\nwithout proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against\nsuch resolution.",
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{
"number": "85",
"title": "Section 85(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If voting as aforesaid is demanded, the votes of all of the members present who desire\nto vote shall be taken under the direction of the presiding officer at the meeting and\nthe result of the voting shall be deemed to be resolution of the Corporation at such\nmeeting.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Mayor or the person presiding over a meeting shall\npreserve order thereat and _shall have all power necessary for the purpose of preserving\nsuch order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5470
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Mayor or the person presiding over a meeting may, direct any Councillor whose\nconduct is in his opinion grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the meeting,\nand any Councillor so directed to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall absent\nhimself during the remainder of the meeting.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5480
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If any Councillor is ordered to withdraw at a second time within fifteen days, the\nMayor or the person presiding may suspend such Councillor from attending the\nmeetings of the Corporation for a period not exceeding fifteen days and the Councillor\nso suspended shall absent himself accordingly:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5490
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Proviso to Section 86(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Mayor or the person presiding may at any time cancel such\nsuspension:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5500
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Proviso to Section 86(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that such suspension shall not debar the suspended Councillor\nfrom serving on any committee of the Corporation of which he is a member.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5510
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Subject to sub-section (5), every meeting shall be open to the public unless a majority\nof the Councillors present at the meeting decide that any inquiry of deliberation pending\nbefore the Corporation shall be held in camera.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The Corporation may make regulations for the purpose of admission of the members\nof the public to its meetings and for the removal by force if necessary, of any members\nof the public admitted to a meeting for interrupting or disturbing the proceedings of the\nmeeting.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The Corporation may make regulations for removal of persons for disorderly conduct.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "86",
"title": "Section 86(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) In the case of grave disorder arising in a meeting the Mayor or the person presiding\nmay, if he thinks it necessary to do so, adjourn the meeting to a date or time specified\nby him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "87",
"title": "Section 87. Councillors not to vote on matter in which he is interested",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No Councillor shall vote\nat a meeting of the Corporation or of any committee thereof on any question relating to his\nown conduct or vote or take part in any discussion on any matter (other than matter\naffecting) generally the residents of the municipal area or of any particular ward, which\naffects his pecuniary interest or any property in respect of which he is directly or indirectly\ninterested, or any property of or for which he is a manager or an agent.",
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88. Right to attend meetings of Corporation and its committees etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "and right of\nCouncillor should be bould to ask questions in relation to the administration of\nmunicipal area.- (1) The Commissioner or any Corporation officer authorised by him in\nthis behalf may attend, speak in, or otherwise take part in the proceedings of any meetings\nof the Corporation or any of its committees, but he shall not be entitled to vote in any such\nmeeting.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) A Councillor may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), ask the Commissioner,\nduring first half of an hour of every meeting, question of any matter relating to the\nmunicipal administration of the area or the administration of this Act.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The right to ask a question shall be governed by the following conditions, namely:",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5590
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) not less than seven days clear notice in writing specifying the question shall be\ngiven to the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5600
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) no question shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) bring in any name or statement not strictly necessary to make the question\nintelligible ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5620
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) contain arguments, ironical expression, imputations, epithets or defamatory\nstatement;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5630
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) ask for an expression of opinion or the solution of a hypothetical proposition ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5640
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) ask as to the character or conduct of any person except in his official or\npublic capacity;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5650
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) relate to a matter which is not primarily the concern of the Corporation or\nany of the municipal authorities ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5660
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(vi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vi) make or imply a charge of a personal character;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5670
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(vii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vii) raise question of policy too large to be dealt with within the limits of an\nanswer to a question ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5680
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(viii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(viii) repeat in substance questions already answered or to which an answer\nhas been refused ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5690
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(ix)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ix) ask for information on trivial matters ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5700
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(x)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(x) ordinarily ask for information on matters of past history;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(xi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(xi) ask for information set forth in accessible documents or in ordinary works of\nreference;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5720
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(xii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(xii) raise matters under the control of bodies or persons not primarily responsible\nto the Corporation ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5730
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(3)(xiii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(xiii) ask for any information on a matter which is under adjudication by a Court\nof Law.\n( 4) The Mayor shall disallow any question which is, in his opinion, in contravention of the\nprovisions of sub-section (3).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) If any doubt arises whether any question is or is not in contravention of the provisions\nof sub-section (3), the Mayor shall decide the point and his decision shall be final.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5750
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The Commissioner shall not be bound to answer a question if it asks for information\nwhich has been communicated to him in confidence or in the opinion of the Mayor it\ncannot be answered without prejudice to public interest or the interest of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5760
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{
"number": "88",
"title": "Section 88(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) Unless otherwise directed by the Mayor or the Presiding Officer of the meeting every\nquestion shall be answered by the Commissioner at a meeting of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5770
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{
"number": "89",
"title": "Section 89. Power to make regulations",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Corporation may make regulations for the transaction\nof business at its meetings and at the meetings of its Standing Committee or any other\ncommittee and the manner in which notice of such meetings shall be given:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5780
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{
"number": "89",
"title": "Proviso to Section 89",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the time, place and procedure for the first meeting, after the constitution\nof the Corporation under section 4, shall be determined by the Director.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5790
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{
"number": "90",
"title": "Section 90. Keeping of minutes and proceedings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Minutes, in which shall be recorded the names\nof the Councillor present at and the proceedings of each meeting of the Corporation or of\nits committee, shall be drawn up and recorded by the Commissioner in a book to be kept\nfor that purpose and shall be laid before the next ensuing meeting of the Corporation or of\nthe committee, as the case may be, and shall be signed at such meeting by the presiding\nofficer thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5800
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{
"number": "91",
"title": "Section 91. Circulation of minutes and inspection of minutes and reports of proceedings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Corporation shall be circulated to all the\nCouncillor of the Corporation and shall at all reasonable times be available at the Corporation\noffice for inspection without charge by any Councillor or person on payment of a fee\nprescribed by regulations.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5810
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{
"number": "92",
"title": "Section 92(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The\nCorporation shall forward to the Government and the Director a copy of the minutes of the\nproceedings of each meeting of the Corporation within three days from the date of the\nmeeting.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5820
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{
"number": "92",
"title": "Section 92(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Director or the Government may also in any case ask for a copy of any paper or\nall the papers which were laid before the Corporation or any committee thereof and\nthe Corporation shall forward to the Government, a copy of such paper or papers.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5830
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{
"number": "93",
"title": "Section 93(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation shall have power to act notwithstanding\nany vacancy in the membership thereof and no act done or the proceedings taken under\nthis Act shall be questioned on the ground merely of -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5840
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{
"number": "93",
"title": "Section 93(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the seat of any Councillor remaining unfilled for any cause whatsoever;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5850
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{
"number": "93",
"title": "Section 93(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the Corporation,\nor in any committee thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5860
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{
"number": "93",
"title": "Section 93(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) any Councillor having voted or taken part in any proceedings in contravention of\nsection 88;\n( d) any defect or irregularity not affecting the merits of the case.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5870
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{
"number": "93",
"title": "Section 93(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every meeting of the Corporation or of any committee thereof, the minutes of\nproceedings which have been duly drawn up and signed, shall be deemed to have\nbeen duly convened and to be free from all defects and irregularities.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5880
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{
"number": "590",
"title": "CHAPTER VI - CORPORATION OFFICERS AND OTHER CORPORATION EMPLOYEES",
"chapter": "CHAPTER VI",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5890
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the provisions contained\nin this Act the Corporation may, with the previous approval of the State Government or any\nother officer authorised in this behalf, appoint such officers and servants as it considers\nnecessary for the efficient discharge of its duties.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5900
},
{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The qualifications, methods of recruitment, salaries, leave, allowance and other\nconditions of service including disciplinary matters of such officers and servants shall\nbe such as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5910
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The salary, allowances, gratuity, pension, contributions and other payments required\nto be made, in accordance with the conditions of the services, to the officers and\nofficials employed for the discharge of duties of the Corporation under this Act, shall\nbe charged from the Corporation Fund in the prescribed manner.\n( 4) An employee in regular employment of the Corporation may in lieu of the Contributory\nProvident Fund benefits admissible to him under the Provident Fund Act, 1925 (19 of\n1925), opt for service and NPS.",
"footnote": "19 of\n1925",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5920
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The Corporation shall, in relation to such employees who have exercised the option\nfor NPS under sub-section ( 4 ), shall credit its contributions regularly but not later than\nfifth day of each month.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5930
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The \"NPS\" referred to in sub-section (4), shall be established and maintained by the\nGovernment of Arunachal Pradesh in such manner, as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5940
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the persons, who\nwere in the regular service of any Corporation prior to introduction of NPS will be\neligible for service and family pension under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5950
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{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) The approval for creation of post in a Corporation services shall be given by the\nGovernment after taking into consideration the requirements of the Corporation and\nits financial capacity.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5960
},
{
"number": "94",
"title": "Section 94(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) In making appointment to any post referred to in this section, the appointing authority\nshall, follow the instructions issued by the Government from time to time in relation to\nreservation policy of appointments or posts for Scheduled Tribes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5970
},
{
"number": "95",
"title": "Section 95. Officers and other employees not to be interested in any contract etc with Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed in the Corporation if he\nhas, directly or indirectly, by himself or by a partner or any other person, any share or\ninterest in any contract, made with, or any work being done for the Corporation, other than\nas an employee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5980
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{
"number": "95",
"title": "Section 95(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any such officer or employee acquires, directly or indirectly, by himself or by a\npartner or any other person, any share or interest in any such contract or work as is\nreferred to in sub-section (1 ), he shall, unless the authority appointing him in any\nparticular case otherwise decides, be liable to be removed from his office by an order\nof such authority:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 5990
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{
"number": "95",
"title": "Proviso to Section 95(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before an order of removal is made such officer or other employee\nshall be given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed\nto be taken in regard to him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6000
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{
"number": "602",
"title": "CHAPTER VII - REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE",
"chapter": "CHAPTER VII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6010
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6020
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) all funds which immediately before the declaration and constitution of the Corporation\nunder sections 3 and 4 of this Act vested in any body or local authority in the municipal\narea or any part thereof or rural area or a part thereof, if any ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6030
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) all moneys received by or on behalf of the Corporation under the provisions of this Act\nor of any law for the time being in force or under any contract ;\n( c) all proceeds of the disposal of property by, or on behalf of the Corporation ;\n( d) all rents occurring from any property of the Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6040
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) all moneys raised by any tax, rate or cess levied for the purposes of this Act;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6050
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) all fees collected and all fines levied under this Act or under any rule, regulation or by\nlaw made thereunder;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6060
},
{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) all moneys received by or on behalf of the Corporation from the Government or any\nindividual or association of individuals by way of grant or gift or deposit;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6070
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{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) all interests and profits arising from any investment of, or from any transaction in\nconnection with, any money belonging to the Corporation including loans and advances\nunder this Act;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6080
},
{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) all moneys received by or on behalf of the Corporation from any other source whatsoever\nshall form one fund to be known as the Corporation Fund.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6090
},
{
"number": "96",
"title": "Section 96(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Corporation Fund shall be held by the Corporation in trust for the purposes of this\nAct subject to the provisions herein contained and a general account relating to all\nmoneys received by or on behalf of the Corporation shall be maintained.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6100
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{
"number": "97",
"title": "Section 97. Corporation fund to be kept in State Bank of India or in a Scheduled Bank or in a Government Treasury",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All moneys payable to the credit of the Corporation Fund shall be\nreceived by the Commissioner and shall be forthwith paid into the State Bank of India or\ninto any Scheduled Bank or in treasury of the Government or any other bank approved by\nthe Government in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6110
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{
"number": "98",
"title": "Section 98. Operation of accounts with banks",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no payment\nshall be made by any bank referred to in section 97 out of the Corporation Fund except on\na cheque signed by both.-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6120
},
{
"number": "98",
"title": "Section 98(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) officer in charge of the accounts ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6130
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{
"number": "98",
"title": "Section 98(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the Commissioner or an officer subordinate to him authorised by him in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6140
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99. Payment not to be made unless covered by a budget grant",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No payment of any sum\nout of the Corporation Fund shall be made unless the expenditure of the same is covered\nby a current budget grant and sufficient balance of such budget grant is still available\nnotwithstanding any reduction or transfer thereof which may have been made under the\nprovisions of this Act:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6150
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Proviso to Section 99",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that this section shall not apply to payment made in the following classes of\ncases, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6160
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) repayment of moneys, belonging to contractors or other persons and held in deposit\nand of moneys collected or credited to the Corporation Fund by mistake;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6170
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) Refund of taxes and other moneys which are authorised under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6180
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) sums payable in any of the following circumstances -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6190
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) under orders of the Government on failure of the Corporation to take any action\nas required by the Government; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6200
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) under any other enactment for the time being in force ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6210
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) under the decree of order of a civil or criminal court passed against the Corporation\n; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6220
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) under a compromise of any claim, suit or other legal proceeding; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6230
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) on account of cost incurred in taking immediate action by the Corporation or the\nCommissioner to avert a sudden threat of danger to the property of the Corporation\nor to human life .\n( d) temporary payment for works urgently required by the Government in the public interest;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6240
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) sums payable as compensation under this Act or under any rules, regulations or bye\nlaws made thereunder;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6250
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) expenses incurred by the Corporation as special measures taken on the outbreak of\ndangerous diseases ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6260
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{
"number": "99",
"title": "Section 99(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) amount payable to Government by way of audit fee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6270
},
{
"number": "100",
"title": "Section 100. Duty of persons signing cheques",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Before any person signs a cheque in accordance\nwith section 99 or signs any bill for payment of any amount from the treasury, he shall\nsatisfy himself that the sum which is specified for payment in the bill or for which the\ncheque is drawn, as the case may be, is either -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6280
},
{
"number": "100",
"title": "Section 100(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) required for a purpose or work specifically sanctioned by the proper authority and\ncovered by a current budget grant ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6290
},
{
"number": "100",
"title": "Section 100(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) required for any payment referred to, or specified in section 99.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6300
},
{
"number": "101",
"title": "Section 101. Procedure when money not covered by a budget grant is expended",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever\nany sum is expended under clauses (c), (e) or (f) of the proviso to section 99, the\nCommissioner shall forthwith communicate the circumstances to the Corporation to take\nsuch action under the provisions of this Act as shall, in the circumstances, appear possible\nand expedient for covering the amount of the additional expenditure.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6310
},
{
"number": "102",
"title": "Section 102(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The money from time to time credited to the\nCorporation Fund, shall be applied in payment of all sums, charges and costs necessary\nfor carrying out the provisions of this Act and of the rules, regulations and bye-laws made\nthereunder or of which payment is duly directed, sanctioned or required by or under any of\nthe provisions of this Act, and in payment of such sum as may be required to meet the\nestablishment charges and the salary, allowances, provident fund, and gratuity of the\nmembers of municipal services including such subscription and contributions as are referred\nin the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007 (4 of 2008):",
"footnote": "4 of 2008",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6320
},
{
"number": "102",
"title": "Proviso to Section 102(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the total expenditure on establishment shall not exceed one third of\nthe total expenditure of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6330
},
{
"number": "102",
"title": "Section 102(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The moneys referred to in sub-section (1) shall likewise be applied in payment of all\nsums payable out of the Corporation Fund under any other enactment for the time\nbeing in force:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6340
},
{
"number": "102",
"title": "Proviso to Section 102(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that an amount allotted to the Corporation by the Central or State\nGovernment or any other person or local authority for any specific work or purpose\nshall be utilised exclusively for such work or purpose and in accordance with such\ninstructions, as the State Government may either generally or specially issue in this\nbehalf.",
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{
"number": "102",
"title": "Section 102(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the moneys referred to in sub-section",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "102",
"title": "Section 102(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) may also be applied in payment of all sums, charges and costs on all acts and\nthings which are likely to promote the safety, health, welfare, or convenience of the\ninhabitants, or expenditure whereof may be declared by the Corporation with the\nsanction of the Government to be an appropriate charge on the Corporation Fund.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "103",
"title": "Section 103. Payments from Corporation Fund for works urgently required for public service",
"chapter": null,
"content": "On the written requisition of the Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Arunachal\nPradesh or the Director, the Commissioner may at any time undertake the execution of\nany work certified by such Secretary or the Director, as the case may be, to be urgently\nrequired in public interest, and for this purpose may temporarily make payments from the\nCorporation Fund so far as the same can be met without unduly interfering with the regular\nwork of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6380
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{
"number": "104",
"title": "Section 104. Investment of surplus money",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Surplus money standing at the credit of Corporation\nFund which cannot immediately or at an early date be applied for the purposes specified in\nsection 102, shall be invested in the manner prescribed by the State Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6390
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{
"number": "105",
"title": "Section 105(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation shall constitute such special fund or\nfunds as may be prescribed by regulations and such other funds necessary for the purposes\nof this Act as may be so prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6400
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{
"number": "105",
"title": "Section 105(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The constitution and disposal of such funds shall be effected in the manner laid down\nby regulations.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6410
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106. Finance Commission",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Finance Commission constituted by the State Government\nunder section-138 of the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 (5 of 2001) and\narticles 243-1 and 243-Y of the Constitution of India shall review the financial position of the\nCorporation and make recommendations to the Government as to -",
"footnote": "5 of 2001",
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"sort_order": 6420
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the principles which should govern -",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6430
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the distribution between the State and the Corporation of the net proceeds of the\ntaxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the State, which may be divided between\nthem and the allocation between the Corporation at all levels of their respective\nshares of such proceeds ; ·",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the determination of the taxes, duties, tolls and fees which may be assigned to\nor appropriated by the Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6450
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) the grants-in-aid to the Corporation from the Consolidated Fund of the State;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6460
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the measures needed to improve the financial position of the Corporation;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6470
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) any other matter referred to the Finance Commission by the Government in the interest\nof sound finances of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6480
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{
"number": "106",
"title": "Section 106(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Government shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission\nunder this section together with an explanatory memorandum as to the action taken\nthereon, to be laid before the Legislature of the State.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6490
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{
"number": "107",
"title": "Section 107. Budget estimates",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Corporation shall not later than the first week of February of\nevery year, adopt for the ensuing year a budget estimate which shall be an estimate of the\nincome and expenditure of the Corporation to be received and incurred on the account of\nthe Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6500
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{
"number": "107",
"title": "Section 107(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The budget estimate adopted under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the\nGovernment not later than the last week of February preceding the year to which the\nbudget estimate relates.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6510
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{
"number": "107",
"title": "Section 107(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The budget estimates received by the Government under sub-section (2), shall be\nreturned to the Corporation before the 31st day of March after approval without any\nmodification or with such modification as the Government may deem fit.\n( 4) The budget estimate shall be prepared in such manner and shall provide for all such\nmatters as may be prescribed and as per the financial norms prescribed by the State\nGovernment.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6520
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) On the recommendations of the\nCommissioner, the Corporation may from time to time during the year-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6530
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) increase the amount of any budget grant under any head ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6540
},
{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) make an additional budget grant for the purpose of meeting any special or unforeseen\nrequirement arising during the said year;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6550
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) transfer the amount or portion of the amount of the budget grant under any head to\nthe account of budget grant under any other head ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6560
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(1)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) reduce the amount of the budget grant under any head:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6570
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Proviso to Section 108(1)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that due regard shall be had to all the requirements of this Act and in\nmaking any increase or any additional budget grant, the estimated cash balance at\nthe close of the year shall not be reduced below the sum of one lakh rupees or such\nhigher sum as the Corporation may determine in respect of each budget estimate.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6580
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every increase in a budget grant and every additional budget grant made in any year\nunder sub-section (1) shall be made with the prior approval of the Government and\nafter such approval shall be deemed to be included in the budget estimate finally\nadopted for that year.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6590
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may, from time to time during the year, -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6600
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{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) reduce the amount of a budget grant; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6610
},
{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) sanction the transfer of any amount within a budget grant:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6620
},
{
"number": "108",
"title": "Proviso to Section 108(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that every reduction if it exceeds fifty thousand rupees shall be reported\nforthwith by the Commissioner to the Corporation and the Commissioner shall give\neffect to any order that may be passed by the Corporation in relation thereto.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6630
},
{
"number": "108",
"title": "Section 108(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Commissioner may, from time to time during the year, sanction the transfer of\nany amount not exceeding fifty thousand rupees within a minor head if such transfer\ndoes not involve a recurring liability.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6640
},
{
"number": "109",
"title": "Section 109(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If\nat any time during the year it appears to the Corporation that, notwithstanding any reduction\nof budget grant that has been made under section 108, the income of the Corporation Fund\nduring the same year will not suffice to meet the expenditure sanctioned in the budget\nestimate of that year and to leave at the close of the year, the cash balances specified or\ndetermined under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 108 then it shall be incumbent\non the Corporation to sanction forthwith any measures which it may consider necessary\nfor adjusting that year's income to the expenditure.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6650
},
{
"number": "109",
"title": "Section 109(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1 ), the Corporation may either reduce the sanctioned\nexpenditure of the year so far as it may be possible to do with regard to all the\nrequirements of this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6660
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{
"number": "110",
"title": "Section 110. Provisions as to unexpended budget grant",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the whole or any part of any budget\ngrant included in the budget estimates for a year remains unexpended at the close of that\nyear, and the amount thereof has not been taken into account in the opening balance\nentered in the budget estimates of any of the next two following years, the Commissioner\nmay sanction the expenditure of such budget grant or the unexpended portion thereof\nduring the next two following years for the completion of the purposes of object for which\nthe budget grant was originally made and not for any other purpose or object.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6670
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{
"number": "669",
"title": "CHAPTER VIII - TAXES AND FEES",
"chapter": "CHAPTER VIII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6680
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{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation shall, for the purposes of this Act,\nlevy the following taxes:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6690
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{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) taxes on buildings and lands;\n{b) such other taxes, at such rates as the State Government may, by notification, in\neach case direct;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6700
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{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Subject to the prior approval of the Government, the Corporation may for the purposes\nof this Act, in addition to the taxes specified in sub-section (1) levy,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6710
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{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) a tax on profession, trades, callings and employments;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6720
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) a tax on vehicles other than motor vehicles and animals ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6730
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) a tax on the increase in urban land values caused by the execution of any\ndevelopment or improvement work;\n{d) show tax;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6740
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) tax on consumption of energy at a rate notified by the State Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6750
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) sewerage tax on commercial buildings ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6760
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(2)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) any other tax that may be imposed under the provisions of the Arunachal Pradesh\nMunicipal Act, 2007.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6770
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Proviso to Section 111(2)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no tax shall be imposed under this sub-section unless an\nopportunity has been given in the prescribed manner to the residents of the municipal\narea to file objections and the objections, if any, thus received have been considered.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6780
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The taxes as specified in sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall be levied at such\nrates as may, from time to time, be specified by the Government by notification and\nshall be assessed and collected in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the\nbye-laws made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6790
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Government may, by special or general order, direct the Corporation to impose\nany tax falling under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) not already imposed, within\nsuch period as may be specified and the corporation shall thereupon act accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6800
},
{
"number": "111",
"title": "Section 111(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) If the Corporation fails to carry out any order passed under sub-section (4), the\nGovernment may by a suitable order notified in the Official Gazette impose the tax\nand the order so passed shall operate as if the tax had been duly imposed by the\nCorporation under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6810
},
{
"number": "112",
"title": "Section 112. Fee and users charges",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Corporation may levy a fee and user charges for the\nservices provided by it at such rates and in such manner as may be determined by the\nCorporation from time to time.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6820
},
{
"number": "113",
"title": "Section 113. Rate of tax on lands and buildings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the unit\narea rate of tax on lands and buildings within the municipal area shall be between one per\ncent to twenty five per cent of the rateable value of land and building, as may be determined\nby the Corporation from time to time:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6830
},
{
"number": "113",
"title": "Proviso to Section 113",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Corporation may exempt wholly or partially or levy lower rate of tax\non the lands and buildings or portion thereof, which is exclusively used for the purpose of\npublic worship and the area of vacant lands and buildings or portion thereof, exclusively\nused for the purpose of public burial or as a cremation ground, or any other place used for\nthe disposal of dead.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6840
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Section 114. Determination of rateable value of lands and buildings assessable to taxes",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The\nrateable value of lands and buildings assessable to taxes specified in section 113 shall\nbe,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6850
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Section 114(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) in the case of land, the rateable value shall be based upon per square metre of the\nactual area of land multiplied by the relevant factors prescribed for the particular zone\nand in the case of building, the rateable value shall be based upon per square metre\nof plinth area multiplied by relevant factor prescribed for the particular zone.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6860
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Section 114(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for levy of tax on lands and buildings, the entire municipal area shall be divided into\ndifferent zones and each zone shall have relevant factors having different values.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6870
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Section 114(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) for the purpose of determination of reteable value, there shall be five factors i.e (i)\nlocation, (ii) occupancy, (iii) age of building, (iv)use of building and (v) type of structure.\nEach factor shall have different value for different zone as may be determined by the\nCorporation, from time to time.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6880
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Section 114(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) the mode for levy, calculation and assessment of tax as per provisions of this Act,\nwhich relates to the classification, usages of the buildings or apportionment of buildings\nor vacant land and open spaces forming part of the land and building shall be prescribed\nby bye-laws:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6890
},
{
"number": "114",
"title": "Proviso to Section 114(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that annual deduction of ten per cent on the rateable value of building\nshall be allowed on account of repair and maintenance expenses necessary for the\nmaintenance of the building and a rebate of ten per cent shall also be allowed on the\namount of tax, in case the amount of tax specified in the bill is paid within fifteen days from\nthe date of receipt of such bill, however, this rebate shall not be applicable in the case of\ndefaulters who are in arrear of tax and shall be liable for penalty of five percent of the tax\ndue.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6900
},
{
"number": "115",
"title": "Section 115. Taxation of union properties",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing\nprovisions of this Chapter, lands and buildings being properties of the Union of India shall\nbe exempted from the taxes on lands and buildings specified in section 113:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6910
},
{
"number": "115",
"title": "Proviso to Section 115",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the Corporation from levying any of\nthe said taxes on such lands and buildings to which immediately before they were liable,\nor treated as liable, so long as that tax continues to be levied by the Corporation on other\nlands and buildings:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6920
},
{
"number": "115",
"title": "Proviso to Section 115",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the public sector undertakings or companies owned and controlled\nfully or partially by the Central Government shall be assessable to taxes under the provisions\nof this Act or bye-laws made thereunder, and shall also be liable to pay fee or service\ncharges, as the case may be, in lieu of services provided by the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6930
},
{
"number": "116",
"title": "Section 116(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The taxes on lands and building shall\nbe partially leviable upon the owner and in the absence of owner, it shall be leviable and\nrecovered from the occupier including tenants.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6940
},
{
"number": "116",
"title": "Section 116(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The assessment, levy and payment of tax on land and building shall not in any manner\nconfer any right, title or interest in the property upon either on the owner or the\noccupier and shall not be a proof of the fact that the building or premises is authorized\none and further that any building or premises or part thereof which is erected in\ncontravention of the provisions of this Act, regulations or bye-laws made thereunder,\nshall not be considered for regularization by virtue of being assessed to tax on lands\nand buildings under the provisions of this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6950
},
{
"number": "117",
"title": "Section 117(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) On the failure to\nrecover any sum due on account of taxes specified in section 113 in respect of any land or\nbuilding from the person primarily liable therefor under section 116, the Commissioner\nshall in the prescribed manner recover from every occupier of such land or building by\nattachment of the rent payable by such occupier, a portion of the total sum due which\nbears, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to that sum as the rent annually payable\nby such occupier bears to the total amount of rent annually payable in respect of the whole\nof the land or building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6960
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{
"number": "117",
"title": "Section 117(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) An occupier from whom any sum is recovered under sub-section(1) shall be entitled\nto be reimbursed by the person primarily liable for the payment and may in addition to\nhaving recourse to other remedies that may be open to him, deduct the amount to be\nrecovered from the amount of any rent from time to time becoming due from him to\nsuch person.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6970
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{
"number": "118",
"title": "Section 118. Taxes on lands and buildings a first charge on premises on which they are assessed",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Taxes due under this Act in respect of any land or building shall subject to the prior\npayment of the land revenue, if any due to the Government, be a first charge thereon.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6980
},
{
"number": "118",
"title": "Explanation to Section 118",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- The term 'taxes' in this section shall be deemed to include the costs of\nrecovery thereof and the penalty, if any, payable as specified in the bye-laws.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 6990
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{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119. Assessment list",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act the Corporation shall cause\nan assessment list of all lands and buildings in the municipal area to be prepared in such\nform and manner and containing such particulars with respect to each land and building as\nmay be prescribed by bye-laws.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7000
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{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When the assessment list has been prepared, the Commissioner shall give public\nnotice, thereof, and of the place where the list or a copy thereof may be inspected,\nand every person claiming to be the owner, lessee or occupier of any land or building\nincluded in the list and any authorised agent of such person, shall be at liberty to\ninspect the list and to take extract therefrom free of charge.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7010
},
{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner shall, at the same time, give public notice of a date, not less than\none month thereafter, when he will proceed to consider the rateable value of lands and\nbuildings, entered in the assessment list, and in all cases in which any land or\nbuilding is for the first time assessed ( or the rateable value of any land or building is\nincreased), he shall also give written notice thereof to the owner or to any lessee or\noccupier of the land or building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7020
},
{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any objection to a rateable value or any other matter as entered in the assessment\nlist, shall be made in writing to the Commissioner before the date fixed in the notice\nand shall state in what respect the rateable value or other matter is disputed, and all\nobjections so made shall be recorded in register to be kept for the purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7030
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{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The objection shall be inquired into and investigated and the persons making them\nshall be allowed an opportunity of being heard either in person or by authorised agent,\nby a Committee consisting of two members elected by the Corporation for that purpose\nand the Commissioner or an officer of the Corporation authorised by him in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7040
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{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) When all objections have been disposed of, and the revision of the rateable value has\nbeen completed, the assessment list shall be authenticated by the signature of the\ncommissioner, or as the case may be, the officer authorised by him in this behalf,\nwho shall certify that except in the cases, if any, in which amendments have been\nmade as shown therein, no valid objection has been made to the rateable value or any\nother maters entered in the said list.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7050
},
{
"number": "119",
"title": "Section 119(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) The assessment list so authenticated shall be deposited in the office of the Corporation\nand shall be open for inspection free of charge during office hours to all owners;\nlessees and occupiers of lands and buildings comprised therein or the authorised\nagents of such persons, and a public notice that it is so open shall forthwith be\npublished.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7060
},
{
"number": "120",
"title": "Section 120. Evidentiary value of assessment list",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Subject to due alterations as may thereafter be\nmade in the assessment list under section 121 and to the result of any appeal made under\nthe provisions of this Act, the entries in the assessment list authenticated and deposited\nas provided in section 119 shall be accepted as conclusive evidence, for the purposes of\nassessing any tax levied under this Act, of the rateable value of all lands and buildings to\nwhich such entries respectively relate.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7070
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner, may, at any time, amend the\nassessment list-\n( a) by inserting therein the name of any person whose name ought to be inserted; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7080
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) by inserting therein any land or building previously omitted ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7090
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) by striking out the name of any person not liable for the payment of taxes on lands\nand buildings ;or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7100
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) by increasing or reducing for adequate reasons the amount of any rateable value and\nof the assessment thereupon ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7110
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) by making or cancelling any entry exempting any land or building from liability to any\ntax; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7120
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) by altering the assessment on the land or building which has been erroneously valued\nor assessed through fraud, mistake or accident; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7130
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) by inserting or altering an entry in respect of any erected, re-erected, altered or added\nafter the preparation of the assessment list :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7140
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Proviso to Section 121(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no person shall by reason of any such amendment become liable to\npay any tax or increase of tax in respect of any period prior to the commencement of the\nyear in which the notice under sub-section (2) is given.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7150
},
{
"number": "121",
"title": "Section 121(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Before making any amendment under sub-section (1 ), the Commissioner shall give to\nany person affected by the amendment, notice of not less than one month that he\nproposes to make the amendment and consider any objections which may be made\nby such person.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7160
},
{
"number": "122",
"title": "Section 122. Preparation of new assessment list",
"chapter": null,
"content": "It shall be in the discretion of the Commissioner\nto prepare for the whole or any part of the Corporation a new assessment list every year or\nto adopt the valuation and assessment contained in the list for any year with such alterations\nas may in particular cases be deemed necessary, as the valuation and assessment for the\nyear, giving to persons affected by such alterations the same notice of the valuation and\nassessment as if a new assessment list had been prepared :\n\"",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7170
},
{
"number": "122",
"title": "Proviso to Section 122",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the valuation and assessment contained in the list for any year shall\nnot be adopted for a period exceeding five years.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7180
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whenever the title of any person primarily liable for the payment\nof taxes specified in section 113 on any land and building is transferred the person whose\ntitle is transferred and the person to whom the same is transferred shall within three\nmonths after execution of the instrument of transfer or after its registration, if it is registered,\nor after the transfer is effected, if no instrument is executed, give notice of such transfer in\nwriting to the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7190
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In the event of the death of any person primarily liable as aforesaid, the person on\nwhom the title of the deceased devolves, shall give notice of such devolution to the\nCommissioner within six months from the date of the death of the deceased.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7200
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The notice to be given under this section shall be in such form as may be determined\nby bye-laws made under this Act, and the transferee or the other person on whom the\ntitle devolves shall, if so required, be bound to produce before the Commissioner any\ndocuments evidencing the transfer or devolution.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7210
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Every person who makes a transfer as aforesaid without giving such notice to the\nCommissioner, shall, in addition to any penalty to which he may be subjected under\nthe provisions of this Act, continue to be liable for the payment of all taxes specified\nin section 113 from time to time payable in respect of the land or building transferred\nuntil he gives such notice or until the transfer has been recorded in the Commissioner's\nbook, but nothing in this section shall be held to affect the liability of the transferee for\nthe payment of the said taxes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7220
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The Commissioner shall record every transfer or devolution of title notified to him\nunder this section in his books and in the assessment list.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7230
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) On a written request by the Commissioner, the Registrar or Sub-Registrar, having\njurisdiction in the municipal area, appointed under the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of\n1906), shall furnish such particulars regarding the registration of instruments of transfer\nof immoveable properties in the municipal area, as the Commissioner may from time\nto time require.",
"footnote": "16 of\n1906",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7240
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) Such information shall be furnished as soon as may be after the registration of an\ninstrument of transfer is effected, or if the Commissioner so requests, by periodical\nreturns at such intervals as the Commissioner may fix.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7250
},
{
"number": "123",
"title": "Section 123(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) The Corporation may levy fee on transfer of land and building as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7260
},
{
"number": "124",
"title": "Section 124. Notice of erection of building etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When any new building is erected or when any\nbuilding is re-built or enlarged or when any building which has been vacant is reoccupied,\nthe person primarily liable for the taxes specified in section 113 assessed on the building,\nshall give notice thereof in writing to the Commissioner within fifteen days from the date of\nits completion or occupation, which ever first occurs or as the case may be, from the date\nof its enlargement or re-occupation and the said taxes shall be assessable on the building\nfrom the said date.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7270
},
{
"number": "125",
"title": "Section 125(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any building or any portion of\na building, which is liable to the payment of taxes specified in section 113 is demolished or\nremoved, otherwise than by order of the Commissioner, the person primarily liable for the\npayment of the said taxes, shall give notice thereof in writing to the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7280
},
{
"number": "125",
"title": "Section 125(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Until notice is given, by person as mentioned under sub-section (1 ), he shall continue\nto be liable to the payment of such taxes as he would have been liable to pay in\nrespect of such building if the same or any portion thereof had not been demolished or\nremoved.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7290
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) To enable the Commissioner to\ndetermine the rateable value of any land or building and the person primarily liable for the\npayment of any taxes specified in section 113 leviable in respect thereof, the Commissioner\nmay require the owner or occupier of such land or building, or of any portion thereof to\nfurnish him within such reasonable period as the Commissioner fixes in this behalf, with\ninformation by such owner or occupier -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7300
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) as to the name and place of residence of the owner or occupier or of both, the\nowner and occupier of such land or building ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7310
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) as to the measurements or dimensions of such land or building or any portion\nthereof and the rent, if any, obtained for such land or building or any portion\nthereof; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7320
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) as to the actual cost or other specified details connected with the determination\nof the value of such land or building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7330
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every owner or occupier on whom any such requisition is made shall be bound to\ncomply with the same and to give true information to the best of his knowledge or\nbelief.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7340
},
{
"number": "126",
"title": "Section 126(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Whoever omits to comply with any such requisition or fails to give true information to\nthe best of his knowledge or belief shall, in addition to any penalty to which he may be\nliable be precluded from objecting to any assessment made by the Commissioner in\nrespect of such land or building of which he is the owner or occupier.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7350
},
{
"number": "127",
"title": "Section 127. Assessment in case of amalgamation of premises",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any land or building, bearing two\nor more municipal numbers, or portions thereof, be amalgamated into one or more new\npremises, the Commissioner shall on such amalgamation assign to them one or more\nnumbers and assess them to taxes specified in section 113 accordingly :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7360
},
{
"number": "127",
"title": "Proviso to Section 127",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the total assessment on amalgamation shall not be greater than the\nsum of the previous assessments of the several premises except when there is any re\nvaluation of any of the said premises.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7370
},
{
"number": "128",
"title": "Section 128. Power of Commissioner to assess separately outhouses portion of buildings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The\nCommissioner may in his discretion assess any out houses appurtenant to a building, or\nany portion of a land or building separately from such building or, as the case may be, from\nthe rest of such land or building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7380
},
{
"number": "129",
"title": "Section 129(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may, if he thinks\nfit, employ one or more competent persons to give advice or assistance in connection with\nthe valuation of any land or building, and any person so employed shall have power at all\nreasonable times and after giving due notice, and on production, if so required, of\nauthorisation in writing in that behalf from the commissioner, to enter on, survey and value\nany land or building which the Commissioner may direct him to survey and value.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7390
},
{
"number": "129",
"title": "Section 129(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall wilfully delay or obstruct any such person in the exercise of any of his\npowers under this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7400
},
{
"number": "130",
"title": "Section 130(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) In case of non payment of any toll on demand, the officer\nempowered to collect the same may seize any article or any vehicle or animal on which\nthe toll is chargeable, or any part of its burden of sufficient value to satisfy the demand.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7410
},
{
"number": "130",
"title": "Section 130(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Corporation after the lapse of five days from the seizure and after the issue of a\nproclamation fixing the time and place of sale may cause any property so seized, or\nso much thereof, as may be necessary to be sold by auction to satisfy the demand\nwith the expenses occasioned by the seizure, custody and sale thereof, unless the\ndemand and expenses are in the meantime paid:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7420
},
{
"number": "130",
"title": "Proviso to Section 130(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that, by order of the Commissioner articles of a perishable nature which\ncannot be kept for five days without serious risk of damage may be sold after the lapse of\nsuch shorter time as he may, having regards to the nature of the articles, think proper.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7430
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every person, who erects, exhibits, fixes or retains upon\nor over any land, building wall boarding, frame, post or structure or upon or in any vehicle\nany advertisement or, who displays any advertisement to public view in any manner\nwhatsoever visible from a public street or public place (including any advertisement exhibited\nby means of cinematograph) shall pay for every advertisement which is so erected, exhibited,\nfixed or retained or so displayed to public view a fee calculated at such rates, as may from\ntime to time, be specified by the Corporation:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7440
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Proviso to Section 131(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no fee shall be levied under this section on any advertisement which,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7450
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) appears in newspapers, relates to a public meeting, or to an election to Parliament or\nLegislative Assembly or the Corporation or to candidature in respect of such election\n; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7460
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) is exhibited within the window of any building if the advertisement relates to the trade,\nprofession or business carried in that building ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7470
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) relates to the trade, profession or business carried on within the land or building upon\nor over which such advertisement is exhibited or to any sale or letting of such land or\nbuilding or any effect therein or to any sale, entertainment or meeting to be held on or\nupon or in the same ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7480
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) relates to the name of the land or building upon or over which the advertisement is\nexhibited, or to the name of the owner or occupier of such land or building; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7490
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) relates to the business of a railway administration and is exhibited within any railway\nstation or upon any wall or other property of the railway administration; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7500
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) relates to any activity of the Government or Union of India or the Corporation.\nIr\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7510
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Section 131(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The fee on any advertisement leviable under this section shall be payable in advance\nin such number of instalments and in such manner as may be determined by bye\nlaws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7520
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Explanation to Section 131(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation -I.- The word 'structure' in this section includes any moveable board on\nwheels used as an advertisement or an advertisement medium.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7530
},
{
"number": "131",
"title": "Explanation to Section 131(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation-If.- The word \"advertisement\" in relation to a fee on advertisement under\nthis Act, means any word, letter, model, sign, placard, notice, device or representation\nwhether illuminated or not, in nature of and employed wholly or in part for the purposes of\nadvertisement, announcement or direction.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7540
},
{
"number": "132",
"title": "Section 132(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No\nadvertisement shall be erected, exhibited, fixed or retained upon or over any land, building,\nwall boarding, frame, post or structure or upon in any vehicle or shall be displayed in any\nmanner, whatsoever in any place within the municipal area without the written permission\nof the Commissioner granted in accordance with bye-laws, made under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7550
},
{
"number": "132",
"title": "Section 132(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner shall not grant such permission, if -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7560
},
{
"number": "132",
"title": "Section 132(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the advertisement contravenes any bye-law made under this Act; or\n{b) The fee, if any, due in respect of advertisement has not been paid.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7570
},
{
"number": "132",
"title": "Section 132(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) in the case if an advertisement liable to\nthe advertisement fee, the Commissioner shall grant permission for the period to\nwhich the payment of the fee relates and no fee shall be charged in respect of such\npermission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7580
},
{
"number": "133",
"title": "Section 133. Permission of Commissioner to become void in certain cases",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The permission\ngranted under section 132 shall become void in the following cases, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7590
},
{
"number": "133",
"title": "Section 133(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if the advertisement contravenes any bye-law made under this Act;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7600
},
{
"number": "133",
"title": "Section 133(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if any material change is made in the advertisement or any part thereof without the\nprevious permission of the Commissioner;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7610
},
{
"number": "133",
"title": "Section 133(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) if the advertisement or any part thereof falls otherwise than through accident;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7620
},
{
"number": "133",
"title": "Section 133(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) if any addition or alteration is made to, or in the building, walls boarding, frame, post\nor structure upon or over which the advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or retained\nif such addition or alteration involves the disturbance of the advertisement or any part\nthereof; and\n( e) if the building wall, boarding, frame, post or structure over which the advertisement is\nerected, exhibited, fixed or retained is demolished or destroyed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7630
},
{
"number": "134",
"title": "Section 134. Presumption in case of contravention",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where any advertisement has been exhibited,\nfixed or retained upon or over any land, building, wall, boarding, frame, post or structure or\nupon or in any vehicle or displayed to public view from a public street or public place in\ncontravention of the provisions of this Act or any bye-law made thereunder, it shall be\npresumed, unless and until contrary is proved, that the contravention has been committed\nby the person or the persons on whose behalf the advertisement purports to be or the\nagents of such person or persons.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7640
},
{
"number": "135",
"title": "Section 135. Power of Commissioner in case of contravention",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any advertisement is erected\nexhibited or fixed, retained in contravention of the provisions of section 132, the Commissioner\nmay require the owner or occupier of the land, building, wall, boarding, frame, post or\nstructure or vehicle upon or over or in which the same is erected, exhibited. fixed or retained,\nto take down or remove such advertisement or may enter any land, building, property or\nvehicle and have the advertisement dismantled, taken down or removed or spoiled, defaced\nor screened.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7650
},
{
"number": "136",
"title": "Section 136. Time and manner of payment of taxes or fees",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this\nAct, any tax or fee levied under this Act shall be payable on such dates, in such number of\ninstalments and in such manner as may be determined by bye-laws in this behalf:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7660
},
{
"number": "136",
"title": "Proviso to Section 136",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the tax or fee is not paid within one month of the due date, an interest\nat the rate of one percent per month shall be charged for every calendar month or part\nthereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7670
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any tax or fee has become due, the\nCommissioner shall cause to be presented to the person liable for the payment thereof, a\nbill for the amount due :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7680
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Proviso to Section 137(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such bill shall be necessary in the case of -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7690
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) tax on vehicles and animals ;\n{b) show tax ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7700
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) tax on advertisement.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7710
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every such bill which shall be in the prescribed form, shall for the purposes of this Act\nbe considered a notice of demand and shall specify the particulars of the tax or fee\nand the period for which the charge is made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7720
},
{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the amount specified in the bill is paid within a period or fifteen days from the presentation\nthereof, a rebate of ten per cent shall be allowed in the amount of tax or fee.\n( 4) If the tax on vehicles and animals or the show tax is not paid after it has become due,\nthe Commissioner may cause to be served upon the person liable for the payment of\nthe same a notice of demand in the prescribed form.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7730
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{
"number": "137",
"title": "Section 137(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) For every notice of demand served under sub-section (4) a fine of such amount not\nexceeding fifteen rupees as may be determined by bye-laws made in this behalf shall\nbe payable by the person on whom the notice is served and shall be included in the\ncosts of recovery.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7740
},
{
"number": "138",
"title": "Section 138. Consequences of failure to pay tax or fee within thirty days",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the person liable for\nthe payment of any tax or fee does not within thirty days from the service of the notice of\ndemand under sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of section 137, pay the same, the tax or\nfee together with the costs of recovery shall be recoverable in the manner provided hereinafter.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7750
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{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139. Manner of recovering tax or fee",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any sum due on account of tax or fee payable under\nthis Act may be recovered, together with costs of recovery by all or any of the following\nprocesses, in the manner prescribed -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7760
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{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) as arrears of land revenue ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7770
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{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) by distraint and sale of a defaulter's movable property;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7780
},
{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) by the attachment and sale of a defaulter's immovable property;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7790
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{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) in the case of octroi and toll, by the seizure and sale of goods and vehicles ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7800
},
{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) in the case of taxes on lands and buildings by the attachment of rent due in respect of\nthe property ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7810
},
{
"number": "139",
"title": "Section 139(vi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vi) by a suit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7820
},
{
"number": "140",
"title": "Section 140(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If the tax on any vehicle or animal is not paid, then instead of proceeding against the\ndefaulter by distraint and sale of his other movable property the commissioner may, at any\ntime after the tax has become due, seize and detain the vehicle or animal or both, and if\nthe owner or other person entitled thereto does not within seven days in respect of a\nvehicle and two days in respect of animal from the date of such seizure and detention,\nclaim the sale and pay the tax due together with the charges incurred in connection with\nthe seizure and detention, the Commissioner may cause the same to be sold and apply\nthe proceeds to the sale or such part thereof as is required in the discharge of the sum due\nand the charges incurred as aforesaid.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7830
},
{
"number": "140",
"title": "Section 140(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The surplus, if any, remaining after the application of the sale proceeds under sub\nsection (1) shall, immediately after the sale of the property be credited to the Corporation\nFund and notice of such credit shall be given at the same time to the person whose\nproperty has been sold or his legal representative and if the same, is claimed by\nwritten application to the Com missioner within one year from the date of the notice a\nrefund thereof shall be made to such person or his representative.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7840
},
{
"number": "140",
"title": "Section 140(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any surplus not claimed within one year as aforesaid shall be the property of the\nCorporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7850
},
{
"number": "141",
"title": "Section 141. Demolition etc. of building",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any building is wholly or partly demolished or destroyed\nor otherwise deprived of value, the Commissioner may, on the application in writing of the\nowner of occupier, remit or refund such portion of any tax assessed on the rateable value\nthereof as he thinks fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7860
},
{
"number": "142",
"title": "Section 142(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any building together with\nland appurtenant thereto has remained vacant and unproductive of rent for sixty or more\nconsecutive days, the Commissioner shall remit or refund, as the case may be, two-thirds\nof such portion of the fire tax and the general tax assessed or the rateable value thereof as\nmay be proportionate to the number of days during which the said building together with\nthe land appurtenant thereto has remained vacant and unproductive of rent.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7870
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{
"number": "142",
"title": "Section 142(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any land not being land appurtenant to a building has remained vacant and unproductive\nof rent for sixty or more consecutive days, the Commissioner shall remit or refund, as\nthe case may be, on half of such portion of the fire tax and the general tax assessed\non the rateable value thereof, as may be proportionate to the number of days during\nwhich the said land has remained vacant and unproductive of rent.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7880
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{
"number": "142",
"title": "Section 142(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If any land whether appurtenant to a building or not or any building, has remained\nvacant and unproductive of rent for sixty or more consecutive days, the Commissioner\nshall remit or refund, as the case may be, such portion of the water tax assessed on\nthe rateable value thereof as may be proportionate to the number of days during which\nthe said land or building has remained vacant and unproductive of rent.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7890
},
{
"number": "142",
"title": "Proviso to Section 142(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no remission or refund of the water tax shall be allowed unless an\napplication in such form as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf has been\nmade to the Commissioner to stop the supply of water to such land or building and that the\nCommissioner is satisfied that having regard to the circumstances of any case such\nremission or refund should be allowed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7900
},
{
"number": "143",
"title": "Section 143(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) For the purpose\nof obtaining a partial remission or refund of tax, the owner of a building composed of\nseparate tenements may request the Commissioner, at the time of the assessment of the\nbuilding, to enter in the assessment list in addition to the rateable value of the whole\nbuilding, a note regarding any detail of the rateable value of each separate tenement.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7910
},
{
"number": "143",
"title": "Section 143(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When any tenement, the rateable value of which has been thus separately recorded,\nhas remained vacant, unproductive of rent for sixty or more consecutive days such\nportion of any tax assessed on the rateable value of the whole building shall be\nremitted or refunded as would have been remitted or refunded if the tenement has\nbeen separately assessed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7920
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{
"number": "144",
"title": "Section 144. Notice to be given of circumstances in which remission or refund is claimed",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No\nremission or refund under section 142 or section 143 shall be made unless notice in\nwriting of the fact that the land, building or tenement has become vacant and unproductive\nof rent has been given to the Commissioner and no remission or refund shall take effect in\nrespect of any period commencing more than fifteen days before delivery of such notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7930
},
{
"number": "145",
"title": "Section 145(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) For the purposes of sections 142\nand 143 no land, building or tenement shall be deemed vacant if maintained as a pleasure\nresort or town or country house or be deemed unproductive of rent if let to a tenant who has\na continuing right of occupation thereof, whether he is in actual occupation or not.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7940
},
{
"number": "145",
"title": "Section 145(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The burden of proving the facts entitling any person to claim relief under section 141,\nor section 142 or section 143, shall be upon him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7950
},
{
"number": "146",
"title": "Section 146. Notice to be given of every occupation of vacant land or building",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The owner of\nany land, building or tenement in respect of which a remission or refund of tax has been\ngiven under section 142, or section 143, shall give notice of the re-occupation of such land,\nbuilding or tenement within fifteen days of such re-occupation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7960
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{
"number": "147",
"title": "Section 147(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) An appeal against the levy or assessment of any\ntax under this Act shall lie to the Divisional Commissioner and every such appeal shall\nsubject to the provisions of this Act be received, heard and disposed of by him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7970
},
{
"number": "147",
"title": "Section 147(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In every appeal, the costs shall be in the discretion of the appellate authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7980
},
{
"number": "147",
"title": "Section 147(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Costs awarded under this section to the Corporation shall be recoverable by the\nCorporation as an arrear of tax due from the appellant.\n( 4) If the Corporation fails to pay any costs awarded to an appellant within ten days after\nthe date of the order for payment thereof, the appellate authority may order the\nCommissioner to pay the amount to the appellant.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 7990
},
{
"number": "148",
"title": "Section 148. Conditions of rights to appeal",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No appeal shall be entertained under section 147,\nunless -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8000
},
{
"number": "148",
"title": "Section 148(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the appeal is, in the case of tax on lands and buildings brought within thirty days next\nafter the date of authentication of the assessment list under section 119 ( exclusive of\nthe time requisition for obtaining a copy of the relevant entries therein), or, as the case\nmay be, within thirty days of the date of the receipt of the notice of assessment or of\nalteration of assessment or, if no notice has been given, within thirty days of the date\nof the receipt of the notice of assessment or of alteration of assessment or, if no\nnotice has been given, within thirty days after the date of service of the first notice of\ndemand in respect thereof:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8010
},
{
"number": "148",
"title": "Proviso to Section 148(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiration of the period prescribed\ntherefor by this section if the appellant satisfies the appellate authority that he had sufficient\ncause for not preferring the appeal within that period.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8020
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{
"number": "148",
"title": "Section 148(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the amount, if any, in dispute in the appeal has been deposited by the appellant in the\noffice of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8030
},
{
"number": "149",
"title": "Section 149. Finality of appellate orders",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any person aggrieved by an order passed in appeal under\nsection 132 may within thirty days of the communication to him of such order, make an\napplication in writing to the State Government for revision against the said order and the\nState Government may confirm, alter or rescind the said order:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8040
},
{
"number": "149",
"title": "Proviso to Section 149",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Government shall not pass an order under this section prejudicial to\nany person without giving such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8050
},
{
"number": "150",
"title": "Section 150. Taxation not to be questioned except under this Act",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) No objection shall be taken\nto any valuation or assessment, nor shall the liability of any person to be assessed or taxed\nbe questioned in any other manner or by any other authority than is provided in this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8060
},
{
"number": "150",
"title": "Section 150(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No refund of any tax shall be claimable by any person otherwise than in accordance\nwith the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8070
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151. Power to inspect for purposes of determining the rateable value or tax or fee",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1)\nThe Commissioner or any other person authorised by him in this behalf, may without giving\nany previous notice, enter upon and make an inspection of -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8080
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any land or building for the purpose of determining the rateable value of such land\nor building;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8090
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) any stable, garage, or coach house or any place wherein he may have reason to\nbelieve that there is any vehicle or animal liable to a tax or fee under this Act ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8100
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) any place or premises which he has reason to believe are being used or are about\nto be used for any performance or show in respect of which the show tax is\npayable or would be payable ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8110
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) any land, building or vehicle in or upon which any advertisement liable to fee\nunder this Act is exhibited or displayed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8120
},
{
"number": "151",
"title": "Section 151(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may, by written summons, require the attendance before him of\nany person whom he has reason to believe to be liable to the payment of a tax in\nrespect of a vehicle or animal, or of any servant of any such person and may examine\nsuch person or servant as to the number and description of vehicles and animals\nowned by or in the possession or under the control of such person ; and every person\nor servant of such person so summoned shall be bound to attend before the\nCommissioner and to give information to the best of his knowledge and belief as to\nthe said matters.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8130
},
{
"number": "152",
"title": "Section 152(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the rules made in this behalf, the Commissioner, may with\nthe previous sanction of the Corporation allow any person to compound any tax for a period\nnot exceeding one year at a time.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8140
},
{
"number": "152",
"title": "Section 152(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every sum due by reason of the composition of a tax under sub-section (1) shall be\nrecovered as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8150
},
{
"number": "153",
"title": "Section 153(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may write off any sum due on account of\nany tax or of the costs of recovering any tax if such sum is, in his opinion irrecoverable :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8160
},
{
"number": "153",
"title": "Proviso to Section 153(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no sum exceeding one thousand rupees shall be written off in favour of\nany one person without the previous sanction of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8170
},
{
"number": "153",
"title": "Section 153(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner shall report to the Corporation every case in which any sum has\nbeen written off under sub-section (1 ).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8180
},
{
"number": "154",
"title": "Section 154(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may, by written notice, call upon\nany person in the municipal area to furnish such information as may be necessary for the\npurpose of ascertaining-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8190
},
{
"number": "154",
"title": "Section 154(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) whether such inhabitant is liable to pay any tax or fee imposed by the Corporation\nunder this Act ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8200
},
{
"number": "154",
"title": "Section 154(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) at what amount he should be assessed ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8210
},
{
"number": "154",
"title": "Section 154(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the rateable value of the land or building which he occupies and the name and address\nof the owner or lessee thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8220
},
{
"number": "154",
"title": "Section 154(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person when called upon under sub-section (1) to furnish information neglects\nto furnish it within the period specified in this behalf by the Commissioner or furnishes\ninformation which is not true to the best of his knowledge or belief, he shall be liable,\nin addition to any penalty which may be imposed under this Act to be assessed at\nsuch amount on account of tax or fee as the Commissioner may deem proper.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8230
},
{
"number": "155",
"title": "Section 155(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this\nChapter, where the prescribed authority is satisfied that any property has been erroneously\nvalued or assessed through fraud, accident or mistake whether on the part of the Corporation\nor any officer or employees of the Corporation or of the assessed, it may, after giving to\nthe assessee an opportunity of being heard or after making such enquiry as it may deem\nfit, pass an order amending the assessment already made and fixing the amount of tax\npayable for that property and on the issue of such an order the assessment list then in\nforce shall, subject to the order, if any, passed in appeal or revision be deemed to have\nbeen amended accordingly with effect from first day of January, or first day of April, or first\nday of July, or first day of October next following the month in which the order is passed.\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8240
},
{
"number": "155",
"title": "Section 155(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person aggrieved by an order of the prescribed authority may, within a period of\nthirty days of the date of communication to him of the order, file an appeal to the\nGovernment which shall decide the appeal after giving to the appellant an opportunity\nof being heard.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8250
},
{
"number": "156",
"title": "Section 156. Immaterial error not to affect liability",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No assessment and no charge or demand on\naccount of any tax shall be impeached or affected by reason only or any mistake in the\nname, residence, place of business or occupation of any person liable to pay the tax or in\nthe description of any property or thing, or of any mistake in the amount of the assessment,\ncharge or demand, or by reason only of clerical error or other defect of form, if the directions\ncontained in this Act and the bye-laws made thereunder have in substance and effect been\ncomplied with ; and it shall be enough in the case of any such tax on property or any\nassessment of value for the purpose of any such tax, if the property taxed or assessed is\nso described as to be generally known, and it shall not be necessary to name the owner or\noccupier thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8260
},
{
"number": "157",
"title": "Section 157. Power of exemption",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Corporation may, by resolution passed in this behalf, exempt,\nin whole or in part for any period not exceeding one year from the payment of any tax, any\nperson who by reason of poverty may in its opinion, be unable to pay the same, and may\nrenew such exemption as often as may be necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8270
},
{
"number": "158",
"title": "Section 158(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Government may by order exempt\nin whole or in part from the payment of any tax any person or class of persons or any\nproperty or description of property.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8280
},
{
"number": "158",
"title": "Section 158(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If at any time it appears to the Government, on complaint made or otherwise, that any\ntax imposed is unfair in its incidence or that the levy thereof or of any part thereof is\ninjurious to the interests of the general public, it may require the Corporation to take\nwithin a specified period, measures to remove the objection; and, if within that period\nthe requirement is not complied with to the satisfaction of the Government, the\nGovernment may, by notification, suspend, the levy of the tax or such part thereof\nuntil the objection has been removed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8290
},
{
"number": "831",
"title": "CHAPTER IX - BORROWING",
"chapter": "CHAPTER IX",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8300
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159. Power of Corporation to borrow",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Corporation may, in pursuance of any resolution\npassed by it, borrow by way of debenture or otherwise on the security of any immoveable\nproperty vested in it or proposed to be acquired by it or of all or any of the taxes, rates,\ncesses, fees and charges authorised by or under this Act or from public financial institutions,\nany sums of money which may be required:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8310
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) for acquiring any land which it has power to acquire ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8320
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for erecting any building which it has power to erect ;\n( c) for the execution of any permanent work, the provision of any plant, or the doing\nof any other thing which it has power to execute, provide or do, if the cost of\ncarrying out the purpose in question ought to be spread over a term of years ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8330
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) to pay off any debt due to the Government;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8340
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) to repay a loan previously raised under this Act or any other Act previously in\nforce; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8350
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) for any other purpose for which the Corporation is, by virtue of this Act or any other\nlaw for the time being in force, authorised to borrow:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8360
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Proviso to Section 159(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8370
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) no loan shall be raised without the previous sanction of the Government ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8380
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the amount of loan, the rate of interest and the terms including the date of floatation,\nthe time and method of the repayment and the like shall be subject to the approval\nof the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8390
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When any sum of money has been borrowed under sub-section (1 ), no portion of any\nsum of money borrowed for any of the purposes referred to in clause (c) of sub\nsection (1) shall be applied to the payment of salaries and allowances to any Corporation\nofficers or other Corporation employees other than those exclusively employed in\nconnection with the carrying out of that purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8400
},
{
"number": "159",
"title": "Section 159(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Corporation shall be deemed to be a local authority for the purposes of Local\nAuthorities Act, 1914 (9 of 1914 ).",
"footnote": "9 of 1914",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "160",
"title": "Section 160. Time for repayment of money borrowed under section 159",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The time for the repayment\nof any money borrowed under section 159 shall in no case exceed sixty years and the\ntime for repayment of any money borrowed for the purpose of discharging any previous\nloan shall not, except with the express sanction of the Government extend beyond the\nunexpired portion of the period for which such previous loan was sanctioned.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "161",
"title": "Section 161. Form and effect of debentures",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All debentures issued under this chapter shall be in such\nform as the Corporation may, with the previous sanction of the Government, determine and\nshall be transferable in such manner as shall be expressed therein, and the right to sue in\nrespect of the money secured by any of such debentures shall vest in the holders thereof for\nthe time being without any preference by reason of some of such debentures being prior in\ndate to others.",
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{
"number": "162",
"title": "Section 162. Receipt by joint holders for the interest or dividend",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When two or more persons are\njoint holders of any debenture or security issued under this Act, any one of such persons\nmay give an effectual receipt for any interest or dividend payable in respect of such debentures\nor security, unless notice to the contrary has been given to the Corporation by the other\npersons.",
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{
"number": "163",
"title": "Section 163(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation shall maintain\nsinking funds for the repayment of money borrowed on debentures issued and shall pay\nevery year into such sinking funds such sum as will be sufficient for the repayment within\nthe period fixed for the loan of all moneys borrowed on the debentures issued.",
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{
"number": "163",
"title": "Section 163(2)",
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"content": "(2) All moneys paid into the sinking funds shall, as soon as possible be invested by the\nCommissioner in public securities and every such investment shall be reported by the\nCommissioner to the Corporation within fifteen days.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "163",
"title": "Section 163(3)",
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"content": "(3) All dividends and other sums received in respect of any such investment shall, as\nsoon as possible after receipt, be paid into the sinking funds and invested in the\nmanner laid down in sub-section (2).\n( 4) Any investment made under this section may, subject to the provisions of sub-section\n(2), be varied or transposed.",
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{
"number": "164",
"title": "Section 164. Application of sinking fund",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A sinking fund or any part thereof shall be applied in or\ntowards the discharge of loan or a part of the loan for which such fund was created, and\nuntil such loan or part is wholly discharged shall not be applied for any other purpose.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall, at the end of every\nyear, submit to Corporation a statement showing-",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(1)(a)",
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"content": "(a) the amount which has been invested during the year under section 163;",
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{
"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(1)(b)",
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"content": "(b) the date of the last investment made previous to the submission of the statement ;",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(1)(c)",
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"content": "(c) the aggregate amount of the securities then in his hand; and",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(1)(d)",
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"content": "(d) the aggregate amount which has up to the date of the statement been applied under\nsection 164, in or towards discharging loans.",
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"number": "165",
"title": "Section 165(2)",
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"content": "(2) A copy of every such statement shall also be submitted to the Government.",
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{
"number": "166",
"title": "Section 166. Priority of payment for interest and repayment of loans over other payments",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All\npayments due from the Corporation on account of interest and repayment of loans shall be\nmade in priority to all other payments due from the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "167",
"title": "Section 167(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any money borrowed or deemed to have been borrowed by the\nCorporation from the Government or any interest or costs due in respect thereof be not\nrepaid according to the conditions of the loan, the Government may attach the Corporation\nFund or any part thereof.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "167",
"title": "Section 167(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) After such attachment no person except an officer appointed in this behalf by the\nGovernment shall in any way deal with the attached fund ; but such officer may do all\nacts in respect thereof which any Corporation authority, officer or other employees\nmight have done if such attachment had not taken place and may apply the proceeds\nin satisfaction of the arrears and of all interest and costs due in respect thereof and of\nall expenses caused by the attachment and subsequent proceedings :",
"footnote": "",
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"number": "167",
"title": "Proviso to Section 167(2)",
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"content": "Provided that no such attachment shall defeat or prejudice any debt for which the fund\nwas previously charged in accordance with law; and all such prior charges shall be paid\nout of the proceeds of the funds before any part of the proceeds is applied to the satisfaction\nof the debt due to the Government.",
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"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "168",
"title": "Section 168. Power to make regulations",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Corporation may make regulations to carry out purposes\nof this chapter including, in particular, the issue of duplicate in case of loss of debentures\nby theft, destruction or otherwise, and renewal of debentures on payment of fees prescribed\nin this behalf by such regulations.\n...",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject\nto any special reservation made or to any special conditions imposed by the Government,\nall property of the nature hereinafter in this section specified and situated within the municipal\narea, shall vest in and be under the control of the Corporation, and with all other property,\nwhich vests in the Corporation by virtue of the provisions of this Act or any other law for the\ntime being in force, shall be held and applied by it for the purposes of this Act, that is to\nsay,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) all such public towns, walls, gates, market, stalls, slaughter houses, manure\nand depots and public buildings of every description as have been constructed or\nare maintained out of the Corporation Fund ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) all public streams, springs and works for the supply, storage and distribution of\nwater for public purposes, and all bridges, buildings, engines, materials and things\nconnected therewith or appertaining thereto, and also any adjacent land (not\nbeing private property) appertaining to any public tank or well ;",
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) all public sewers and all drains, and sewers, culverts and water courses in or\nunder any public street, or constructed by or for the Corporation alongside any\npublic street, and all works material and things appertaining thereto ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8630
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) all public lamps, lamp posts, and apparatus connected therewith or appertaining\nthereto;",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 8640
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) all land or other property transferred to the Corporation by the Government or\nacquired by gift, purchase or otherwise for public purposes;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8650
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) all public streets, not being land owned by Government and the payments, stones\nand other materials thereof and also trees growing on and erections, materials,\nimplements and things, provided for such streets.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where any immovable property is transferred otherwise than by sale by the Government\nto the Corporation for public purposes, it shall be deemed to be a condition of such\ntransfer, unless specially provided to the contrary that should the property be at any\ntime resumed by Government the compensation payable therefore shall in no case\nexceed the amount, if any, paid to the Government for the transfer, together with the\ncost or the present value whichever shall be less, of any buildings erected, other\nworks executed on the land by the Corporation.",
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Corporation shall maintain a register and a map of immovable property of which it\nis the proprietor or which vests in it, or which it holds in trust for the Government.",
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"sort_order": 8680
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(4)",
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"content": "(4) The management, control and administration of every public institution maintained\nout of the Corporation Fund shall vest in the Corporation.",
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{
"number": "169",
"title": "Section 169(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) When any public institution has been placed under the direction, management and\ncontrol of the Corporation, all property, endowments and funds belonging thereto shall\nbe held by the Corporation in trust for the purposes to which such property, endowments\nand funds were lawfully applicable at the time when the institution was so placed :",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8700
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"number": "169",
"title": "Proviso to Section 169(5)",
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"content": "Provided that the extent of the independent authority of the Corporation in respect of\nany such institution may be prescribed by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8710
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{
"number": "873",
"title": "CHAPTER X - PROPERTIES AND CONTRACTS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER X",
"content": "",
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"sort_order": 8720
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{
"number": "170",
"title": "Section 170. Acquisition of immovable property by agreement",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever the Corporation decides\nto acquire any immovable property, for the purpose of this Act, the Commissioner shall\nacquire such property on behalf of the Corporation by agreement on such terms and at\nsuch price as may be approved by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
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{
"number": "171",
"title": "Section 171. Procedure when immovable property cannot be acquired by agreement",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever\nthe Commissioner is unable to acquire any immovable property, under section 170 by\nagreement, Government may at the request of the Commissioner acquire the same under\nthe provisions of the Right to fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisitions\nRehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, and on payment by the Corporation of the\ncompensation awarded under that Act and of the charges incurred by the Government in\nconnection with the proceedings, whereafter the land shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 8740
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{
"number": "172",
"title": "Section 172. Disposal of property",
"chapter": null,
"content": "With respect to the disposal of property belonging to the Corporation,\nthe following provisions shall have effect, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 8750
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{
"number": "172",
"title": "Section 172(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the Commissioner, with the prior approval of the standing committee, constituted\nunder sub-section (4) of section 57 of this Act, may dispose of, by sale, lease or\notherwise, any moveable or immovable properties belonging to the Corporation, by\npublic auction;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8760
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{
"number": "172",
"title": "Section 172(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the mode and condition precedent to the transfer of immovable property, shall be\ngoverned by regulations or bye-laws made by the Corporation; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "172",
"title": "Section 172(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the Commissioner shall maintain a register giving therein the detail of the immovable\nproperties and prepare annual statement indicating the changes, if any, in the said\ninventory, in such manner as may be prescribed by bye-laws and shall place the\nsame before the Corporation for consideration at the end of the year.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "173",
"title": "Section 173(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 174 and 170 the\nCorporation shall be competent to enter into and perform any contract necessary for the\npurposes of this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8790
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{
"number": "173",
"title": "Section 173(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The contracts by the Corporation under this Act would be made in the manner\nprescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8800
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{
"number": "174",
"title": "Section 174. Procedure for making contracts",
"chapter": null,
"content": "With respect to the making of contracts, the following\nprovisions shall have effect, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8810
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{
"number": "174",
"title": "Section 174(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) every such contract shall be made on behalf of the Corporation by the Commissioner;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8820
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{
"number": "174",
"title": "Section 174(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) no such contract, for any purpose which in accordance with any provision of this Act\nthe Commissioner may not carry out without the approval or sanction of the Corporation,\nshall be made by him until and unless such approval or sanction has been duly\nobtained;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8830
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{
"number": "174",
"title": "Section 174(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) every contract involving an expenditure not exceeding rupees five lac or such higher\namount as the Corporation may fix, may be made by the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8840
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"number": "174",
"title": "Proviso to Section 174(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the contract exceeding rupees five lac in value or such higher amount as\nthe Corporation may fix, shall be made by the Commissioner only after prior approval of the\nCorporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8850
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{
"number": "175",
"title": "Section 175(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The mode of executing contracts under this Act shall\nbe prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8860
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{
"number": "175",
"title": "Section 175(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No contract which is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Act and bye\nlaws made thereunder shall be binding on the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8870
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{
"number": "889",
"title": "CHAPTER XI - ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XI",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8880
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{
"number": "176",
"title": "Section 176(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) There shall be kept in such manner and in such form as\nmay be prescribed by regulations accounts of receipts and expenditure of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8890
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{
"number": "176",
"title": "Section 176(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Till regulations as mentioned in sub-section (1) are framed, the provisions of the\nArunachal Pradesh Municipal Account Manual, 2014, presently in force in respect of\nthe municipalities shall be applicable.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8900
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{
"number": "176",
"title": "Section 176(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The accounts of the Municipal Corporation Fund shall be audited by a separate and\nindependent audit agency.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8910
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{
"number": "176",
"title": "Section 176(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) For the purposes of examination and audit of the Corporation accounts, the audit\nagency shall have access to all the Corporation Accounts and to all records and\ncorrespondence relating thereto and the Commissioner shall forthwith furnish to the\naudit agency any explanation concerning any receipts or expenditure which they\nmay call for.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8920
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The audit agency shall,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8930
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) report to the Corporation any material impropriety or irregularity which it may at\nany time observe in the expenditure or in the recovery of moneys due to the\nCorporation or in the Corporation accounts ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8940
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) furnish to the Corporation such information as it may from time to time require\nconcerning the progress of the audit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8950
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) On receipt of the report under sub-section ( 1 ), the Corporation shall take such action\nthereon as may be deemed necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8960
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of each year, the audit agency shall\ndeliver to the Corporation, a report of the entire Corporation accounts for the previous\nyear.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8970
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{
"number": "177",
"title": "Section 177(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Commissioner shall cause the said report to be printed and shall forward as soon\nas may be a printed copy thereof to each member.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8980
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{
"number": "178",
"title": "Section 178. Action by Commissioner on the report",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1 )The Commissioner shall, as soon as may\nbe, remedy defects or irregularities if any, pointed out in the said report and shall also\nforward without delay to the Government so many copies of the said report as may be\nrequired by the Government with a brief statement of the action, if any, taken or proposed\nto be taken thereon.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 8990
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{
"number": "178",
"title": "Section 178(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If there is a difference of opinion between the audit agency and the Commissioner or if the\nCommissioner does not remedy the defects or irregularities pointed out in the report within\na reasonable period, the audit agency shall refer the matter to the Secretary, Urban Local\nBodies Government Department whose decision shall be final and binding.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9000
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Audit agency shall audit the accounts\nof the Corporation with the assistance of officers and other employees subordinate to it.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9010
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In the discharge of his functions under this section, the auditor shall-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9020
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) audit the accounts of expenditure of the Corporation and shall ascertain whether\nmoneys shown therein as having been disbursed were legally available for, and\napplicable to the service or purpose to which they have been applied or charged,\nand whether the expenditure conforms to the authority which governs it;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9030
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) audit the accounts of debt, deposits, sinking funds, advances, suspense and\nremittance transactions of the Corporation and report upon those accounts and\nupon the results of verification of the balances relating thereto.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9040
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The auditor shall examine and audit the statement of accounts relating to the\ncommercial services conducted in any department of the Corporation, including the\ntrading, manufacturing and profit and loss accounts, and the balance-sheets where\nsuch accounts are maintained under the order of the Corporation, and shall certify\nand report upon these accounts.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9050
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{
"number": "179",
"title": "Section 179(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The auditor shall, in consultation with the Commissioner and subject to any directions\ngiven by the Government, determine the form and manner to which his reports on the\naccounts of the Corporation shall be prepared and shall have authority to call upon\nany officer of the Corporation to provide any information necessary for the preparation\nof these reports.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9060
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180. Power of auditor to make queries etc. and call for returns etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The auditor may\nmake such queries and observations in relation to and of the accounts of the Corporation\nwhich he is required to audit and call for such vouchers, statements, returns and explanations\nin relation to such accounts as he may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9070
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every such query or observation as aforesaid shall be promptly taken into consideration\nby the officer or authority to whom it may be addressed and returned without delay\nwith the necessary vouchers, documents or explanations to the auditor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9080
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The powers of the auditor with regard to the disapproval of, and the procedure with\nregard to the settlement of objections to the expenditure from the revenues of the\nCorporation shall be such as may be prescribed in consultation with the auditor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9090
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If the auditor considers it desirable that the whole or any part of the audit applied to\nany accounts which he is required to audit shall be conducted in the offices in which\nthose accounts originate, he may require that those accounts together with all books\nand documents having relation thereto shall at all convenient times be made available\nto the said officers for inspection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9100
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The auditor shall have the power to require that any books or other documents relating\nto the accounts he is required to audit shall be sent for inspection by him:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9110
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Proviso to Section 180(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the documents are confidential he shall be responsible for preventing\ndisclosure of their contents.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9120
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{
"number": "180",
"title": "Section 180(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The audit agency shall have authority to frame standing orders and to give directions\non all matters relating to audit, and particularly in respect of the method and the\nextent of audit to be applied and the raising and pursuing of objections.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9130
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{
"number": "915",
"title": "CHAPTER XII - WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL",
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"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9140
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{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181. Definitions",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words\nand expressions in relation to water supply shall have the respective meanings given\nbelow, namely-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9150
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) \"Communication pipe\" means -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9160
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) where the premises supplied with water abut on the part of the street in which\nthe main is laid, and the service pipe enters those premises otherwise than\nthrough the outer wall of a building on the street and has a stopcock placed in\nthose premises and as near to the boundary of that street as is reasonably\npracticable, so much of the service pipe as lies between the main and that\nstopcock;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9170
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) in any other case, so much of the service pipe as lies between the main and the\nboundary of the street in which the main is laid, and includes the ferrule at the\njunction of the service pipe with the main, and also -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9180
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) where the communication pipe ends at a stopcock that stopcock; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9190
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any stopcock fitted on the communication pipe between the end thereof and\nthe main;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9200
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) \"main\" means a pipe laid by the Corporation for the purpose of giving a general supply\nof water individual consumers and includes any apparatus used in connection with\nsuch a pipe;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9210
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) \"service pipe\" means so much of any pipe for supplying water from a main to any\npremises as is subject to water to pressure from that main, or would be so subject\nbut for the closing of some tap;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9220
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) \"supply pipe\" means so much of any service pipe which is not a communication pipe;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9230
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) \"trunk main\" means a main constructed for the purposes of conveying water from a\nsource of supply to a filter or reservoir or from one filter or, reservoir to another filter or\nreservoir, or for the purpose of conveying water in bulk from one part of the limits of\nsupply to another part of those limits or for the purpose of giving or taking a supply of\nwater in bulk;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9240
},
{
"number": "181",
"title": "Section 181(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) \"water fitting\" includes pipes ( other than mains) taps, cocks, valves, ferrules, meters,\ncisterns, baths and other similar apparatus used in connection with the supply and\nuse of water.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9250
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182. Power to require Corporation to carry out surveys and formulate proposals",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The\nGovernment may require the Corporation to -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9260
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) carry out a survey of the existing consumption of and demand for water supplies in\nthe municipal area and of the water resources in or available for the municipal area;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9270
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) prepare an estimate of the future water supply requirements of the municipal area;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9280
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) carry out a survey of the existing quality of sewage disposed of and the manner in\nwhich it is disposed of ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9290
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) formulate proposals as to-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9300
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the existing or future sewage disposal requirements of the municipal area,",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9310
},
{
"number": "182",
"title": "Section 182(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the existing or future sewage disposal requirements in the municipal area including\nproposals for the manner in which and the place or places at which such sewage\nshould be carried, treated and disposed of.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9320
},
{
"number": "183",
"title": "Section 183. Power to construct additional works",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the Corporation is of the opinion that the works\nand other properties for the time being vested in it for the purpose of water supply, drainage\nand sewage disposal are inadequate for the purpose of sufficient supply of water or for the\npurpose of proper drainage and efficient disposal of sewage under this Act, it may take\nsteps in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the construction of additional works,\nwhether within or outside the limits of the Corporation and for the acquisition of additional\nproperties for such works.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9330
},
{
"number": "184",
"title": "Section 184(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) It shall be the duty of the Corporation to take\nsteps from time to time -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9340
},
{
"number": "184",
"title": "Section 184(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) for ascertaining the sufficiency and wholesomeness of water supplies within the\nmunicipal area ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9350
},
{
"number": "184",
"title": "Section 184(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for providing a supply of wholesome water in pipes to every part of the municipal area\nin which there are houses for the domestic purpose of the occupants thereof, and for\ntaking the pipes affording that supply to such point or points will enable the houses to\nbe connected thereto at a reasonable cost, so, however, that this clause shall not\nrequire the Corporation to do anything which is not practicable at a reasonable cost or\nto provide such supply to any part of municipal area where such a supply is already\navailable at such point or points aforesaid ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9360
},
{
"number": "184",
"title": "Section 184(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) for providing, as far as possible, a supply of wholesome water otherwise than in pipes\nto every part of the municipal area in which there are houses, for the domestic purposes\nof the occupants thereof and to which it is not practicable to provide a supply in pipes\nat a reasonable cost, and in which danger to health arises from the insufficiency or\nunwholesomeness of the existing supply and a public supply is required and can be\nprovided at a reasonable cost, and for securing that such supply is available within a\nreasonable distance of every house in that part.\n'",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9370
},
{
"number": "184",
"title": "Section 184(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any question arises under clause (b) of sub-section (1) as to whether anything is or\nis not practicable at a reasonable cost or is to the point or points, to which pipes must\nbe taken in order to enable houses to be connected to them at reasonable cost, or\nunder clause (c) thereof as to whether a public supply can be provided at a reasonable\ncost the Corporation shall determine that question and thereupon the Commissioner\nshall give effect to that determination.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9380
},
{
"number": "185",
"title": "Section 185(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may, on application\nby the owner of any building arrange for supplying water from the nearest main to such\nbuilding for domestic purposes in such quantities as he deems reasonable, and may at\nany time limit the amount of water to be supplied whenever he considers necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9390
},
{
"number": "185",
"title": "Section 185(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Apart from the charges for the domestic supply at rates as may be fixed by the\nGovernment, additional charges will be payable for the following supplies of water:-\n( a) for animals or for washing vehicles where such animals or vehicles are kept for\nsale or hire ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9400
},
{
"number": "185",
"title": "Section 185(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for any trade, manufacture or business ;\n( c) for fountains, swim ming baths, or for any ornamental or mechanical purposes ;\n( d) for gardens or for purposes of irrigation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9410
},
{
"number": "185",
"title": "Section 185(2)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) for watering roads and paths;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9420
},
{
"number": "185",
"title": "Section 185(2)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) for building purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9430
},
{
"number": "186",
"title": "Section 186. Power to supply water for non-domestic purposes",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Com missioner may supply\nwater for any purpose other than a domestic purpose on such terms and conditions\nconsistent with this Act and the bye-laws made there under as may be laid down in this\nbehalf by the Corporation in receiving a written application specifying the purpose for which\nthe supply is required and the quantity likely to be consumed :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9440
},
{
"number": "186",
"title": "Proviso to Section 186",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that for building purposes, water supply shall be made for a period of one\nyear in the first instance, on an application accompanied by a copy of a building plan duly\nsanctioned by a competent authority and thereafter be extended, by six months at a time,\nfor a period of not exceeding the period allowed for the completion of the construction or for\nthree years whichever is less :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9450
},
{
"number": "186",
"title": "Proviso to Section 186",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that the water supply made, for the building purposes, on or before\nthe commencement of this Act, shall continue for a period of three years reckoned from\nsuch commencement.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9460
},
{
"number": "186",
"title": "Section 186(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may withdraw such supply at anytime if it should appear necessary\nto do so in order to maintain a sufficient supply of water for domestic purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9470
},
{
"number": "187",
"title": "Section 187(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where an application under\nsection 185 or section 186 has been received, all necessary communication pipes and\nfittings shall be supplied by the Corporation and the work of laying and applying such\ncommunication pipes and fittings shall be executed by Corporation agency under the\norders of the Commissioner, but the cost of making any such connection and of all\ncommunication pipes and fittings so supplied and of all works so executed, shall be paid\nby the owner or the person making such application. The Corporation may either provide a\nmeter and charge rent for the same or may require the owner or applicant to provide a\nmeter of such size, material and description as it shall approve.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9480
},
{
"number": "187",
"title": "Section 187(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1 ), the Commissioner may require\nany owner or person applying for a supply of water to provide all communication pipes\nand fittings and to carry out at his own cost under his supervision and inspection all\nthe work of laying and applying such communication pipes and fittings.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9490
},
{
"number": "188",
"title": "Section 188. Obligation of owner or occupier to give notice of waste of water",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any owner or\noccupier of any building or land in or on which water supplied under this Act is misused\nfrom negligence or other circumstances under his control or used without permission in\nexcess of the quantity fixed under section 185 or section 186 or in which the pipes, mains\nor other works are out of repair to such an extent as to cause waste of water, shall, if he\nhas knowledge thereof, be bound to give notice of the same to such officer as the Corporation\nmay appoint in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9500
},
{
"number": "189",
"title": "Section 189. Cutting of supply to premises",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any person whose premises are supplied with water,\nneglects to pay the water-tax or any sum payable, under section 185 or section 186 when\ndue, or to give notice as provided in the last preceding section, or wilfully or negligently\nmisuses or causes waste of water the Corporation may cut off the supply of water from the\nsaid premises.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9510
},
{
"number": "190",
"title": "Section 190. New premises no to be occupied without arrangement for water supply",
"chapter": null,
"content": "It shall not\nbe lawful for the owner of any premises which may be newly constructed or reconstructed\nwithin any portion of the municipal area, in respect of which the Commissioner has given\npublic notice under clause (b) of section 114 to occupy it or cause or permit it to be occupied\nuntil he has obtained a certificate from the Commissioner that there is provided within, or\nwithin a reasonable distance of, the premises, such supply of wholesome water as appears\nto the Commissioner to be adequate for the person who may occupy, or be employed in,\nsuch premises for their domestic purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9520
},
{
"number": "191",
"title": "Section 191(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner, with the approval of the\nCorporation, may provide gratuitous supply of wholesome water to the public within the\nmunicipal area and may, for that purpose, erect public hydrants or other conveniences.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9530
},
{
"number": "191",
"title": "Section 191(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner, may, with like approval, close a public hydrant for other convenience\nwhen it is no longer, required for the supply of wholesome water to the public.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9540
},
{
"number": "192",
"title": "Section 192(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may, lay a main whether within or outside\nthe limits of the Corporation -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9550
},
{
"number": "192",
"title": "Section 192(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) in any street; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9560
},
{
"number": "192",
"title": "Section 192(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) with the consent of every owner and occupier of any land not forming part of a street,\nin, over or on that land, and may, from time to time in respect of, repair, alter or renew\nor may at any time remove any main so laid whether by virtue of this section or\notherwise:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9570
},
{
"number": "192",
"title": "Proviso to Section 192(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where a consent required for the purpose of this sub-section is withheld,\nthe Commissioner may, after giving the owner or occupier of the land a written notice of his\nintention so to do, lay the main in, over or on that land even without such consent.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9580
},
{
"number": "192",
"title": "Section 192(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where the Commissioner, in exercise of the powers under this section lays a main,\nin, over or on any land not forming part of a street or inspects, repairs, alters, renews\nor removes a main so laid down in, over or on any such land, he shall pay compensation\nto every person interested in that land for any damage done to, or injurious affection of\nthat land by reasons of the inspection, laying, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of\nthe main.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9590
},
{
"number": "193",
"title": "Section 193(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may, in any street, whether\nwithin or outside the limits of the Corporation, lay such service pipes with such stopcocks\nand other water fittings as he may deem necessary for supplying water to premises and\nmay, from time to time, inspect, repair, alter or renew and may at any time, remove any\nservice pipe laid in a street whether by virtue of this section or otherwise.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9600
},
{
"number": "193",
"title": "Section 193(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where a service pipe has been lawfully laid in, over or on the land not forming part of\na street, the Commissioner may, from time to time, enter upon that land and inspect,\nrepair, alter, renew or remove the pipe or lay a new pipe in substitution thereof but\nshall pay compensation for any damage done in the course of such action.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9610
},
{
"number": "194",
"title": "Section 194(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall fix hydrants on water mains\n( other than trunk mains) at such places as may be most convenient for affording supply of\nwater for extinguishing any fire which may break out and shall keep in good order and from\ntime to time renew every such hydrant.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9620
},
{
"number": "194",
"title": "Section 194(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) To denote the situation of every hydrant placed under this section letters, marks or\nfigures shall be displayed prominently on some wall, building or other structure near\nsuch hydrant.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9630
},
{
"number": "194",
"title": "Section 194(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) As soon as any such hydrant is completed, the Commissioner shall deposit a key\nthereof at each place where a public fire engine is kept and in such other places as he\ndeems necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9640
},
{
"number": "194",
"title": "Section 194(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Commissioner may at the request and expense of the owner or occupier of any\nfactory, workshop trade premises or place of business, situated in or near a street in\nwhich a pipe is laid (and not being a trunk main and being of sufficient dimensions to\ncarry a hydrant), fix on the pipe and keep in good order from time to time to renew one\nor more fire hydrants to be used only for extinguishing fires as near as conveniently\nmay be to that factory, workshop, trade premises or place of business.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9650
},
{
"number": "194",
"title": "Section 194(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The Commissioner shall allow all persons to take water for extinguishing fires from\nany pipe on which a hydrant is fixed without any payment.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9660
},
{
"number": "195",
"title": "Section 195. Power to enter premises to detect waste or misuse of water",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner or\nany Corporation officer authorised by the Commissioner in writing may, between sunrise\nand sunset, enter any premises supplied with water by the Corporation in order to examine\nif there be any waste or misuse of such water and the Commissioner or such officer shall\nnot be refused admittance to the premises nor shall be obstructed by any person in making\nhis examination.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9670
},
{
"number": "196",
"title": "Section 196. Power to test water fittings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may test any water fittings used in\nconnection with water supplied by the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9680
},
{
"number": "197",
"title": "Section 197(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If the\nCommissioner is of opinion that the water in or obtained from any well, tank or other\nsource of supply not vested in the Corporation, being water which is or is likely to be used\nfor domestic purposes, or for the preparation of food or drink for human consumption, or is\nlikely to become so polluted as to be prejudicial to health, the Commissioner may after\ngiving the owner or occupier of the premises in which the source of supply is situated a\nreasonable opportunity of being heard, by order direct, that the source of supply be\npermanently or temporarily closed or cut off or the water therefrom be used for certain\npurposes only or make such order as appears to him necessary to prevent injury or danger\nto the health of persons using the water or consuming food or drink prepared therewith or\ntherefrom.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9690
},
{
"number": "197",
"title": "Section 197(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Before making any order under this section, the Commissioner may cause the water\nto be analysed at the cost of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9700
},
{
"number": "197",
"title": "Section 197(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the person to whom an order is made under this section fails to comply therewith,\nthe Commissioner may do whatever may be necessary for giving effect to the order\nand any expenses reasonably incurred by him in so doing may be recovered by him\nfrom the person in default as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9710
},
{
"number": "198",
"title": "Section 198(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No water pipes\nshall be laid in a drain or on the surface of any open channel or house gully or within six\nmeters of a cesspool or in any position where the pipe is likely to be injured or the water\ntherein polluted ; and no well or tank except with the consent of the Commissioner, no\ncistern shall be constructed within six meters of a latrine or cesspool.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9720
},
{
"number": "198",
"title": "Section 198(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No latrine or cesspool shall be constructed or made within six meters of any well,\ntank, water pipe or cistern or in any position where the pipe, well, tank or cistern is\nlikely to be injured or the water therein polluted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9730
},
{
"number": "199",
"title": "Section 199. Joint and several liability of owners and occupiers for offence in relation to water supply",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any offence relating to water supply is committed under this Act on any\npremises connected with the Corporation water works the owner, the person primarily\nliable for the payment of the water tax, and the occupiers of the said premises shall be\njointly and severally liable for such offence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9740
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) All public drains, all drains in, alongside\nor under any street, and all sewage disposal works whether constructed out of the\nCorporation Fund or otherwise and all works, materials and things pertaining thereto which\nare situated in the municipal area shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9750
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) All public and other drains which are vested in the Corporation are hereafter in this Act\nreferred to as Corporation drains.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9760
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) For the purpose of enlarging, deepening or otherwise repairing or maintaining any\ndrain or sewage disposal work so much of the sub-soil pertaining thereto as may be\nnecessary for the said purposes shall also be deemed to vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9770
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) All drains and ventilation-shafts, pipes and all appliances and fittings connected with\nthe drainage works constructed, erected or set up out of the Corporation Fund in or\nupon premises not belonging to the Corporation, whether -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9780
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(4)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) before or after the commencement of this Act, and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9790
},
{
"number": "200",
"title": "Section 200(4)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for the use of the owner or occupier of such premises or not, shall unless the\nCorporation has otherwise determined, or does at any time otherwise determine,\nvest and be deemed always to have vested in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9800
},
{
"number": "201",
"title": "Section 201(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) All Corporation drains, all sewage\ndisposal works and works, materials and things appertaining thereto, shall be under the\ncontrol of the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9810
},
{
"number": "201",
"title": "Section 201(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner shall maintain and keep in repair all municipal drains and sewage\ndisposal works and when authorised by the Corporation in this behalf, shall construct\nas may new drains and sewage disposal works as may from time to time be necessary\nfor effectual drainage and sewage disposal.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9820
},
{
"number": "202",
"title": "Section 202. Certain matters not to be passed into municipal drains",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall throw,\nempty, or turn into any Corporation drain or into any drain communicating with a Corporation\ndrain-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9830
},
{
"number": "202",
"title": "Section 202(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any matter likely to injure the drain or to interfere with the free flow of its contents, or\nto affect prejudicially the treatment and disposal of its contents ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9840
},
{
"number": "202",
"title": "Section 202(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) any chemical, refuse or waste steam, or any liquid of a temperature higher than forty\nfive degrees Celsius being refuse or steam which or a liquid which when so heated is\neither alone or in combination with the contents of the drain, dangerous or the cause\nof nuisance, prejudicial to health ; or\n( c) any dangerous petroleum.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9850
},
{
"number": "202",
"title": "Explanation to Section 202(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- \"In this section the expression \"dangerous petroleum\" has the same\nmeaning as is assigned to it in the Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934 ).",
"footnote": "30 of 1934",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9860
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Subject to\nsuch conditions as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf, the owner or\noccupier of any premises having a private drain, or the owner of any private drain within the\nmunicipal area may apply to the Commissioner to have his drain made to communicate\nwith the drains and thereby to discharge foul water and surface water from those premises\nor that private drain :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9870
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Proviso to Section 203(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall entitle any person -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9880
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to discharge directly or indirectly into any Corporation drain -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9890
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any trade effluent from any trade premises except in accordance with bylaws\nmade in this behalf; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9900
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any liquid or other matter the discharge of which into Corporation drains is prohibited\nby or under this Act or any other law ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9910
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) where separate Corporation drains are provided for foul water and for surface water to\ndischarge directly or indirectly,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9920
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) foul water into a drain provided for surface water; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9930
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) except with the permission of the Commissioner, surface water into drain provided\nfor foul water ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9940
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to have his drains made to communicate directly with a storm water overflow drain.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9950
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person desirous of availing himself of the provisions of sub-section (1 }, shall give\nto the Commissioner a notice of his proposals, and at any time within one month after\nreceipt thereof, the Commissioner may by notice to him refuse to permit the\ncommunication to be made, if it appears to him that the mode of construction or\ncondition of the drain is such that the making of the communication would be prejudicial\nto the drainage system, and for the purpose of examining the mode of construction\nand condition of the drain he may, if necessary, require it to be laid open for inspection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9960
},
{
"number": "203",
"title": "Section 203(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, construct such part of the work necessary for\nhaving a private drain made to communicate with the municipal drain as is in or under\na public street and in such a case the expenses incurred by the Commissioner, shall\nbe paid by the owner or occupier of the premises, or as the case may be, the owner\nof the private drain and shall be recoverable from the owner or occupier as an arrear of\ntax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9970
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where any premises are in the opinion of the\nCommissioner, without sufficient means of effectual drainage and a municipal drain or\nsome place approved by the Commissionerforthe discharge of filth and other polluted and\nobnoxious matter is situated at a distance of not exceeding thirty metres from any part of\nthe said premises, he may, by written notice require the owner of the said premises-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9980
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to make a drain emptying into such Corporation drain or place;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 9990
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to provide and set up all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the\nCommissioner necessary for the purpose of gathering and receiving the filth and other\npolluted and obnoxious matter from and conveying the same off, the said promises\nand of effectually flushing such drain and every fixture connected therewith;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10000
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to remove any existing drain or other appliance or thing used or intended to be used\nfor drainage which is injurious to health ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10010
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) to provide a close drain in substitution of an open drain or to provide such other\nappliance or thing either newly or in substitution of any existing appliance or thing or\nto provide both a closed drain and such other appliance or thing in substitution of the\nexisting open drain and other appliance or thing which is or is likely to be injurious to\nhealth;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10020
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) to provide and set up all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the\nCommissioner to be necessary for the purpose of gathering and receiving the waste\nwater from floors and galleries of buildings when they are washed and conveying the\nsame through spouts, by down take pipes so as to prevent such waste water from\ndischarging directly on streets or inside and lower portion of the premises ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10030
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) to carry out any work to improve or re-model an existing drain which is inadequate,\ninsufficient or faulty.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10040
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where in any case not provided for in sub-section (1 ), any premises are in the opinion\nof the Commissioner, without sufficient means of effectual drainage, he may, by written\nnotice, require the owner of the premises -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10050
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to construct a drain up to a point to be prescribed in such notice but not at a\ndistance of more than thirty metres from any part of the premises; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10060
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to construct a close cesspool a soakage pit and drain or drains supplying into\nsuch cesspool or soakage pit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10070
},
{
"number": "204",
"title": "Section 204(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any requisition for the construction of any drain under sub-section (2) may contain\nany of the details specified in sub-section (1 ).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10080
},
{
"number": "205",
"title": "Section 205(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) It shall not be lawful to erect or\nto re-erect any premises in the municipal area or to occupy any such premises unless -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10090
},
{
"number": "205",
"title": "Section 205(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) a drain be constructed of such size, materials, and with such fall as shall appear to\nthe Commissioner to be necessary for the effectual drainage of such premises;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10100
},
{
"number": "205",
"title": "Section 205(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) there have been provided and set up on such premises, such appliances and fittings\nas may appear to the Commissioner to be necessary for the purpose of gathering or\nreceiving the filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter from, and conveying the\nsame off, the said premises and of effectually flushing the drain of the said premises\nand every fixture connected therewith.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10110
},
{
"number": "205",
"title": "Section 205(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The drain so constructed shall empty into a Corporation drain situated at a distance\nof not exceeding thirty metres from the premises, but if no Corporation drain is situated\nwithin that distance then such drain shall empty into a cesspool situated within that\ndistance. to be specified by the Commissioner for the purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10120
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If it appears\nto the Commissioner that any group or block of premises may be drained more economically\nor advantageously in combination than separately, and a Corporation drain of sufficient\nsize already exists or is about to be constructed within thirty metres of any part of that\ngroup or block of premises, the Commissioner may cause that group or block of premises,\nto be drained by a combined operation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10130
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The expenses incurred in carrying out any work under sub-section (1) in respect of\nany group or block of premises shall be paid by the owners of such premises in such\nproportion as the Commissioner may determine and shall be recoverable from them\nas an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10140
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Not less than fifteen days, before any such work is commenced, the Commissioner\nshall give to each such owner -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10150
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) written notice of the nature of the proposed work; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10160
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) an estimate of the expenses to be incurred in respect thereof and of the proportion\nor such expenses payable by him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10170
},
{
"number": "206",
"title": "Section 206(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Commissioner may require the owners of such group or block of premises to\nmaintain the work executed under this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10180
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Section 207. Power of Commissioner to close or limit the use of private drain in certain cases",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where a drain connecting any premises with a Corporation drain is sufficient for the effectual\ndrainage of such premises and is otherwise unobjectionable but is not in the opinion of the\nCommissioner, adapted to the general system of drainage in the municipal area, he may\nby written notice addressed to the owner of the premises, direct -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10190
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Section 207(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that such drain be closed, discontinued or destroyed and that any work necessary for\nthat purpose be done ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10200
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Section 207(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that such drain shall, from such date as may be specified in the notice in this\nbehalf, be used for filth and polluted water only or for rain water and un-polluted sub\nsoil water only :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10210
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Proviso to Section 207(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10220
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Section 207(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) no drain may be closed, discontinued or destroyed by the Commissioner under\nclause (a) except on condition of his providing another drain equally effectual for\nthe drainage of the premises and communicating with any Corporation drain\nwhich he thinks fit ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10230
},
{
"number": "207",
"title": "Section 207(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the expenses of the construction of any drain so provided by the Corporation\nand of any work done under clause (a) may be paid out of the Corporation Fund.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10240
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where the Commissioner either on\nreceipt of an application from the owner of any premises or otherwise is of opinion that the\nonly or the most convenient means of effectual drainage of the premises into Corporation\ndrain is through a drain belonging to another person, the Commissioner may, by notice in\nwriting, require the owner of such drain to show cause within a period specified in the\nnotice as to why an order under this section should not be made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10250
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where no cause is shown within the specified period or the cause shown appears to\nthe Commissioner invalid or insufficient, the Commissioner may, by in writing, either\nauthorise the owner of the premises to use the drain or declare him to be joint owner\nthereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10260
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) An order made under sub-section (2) may contain directions as to-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10270
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the payment of rent or compensation by the owner of the premises;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10280
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the construction of a drain for the premises for the purpose of connecting with\nthe aforesaid drain ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10290
},
{
"number": "208",
"title": "Section 208(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the entry upon the land in which the aforesaid drain is situated with assistants\nand workmen at all reasonable hours ; and\n{d) the respective responsibilities of the parties for maintaining, repairing, flushing,\ncleaning and emptying the aforesaid drain.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10300
},
{
"number": "209",
"title": "Section 209. Sewage and rain water drains to be distinct",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Wherever it is provided in this Chapter\nthat steps shall or may be taken for, the effectual drainage of any premises, it shall be\ncompetent for the Commissioner to require that there shall be one drain for filth and polluted\nwater and an entirely distinct drain for rain water and un-polluted sub-soil water or both rain\nwater and un-polluted sub-soil water, each emptying into separate Corporation drains or\nother suitable places.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10310
},
{
"number": "210",
"title": "Section 210. Powers of Commissioner to require owner to carry out certain works for satisfactory drainage",
"chapter": null,
"content": "For the purpose of efficient drainage of any premises the Commissioner may\nbe notice in writing -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10320
},
{
"number": "210",
"title": "Section 210(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) require any courtyard, alley or passage between two or more buildings to be paved by\nthe owner of owners of such buildings with such materials and in a such manner as\nmay be approved by the Commissioner; and\n{b) require such paving to be kept in proper repair.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10330
},
{
"number": "211",
"title": "Section 211. Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and disposal of sewage",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The\nCommissioner may cause any or all of the Corporation drains to empty into, and all sewage\nto be disposed of at such place or places as he considers suitable :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10340
},
{
"number": "211",
"title": "Proviso to Section 211",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no place which has been not before the commencement of this Act\nused for any of the purposes specified in this section, shall after Such commencement be\nused therefor without the approval of the Corporation:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10350
},
{
"number": "211",
"title": "Proviso to Section 211",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that on and after such date as may be appointed by the Government\nin this behalf no sewage shall be discharged into any water course until it has been so\ntreated as not to affect prejudicially the purity and quality of the water into which it is\ndischarged.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10360
},
{
"number": "212",
"title": "Section 212. Connection with water works and drains not to be made without permission",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Without the written permission of Commissioner, no person shall for any purpose whatsoever,\nat any time make or cause to be made any connection or communication with any drain\nreferred to in section 213 or any water-works, constructed or maintained by, or vested in\nthe Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10370
},
{
"number": "213",
"title": "Section 213(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Without the written\npermission of the Commissioner no railway or private street, shall be constructed and no\nbuilding, wall, fence or other structure shall be erected on any municipal drain or on any\nwaterworks constructed or maintained by or vested in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10380
},
{
"number": "213",
"title": "Section 213(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any railway or private street be constructed or any building, wall, fence or structure\nerected on any drain or water-works as aforesaid without the written permission, the\nCommissioner may remove or otherwise deal with the same as he may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10390
},
{
"number": "213",
"title": "Section 213(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The expenses incurred by the Commissioner in so doing shall be paid by the owner of\nthe private street or of the building, fence, wall or other structure, as the case may be,\nby the railway administration or the person offending and shall be recoverable as an\narrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10400
},
{
"number": "214",
"title": "Section 214(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may place\nand maintain aqueducts, conduits and lines of mains or pipes or drains over, under, along\nor across any immovable property whether within or outside the limits of the municipal\narea, if necessary through an agreement, and may at any time for the purpose of examining,\nrepairing, altering or removing any aqueducts, conduits or lines of mains or pipes, or\ndrains, after giving a reasonable notice of his intention so to do, enter on any property over,\nunder, along or across which the aqueducts, conduits or lines of mains or pipes or drains\nhave been placed :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10410
},
{
"number": "214",
"title": "Proviso to Section 214(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Corporation shall not acquire any right other than a right of user in\nthe property over, under, along or across which any aqueduct, conduit or line of mains or\npipes, or drain is placed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10420
},
{
"number": "214",
"title": "Section 214(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The powers conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercisable in respect of any\nproperty vested in the Government or under the control or management of the\nGovernment or railway administration or vested in any local authority save with the\npermission of the Government or railway administration or the local authority, as the\ncase may be, and in accordance with any bye-laws made in this behalf:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10430
},
{
"number": "214",
"title": "Proviso to Section 214(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Commissioner may, without such permission, repair renew or\namend any existing works of which the character or positions is not to be altered if\nsuch repair, renewal or amendment is urgently necessary in order to maintain without\ninterruption the supply of water, drainage or disposal of sewage or is such that delay\nwould be dangerous to health, human life or property.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10440
},
{
"number": "214",
"title": "Section 214(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by this section, the Commissioner\nshall cause as little damage and inconvenience as may be possible and shall make\nfull compensation for any damage or inconvenience caused by him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10450
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If it appears to the Commissioner that the only or most convenient\nmeans of water supply to and drainage of, any premises is by placing, or carrying any pipe\nor drain over, under, along or across the immovable property of another person, the\nCommissioner may, by order in writing, authorise the owner of the premises to place or\ncarry such pipe or drain over, under, along or across such immovable property:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10460
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Proviso to Section 215(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before making any such order, the Commissioner shall give to the\nowner of the immovable property a reasonable opportunity of showing cause within such\ntime as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf as to why the order should not\nbe made:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10470
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Proviso to Section 215(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that the owner of the premises shall not acquire any right other than\na right of user in the property over, under, along or across which any such pipe or drain is\nplaced or carried.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10480
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Upon the making of an order under sub-section (1 ), the owner of the premises may,\nafter giving reasonable notice of his intention so to do enter upon the immovable\nproperty with assistants and workmen at any time between sun rise and sun set for\nthe purpose of placing a pipe or drain over, under, along or across such immovable\nproperty or for the purpose of repairing the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10490
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) In placing or carrying a pipe or drain under this section, as little damage as possible\nshall be done to the immovable property and the owner of the premises shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10500
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) cause the pipe or drain to be placed or carried with the least practicable delay:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10510
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) fill in, reinstate and make good at his own cost and with the least practicable\ndelay an land opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of placing or carrying\nsuch pipe or drain ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10520
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) pay compensation to the owner of the immovable property and to any other\nperson who sustains damage by reason of the placing or carrying of such pipe or\ndrain.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10530
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Section 215(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If the owner of the immovable property, over, under, along or across which a pipe or\ndrain has been placed or carried under this section while such immovable property\nwas not built upon, desires to erect any building on such property, the Commissioner\nshall by notice in writing, require the owner of the premises to close, remove or divert\nthe pipe or drain in such manner as shall be approved by him and to fill in, reinstate\nand make good the immovable property as if the pipe or drain had not been placed or\ncarried over, under, along or across the same :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10540
},
{
"number": "215",
"title": "Proviso to Section 215(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such requisition shall be made unless in the opinion of the\nCommissioner it is necessary or expedient for the construction of the proposed building or\nthe safe enjoyment thereof that the pipe or drain should be closed, removed or diverted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10550
},
{
"number": "216",
"title": "Section 216. Railway administration to be informed in certain cases",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the Corporation desires to\nplace or carry any pipe or drain or do any other work connected with the water supply or\ndrainage across any railways line, it shall inform the railway administration who may execute\nthe same at the cost of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10560
},
{
"number": "217",
"title": "Section 217(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When under the provisions of this Chapter any person may be\nrequired or is liable to execute any work the Commissioner may, in accordance with the\nprovisions of this Act and of any bye-laws made in this behalf, cause such work to be\nexecuted after giving such person an opportunity of executing the same within such time\nas may be specified by him for this purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10570
},
{
"number": "217",
"title": "Section 217(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The expenses incurred or likely to be incurred by the Commissioner in the execution\nof any such work shall be payable by the said person and the expenses incurred by\nthe Commissioner in connection with the maintenance of such work or the enjoyment\nof amenities and conveniences rendered possible by such work, shall be payable by\nthe person or persons enjoying such amenities and conveniences.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10580
},
{
"number": "217",
"title": "Section 217(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The expenses referred to in sub-section (2), shall be recoverable from the person or\npersons liable therefor as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10590
},
{
"number": "218",
"title": "Section 218. Power of Commissioner to affix shafts etc. for ventilation of drain or, cesspool",
"chapter": null,
"content": "For the purpose of ventilating any drain or cesspool, whether vested in the Corporation or\nnot, the Commissioner may, in accordance with bye-laws made in this behalf, erect upon\nany premises or affix to the outside of any building or to any tree any such shaft or pipe as\nmay appear to him to be necessary",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10600
},
{
"number": "219",
"title": "Section 219(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where it appears to the Commissioner that there are reasonable grounds for believing\nthat a private drain or cesspool is in such condition as to be prejudicial to health or a\nnuisance or that a private drain communicating directly or indirectly with a municipal drain,\nis so defective as to admit sub-soil water, he may examine its condition and for that\npurpose may apply any test other than a test of water under pressure and if he deems it\nnecessary open the ground.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10610
},
{
"number": "219",
"title": "Section 219(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If on examination the drain or cesspool is found to be in proper condition, the\nCommissioner shall, as soon as possible, reinstate any ground which has been\nopened by him and make good any damage done by him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10620
},
{
"number": "220",
"title": "Section 220. Employment of Government agencies for repairs etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Government may, for\nreasons to be recorded, direct that any specified work, repair, renewal or replacement\nwhich is to be undertaken by or for the Corporation under this Chapter, shall be carried out\non behalf of the Corporation by the Government and the Corporation shall pay the charges\ntherefore at the rate and subject to the terms for the time being applicable in the case of\nworks constructed by the Government on behalf of a local authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10630
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person other than a licensed plumber\nshall execute any work described in this Chapter and no person shall permit any such\nwork to be executed except by a licensed plumber:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10640
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Proviso to Section 221(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the work is of a tri-vial nature, he\nmay grant permission in writing for the execution of such work by a person other than a\nlicensed plumber.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10650
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every person who employs licensed plumber to execute any work shall, when so\nrequired, furnish to the Commissioner, the name of such plumber.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10660
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) When any work is executed except in accordance with the provisions of sub-section\n(1 ), such work shall be liable to be dismantled at the discretion of the Commissioner\nwithout prejudice to the right of the Corporation to prosecute under this Act the person\nat whose instance such work has been executed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10670
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Corporation may make bye-laws for the guidance of licensed plumbers and a\ncopy of all such bye-laws shall be attached to every licence granted to a plumber by\nthe Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10680
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) The Corporation may, from time to time, prescribe the charges to be paid to licensed\nplumbers for any work done by them under or for any of the purposes of this Chapter.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10690
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) No licensed plumber shall, for any work referred to in sub-section (5) demand or\nreceive more than the charges prescribed therefor, under that sub-section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10700
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) The Corporation shall make bye-laws providing for-\n(",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10710
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(7)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the exercise of adequate control on all licensed plumbers;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10720
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(7)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the inspection of all works carried out by them ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10730
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(7)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the hearing and disposal of complaints made by the owners or occupiers of\npremises with regard to the quality of work done, material used, delay in execution\nof work and the charges made by a licensed plumber.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10740
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) No licensed plumber shall contravene any of the bye-laws made under this section or\nexecute carelessly or negligently any work under this Act or make use of bad materials,\nappliances or fittings.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10750
},
{
"number": "221",
"title": "Section 221(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) If any licensed plumber contravenes sub-section (8), his licence may be suspended\nor cancelled whether he is prosecuted under this Act or not.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10760
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10770
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) wilfully, obstruct any person acting, under the authority of the Corporation or the\nCommissioner, in setting out the lines of any works or pull up or remove any pillar,\npost of stake fixed in the ground for the purpose of setting out lines of such work\nor deface or destroy any works made for the same purpose ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10780
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) wilfully or negligently break, injure, turn on, open, close, shut off or otherwise\ninterfere with any lock, cock, valve, pipe, meter or other work or apparatus belonging\nto the Corporation ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10790
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw off, or divert, or take water from any\nwater works belonging to the Corporation or any water course by which any such\nwater is supplied ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10800
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw off, divert or take sewage from any\nsewage work belonging to the Corporation or break or damage any electrical\ntransmission line maintained by the Corporation ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10810
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) obstruct any officer or other employee of the Corporation in the discharge of his\nduties under this Chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with the\nmeans necessary for the making of any entry, inspection, examination or inquiry\nthere under in relation to any water of sewage work;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10820
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) bathe in, at or upon any water work or wash or throw or cause to enter therein any\nanimal, or throw any rubbish, dirt, filth into any water work or wash or clean\ntherein any cloth, wool or leather or the skin of any animal or cause the water of\nany sink or drain or any steam-engine or boiler or any polluted water to turn or be\nbrought into any water-work, or do any other act where by the water in any water\nwork is fouled or likely to be fouled.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10830
},
{
"number": "222",
"title": "Section 222(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Nothing in clause (b) of sub-section ( 1) shall apply to a consumer closing the stopcock\nfixed on the service pipe supplying water to his premises so long as he has obtained\nthe consent of any other consumer whose supply will be affected thereby.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10840
},
{
"number": "1086",
"title": "CHAPTER XIII - STREETS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XIII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10850
},
{
"number": "223",
"title": "Section 223. Vesting of public streets in Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1 )All streets within the municipal area which\nare or at any time become public streets and the pavement stones and other materials\nthereof, shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10860
},
{
"number": "223",
"title": "Section 223(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) All public streets vesting in the Corporation shall be under the control of the\nCommissioner and shall be maintained, controlled and regulated by him in accordance\nwith the bye-laws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10870
},
{
"number": "224",
"title": "Section 224(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall,\nfrom time to time cause all public streets vested in the Corporation to be levelled, metalled\nor paved, channelled and altered or repaired and may widen, extend or otherwise improve,\nany such street or cause the soil thereof to be raised, lowered or altered or may place and\nkeep in repair fences and posts for the safety of foot-passengers :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10880
},
{
"number": "224",
"title": "Proviso to Section 224(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no widening, extension or other improvement of a public street the\naggregate cost of which will exceed ten thousand rupees, shall be undertaken by the\nCom missioner except with the previous sanction of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10890
},
{
"number": "224",
"title": "Section 224(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) With the previous sanction of the Corporation, the Commissioner may permanently\nclose the whole or any part of a public street:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10900
},
{
"number": "224",
"title": "Proviso to Section 224(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before according such sanction the Corporation shall by notice published\nin the manner specified by bye-laws give reasonable opportunity to the residents likely to\nbe affected by such closure to make suggestions or objections with respect to such\nclosure and shall consider all such suggestions or objections, which may be made, within\none month from the date of the publication of the said notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10910
},
{
"number": "225",
"title": "Section 225. Disposal of land forming site of public streets permanently closed",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever any\npublic street or a part thereof is permanently closed under sub-section (2) of section 224,\nthe site of such street or of the portion thereof may be disposed of as land vesting in the\nCorporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10920
},
{
"number": "226",
"title": "Section 226. Power to make new public streets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, at any time with the\nprevious sanction of the Corporation-\n( a) lay out and make new public streets;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10930
},
{
"number": "226",
"title": "Section 226(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) construct bridges and sub-ways;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10940
},
{
"number": "226",
"title": "Section 226(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) turn or divert, any existing public streets;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10950
},
{
"number": "226",
"title": "Section 226(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or streets in any part of\nthe municipal area notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in\nthe vicinity has been received.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10960
},
{
"number": "227",
"title": "Section 227. Minimum width of new public streets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner shall, from time to time,\nwith the sanction of the Corporation, specify the minimum width of different classes of new\npublic streets according to the nature of the traffic likely to be carried thereon and the\nstreets with which they join at one or both ends, the localities in which they are situated,\nthe heights up to which buildings abutting thereon may be erected and other similar\nconsideration.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10970
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Section 228(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The\nCommissioner may,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10980
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Section 228(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) prohibit vehicular traffic in any public street or any portion thereof so as to prevent\ndanger, obstruction or inconvenience to the public or to ensure quietness in any\nlocality;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 10990
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Section 228(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) prohibit in respect of all public streets or any particular public streets the transit of\nany vehicle of such form, construction, weight or size or laden with such heavy or\nunwidely objects as may be likely to cause injury to the roadways or any construction\nthereon, except under such conditions as to time, mode of the fraction or locomotion,\nuse of appliances for the protection of roadways, number of lights and assistants and\nother general precautions, and upon the payment of such charges as may be specified\nby the Commissioner generally or specially in each case;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11000
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Section 228(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) prohibit access to premises from any particular public street carrying high speed\nvehicular traffic:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11010
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Proviso to Section 228(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Commissioner shall not take action without the sanction of the\nCorporation in cases under clauses (a) and (c).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11020
},
{
"number": "228",
"title": "Section 228(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Notices of such prohibition as are imposed under sub-section (1) shall be posted in\nconspicuous places at or near both ends of public streets or portions thereof to which\nthey relate, unless such prohibition applied generally to all public streets.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11030
},
{
"number": "229",
"title": "Section 229. Power to acquire land and buildings for public streets and for public parking places",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Subject to the provisions contained in Chapter X, the Commissioner may,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11040
},
{
"number": "229",
"title": "Section 229(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) acquire any land required for the purposes of opening, widening, extending or otherwise\nimproving any public street or of making any new public street and any building\nstanding upon such land;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11050
},
{
"number": "229",
"title": "Section 229(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) acquire in relation to any such land or building, all such land with buildings, if any\nthereon as the Corporation may think expedient to acquire outside the regular line or\nthe intended regular line of such street ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11060
},
{
"number": "229",
"title": "Section 229(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) when any land, whether within or outside the limits of the municipal area, is required\nfor the purposes of this Act the Government may, at the request of the Corporation\nproceed to acquire it under the provisions of the Right to fair compensation and\nTransparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 and on\npayment by the Corporation of the Compensation awarded under that Act, and of any\nother charges incurred in acquiring the land, the land shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11070
},
{
"number": "229",
"title": "Explanation to Section 229(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.-When any land is required for a new street orfor the improvement of an\nexisting street, the Government may on the request of the Corporation proceed to acquire,\nin addition to the land to be occupied by the street, the land necessary for the sites of the\nbuildings to be erected on both sides of the street, and such land shall be deemed to be\nrequired for the purposes of this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11080
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Section 230(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may define a line on one or both\nsides of any public street in accordance with the bye-laws made in this behalf and may with\nthe previous sanction of the Corporation redefine at any time any such regular line :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11090
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Proviso to Section 230(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that, before according sanction the Corporation shall by public notice afford\nreasonable opportunity to the residents of premises abutting on such public street to\nmake suggestions or objections with respect to the proposed redefined line of the street\nand shall consider all suggestions or objections which may be made within one month\nfrom the date of the publication of the said notice :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11100
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Proviso to Section 230(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that the regular line of any public street operative under any law in\nforce in any part of the municipal area immediately before the commencement of this Act\nshall be deemed to be a line defined by the Commissioner under this sub-section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11110
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Section 230(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The line for the time being defined or redefined shall be called the regular line of street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11120
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Section 230(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No person shall construct or reconstruct any building or a portion thereof or any\nboundary wall or other structure whatsoever within the regular line of a street except\nwith the written permission of Commissioner:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11130
},
{
"number": "230",
"title": "Proviso to Section 230(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if within 60 days after the receipt of application from any person for\npermission to construct or reconstruct a boundary wall or a portion thereof the Commissioner\nfails to take steps to acquire the land within the regular line of the street in accordance with\nsection 233 then that person may, subject to any other provisions of this Act and the bye\nlaws made thereunder, proceed with the work of construction or reconstruction of such\nboundary wall or portion thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11140
},
{
"number": "231",
"title": "Section 231(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any part of a building abutting\non a public street is within the regular line of that street, the Commissioner, may, whenever\nit is proposed to repair, remove, construct or reconstruct or make any additions to, or\nstructural alterations of any portion of such building which is within the regular line of the\nstreet by any order which he issues concerning the additions to rebuilding, construction,\nrepair or alterations of such building require such building to be set back to the regular line\nof the street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11150
},
{
"number": "231",
"title": "Section 231(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When any building or any part thereof within the regular line of a public street falls\ndown or is burnt down or is, whether by the order of the Commissioner or otherwise,\ntaken down, the Commissioner may forthwith, take possession on behalf of the\nCorporation of the portion of the land within the regular line of the street theretofore\noccupied by the said building and, if necessary, clear the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11160
},
{
"number": "231",
"title": "Section 231(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Land acquired under this section shall be deemed to be a part of the public street and\nshall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11170
},
{
"number": "232",
"title": "Section 232(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where any building\nor any part thereof is within the regular line of a public street and in the opinion of the\nCommissioner it is necessary to set back the building or part thereof to the regular line of\nthe street, he may, by notice served on the owner in accordance with the provisions of this\nAct require him to show cause within such period as may be specified in the notice as to\nwhy such building or part thereof which is within the regular line of the street should not be\npulled down and the land within the regular line acquired by the Commissioner on behalf of\nthe Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11180
},
{
"number": "232",
"title": "Section 232(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If such owner fails to show cause as required by sub-section (1 ), the Commissioner\nmay, with the approval of the Corporation, require the owner by another notice to be\nserved on him in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to pull down the building\nor part thereof which is within the regular line of the street within such period as\nspecified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11190
},
{
"number": "232",
"title": "Section 232(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If within such period the owner of the building fails to pull down the building or part\nthereof as required by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may pull down the same\nand all the expenses incurred in doing so shall be paid by the owner and be recoverable\nfrom him as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11200
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{
"number": "232",
"title": "Section 232(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The Commissioner shall at once take possession on behalf of the Corporation of the\nportion of the land within the regular line of the street occupied by the said building or\npart thereof and such land shall thereupon be deemed to be a part of the public street\nand shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11210
},
{
"number": "233",
"title": "Section 233. Acquisition of open land and land occupied by platforms etc. within the regular line of street",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any land, whether open or enclosed, not vesting in the Corporation and\nnot occupied by any building is within the regular line of a public street or if a platform,\nverandah, step, compound wall, hedge or fence or some other structural external to a\nbuilding abutting on a public street or a portion of such platform, verandah, step, compound\nwall, hedge or fence or some other structure is within the regular line of such street, the\nCommissioner may, after giving to the owner of the land or building not less than seven\ndays notice of his intention so to do, take possession on behalf of the Corporation of the\nsaid land with its enclosing wall, hedge or fence, if any, or of the said platform, verandah,\nstep, compound, wall, hedge, or fence or other structure or of any portion thereof which is\nwithin the regular line of the public street, and if necessary, clear the same and the land so\nacquired shall thereupon be deemed to be part of the public street and shall vest in the\nCorporation :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11220
},
{
"number": "233",
"title": "Proviso to Section 233",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where the land or building is vested in the Government or the Central\nGovernment, the Commissioner shall not take possession thereof without the previous\nsanction of the Government or the Central Government, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11230
},
{
"number": "234",
"title": "Section 234(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where a land or building is partly within the\nregular line of a public street and the Commissioner is satisfied that the land remaining\nafter the requisition of the portion within the said line still not be suitable or fit for any\nbeneficial use, he may, at the request of the owner, acquire such land in addition to the\nland within the said line and such surplus land shall be deemed to be a part of the public\nstreet and shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11240
},
{
"number": "234",
"title": "Section 234(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Such surplus land may thereafter be utilised for the purpose of setting forward a building\nunder section 235.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11250
},
{
"number": "235",
"title": "Section 235. Setting forward of building to regular line of street",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, upon\nsuch terms, as he thinks fit, allow any building to be set forward for the purpose of improving\nthe regular line of a public street and may, with the sanction of the Corporation by notice\nrequire any building to be so set forward in the case of reconstruction thereof or of a new\nconstruction.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11260
},
{
"number": "235",
"title": "Explanation to Section 235",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation. - For the purpose of this section a wall separating any premises from a\npublic street shall be deemed to be a building, and it shall be deemed a sufficient compliance\nwith permission, or requisition to set forward a building to the regular line of a street if a wall\nof such material and dimensions as are approved by the Commissioner is erected along\nthe said line.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11270
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Compensation shall be paid by the Commissioner to the owner of any\nbuilding or land acquired for a public street under the provisions of sections 231, 232 and\n233 for any loss which such owner may sustain in consequence of his building or land\nbeing to acquired and for any expenses incurred by such owner in consequence of any\norder made by the Commissioner:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11280
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Proviso to Section 236(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11290
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any increase or decrease in the value of the remainder of the property of which\nthe building or land so acquired formed part likely to accrue from the setting back\nto the regular line of the street, shall be taken into consideration and allowed for\nin determining the amount of such compensation; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11300
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if any such increase in the value exceeds the amount of loss sustained or expenses\nincurred by the owner, the Commissioner may recover from him halfof the amount\nof such excess as a betterment charge.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11310
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If in consequence of any order to set forward a building made by the Commissioner,\nthe owner of such building sustains any loss or damage, compensation shall be paid\nto him by the Commissioner for such loss or damage after taking into account any\nincrease in value likely to accrue, from the setting forward.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11320
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the additional land which will be included in the premises of any person required or\npermitted under sub-section (2) to set forward a building belongs to the Corporation,\nthe order or permission of the Commissioner to set forward the building shall be a\nsufficient conveyance to the said owner of the said land and, the price to be paid to\nthe Corporation by the owner for such additional land and the other terms and conditions\nof the conveyance shall be set forth in the order or permission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11330
},
{
"number": "236",
"title": "Section 236(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If, when the Commissioner required any building to be set forward, the owner of the\nbuilding is dissatisfied with the price fixed to be paid to the Corporation or with any of\nthe terms and conditions of conveyance, the Commissioner shall, upon the application\nof the owner at any time within fifteen days after the said terms and conditions are\ncommunicated to him, refer the case for the determination of the Court of the District\nJudge whose decision thereon shall be final.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11340
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{
"number": "237",
"title": "Section 237. Owners obligation when dealing with land or building sites",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the owner of any land\nutilises, sells, leases out or otherwise disposes of such land for the construction of building\nthereon, he shall lay down and make a street or streets giving access to the plots into\nwhich the land may be divided and connecting with an existing public or private street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11350
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238. Layout plans",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) Before utilising, selling or otherwise dealing with any land under section\n237 the owner thereof shall send to the Commissioner a written application with a lay-out\nplan of the land showing the following particulars, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11360
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the plots into which the land is proposed to be divided for the erection of building\nthereon and purpose or purposes for which such buildings are to be used;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11370
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the reservation or allotment of any site for any street, open space, park, recreation\nground, school, market or any public purpose ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11380
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the intended level direction and width of street or streets;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11390
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) the regular line of street or streets; and\n( e) the arrangements to be made for levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, channelling,\nsewering, draining, conserving and lighting street or streets.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11400
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The provisions of this Act and the bye-laws made thereunder as to width of the public\nstreets and the height of building abutting thereon shall apply in the case of streets\nreferred to in sub-section (1) and all the particulars referred to in that sub-section shall\nbe subject to the sanction of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11410
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Within sixty days after the receipt of any application under sub-section (1) the\nCorporation shall either accord sanction to the layout plan on such conditions as it\nmay think fit or ask for further information with respect to it.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11420
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Such sanction shall be refused,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11430
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(4)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if the particulars shown in the lay-out plan would conflict with any arrangement\nwhich have been made or which are in the opinion of the Corporation likely to be\nmade for carrying out any general scheme of development of the municipal area\nwhether contained in the master plan or a zonal development plan prepared for\nthe municipal area or not; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11440
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(4)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if the said lay-out plan does not conform to the provisions of this Act and bye\nlaws made thereunder; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11450
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(4)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) if any street proposed in the plan is not designed so as to connect at one end\nwith a street which is already open.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11460
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) No person shall utilise, sell or otherwise deal with any land or lay-out or make any\nnew street without or otherwise than in conformity with the orders of the Corporation\nand if further information is asked for, no step shall be taken to utilise, sell or otherwise\ndeal with the land or to lay-out or make the street until orders have been passed upon\nreceipt of such information:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11470
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Proviso to Section 238(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the passing of such order shall not be in any case delayed for more than\n60 days after the Corporation has received the information which it considers necessary to\nenable it to deal with the said application.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11480
},
{
"number": "238",
"title": "Section 238(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) The lay-out plan referred to earlier in this section shall, if so required by the Corporation,\nbe prepared by a licensed town planner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11490
},
{
"number": "239",
"title": "Section 239(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any person\nlays out or makes any street referred to in section 240 without or otherwise than in conformity\nwith the orders of the Corporation, the Commissioner may, whether or not the offender, be\nprosecuted under this Act by notice-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11500
},
{
"number": "239",
"title": "Section 239(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) require the offender to show cause by a written statement signed by him and sent\nto the Commissioner on or before such date as may be specified in the notice,\nwhy such street should not be altered to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or\nif such alteration be impracticable why such street should not be demolished ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11510
},
{
"number": "239",
"title": "Section 239(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) require the offender to appear before the Commissioner whether personally or by\nduly authorised agent or on such day and at such time and place as may be\nspecified in the notice and show cause as aforesaid.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11520
},
{
"number": "239",
"title": "Section 239(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person on whom such notice is served fails to show cause to the satisfaction of\nthe Commissioner why such street should not be so altered or demolished, the\nCommissioner may pass an order directing the alteration or demolition of such street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11530
},
{
"number": "240",
"title": "Section 240(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled, flagged,\nchannelled, sewered, drained, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of the Commissioner,\nhe may by notice require the owners of such street or part and the owners of the lands and\nbuildings fronting or abutting on such street or part to carry out any work which in his\nopinion may be necessary and within such time as may be specified in such notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11540
},
{
"number": "240",
"title": "Section 240(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If such work is not carried out within the time specified in the notice, the Commissioner\nmay, if he thinks fit, execute it and the expenses incurred shall be paid by the owners\nreferred to in sub-section (1) in such proportion as may be determined by the\nCommissioner and shall be recoverable from them as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11550
},
{
"number": "241",
"title": "Section 241(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any street has been levelled, paved, metalled,\nflagged, channelled, sewered, drained, conserved and lighted under the provisions of section\n240, the Commissioner may, and on the requisition of the majority of the owners referred to\nin sub-section (1) of that section shall declare such a street to be a public street and\nthereupon the street shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11560
},
{
"number": "241",
"title": "Section 241(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may at any time, by notice fixed up in any street or part thereof\nnot maintainable by the Corporation, give intimation of his intention to declare the\nsame a public street and unless within one month next after such notice has been so\nput up, the owner or any one of the several owners of such street or such part of a\nstreet lodge objection thereto at the Corporation Office, the Commissioner, may by\nnotice in writing, put up in such street of such part, declare the same to be a public\nstreet vested in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11570
},
{
"number": "242",
"title": "Section 242(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Except as provided in section 243, no\nperson shall erect, setup, add to or place against or in front of any premises any structure\nor fixture which will-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11580
},
{
"number": "242",
"title": "Section 242(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) overhang, jut or project into, or in anyway encroach upon and obstruct in any way\nthe safe or convenient passage of the public along, any street; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11590
},
{
"number": "242",
"title": "Section 242(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) jut or project into or encroach upon any drain or open channel in any street so as\nin any way to interfere with the use or proper working of such drain of channel or\nto impede the inspection or cleansing thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11600
},
{
"number": "242",
"title": "Section 242(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may by notice require the owner or occupier of any premises to\nremove or to take such other action as he may direct in relation to any structure or\nfixture which has been erected, set-up, added to or placed against, or in front of the\nsaid premises in contravention of this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11610
},
{
"number": "242",
"title": "Section 242(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the occupier of the said premises removes or alters any structure or fixture in\naccordance with such notice, he shall be entitled, unless the structure or fixture was\nerected, set-up or placed by himself, to credit into account with the owner of the\npremises for all reasonable expenses incurred by him in complying with the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11620
},
{
"number": "243",
"title": "Section 243(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner\nmay give a written permission on such terms and on payment of such fee as he in each\ncase thinks fit, to the owner or occupier of the building or any street-\n( a) to erect an arcade, over such street or any portion thereof; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11630
},
{
"number": "243",
"title": "Section 243(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to put up a verandah, balcony, arch connecting passage, sunshade, weather\n· frame, canopy, awning or other such structure or thing projecting from any storey\nover or across any street or portion thereof :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11640
},
{
"number": "243",
"title": "Proviso to Section 243(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no permission shall be given by the Commissioner for the erection of an\narcade in any public street in which construction of an arcade has not been generally\nsanctioned by the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11650
},
{
"number": "243",
"title": "Section 243(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may at time by notice require the owner or occupier of any building\nto remove a verandah, balcony, sunshade, weather frame or the like put up in\naccordance with the provisions of this Act and such owner or occupier shall be bound\nto take action accordingly but shall be entitled to compensation for the loss caused\nto him by such removal and the cost incurred thereon.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11660
},
{
"number": "244",
"title": "Section 244. Ground floor, door etc. not to open outwards on streets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may at\nany time by notice require the owner of any premises on the ground floor of which any door,\ngate, bar or window opens outwards upon a street or upon any land required for the\nimprovement of a street in such manner as in the opinion of the Commissioner is likely to\nobstruct the safe or convenient passage of the public along such street, to have the said\ndoor, gate, bar or window altered so as not to open outwards.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11670
},
{
"number": "245",
"title": "Section 245(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall,\nexcept with the permission of the Commissioner granted in this behalf erect or set-up any\nwall, fence, rail, post, step, booth or other structure whether fixed or movable or whether of\na permanent or temporary nature, or any fixture in or upon any street or upon or over any\nopen channel, drain, well or tank in any street so as to form an obstruction to or an\nencroachment upon, or projection over, or to occupy any portion of such street, channel,\ndrain, well or tank.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11680
},
{
"number": "245",
"title": "Section 245(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall, except with the permission of the Commissioner and on payment of\nsuch fee as he in each case thinks fit, place or deposit upon any street, or upon any\nopen channel, drain or well in any street or upon any public place any stall, chair,\nbench, box, ladder, bale or other thing whatsoever so as to form an obstruction thereto\nor encroachment thereon.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11690
},
{
"number": "245",
"title": "Section 245(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any erection or thing to which clause (c) of\nsub-section (1) of section 238 applies and nothing in sub-section (2) shall apply to\nbuilding materials.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11700
},
{
"number": "246",
"title": "Section 246. Special provision regarding streets belonging to Government",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Notwithstanding\nanything contained in sections 235, 242, 243 or in clause ( 5) of Part C of section 410 and\nsubject to any general or special order that the Government may make in this behalf, if any\nstreet is vested in the Government-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11710
},
{
"number": "246",
"title": "Section 246(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the Commissioner shall not, in respect of such street grant permission to do any act\nthe doing of which without his written permission would contravene the provisions of\nsection 242 or section 243 or allow any building to be set forward under the provision\nof section 235 except with the sanction of the Government which may be given in\nrespect of a class of cases generally or in respect of a particular case;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11720
},
{
"number": "246",
"title": "Section 246(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the Commissioner shall, if so required by the Government, exercise the powers\nconferred upon him by sections 235, 242, 243 or clause (5) of Part C of section 410 or\nany bye-law made in exercise of the power conferred by the aforesaid clause (5) in\nrespect of encroachment or overhanging structure on or over such street or any\nmaterials, goods or articles of merchandise deposited on such street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11730
},
{
"number": "247",
"title": "Section 247. Power to remove anything deposited or exposed for sale in contravention of this Act",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, without notice cause to be removed-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11740
},
{
"number": "247",
"title": "Section 247(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale or other thing whatsoever placed, deposited,\nprojected, attached or suspended in, upon, from or to any place in contravention of\nthis Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11750
},
{
"number": "247",
"title": "Section 247(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) any article whatsoever hawked or exposed for sale on any public place in contravention\nof this Act and any vehicle, package, box or any other thing in or on which such article\nis placed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11760
},
{
"number": "248",
"title": "Section 248(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall tether\nany animal or cause or permit the same to be tethered in any public street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11770
},
{
"number": "248",
"title": "Section 248(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall milk or cause or permit to be milked any cow or buffalo in any street.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11780
},
{
"number": "248",
"title": "Section 248(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Any animal tethered or any cow or any buffalo found being milked as aforesaid in any\nstreet may be removed by the Commissioner or any Corporation Officer or employee\nand be impounded and dealt with under the provisions of the Cattle Trespass Act,\n1871 (1 of1871).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11790
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall, so far, as is\npracticable during the construction or repair of any public street, or any municipal drain or\nany premises vested in the Corporation-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11800
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) cause the same to be fenced and guarded ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11810
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) take proper precautions against accident by shorting up and protecting the adjoining\nbuildings;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11820
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) cause such bars, chains or posts to be fixed across or in any street in which any\nsuch work of construction or repair is under execution as are necessary in order to\nprevent the passage of vehicles or animals and avert danger.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11830
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner shall cause such street, drain or premises to be sufficiently lighted\nor guarded during night while under construction or repair.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11840
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner shall, with all reasonable speed, cause the said work to be\ncompleted, the ground to be filled in the said street, drain or premises to be repaired\nand the rubbish occasioned thereby to be removed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11850
},
{
"number": "249",
"title": "Section 249(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) No person shall, without the permission of the Commissioner or other lawful authority,\nremove any bar, chain, post or shorting, timber or remove or extinguish any light.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11860
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250. Streets not to be opened or broken up and building materials not to be deposited thereon without permission",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) No person other than the Commissioner or a Corporation\nOfficer or other Corporation employee shall without the written permission of the\nCommissioner-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11870
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) open, break-up, displace, take up or make any alteration in or cause any injury to the\nsoil or pavement or any wall, fence, post, chain or other material or thing forming part\nof any street ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11880
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) deposit any building material in any street; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11890
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) set up in any street any scaffold or any temporary erection for the purpose of any\nwork whatever, or any posts, bars, rolls, boards or other things by way of an enclosure,\nfor the purposes of making mortar or depositing bricks, lime, rubbish or other materials.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11900
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any permission granted under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be\nterminable at the discretion of the Commissioner on his giving not less than twenty\nfour hours notice of such termination to the person to whom such permission was\ngranted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11910
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Section 250(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may, without notice cause to be removed any of the things referred\nto in clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (1) which has been deposited or set up in\nany street without the permission specified in that sub-section or which having been\ndeposited or set up with such permission has not been removed within the period\nspecified in the notice issued under sub-section (2):",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11920
},
{
"number": "250",
"title": "Proviso to Section 250(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to cases under clause (b) or\nclause (c) of sub-section (1) in which application for permission has been made with such\nfee as may be prescribed by the Commissioner in this behalf but no reply has been sent to\nthe applicant within seven days from the date of the application.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11930
},
{
"number": "251",
"title": "Section 251(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any of the things caused to be\nremoved by the Commissioner under this chapter shall, unless the owner thereof turns up\nto take back such things and pays to the Commissioner the charges for the removal and\nstorage of such things, be disposed of by public auction or in such other manner and\nwithin such time as the Commissioner thinks fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11940
},
{
"number": "251",
"title": "Section 251(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The charges for removal and storage of the things sold under sub-section ( 1) shall be\npaid out of the proceeds of the sale thereof and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the\nowner of the things sold on a claim being made therefor within a period of two years\nfrom the date of sale, and if no such claim is made within the said period, shall be\ncredited to the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11950
},
{
"number": "252",
"title": "Section 252. Naming and numbering of streets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The deputy commissioner may :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11960
},
{
"number": "252",
"title": "Section 252(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) with the sanction of the Corporation determine the name or number by which any\nstreet or public place vested in the Corporation shall be known ;\n(b} cause to be put up or painted at a conspicuous part of any building, wall or place,\nat or near each end, corner or entrance of such street or on some convenient part\nof such street, the name or number by which it is to be known ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11970
},
{
"number": "252",
"title": "Section 252(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) cause to be put up or painted on boards of suitable size the name of any public\nplace vested in the Corporation;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11980
},
{
"number": "252",
"title": "Section 252(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) determine the number or sub-number by which any premises or part of such\npremises shall be known and cause such number or sub-number to be fixed to\nthe side or outer door of such premises or to some place at the entrance of the\nenclosure thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 11990
},
{
"number": "252",
"title": "Section 252(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall destroy, remove, deface or in any way injure or alter such name or\nnumber or sub-number or put up or paint any name or number or sub-number different\nfrom that put up or painted by order of the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12000
},
{
"number": "253",
"title": "Section 253(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any place is, in\nthe opinion of the Com missioner, for want of sufficient repair or protection or enclosure, or\nowing to some work being carried on thereupon, dangerous or causing inconvenience to\npassengers along a street or to other persons including the owner or occupier of the said\nplace, who have legal access thereto or to the neighbourhood thereof, the Commissioner\nmay by notice in writing require the owner or occupier of such place to repair, protect or\nenclose the same or take such other steps as shall appear to the Commissioner necessary\nin order to prevent the danger or inconvenience arising therefrom.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12010
},
{
"number": "253",
"title": "Section 253(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may, before giving any such notice or before the period of any\nsuch notice has expired, take such temporary measures as he thinks fit to prevent\nthe danger or inconvenience arising therefrom and any expense incurred by the\nCommissioner in taking such temporary measures shall be recoverable from the\nowner or occupier of the place as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12020
},
{
"number": "254",
"title": "Section 254. Measures for lighting",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner shall-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12030
},
{
"number": "254",
"title": "Section 254(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) take measures for lighting in a suitable manner all such public streets and public\nplaces as may be specified by the Corporation;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12040
},
{
"number": "254",
"title": "Section 254(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) procure, erect and maintain such number of lamps, lamp posts and other appurtenances\nas may be necessary for the said purpose ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12050
},
{
"number": "254",
"title": "Section 254(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) cause such lamps to be lighted by means of oil, electricity or such other light as the\nCorporation may determine.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12060
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall, without lawful authority\ntake away wilfully or negligently break or throw down or damage -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12070
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any lamp or any appurtenance of any lamp or lamp post or lamp iron set up in any\npublic street or any public place;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12080
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) any electric wire for lighting such lamp;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12090
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) any post, pole, standard stay, strut, bracket or other contrivance for carrying,\nsuspending or supporting any electric wire or lamp.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12100
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall wilfully or negligently extinguish the light of any lamp set up in any\npublic street or any public place.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12110
},
{
"number": "255",
"title": "Section 255(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If any person wilfully or through negligence or accident breaks or causes any damage\nto any of the things described in sub-section (1 ), he shall in addition to any penalty to\nwhich he may be subjected to under this Act, pay the expenses of repairing the\ndamage so done by him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12120
},
{
"number": "1214",
"title": "CHAPTER XIV - BUILDING REGULATIONS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XIV",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12130
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256. Definitions",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression \"to\nerect building\" means,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12140
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to erect a new building on any site whether previously built upon or not;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12150
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to re-erect -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12160
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any building of which more than one-half of the cubical contents above the level of\nthe plinth have been pulled down, burnt or destroyed ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12170
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any building of which more than one-half of the superficial area of the external\nwalls above the level of the plinth has been pulled down ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12180
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) any frame building of which more than half of the number of the posts or beams\nin the external walls have been pulled down ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12190
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to convert into a dwelling house any building or any part of a building not originally\nconstructed for human habitation or, if originally so constructed, subsequently\nappropriated for any other purpose ;\n( d) to convert into more than one dwelling houses a building originally constructed as one\ndwelling house only ;\n( e) to convert into a place of religious worship or into sacred building any place or building\nnot originally constructed for such purpose ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12200
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) to roof or cover an open space between walls or buildings to the extent of the structure\nwhich is formed by the roofing or covering of such space ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12210
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) to convert two or more tenements in a building into greater or lesser number;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12220
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) to convert into a stall, shop, warehouse or godown, stable, factory or garage any\nbuilding not originally constructed for use as such or which was not so used before\nthe charge;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12230
},
{
"number": "256",
"title": "Section 256(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) to convert a building which when originally constructed was legally exempt from the\noperations of any building regulations contained in this Act or in any bye-laws made\nthere under or in any other law, into a building which had it been originally erected in\nits converted form, would have been subject to such building regulations; and\nU) to convert into or use as a dwelling house any building which has been discontinued\nas or appropriated for any purpose other than a dwelling house.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12240
},
{
"number": "257",
"title": "Section 257. Prohibition of erection of building without sanction",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall erect or\ncommence to erect any building or execute any of the works specified in section 244\nexcept with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, nor otherwise than in accordance\nwith the provisions of this Chapter and of the bye-laws made under this Act in relation to\nthe erection of buildings or execution of works.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12250
},
{
"number": "258",
"title": "Section 258(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every person who intends to erect a building shall apply for\nsanction by giving notice in writing of his intention to the Commissioner in such form and\ncontaining such information as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12260
},
{
"number": "258",
"title": "Section 258(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every such notice shall be accompanied by such documents and plans along with\nspecification as may be prescribed:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12270
},
{
"number": "258",
"title": "Proviso to Section 258(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that every such plan and specifications shall be duly signed by a qualified\nStructural Engineer or Architect or Planner or Junior Engineer or Draughtsman registered\nwith the Corporation, on payment of such fee as may be fixed by the Corporation, from\ntime to time",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12280
},
{
"number": "258",
"title": "Explanation to Section 258(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section the expression \"a qualified structural\nengineer\" means a graduate (civil) engineer.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12290
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every person who intends to\nexecute any of the following works, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12300
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to make any addition to a building ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12310
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to make any alteration or repairs to a building involving the removal or re-erection of\nany external or partition wall thereof or of any wall which supports the roof thereof to\nan extent exceeding one half of such wall above the plinth level, such half to be\nmeasured in superficial metres ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12320
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to make any alteration or repairs to a frame building involving the removal or re-erection\nof more than one half of the posts in any such wall thereof as aforesaid or involving the\nremoval or re-erection of any such wall thereof as aforesaid to an extent exceeding\none half of such wall above plinth level, such half to be measured in superficial metres;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12330
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) to make any alteration in a building involving -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12340
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the sub-division of any room in such building so as to convert the same into two\nor more separate rooms ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12350
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the conversion of any passage or space in such building into a room or rooms ;\n( e) to repair, remove, construct, reconstruct, or make any addition to or structural alteration\nin any portion of a building abutting on a street which stands within the regular line of\nsuch street ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12360
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) to close permanently any door or window in an external wall; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12370
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) to remove or reconstruct the principal staircase or to alter its position, shall apply for\nsanction by giving notice in writing of his intention to the Commissioner in such form\nand containing such information as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this\nbehalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12380
},
{
"number": "259",
"title": "Section 259(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every such notice shall be accompanied by such documents and plans as may be so\nprescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12390
},
{
"number": "260",
"title": "Section 260(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) A person giving the notice required by section 258 shall\nspecify the purpose for which it is intended to use the building to which such notice relates\nand a person giving the notice required by section 259 shall specify whether the purpose\nfor which the building is being used in proposed or likely to be changed by the execution of\nthe proposed work.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12400
},
{
"number": "260",
"title": "Section 260(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No notice shall be valid until the information required under sub-section (1) and any\nfurther information and plans which may be required by bye-laws made in this behalf\nhave been furnished to the satisfaction of the Commissioner along with the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12410
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall sanction the\nerection of a building or the execution of a work unless such building or work would contravene\nany of the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section or the provisions of section 265.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12420
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The grounds on which the sanction of a building or work may be refused shall be the\nfollowing, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12430
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that the building or work, or the use of the site for the building or work or any of\nthe particulars comprised in the site plan, ground plan, elevation, section or\nspecification would contravene the provisions of any bye-law made in this behalf\nor of any other law or rule, bye-law or order made under such other law;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12440
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that notice for sanction does not contain the particulars or is not prepared in the\nmanner required under the bye-laws made in this behalf;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12450
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) that any information or documents required by the Commissioner under this Act\nor any bye-laws made thereunder has or have not been duly furnished ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12460
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) that in cases falling under section 237 lay out plans have not been sanctioned in\naccordance with section 238 ;\n( e) that the building or work would be an encroachment on Government land or land\nvested in the Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12470
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) that the site of the building or work does not abut on a street or projected street\nand that there is no access to such building or work from any such street by a\npassage or pathway appertaining to such site ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12480
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) that the building or work would be in contravention of any scheme sanctioned\nunder section 27 4 ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12490
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) that a building for habitation, does not provide for a flush or a water seal latrine.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12500
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner shall communicate the sanction to the person who has given the\nnotice; and where he refused sanction on any of the grounds specified in sub-section",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12510
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) of this section or under section 265 he shall record a brief statement of his reasons\nfor such refusal and communicate the refusal along with the reasons for such refusal\nand communicate the refusal along with the reasons therefore to the person who has\ngiven the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12520
},
{
"number": "261",
"title": "Section 261(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The sanction or refusal as aforesaid shall be communicated in such manner as may\nbe specified in the bye-laws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12530
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where within a period of sixty\ndays after the receipt of any notice under section 258 or section 259 or of the further\ninformation, if any, required under section 260 the Commissioner does not refuse to sanction\nthe building or work or upon refusal does not communicate the refusal to the person who\nhas given the notice, the Commissioner shall be deemed to have accorded sanction to the\nbuilding or work and person by whom the notice has been given shall be free to commence\nand proceed with the building or work in accordance with his intention as expressed in the\nnotice and the documents and plans accompanying the same :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12540
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Proviso to Section 262(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if it appears to the Com missioner that the site of the proposed building\nor work is likely to be affected by any scheme of acquisition of land for any public purpose\nor by any proposed regular line of a public street or extension, improvement, widening or\nalteration of any street, the Commissioner may withheld sanction of the building or work\nfor such period not exceeding sixty days as he deems fit and the period of sixty days shall\nbe deemed to commence from the date of the expiry of the period for which the sanction\nhas been withheld.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12550
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where a building or work is sanctioned or deemed to have been sanctioned by the\nCommissioner under sub-section (1 ), the person who has given the notice shall be\nbound to erect the building or execute the work in accordance with such sanction but\nnot so as to contravene any of the provisions of this Act or any other law or of any bye\nlaw made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12560
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the person or any one lawfully claiming under him does not commence the erection\nof the building or the execution of the work within one year of the date on which the\nbuilding or work is sanctioned or is deemed to have been sanctioned, he shall have to\ngive notice under section 259 or, as the case may be, under section 258 for fresh\nsanction of the building or the work and the provisions of this section shall apply in\nrelation to such notice as they apply in relation to the original notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12570
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{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Before commencing the erection of a building or execution of a work within the period\nspecified in sub-section (3), the person concerned shall give notice to the Commissioner\nof the proposed date of the commencement of the erection of the building or the\nexecution of the work:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12580
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Proviso to Section 262(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the commencement does not take place within seven days of the\ndate so notified, the notice shall be deemed not to have been given and a fresh notice shall\nbe necessary in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12590
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Where the building plan is sanctioned or deemed to have been sanctioned, the person,\nat whose instance building operations are to be carried on, shall, after the excavation\nof the foundation and before starting construction thereon, intimate the Corporation\nabout the excavation of the foundation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12600
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) For the purpose of ascertaining, whether the strata of the land, over which a building\nis to be erected is geologically fit, and the building operation thereon can be carried\nout in accordance with the sanctioned plan, the Corporation may, within seven days\nfrom the intimation under sub-section (5), cause inspection of excavated foundation\nto be made by such persons as it may direct, and in such manner as may be prescribed:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12610
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Proviso to Section 262(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the person at whose instance the building operations are carried out\nshall be associated in the inspection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12620
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) The persons making the inspection under sub-section (6), may communicate to the\nperson, from whom intimation under sub-section (5) has been received, its views in\nregard to the result of such inspection and may after ascertaining the opinion of the\nsaid person, recommend to that person the action to be taken as a result of such\ninspection and also report to the Commissioner the action, if any, which is proposed\nto be taken for the purposes of implementation of any such recommendation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12630
},
{
"number": "262",
"title": "Section 262(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) On the receipt of the report under sub-section (7), the Corporation may, within seven\ndays from the date of intimation under sub-section (5), give such direction to the\nperson concerned, as it may deem fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12640
},
{
"number": "263",
"title": "Section 263. Sanction accorded under misrepresentation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If at any time after the sanction of any\nbuilding or work has been accorded, the Commissioner is satisfied that such sanction was\naccorded in consequence of any material misrepresentation or fraudulent statement\ncontained in the notice given or information furnished under sections 258, 259 and 260, he\nmay by order in writing, cancel for reasons to be recorded such sanction and any building\nor work commenced, erected, or done shall be deemed to have been commenced, erected\nor done without such sanction :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12650
},
{
"number": "263",
"title": "Proviso to Section 263",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before making any such order the Commissioner shall give reasonable\nopportunity to the person affected as to why such order should not be made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12660
},
{
"number": "264",
"title": "Section 264. Buildings at corners of streets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may require any building intended\nto be erected at the corner of two streets to be rounded off or splayed or cut off to such\nheight and to such extent as he may determine, and may acquire such portion of the site\nat the corner as he may consider necessary for public convenience or amenity.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12670
},
{
"number": "265",
"title": "Section 265(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The erection\nof any building on either side of a new street may be refused by the Commissioner unless\nand until such new street has been levelled and wherever in the opinion of the Commissioner\npracticable, metalled or paved, drained, lighted and laid with a water main to his satisfaction.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12680
},
{
"number": "265",
"title": "Section 265(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The erection of any such building or the execution of any such work may be refused\nby the Commissioner if such building or any portion thereof or such work comes\nwithin the regular line of any street, the position and direction of which has been laid\ndown by the Commissioner but which has not been actually constructed or if such\nbuilding or any portion thereof or such work is in contravention of any building or any\nother scheme or plan prepared under this Act or any other law for the time being in\nforce.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12690
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{
"number": "266",
"title": "Section 266. Prohibition against use of inflammable materials for buildings etc. without permission",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In such areas as may be specified by bye-laws made in this behalf, no roof, verandah,\npanda! or wall of a building or no shed or fence shall be constructed or reconstructed of\ncloth, grass. leaves, mats or other inflammable material except with the written permission\nof the Commissioner nor shall any such roof, verandah, pandal, wall, shed or fence\nconstructed or reconstructed in any year be retained in subsequent year except with fresh\npermission obtained in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12700
},
{
"number": "267",
"title": "Section 267(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) where the erection of any work has been commenced, or is being carried on\nor has been completed without or contrary to the sanction referred to in section 27 4 or in\ncontravention of any condition subject to which such sanction has been accorded or in\ncontravention of the provisions of this Act or bye-laws made thereunder, the Commissioner\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12710
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268. ",
"chapter": null,
"content": "may in addition to any other action that may be taken under this Act, make an order\ndirecting that such erection or work shall be demolished by the person at whose instance\nthe erection or work has been commenced or is being carried on or has been completed\nwithin such period (not being less than seven days from the date on which a copy of the\norder of demolition with a brief statement of the reasons therefor has been delivered to that\nperson) as may be specified in the order of demolition :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12720
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{
"number": "268",
"title": "Proviso to Section 268",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no order of demolition shall be made unless the person has been\ngiven, by means of a notice served in such manner as the Commissioner may think fit, a\nreasonable opportunity of showing cause why such order should not be made :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12730
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Proviso to Section 268",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that where the erection or work has not been completed, the\nCommissioner may by the same order or by a separate order, whether made at the time of\nthe issue of the notice under the first proviso or at any other time, direct the person to stop\nthe erection or work until the expiry of the period within which an appeal against the order\nof demolition, if made, may be preferred under sub-section (2).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12740
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Commissioner made under sub-section (1)\nmay prefer an appeal against the order to District Judge of the municipal area within\nthe period specified in the order for the demolition of the erection or work to which it\nrelates.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12750
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Where an appeal is preferred under sub-section (2) against an order of demolition, the\nDistrict session Judge may stay the enforcement of that order on such terms, if any,\nand for such period, as it may think fit:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12760
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Proviso to Section 268(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where the erection of any building or execution of any work has not\nbeen completed at the time of the making of the order of demolition, no order staying the\nenforcement of the order of demolition shall be made by the District Judge, unless reasonable\nopportunity of being heard is afforded to the Commissioner and security sufficient in the\nopinion of the District Judge, has been furnished given by the appellant for not proceeding\nwith such erection or work pending the disposal of the appeal.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12770
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Save as provided in this section no court shall entertain any suit, application or other\nproceedings for injunction or other relief against the Commissioner or restrain him\nfrom taking any action or making any order in pursuance of the provisions of this\nsection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12780
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Every order made by the District Judge on appeal and subject only to such order, the\norder of demolition made by the Commissioner shall be final and conclusive.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12790
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) Where no appeal has been preferred against an order of demolition made by the\nCommissioner under sub-section (1) or where an order of demolition made by the\nCommissioner under that sub-section has been confirmed on appeal, whether with or\nwithout variation, the person against whom the order has been made shall comply\nwith the order within the period specified therein or, as the case may be, within the\nperiod, if any, fixed by the District Judge on appeal, and on the failure of the person to\ncomply with the order within such period, the Commissioner may himself cause the\nerection of the work to which the order relates to be demolished and the expenses of\nsuch demolition shall be recoverable from such person as an arrear of tax under this\nAct.\nOrder of stoppage of building or works in certain cases: (1) Where the erection of\nany building or execution of any work has been commenced or is being carried on (but has\nnot been completed) without or contrary to the sanction referred to in section 274 or in\ncontravention of any condition subject to which such sanction has been accorded or in\ncontravention of any provisions of this Act or bye-laws made thereunder, the Commissioner\nmay in addition to any other action that may be taken under this Act by order require the\nperson at whose instance the building or the work has been commenced or is being\ncarried on, to stop the same forthwith.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12800
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{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If an order made by the Commissioner under section 267 or under sub-section (1) of\nthis section directing any person to stop the erection of any building or execution of\nany work is not complied with, the Commissioner may require any police officer to\nremove such person and all his assistants and workmen from the premises within\nsuch time as may be specified in the requisition and such police officer shall comply\nwith the requisition accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12810
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) After the requisition under sub-section (2) has been complied with, the Commissioner\nmay, if he thinks fit, depute by a written order a police officer or a Corporation officer\nor other Corporation employee to watch the premises in order to ensure that the\nerection of the building or the execution of the work is not continued.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12820
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Where a police officer or a Corporation officer or other Corporation employee has\nbeen deputed under sub-section (3) to watch the premises, the cost of such deputation\nshall be paid by the person at whose instance such erection or execution is being\ncontinued or to whom notice under sub-section (1) was given and shall be recoverable\nfrom such person as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12830
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Where the owner of the building submits the revised plan, after the work has been\nstopped by him or the work is completed by him and there are deviations from the\nsanctioned plan, the Commissioner may, subject to the special or general directions\nof the State Government under section 270, compound the cases of deviations upto\n10 % from the sanctioned plan:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12840
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Proviso to Section 268(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where the revised plan involves erection of building-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12850
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(5)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) on any Government land or the land vested in a municipality or a local authority; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12860
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(5)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) by covering any public road, street, path or drain; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12870
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(5)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) the Commissioner shall not compound deviations from the sanctioned plan.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12880
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner under sub-section (5),\nmay, within thirty days from the passing of the order by the Commissioner and in\nsuch manner as may be prescribed, appeal to the Divisional Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12890
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Divisional Commissioner in appeal under\nsub-section (6), may, within thirty days from the order made by the Divisional\nCommissioner and in such manner as may be prescribed, appeal to the State\nGovernment.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12900
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) The appellate authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, allow the appeals to\nbe filed after the expiry of the period of thirty days specified in sub-sections (6) and (7)\nand for calculating the period of thirty days under the said sub-sections, the time\nspent in procuring the certified copies of the orders to be appealed against shall be\nexcluded.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12910
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (5), (6) and (7), the State Government\nmay, in exceptional cases of extreme hardship, compound the cases of deviations\nfrom sanctioned plans.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12920
},
{
"number": "268",
"title": "Section 268(10)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(10) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the Commissioner,\nshall, within three months after affording an opportunity of being heard, deny or withdraw\nthe no objection certificate issued for installation of electricity connection, the civic\namenities including water and sewerage connection, if the owner, or the occupier of\nthe building carry out unauthorized construction without sanction or make deviations\nfrom the sanctioned plan, erection of a building on any Government land or land\nvested in the Corporation, or by covering any public road, street, path or drain or\nobtain sanction on misrepresentation or by concealing material facts at the time of\nmaking the application for sanction of building plan and shall dispose of the proceedings\nwithin six months.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12930
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{
"number": "269",
"title": "Section 269. Power to seal unauthorized development or construction",
"chapter": null,
"content": "It shall be lawful for the\nCommissioner, at any time, before or after making an order of demolition or stoppage of\nbuilding works under section 267 or section 268 to make an order directing the sealing of\nsuch development in the manner as may be prescribed by bye-laws made by the Corporation\nfor the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, or for preventing any dispute as to\nthe nature and extent of such development.\nWhere any development has been sealed under sub-section (1) of section 267, the\nCom missioner may, for the purpose of demolishing such development, order the seal to be\nremoved.\nNo person shall remove such seal except, under an order made by the Commissioner\nunder sub-section (2) of section 268 or under an order of the appellate authority made in an\nappeal under this Act.\nPower of State Government to give directions for compounding deviations from\nsanctioned plan. - Without prejudice to the provisions contained in this Act the Government\nmay, from time to time, give such special or general directions in the matters of policy in\nrelation to the compounding of the cases involving deviations from the sanctioned plans as\nin its opinion are required to be followed by the Commissioner for compounding such\ncases under sub-section (5) of section 268 of this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12940
},
{
"number": "270",
"title": "Section 270(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may,\nat any time during the erection of any building or execution of any work or at any time\nwithin three months after the completion thereof, by a written notice specify any matter in\nrespect of which such erection or execution is without or contrary to the sanction referred\nto in section 261 or is in contravention of any condition of such sanction or any of the\nprovisions of this Act or any bye-laws made thereunder and require the person who gave\nthe notice under or the owner of such building or work",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12950
},
{
"number": "270",
"title": "Section 270(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to make such alterations as may be specified in the said notice with the object of\nbringing the building or work in conformity with the said sanction, condition or\nprovisions, or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12960
},
{
"number": "270",
"title": "Section 270(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to show cause why such alterations should not be made within the period stated\nin the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12970
},
{
"number": "270",
"title": "Section 270(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If the person or the owner does not show cause as aforesaid he shall be bound to\nmake the alterations specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12980
},
{
"number": "270",
"title": "Section 270(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the person or the owner shows cause as aforesaid, the Commissioner shall by an\norder either cancel the notice issued under or confirm the same subject to such\nmodifications as he thinks fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 12990
},
{
"number": "271",
"title": "Section 271(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every person who employs a licensed architect or engineer\nor a person approved by the Commissioner to design or erect a building or execute any\nwork shall, within one month after the completion of the erection of the building in whole or\npart thereof or execution of the work, deliver or send or send or cause to be delivered or\nsent to the Commissioner a notice in writing of such completion accompanied by a certificate\nin the form prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf and shall give to the Commissioner\nall necessary facilities for the inspection of such building or work.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13000
},
{
"number": "271",
"title": "Section 271(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall occupy or permit to be occupied any such building or use or permit to\nbe used any building or a part thereof effected by any such work until permission has\nbeen granted by the Commissioner in this behalf in accordance with bye-laws made\nunder this Act:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13010
},
{
"number": "271",
"title": "Proviso to Section 271(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the Commissioner fails, within a period of thirty days after the receipt\nof the notice of completion of a building or part thereof to communicate his refusal to grant\nsuch permission, such permission shall be deemed to have been granted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13020
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person\nshall, without the written permission of the Commissioner, or otherwise than in conformity\nwith the conditions, if any, of such permission -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13030
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) use or permit to be used for human habitation any part of a building not originally\nerected or authorised to be used for that purpose or not used for that purpose\nbefore any alteration has been made therein by any work executed in accordance\nwith the provisions of this Act and of the bye-laws made thereunder;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13040
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) change or allow the change of the use of any land or building ;\n( c) convert or allow the conversion of one kind of tenement into another kind.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13050
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If it appears to the Commissioner at anytime that any building is in a ruinous condition,\nor likely to fall, or in any way dangerous to any person occupying, resorting to or\npassing by such building or any other building or place in the neighbourhood of such\nbuilding, the Commissioner may, by order in writing, require the owner or occupier of\nsuch building to demolish, secure or repair such building or do one or more of such\nthings within such period as may be specified in the order, so as to prevent all cause\nof danger therefrom.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13060
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may also, if he thinks fit, require such owner or occupier by the\nsaid order either forthwith or before proceeding to demolish secure or repair the building\nto set up a proper and sufficient board or fence for the protection of passers-by and\nother persons, with a convenient platform and hand rail wherever practicable to serve\nas a footway for passengers outside of such board or fence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13070
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If it appears to the Commissioner that danger from a building which is in a ruinous\ncondition or likely to fall is imminent, he may, before making the order aforesaid fence\noff, demolish, secure or repair the said building or take such steps as may be necessary\nto prevent the danger.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13080
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) If the owner or occupier of the building does not comply with the order within the\nperiod specified therein, the Commissioner shall take such steps in relation to the\nbuilding as to prevent all cause of danger therefrom.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13090
},
{
"number": "272",
"title": "Section 272(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) All expenses incurred by the Commissioner in relation to any building under this\nsection shall be recoverable from the owner or occupier thereof as arrears of tax under\nthis Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13100
},
{
"number": "273",
"title": "Section 273(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner\nmay by order in writing direct that any building which in his opinion is in a dangerous\ncondition or is not provided with sufficient means of egress in case of fire or is occupied in\ncontravention of section 271, be vacated forthwith or within such period as may be specified\nin the order :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13110
},
{
"number": "273",
"title": "Proviso to Section 273(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that at the time of making such order the Commissioner shall record a\nbrief statement of the reasons therefor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13120
},
{
"number": "273",
"title": "Section 273(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any person fails to vacate the building in pursuance of such order the Commissioner\nmay direct any police officer to remove such person from the building and the police\nofficer shall comply with such direction accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13130
},
{
"number": "273",
"title": "Section 273(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner shall, on the application of any person who has vacated, or has\nbeen removed from any building in pursuance of an order made by him, allow such\nperson to re-occupy the building on the expiry of the period for which the order has\nbeen in force; provided that the reasons on account of which the vacation was ordered\nhave been rectified or have ceased to exist.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13140
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Corporation may, and if so required by the Government shall,\nwithin six months of the date of such requisition, draw up a building scheme for built areas,\nand a town planning scheme for unbuilt areas, which may among other things provide for\nthe following matters, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13150
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{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the restriction of the erection or re-erection of buildings or any class of buildings in the\nwhole or any part of the city, and of the use to which they may be put ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13160
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the prescription of a building line on either side or both sides of any street existing or\nproposed;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13170
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the amount of land in such unbuilt area which shall be transferred to the Corporation\nfor public purposes including use as public streets by owners of land either on payment\nof compensation or otherwise; provided that the total amount so transferred shall not\nexceed thirty five per cent and the amount transferred without payment shall not\nexceed twenty five per cent of any one owner's land within such unbuilt area ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13180
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) the determination of the size and shape of a reconstituted plot so as to render it\nsuitable for building purposes and where the plot is already built upon, to ensure that\nthe building, so far as possible complies with the provisions of the scheme in respect\nof open spaces ;\n( e) the formation of a reconstituted plot by the alteration of the boundaries of an original\nplot;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13190
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) the formation of a reconstituted plot by the transfer wholly or partly of the adjoining\nlands;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13200
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) the allotment of a plot to any owner dispossessed of land in furtherance of the scheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13210
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) the transfer of ownership of a plot from one person to another; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13220
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the details of the internal services, estimated cost for providing them, the extent of the\nliability of the owners of buildings and lands for the payment of the cost and the\nmanner of payment of the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13230
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Explanation to Section 274(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- For the purposes of this section-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13240
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the \"reconstituted plot\" shall mean a plot which is altered in ownership or otherwise\nas a result of making of a town planning scheme ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13250
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{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) \"internal services\" shall mean -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13260
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) metalling of roads and paving of footpaths;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13270
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) turfing and plantation with trees of open spaces;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13280
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) street lighting ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13290
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) adequate and wholesome water supply;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13300
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) sewers and drains both for storm and sullage water and necessary provision\nfor their treatment and disposal ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13310
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)(vi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vi) any other works that the Corporation may think necessary for the\ndevelopment of the area comprised in the scheme.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13320
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) when a scheme has been drawn up under the provisions of sub-section (1 ), the\nCorporation shall give public notice of such scheme and shall at the same time\nintimate a date not less than thirty days from the date of such notice by which any\nperson may submit to the Corporation in writing any objection or suggestion with\nregard to such scheme which he may wish to make.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13330
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Corporation shall consider every objection or suggestion with regard to the scheme\nwhich may be received by the date intimated under the provisions of sub-section (2)\nand may modify the scheme in consequence of any such objection or suggestion and\nshall then forward such scheme as originally drawn up or as modified to the Government\nwhich may sanction such scheme or may refuse to sanction it, or may return it to the\nCorporation for reconsideration and re-submission by a specified date.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13340
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If a Corporation fails to submit a scheme within six months of being required to do so\nunder sub-section (1) or fails to re-submit a scheme by a specified date, when required\nto do so under sub-section (3) or re-submit a scheme which is not approved by the\nGovernment, the Government may draw up a scheme of which public notice shall be\ngiven by notification and by publication within the city together with an intimation of\nthe date by which any person may submit in writing to the Government any objection\nor suggestion which he may wish to make and the Government may sanction such\nscheme as originally notified or modified in consequence of any such objections or\nsuggestions as the Government may think fit, and the cost of such scheme or such\nportion of the cost as the Government may deem fit shall be defrayed from the\nCorporation Fund.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13350
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) While sanctioning a scheme the Government may impose condition for the submission\nof periodical reports to it on the progress of the scheme and for the inspection and\nsupervision of the schemes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13360
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) After the scheme has been sanctioned, the Corporation shall proceed to provide\ninternal services as soon as possible and complete it with a period of five years from\nthe date of its sanction.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13370
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) If under the provisions of any scheme sanctioned under the preceding sub-sections\nthe erection or re-erection of building in a specified area for a specified purpose is\nprohibited, any person who after such scheme is sanctioned, uses any building for\nsuch purpose shall, unless it was used for this purpose before the scheme was\nsanctioned, on conviction be liable to fine which may extend to five thousand rupees,\nand if after such conviction he continues to use such building for such purpose shall\nbe liable to fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which\nsuch use continues.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13380
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) For the purpose of drawing up a building scheme for built up areas and a town planning\nscheme for unbuilt up areas, the Corporation may, and if so required by the State\nGovernment shall, cause the geological survey of the municipal area conducted by\nsuch persons and in such manner as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13390
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Explanation to Section 274(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- For the purpose of this section-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13400
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(8)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) 'built area' is that portion of a municipal area of which the greater part has been\ndeveloped as a business or residential area ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13410
},
{
"number": "274",
"title": "Section 274(8)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) 'unbuilt area' is an area within the local limits of a municipal area which is declared\nas such at a special meeting of the Corporation by a resolution confirmed by the\nGovernment, or which is notified as such by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13420
},
{
"number": "1344",
"title": "CHAPTER XV - SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XV",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13430
},
{
"number": "275",
"title": "Section 275(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) For the\npurpose of securing the efficient scavenging and cleansing of all streets and premises, the\nCommissioner, shall provide-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13440
},
{
"number": "275",
"title": "Section 275(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) for the daily surface cleansing of all streets and the removal of the sweepings\ntherefrom ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13450
},
{
"number": "275",
"title": "Section 275(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for the removal of the contents of all receptacles and depots and of the accumulation\nat all places provided or appointed by him under the provisions of this Act for the\ntemporary deposit of rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13460
},
{
"number": "275",
"title": "Section 275(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may, by public notice issue directions as to the time at which, the\nmanner in which, and the conditions subject to which, any matter referred to in sub\nsection ( 1) may be removed along a street or may be deposited or otherwise disposed of.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13470
},
{
"number": "276",
"title": "Section 276. Rubbish etc. to be property of Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All matters deposited in public receptacles\ndepots and places provided or appointed under section 277 and all matters collected by\nCorporation employees or contractors in pursuance of sections 275 and 280 shall be\nproperty of the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13480
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The\nCommissioner shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13490
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) provide or place in proper and convenient situations public receptacles, depots or\nplaces for the temporary deposit of rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious\nmatters and for the final disposal of rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious\nmatter;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13500
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) provide dustbins for the tern porary deposit of rubbish ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13510
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) provide vehicles or other suitable means for the removal of rubbish and offensive\nmatters ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13520
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) provide covered vehicles or vessels for the removal of filth and other polluted and\nobnoxious matters.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13530
},
{
"number": "277",
"title": "Section 277(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner shall make adequate provision for preventing receptacles, depots,\ndustbins, vehicles and vessels referred to in sub-section (1) from becoming sources\nof nuisance.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13540
},
{
"number": "278",
"title": "Section 278. Duty of owners and occupiers to collect and deposit rubbish etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "It shall be the duty\nof the owners and occupiers of all premises -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13550
},
{
"number": "278",
"title": "Section 278(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to have the premises swept and cleaned;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13560
},
{
"number": "278",
"title": "Section 278(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to cause all filth, rubbish and other polluted and obnoxious matter to be collected\nfrom their respective premises and deposited at such times as the Commissioner, by\nthe public notice prescribe, in public receptacles, depots or places provided or appointed\nunder section 277 for temporary deposit or final disposal thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13570
},
{
"number": "278",
"title": "Section 278(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) to provide receptacles of the type and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner\nfor the collection therein of all filth, rubbish and other polluted and obnoxious matters\nfrom such premises and to keep such receptacles in good condition and repair.\n( d) collect and deposit the garbage for further disposal by the Municipal Corporation in\nthe manner prescribed by the Commissioner, on payment of fee for such disposal as\nmay be fixed by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13580
},
{
"number": "279",
"title": "Section 279. Removal of rubbish etc. accumulated on premises used as factories, workshops etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13590
},
{
"number": "279",
"title": "Section 279(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) by written notice require the owner or occupier of any premises used for carrying on\nany manufacture, trade or business or used as a factory, workshop, trade premises\nor market or in any way so that rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matters\nare accumulated in large quantities, to collect all such rubbish, filth and other polluted\nand obnoxious matter accumulating thereon and to remove the same at such time\nand in such carts or receptacles and by such routes as may be specified in the notice\nto a depot or place provided or appointed under section 277 ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13600
},
{
"number": "279",
"title": "Section 279(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) after giving such owner or occupier notice of his intention cause all rubbish filth and\nother polluted and obnoxious matter accumulated in such premises to be removed\nand charge the said owner or occupier for such removal such fee as may, with the\nsanction of the Corporation, be specified in the notice issued under clause (a).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13610
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No owner or occupier of any\npremises shall keep or allow to be kept for more than twenty four hours or otherwise than\nin a receptacle approved by the Commissioner, any rubbish, filth or other polluted and\nobnoxious matters, on such premises or any place belonging thereto or neglect to employ\nproper means to remove such rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter from\nor to cleanse, such receptacle and to dispose such rubbish, filth and other polluted and\nobnoxious matter in the manner directed by the Commissioner, or fail to comply with any\nrequisition of the Commissioner as to the construction, repair, pavement or cleansing of\nany latrine or urinal on or belonging to the premises.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13620
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No owner or occupier shall allow the water of any sink, drain latrine or urinal or any\nrubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter to run down on or to be thrown\nor put upon, any street or into any drain in or along the side of any street except in\nsuch manner as shall prevent any avoidable nuisance from any such water, rubbish,\nfilth or other polluted and obnoxious matters.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13630
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No person shall, after due provision had been made in this respect under the foregoing\nprovisions of this chapter for the deposit and removal of the same,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13640
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(3)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) deposit any rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matters in any street\nor on the verandah of any building or on any unoccupied ground along side any\nstreet or on the bank of a water course ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13650
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) deposit any filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter in any dustbin or in any\nvehicle not intended for the removal of the same; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13660
},
{
"number": "280",
"title": "Section 280(3)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) deposit rubbish in any vehicle or vessel intended for the removal offilth and other\npolluted and obnoxious matter.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13670
},
{
"number": "281",
"title": "Section 281. Commissioner's power to get premises scavenged and cleansed",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If any premises\nare not properly and regularly scavenged or cleansed or are in a filthy and unwholesome\ncondition, the Commissioner may cause them to be scavenged and cleansed and recover\nthe expenses from the owner or, as the case may be, occupier as an arrear of tax under\nthis Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13680
},
{
"number": "282",
"title": "Section 282(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall provide and maintain in proper\nand convenient places sufficient number of public latrines and urinals.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13690
},
{
"number": "282",
"title": "Section 282(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Such public latrines and urinals shall be so constructed as to provide separate\ncompartments for each sex and not to be a nuisance, and shall be provided with all\nnecessary conservancy establishments and shall regularly be cleansed and kept in\nproper order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13700
},
{
"number": "283",
"title": "Section 283(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may require the owner or\noccupant of any service latrine, within a period to be specified in the notice, to demolish or\nclose such service latrine and convert it into water flush latrine ; and on the failure to\nconvert such latrine, the Commissioner may himself get the same converted and recover\nthe cost incurred thereon from the owner or occupier, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13710
},
{
"number": "283",
"title": "Section 283(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No building plans shall be sanctioned by the Corporation unless the provisions for\nflush or water seal latrine is made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13720
},
{
"number": "283",
"title": "Section 283(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 1 ), it shall be the duty of the house\nowner or occupant of any premises to connect his latrines, urinals and septic tank,\nas the case may be, with sewerage line of the Corporation at his own expenses by\ngetting sewerage connection from the Corporation, and if he fails to do so, he shall be\npunishable with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees but shall not be less\nthan five hundred rupees, in addition to other charges for such connection the house\nowner or the occupant shall also pay user charges for the sewerage connection as\nmay be fixed by the Government/Municipal Corporation from time to time. In case of\ncontinuous default by the house owner or occupant in getting the sewerage connection\nor failure to pay the charges as fixed by the Government, the civic amenities viz.\nwater, electricity etc. shall also be liable to be disconnected.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13730
},
{
"number": "283",
"title": "Proviso to Section 283(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where sewerage line is passing through other person's land, the sewerage\nconnection shall be connected to the sewerage line through the boundary lines of such\nland or where the building has been constructed, the line shall be laid through the setbacks\nof such building, whichever is feasible.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13740
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) It shall not be lawful to erect any\nresidential building without providing flush or water seal latrine and accommodation for\nbathing or for washing clothes and utensils on each floor of such building as may be\nprescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13750
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) While prescribing such accommodation it may in each case be determined -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13760
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) whether such building shall be served by the flush system or by water seal\nsystem ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13770
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) what shall be the site or position of each latrine, urinal, bathing or washing place\nor site and their number on each floor and their clear internal dimensions.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13780
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) It shall not be lawful to erect a residential building composed of separate tenements\non the flat system without providing atleast one latrine and one bathing or washing\nplace for servants on the ground floor of such building or at any other suitable place in\nthe same premises.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13790
},
{
"number": "284",
"title": "Section 284(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) In this section the expression to erect a building has the same meaning as in section\n256.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13800
},
{
"number": "285",
"title": "Section 285. Latrines and urinals for labourers etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Every person employing workmen, labour or\nother persons exceeding twenty in number shall provide and maintain for the separate use\nof persons of each sex so employed, latrines and urinals, of such description and number\nas the Commissioner may by notice require and within such time as may be fixed in the\nnotice and shall keep the same in clean and proper order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13810
},
{
"number": "286",
"title": "Section 286. Provision of latrines and urinals for markets etc",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may by notice\nrequire any owner or manager of a market, cart stand, cattle shed, theatre, railway station\nand other places of public resort within such time as may be specified in such notice to\nprovide and maintain for the separate use of persons of each sex, latrines and urinals of\nsuch description and number and in such position as may be specified and to keep the\nsame in clean and proper order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13820
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287. Other provisions as to private latrines",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, by written notice",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13830
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) require the owner or other person having the control of any private latrine or urinal not\nto put the same to public use ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13840
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) require the owner or other person having control of such private latrine or urinal\nwhich in the opinion of the Commissioner constitutes a nuisance, to remove the\nlatrine or the urinal ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13850
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) require any person having the control whether as owner, lessee or occupier of any\nland or building -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13860
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) to have any latrine provided for the same shut out by a sufficient roof, wall or fence\nfrom the view of persons passing by or dwelling in the neighbourhood ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13870
},
{
"number": "287",
"title": "Section 287(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) to cleanse in such manner as the Commissioner may specify in the notice any\nlatrine or urinal belonging to the land or building ; or\n( d) where any premises intended or used for human habitation are without any latrine or\nurinal accommodation or are provided with insufficient latrine or urinal accommodation,\nrequire the owner, lessee or occupier of such premises to provide such or such additional\nlatrine or urinal accommodation as may be prescribed, if necessary, by causing any\npart of such premises to be vacated and demolished in accordance with the bye-laws\nmade in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13880
},
{
"number": "288",
"title": "Section 288(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where it appears to the Commissioner that any\nblock of building is in an unhealthy condition by reason of the manner in which the buildings\nare crowded together, or of the narrowness, closeness, or faulty arrangement of streets, or\nfor want of proper drainage and ventilation, or of the impracticability of cleansing the building\nor other similar cause, he shall cause the block to be inspected by the Corporation Health\nOfficer and the Corporation Engineer, who shall make a report in writing to him regarding\nthe sanitary condition of the block.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13890
},
{
"number": "288",
"title": "Section 288(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If upon receipt of such report the Commissioner considers that the sanitary condition\nof the block is likely to cause risk of disease to the inhabitants of the buildings or of\nthe neighbourhood or otherwise to endanger the public health, he shall with the approval\nof the Corporation select the buildings which in his opinion should wholly or in part be\nremoved in order to abate the unhealthy condition of the block and may thereupon by\nnotice in writing require the owner of such buildings to remove them within such\nperiod as may be specified in the notice :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13900
},
{
"number": "288",
"title": "Proviso to Section 288(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before issuing the notice, reasonable opportunity should be afforded to\nthe owners to show cause why the buildings should not be removed:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13910
},
{
"number": "288",
"title": "Proviso to Section 288(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided further that the Commissioner shall pay compensation to the owners for any\nbuildings so removed which may have been erected under proper authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13920
},
{
"number": "288",
"title": "Section 288(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If a notice under sub-section (2) requiring any owner of a building to remove it is not\ncomplied with, then, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice the\nCommissioner may himself remove the building required to be removed by the notice\nand recover from the owner of the building the expenses of such removal as an arrear\nof tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13930
},
{
"number": "289",
"title": "Section 289(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where the Commissioner upon information in his possession is satisfied\nthat any building is in any respect unfit for human habitation, he may, unless in his opinion\nthe building is not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered fit, serve upon the\nowner of the building a notice requiring him within such time not being less than thirty days\nas may be specified in the notice to execute the works of improvement specified therein\nand stating that in his opinion those works will render the building fit for human habitation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13940
},
{
"number": "289",
"title": "Section 289(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In addition to serving a notice under this section on the owner, the Commissioner may\nserve a copy of the notice on any other person having an interest in the building\nwhether as a lessee, mortgagee or otherwise.\n..\n..\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13950
},
{
"number": "289",
"title": "Section 289(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) In determining whether a building can be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable\nexpense regard shall be had to the estimated cost of the work necessary to render it\nso fit and the value which it is estimated that the building will have when the works are\ncompleted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13960
},
{
"number": "290",
"title": "Section 290. Enforcement of notice requiring execution of works of improvement",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If a notice\nunder section 289 requiring the owner of the building to execute works of improvement is\nnot complied with, then, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice the\nCommissioner may himself do the works required to be done by the notice and recover the\nexpenses incurred in connection therewith as an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13970
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where the Commissioner upon any information in his possession is satisfied that any\nbuilding is unfit for human habitation and is not capable at a reasonable expense of being\nrendered so fit, he shall serve upon the owner of the building and upon any other person\nhaving an interest in the building, whether as a lessee, mortgagee or otherwise a notice to\nshow cause within such time as may be specified in the notice as to why an order of\ndemolition of the building should not be made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13980
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) If any of the persons upon whom a notice has been served under sub-section (1 ),\nappears in pursuance thereof before the Commissioner and gives an undertaking to\nhim that such person shall, within a period specified by the Commissioner, execute\nsuch works of improvement in relation to the building as will, in the opinion of the\nCommissioner, render the building fit for human habitation or an undertaking that the\nbuilding shall not be used for human habitation until the Commissioner on being\nsatisfied that it has been rendered fit for that purpose, cancel the undertaking the\nCommissioner shall not make an order of demolition of the building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 13990
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If no such undertaking as is mentioned in sub-section (2) is given, or if in a case\nwhere any such undertaking has been given, any work of improvement to which the\nundertaking relates is not carried out within the specified period or the building is at\nany time used in contravention of the terms of the undertaking, the Commissioner\nshall forthwith make an order of demolition of the building requiring that the building\nshall be vacated within a period to be specified in the order not being less than thirty\ndays from the date of the order, and that it shall be demolished within six weeks of the\nexpiration of that period.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14000
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Where an order of demolition of a building under this section has been made, the\nowner of building or any other person having an interest therein shall demolish that\nbuilding within the time specified in that behalf by the order, and if the building is not\ndemolished within that time, the Commissioner, shall demolish the building and sell\nthe materials thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14010
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Any expenses incurred by the Commissioner under sub-section (4), if not satisfied\nout of the proceeds of the sale of materials of the building, shall be recovered from the\nowner of the building or any other person having an interest therein as an arrear of tax\nunder this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14020
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) In determining, for the purposes of section 289 and this section, whether a building is\nunfit for human habitation, regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following\nmatters that is to say-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14030
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) repair;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14040
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) stability ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14050
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) freedom from damp;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14060
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) natural light and air;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14070
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) water supply;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14080
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) drainage and sanitary conveniences ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14090
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) facilities for storage, preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of\nrubbish, filth and other polluted matter; and the building shall be deemed to be\nunfit as aforesaid if and only if it is so far defective in one or more of the said\nmatters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14100
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Explanation to Section 291(6)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation.- In sections 289, 290 and this section, \"work of improvement\" in relation\nto a building includes any one or more of the following works, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14110
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) necessary repairs;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14120
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) structural alterations ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14130
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) provision of light points and water taps;\n( d) construction of drains, open or covered ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14140
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) provision of latrines and urinals;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14150
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) provision of additional or improved fixtures and fittings;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14160
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) opening up or paving of court yard ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14170
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) removal of rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14180
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(6)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any other work including the demolition of any building or any part thereof which,\nin the opinion of the Commissioner is necessary for executing any of the works\nspecified above.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14190
},
{
"number": "291",
"title": "Section 291(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) The provisions of sections 288, 289, 290 and this section shall not apply in relation to\nany building etc, in any area which has been declared to be a slum area by State\nGovernment.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14200
},
{
"number": "292",
"title": "Section 292. Insanitary huts and sheds",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where the Commissioner upon any information in his\npossession is satisfied that any hut or shed used as dwelling house or as a stable or for\nany other purpose, is likely, by reason of its being constructed without a plinth or on\naccount of the impracticability of scavenging and cleansing it or owing to the manner in\nwhich it and other huts or sheds are crowded together, to cause risk of disease to the\ninmates thereof or to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or is for any reason likely to\nendanger public health or safety, he may by notice in writing require the owner or occupier\nof the hut or shed or the owner or occupier of the land on which the hut or shed stands to\nremove or alter the hut or shed or carry out such improvement thereof as the Commissioner\nmay deem necessary within such time as may be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14210
},
{
"number": "293",
"title": "Section 293(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may by public\nnotice, prohibit the washing of clothes by washer men in the exercise of their callings\nexcept at such places as he may appoint for the purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14220
},
{
"number": "293",
"title": "Section 293(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When any such prohibition has been made, no person who is by calling a washer\nmen shall in contravention of such prohibition wash clothes except for himself or for\npersonal and family service or for hire on or within the premises of the hirer at any\nplace other than a place appointed under sub-section (1 ).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14230
},
{
"number": "294",
"title": "Section 294. Obligation to give information of dangerous disease",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any person being in charge of\nor in attendance whether as medical practitioner or otherwise, upon any person whom he\nknows or has reason to believe to be suffering from a dangerous disease, or being owner,\nlessee, or occupier of any building in which he knows that any such person is so suffering\nshall forthwith give information in respect of the existence of such disease to the Corporation\nHealth Officer.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14240
},
{
"number": "295",
"title": "Section 295. Removal of patient to hospital suffering from dangerous disease",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When any person\nsuffering from any dangerous disease is found to be -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14250
},
{
"number": "295",
"title": "Section 295(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) without proper lodging or accommodation ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14260
},
{
"number": "295",
"title": "Section 295(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) living in a room or house which he neither owns nor pays rent for, nor occupies as the\nguest or relative of person who owns, or pays rent for it ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14270
},
{
"number": "295",
"title": "Section 295(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) living in a sarai, hotel, boarding house or other public hostel; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14280
},
{
"number": "295",
"title": "Section 295(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) lodged in premises occupied by members of two or more families, the Commissioner\nor any person authorised by him in this behalf may, on the advice of any medical\nofficer of the rank not inferior to that of an assistant surgeon, remove the patient to\nany hospital or place at which persons suffering from such disease are received for\nmedical treatment and may do any thing necessary for such removal.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14290
},
{
"number": "296",
"title": "Section 296. Disinfection of buildings and articles",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where the Commissioner is of the opinion that\nthe cleansing and disinfection of any building or part of a building or of any article in such\nbuilding or part of which are likely to retain infection or the renewal or flooring of any\nbuilding or part of such building and the renewal or plastering of the walls thereof, would\ntend to prevent or check the spread of any dangerous disease, he may, by notice in\nwriting, require the owner or occupier to cleanse and disinfect the said building, part or\narticles, as the case may be, or to renew the said flooring and if necessary the said\nplastering also within such time as may be specified in the notice :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14300
},
{
"number": "296",
"title": "Proviso to Section 296",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where in the opinion of the Commissioner the owner or occupier is\nfrom poverty unable effectually to carry out any such requisition, the Commissioner may at\nthe expense of the Corporation cleanse and disinfect the building, or articles, or as the\ncase may be, renew the flooring and if necessary, the plastering also.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14310
},
{
"number": "297",
"title": "Section 297(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where the destruction of any hut or shed\nis in the opinion of the Commissioner necessary to prevent the spread of any dangerous\ndisease, the Commissioner may by notice in writing require the owner to destroy the hut or\nshed and the materials thereof within such time as may be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14320
},
{
"number": "297",
"title": "Section 297(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that the destruction of any hut or shed is\nimmediately necessary for the purpose of preventing the spread of any dangerous\ndisease, he may, order the owner or occupier of the hut or shed to destroy the same\nforthwith or may himself cause it to be destroyed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14330
},
{
"number": "297",
"title": "Section 297(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Compensation may be paid by the Commissioner, in any case which he thinks fit to\nany person who sustains substantial loss by the destruction of any such hut or shed,\nbut, except as so allowed by the Commissioner, no claim for compensation shall lie\nfor any loss or damage caused by any exercise of the power conferred by this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14340
},
{
"number": "298",
"title": "Section 298(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14350
},
{
"number": "298",
"title": "Section 298(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) provide proper places with necessary attendants and apparatus for the disinfection of\nconveyances, clothing, bedding and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14360
},
{
"number": "298",
"title": "Section 298(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) cause conveyances, clothing and other articles brought for disinfection to be disinfected\neither free of charge or on payment of such charges as he may fix.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14370
},
{
"number": "298",
"title": "Section 298(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may notify places at which articles of clothing, bedding and\nconveyances or other articles which have been exposed to infection shall be washed\nand if he does so, no person, shall wash any such thing at any place not so notified\nwithout having previously disinfected such thing.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14380
},
{
"number": "298",
"title": "Section 298(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may direct the destruction of any clothing, bedding or other articles\nlikely to retain infection and may give such compensation as he thinks fit for any\narticle so destroyed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14390
},
{
"number": "299",
"title": "Section 299(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) In\nthe event of the municipal area or any part thereof being visited or threatened by an outbreak\nof any dangerous disease among the inhabitants thereof or of any epidemic disease among\nany animals therein, the Commissioner, if he thinks that the other provisions of this Act\nand the provisions of any other law for the time being in force are insufficient for the purpose\nmay, with the previous sanction of the Corporation,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14400
},
{
"number": "299",
"title": "Section 299(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) take such special measures ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14410
},
{
"number": "299",
"title": "Section 299(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) by public notice, give such directions to be observed by the public or by any class or\nsection of the public, as he thinks necessary to prevent the outbreak or spread of the\ndisease:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14420
},
{
"number": "299",
"title": "Proviso to Section 299(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that where in the opinion of the Commissioner immediate measures are\nnecessary, he may take action without such sanction as aforesaid and if he does so, shall\nforthwith report such action to the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14430
},
{
"number": "299",
"title": "Section 299(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person shall commit a breach of any direction given under sub-section (1) and if he\ndoes so he shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 188 of the\nIndian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860).",
"footnote": "45 of 1860",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14440
},
{
"number": "300",
"title": "Section 300(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) A person shall not\nsend or take to any washer man or to any laundry or place set apart for the exercise by\nwasher man or their calling for the purpose of being washed or to any place for the purpose\nof being cleansed, any cloth or other article which he knows to have been exposed to\ninfection from a dangerous disease unless that cloth or article has been disinfected by or\nto the satisfaction of the Corporation Health Officer.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14450
},
{
"number": "300",
"title": "Section 300(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The occupier of any building in which a person is suffering from a dangerous disease\nshall, if required by the Corporation Health Officer furnish to him the address of any\nwasher man to whom or any laundry or other place to which clothes and other articles\nfrom the building have been or will be, sent during the continuance of the disease for\nthe purpose of being washed or cleansed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14460
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whoever-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14470
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) uses a public conveyance while suffering from a dangerous disease; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14480
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) uses a public conveyance for the carriage of person who is suffering from any disease ; or\n( c) uses a public conveyance for the carriage of the corpse of a person who had died\nfrom such disease ; shall be bound to take proper precautions against the\ncommunication of the disease to other person using or who may thereafter use\nthe conveyance and to notify such use to the owner, driver or person in charge of\nthe conveyance and further report without delay to the Commissioner the number\nof the conveyance and the name of the person so notified.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14490
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where any person suffering from, or the corpse of any person who has died from a\ndangerous disease has been carried, in public conveyance which ordinarily plies in\nthe municipal area or any part thereof, the driver thereof, shall forthwith report the fact\nto the Commissioner who shall forthwith cause the conveyance to be disinfected if\nthat has not already been done.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14500
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No such conveyance shall be again brought into use until the Corporation Health\nOfficer has granted a certificate stating that it can be used without causing risk of\ninfection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14510
},
{
"number": "301",
"title": "Section 301(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Whoever fails to make to the Commissioner any report which he is required to make\nunder this section shall be guilty of an offence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14520
},
{
"number": "302",
"title": "Section 302. Driver of conveyance not bound to carry persons suffering from dangerous diseases",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force no owner, driver\nor person in charge of a public conveyance shall be bound to convey or to allow to be\nconveyed in such conveyance in or in the vicinity of the municipal area any person suffering\nfrom a dangerous disease or the corpse of any person who had died from such disease\nunless and until such person pays or tenders a sum sufficient to recover any loss and\nexpenses which would ordinarily be incurred in disinfecting the conveyance.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14530
},
{
"number": "303",
"title": "Section 303(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where any building or part of a\nbuilding is intended to be let in which any person has, within six weeks immediately\npreceding, been suffering from a dangerous disease, the person letting the building or part\nshall, before doing so disinfect the same in such manner as the Commissioner may by\ngeneral or special notice direct together with all articles therein liable to retain infection.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14540
},
{
"number": "303",
"title": "Section 303(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) For the purposes of this section the keeper of a hostel, hotel, lodging house or sarai\nshall be deemed to let a part of the building to any person accommodated in such\nhostel, hotel, lodging house or sarai, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14550
},
{
"number": "304",
"title": "Section 304. Disposal of infected articles without disinfection",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall, without previous\ndisinfection give, lend, sell, transmit or otherwise dispose of to another person any article\nor thing which he knows or has reason to believe was exposed to contamination by\ndangerous disease and is likely to be used in or taken into the municipal area or any part\nthereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14560
},
{
"number": "305",
"title": "Section 305. Prohibition of making or selling of food, etc. or washing of clothes by infected persons",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person while suffering from, or in circumstances in which he is likely to\nspread any dangerous disease, shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14570
},
{
"number": "305",
"title": "Section 305(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) make, carry or offer for sale or take any part in the business of making, carrying or\noffering for sale, any article of food or drink or any medicine or drug for human\nconsumption, or any article of clothing or bedding for personal use or wear; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14580
},
{
"number": "305",
"title": "Section 305(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) take any part in the business of the washing or carrying of clothes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14590
},
{
"number": "306",
"title": "Section 306. Power to restrict or prohibit sale of food or drink",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When the municipal area or any\npart thereof is visited or threatened by an outbreak of any dangerous disease, the\nCommissioner may, by public notice, restrict in such manner or prohibit for such period as\nmay be specified in the notice, the sale or preparation of any article of food or drink for\nhuman consumption specified in the notice or the sale of flesh of any description of animal\nso specified.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14600
},
{
"number": "307",
"title": "Section 307(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If the Commissioner is of opinion that the water in\nany well, tank or other place is likely if used for drinking, to endanger, or cause the spread\nof any disease, he may -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14610
},
{
"number": "307",
"title": "Section 307(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) by public notice, prohibit the removal or use of such water for drinking; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14620
},
{
"number": "307",
"title": "Section 307(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) by notice in writing, require the owner or person having control of such, well, tank\nor place to take such steps as may be directed by the notice to prevent the public\nfrom having access to or using such water ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14630
},
{
"number": "307",
"title": "Section 307(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) take such other steps as he may consider expedient to prevent the outbreak or\nspread of any such disease.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14640
},
{
"number": "307",
"title": "Section 307(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In the event of the municipal area or any part thereof being visited or threatened by an\noutbreak of a dangerous disease, the Corporation Health Officer or any person authorised\nby him in this behalf, may without notice and at any time, inspect and disinfect any\nwell, tank or other place from which water is or is likely to be taken for the purpose of\ndrinking and may further take such steps as he may think fit to ensure the purity of\nthe water or to prevent the use of the same for drinking purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14650
},
{
"number": "308",
"title": "Section 308. Duty of persons suffering from dangerous diseases",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14660
},
{
"number": "308",
"title": "Section 308(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) knowing that he is suffering from dangerous disease expose other persons to the risk\nof infection by his presence or conduct in any public street or public place;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14670
},
{
"number": "308",
"title": "Section 308(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) having the care of a person whom he knows to be suffering from a dangerous disease,\ncause or permit that person to expose other persons to the risk of infection by his\npresence or conduct in any such street or place as aforesaid ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14680
},
{
"number": "308",
"title": "Section 308(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) place or cause to be placed in a dustbin or other receptacle for the deposit of rubbish,\nany matter which he knows to have been exposed to or having infection from a dangerous\ndisease and which has not been disinfected properly ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14690
},
{
"number": "308",
"title": "Section 308(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) throw or cause to be thrown into any latrine or urinal any matter which he knows to\nhave been exposed to infection from a dangerous disease and which has not been\ndisinfected properly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14700
},
{
"number": "309",
"title": "Section 309. Disposal of infectious corpse where any person has died from any dangerous disease",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where any person has died from any dangerous disease the Commissioner\nmay by notice in writing -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14710
},
{
"number": "309",
"title": "Section 309(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) require any person having charge of corpse to convey the same to mortuary thereafter\nto be disposed of in accordance with law; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14720
},
{
"number": "309",
"title": "Section 309(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) prohibit the removal of corpses from the place where the death occurred except for\nthe purpose of being burnt, buried or from being conveyed to a mortuary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14730
},
{
"number": "310",
"title": "Section 310(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person being a Safai Karamchari employed\nin the Corporation service shall in the absence of any contract authorising him so to do,\nresign his employment without having given one month's notice to the Commissioner or\nshall abstain himself or neglect or refuse to perform his duties without reasonable cause.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14740
},
{
"number": "310",
"title": "Section 310(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Corporation may by resolution direct that on or from such date as may be specified\nin the resolution, the provisions of this section shall apply in the case of any specified\nclass of persons employed by the Corporation whose functions are intimately concerned\nwith public health or safety.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14750
},
{
"number": "311",
"title": "Section 311. Power to call for information regarding burning or burial ground",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner\nmay, by notice in writing, require the owner or person incharge of any building or burial\ngrounds, cremation ground or electric crematorium to supply such information as may be\nspecified in the notice concerning the condition, management or position of such ground.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14760
},
{
"number": "312",
"title": "Section 312(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No place which has not\nbeen used as a burning or burial ground, cremation ground or electric crematorium before\nthe commencement of this Act, shall be so used without the permission in writing of the\nCommissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14770
},
{
"number": "312",
"title": "Section 312(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Such permission may be granted subject to any condition which the Commissioner\nmay think fit to impose for the purpose of preventing any annoyance to or danger to\nthe health of any person residing in the neighbourhood.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14780
},
{
"number": "313",
"title": "Section 313(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where the Commissioner,\nafter making or causing to be made local enquiry, is of opinion that any burning or burial\ngrounds or cremation ground or electric crematorium, has become offensive to, or dangerous\nto the health of persons residing in the neighbourhood, he may with the previous sanction\nof the Corporation, by notice in writing, require the owner or person incharge of such\nground to close the same from such date as may be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14790
},
{
"number": "313",
"title": "Section 313(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No corpse shall be burnt or buried at the burning or burial ground in respect of which\na notice has been issued under this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14800
},
{
"number": "314",
"title": "Section 314. Removal of corpses",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may by public notice prescribe routes by\nwhich alone corpses may be removed to burning or burial grounds.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14810
},
{
"number": "315",
"title": "Section 315(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whenever any animal in the charge of any person dies,\nthe person incharge thereof shall within twenty-four hours either -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14820
},
{
"number": "315",
"title": "Section 315(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) convey the carcass to a place provided or appointed under section 277 for the\nfinal disposal of the carcasses of dead animals ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14830
},
{
"number": "315",
"title": "Section 315(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) give notice of the death to the Commissioner where upon he shall cause the\ncarcass to be disposed of.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14840
},
{
"number": "315",
"title": "Section 315(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In respect of the disposal of the carcass of dead animals under clause (b) of sub\nsection (1) the Commissioner may charge such fees as he may by public notice\nspecify.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14850
},
{
"number": "1487",
"title": "CHAPTER XVI - PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUPPRESSION OF NUISANCES",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XVI",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14860
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14870
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) in any public street or public place :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14880
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) ease himself; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14890
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) carry meat exposed to public view; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14900
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) picket animals or collect carts ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14910
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) being engaged in the removal of rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious\nmatter wilfully or negligently permit any portion thereof to spill or fall or neglect\nto sweep away or otherwise effectually to remove any portion thereof which may\nspill or fall in such street or place ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14920
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) without proper authority affix, upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence,\ntrees or other things, any bill, notice or other document : or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14930
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(vi)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vi) without proper authority deface or write upon or otherwise mark any building,\nmonument, post, wall, fence, tree or other thing ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14940
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(vii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(vii) without proper authority remove, destroy, deface or otherwise obliterate any notice\nor other document put up or exhibited under this Act or the rules or bye-laws\nmade thereunder; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14950
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(viii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(viii) without proper authority displace, damage, make any alteration in, or otherwise\ninterfere with, the pavement, gutter, storm, water-drain, sign-board or other\nmaterials of any such street or any lamp, bracket, direction post, hydrant or\nwater pipe maintained by the Corporation in any such street or place, or extinguish\na public light ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14960
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(ix)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ix) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted or obnoxious matter at any hour prohibited\nby the Commissioner by public notice, or in any pattern of cart or receptacle\nwhich has not been approved for the purpose by the Commissioner, or fail to\nclose such cart or receptacle when in use ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14970
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted or obnoxious matter along any route in\ncontravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the Commissioner by public\nnotice; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14980
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited, earth or materials of any description or\nany rubbish or polluted or obnoxious matter in any place not intended for the\npurpose or in any public street or public place or unoccupied land under the\nmanagement of the Corporation ; or\n( d) make any grave or burn or bury any corpse at any place not set apart for such purpose ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 14990
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) at any time or place at which the same has been prohibited by the Commissioner\nby public or special notice, beat a drum or tom-tom or blow a horn or trumpet, or\nbeat any utensil, or sound any brass or other instrument, or play any music; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15000
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) disturb the public peace or order by singing, screaming or shouting or by using any\napparatus for amplifying or reproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or\na loudspeaker; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15010
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) let loose any animal so as to cause, or negligently allow any animal to cause injury,\ndanger, alarm or annoyance to any person ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15020
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) save with the written permission of the Commissioner and in such manner as he\nmay authorise, store or use night-soil, cow-dung, manure, rubbish or any other\nsubstance omitting an offensive smell ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15030
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) use or permit to be used as a latrine any place not intended for that purpose.\nU) feed monkeys, langoors and other stray animals in any public place ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15040
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(1)(k)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(k) spit on public place, public road, public street or walls ; or\n(I) throw any type of garbage/refuse etc. on any public place, road, street or in open hill\nside except in a container provided by the Corporation for this purpose.\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15050
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Explanation to Section 316(1)(k)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation:- For the purpose of clause U), the expression \"public place\" shall not\ninclude temple.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15060
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every person shall take all reasonable means to prevent every child under the age of\ntwelve years being in his charge from easing himself in any public street or public\nplace.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15070
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The owner or keeper of any animal shall not allow it straying in public street or public\nplace without a keeper.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15080
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any animal found straying as aforesaid may be removed by an officer or employee\nof the Corporation or by any police officer to a pound.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15090
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Any swine found straying in a public street or public place shall be liable to be\ndestroyed by any officer or other employee of the Corporation appointed in this\nbehalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15100
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Section 316(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable with\nfine, which may extend to the amount specified against this section in the 3rd\ncolumn of the table to the SECOND SCHEDULE for first offence, and for second\ncontravention, in addition to the penalty as specified for first offence, he shall be\nliable to render community service by personally clearing the public area in and\naround his premises in question under the supervision of authorized officer of the\nCorporation for not less than a period of one week under videography :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15110
},
{
"number": "316",
"title": "Proviso to Section 316(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if such person commits the same offence third time and\nsubsequently, the Corporation may deny or stop the civic amenities like water, electricity\netc. in residential as well as commercial establishments, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15120
},
{
"number": "317",
"title": "Section 317. Power of Commissioner to require removal or abatement of nuisance",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where\nthe Commissioner is of opinion that there is a nuisance on any land or building, he may,\nby notice in writing, require the person by whose act, default or sufferance the nuisance\narises or continues or the owner, lessee or occupier of the land or building, or one or\nmore of these persons to remove or abate the nuisance by taking such measures in such\nmanner and within such period as may be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15130
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318. Registration and control of dogs",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Corporation may, by bye-laws made in\nthis behalf,-\n( a) require the registration by the registering authority appointed by the Commissioner\nin this behalf of all dogs kept within the municipal areas ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15140
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) require that every registered dog shall wear a collar to which shall be attached a\nmetal token to be issued by the registering authority, and fix the fee payable for\nthe issue thereof ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15150
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) require that any dog which has not been registered or which is not wearing such\ntoken shall, if found in any public place, be detained at a place set apart for the\npurpose ; and\n( d) fix the fee which shall be charged for such detention and provide that any such dog\nshall be liable to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless it is claimed and the\nfee in respect thereof is paid within one week.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15160
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may, -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15170
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) cause to be destroyed or to be confined for such period as he may direct, any\ndog or other animal which is, or is reasonably suspected to be, suffering from\nrabbis, or which has been bitten by any dog or other animal suffering or\nsuspected to be suffering from rabbis ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15180
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) by public notice direct that, after such date as may be specified in the notice,\ndogs which are without collars or without marks, distinguishing them as private\nproperty and are found straying on the streets or beyond the enclosures of the\nhouses of their owners, if any, may be destroyed and cause them to be destroyed\naccordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15190
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No damages shall be payable in respect of any dog or other animals destroyed or\notherwise disposed of under this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15200
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) No one, being the owner or person incharge of any dog, shall allow it to be at large\nin any public street or public place without being muzzled and without being secured\nby a chain lead in any case in which -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15210
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(4)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) he knows that the dog is likely to annoy or intimidate any person;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15220
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(4)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the Commissioner has, by public notice during the prevalence of rabbis, directed\nthat dogs shall not be at large without muzzled and chain leads.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15230
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) No one shall -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15240
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(5)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) allow any ferocious dog which belongs to him or is in his charge to be at large\nwithout being muzzled ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15250
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(5)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) set on or urge any dog or other animal to attack, worry or intimidate any\nperson; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15260
},
{
"number": "318",
"title": "Section 318(5)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) knowing or having reason to believe that any dog or animal belonging to him or\nin his charge has been bitten by any animal suffering or reasonably suspected\nto be suffering from rabbis, fail or neglect to give immediate information of the\nfact to the Commissioner or give information which is false.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15270
},
{
"number": "319",
"title": "Section 319. Staking or collecting inflammable materials",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may by public\nnotice, prohibit in any case where such prohibition appears to him to be necessary for\nthe prevention of danger to life or property, the stacking or collecting of wood, dry grass,\nstraw or other inflammable materials or the placing of mats or thatched huts or the\nlighting of fires in any place which may be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15280
},
{
"number": "320",
"title": "Section 320. Care of naked lights",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall set a naked light on or near any building in any\npublic street or other public place in such manner as to cause danger of fire :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15290
},
{
"number": "320",
"title": "Proviso to Section 320",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of lights for\nthe purpose of illumination on the occasion of a festival or public or private entertainment.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15300
},
{
"number": "321",
"title": "Section 321. Discharging fireworks, fire arms etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No one shall discharge any fire-arm or let off\nfireworks or fire-balloons or engage in any game in such manner as to cause or to be\nlikely to cause danger to person passing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood\nor risk of injury to property.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15310
},
{
"number": "322",
"title": "Section 322. Power to require buildings, wells, etc. to be rendered safe",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where any building,\nor wall, or anything affixed thereto, or any well, tank, reservoir, pool depression or\nexcavation, or any bank or tree, is in the opinion of the Commissioner, in a ruinous state,\nfor want of sufficient repairs, protection or enclosure, a nuisance or dangerous to persons\npassing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood, the Commissioner may by notice\nin writing require the owner or part-owner or person claiming to be the owner or\npart-owner thereof or failing any of them, the occupier thereof, to remove the same or\nmay require him to repair, protect or enclose the same in such manner as he thinks\nnecessary; and if the danger is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, imminent, he shall\nforthwith takes such steps as he thinks necessary to avert the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15320
},
{
"number": "323",
"title": "Section 323. Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, by\nnotice in writing, require the owner or part-owner, or person claiming to be the owner or\npart-owner of any land or building or the lessee or the person claiming to be the lessee of\nany such land which by reason of misuse or disputed ownership or other cause, has\nremained unoccupied and has become the resort of the idle and disorderly person or of\npersons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or can not give a satisfactory\naccount of themselves or is used for gaming or immoral purposes or otherwise occasions\nor is likely to occasion a nuisance, secure and enclose the same within such time as\nmay be specified in the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15330
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{
"number": "1535",
"title": "CHAPTER XVII - EXTINCTION AND PREVENTION OF FIRE",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XVII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15340
},
{
"number": "324",
"title": "Section 324. Establishment and maintenance of fire-brigade",
"chapter": null,
"content": "For the prevention and extinction\nof fire, the Corporation may, and if the State Government so directs shall, establish and\nmaintain a fire-brigade and provide implements, machinery or means of communicating\nintelligence for the efficient discharge of their duties by the brigade.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15350
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325. ",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Power of members of fire-brigades and other persons for suppression of fire ( 1)\nOn the occasion of a fire in the municipal area any Magistrate, the Commissioner of\nthe Corporation, any member of a fire brigade maintained by the Corporation directing the\noperations of men belonging to the brigade, and any police officer not below the rank of\nSub-Inspector may-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15360
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) remove or order the removal of any person who by his presence interferes with or\nimpedes the operations for extinguishing the fire or for saving life or property;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15370
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) close any street or passage in or near which any fire is burning ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15380
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) for the purposes of extinguishing the fire break into or through or pull down, or\ncause to be broken into or through or pulled down or used for the passage of\nhouses or other appliances, any premises ;\nr",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15390
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) cause mains and pipes to be shot off so as to give greater pressure of water in\nor near the place where the fire has occurred ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15400
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) call on the persons incharge of any fire engine to render such assistance as\nmay be possible ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15410
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) generally, take such measures as may appear necessary for preservation of\nlife or property.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15420
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When any Government building is endangered by fire, the officer of the Public Works\nDepartment for the time being incharge of the building may also exercise the powers\nconferred under sub-section (1 ).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15430
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No person shall be liable to pay damage for any act done by him under sub-sections",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15440
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) and (2) in good faith.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15450
},
{
"number": "325",
"title": "Section 325(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any damage done in the exercise of a power conferred or a duty imposed by this\nsection, shall be deemed to be damaged by fire within the meaning of any policy of\ninsurance against fire.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15460
},
{
"number": "326",
"title": "Section 326. Limitation on operation of this Chapter",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The powers conferred by the last foregoing\nsection shall be subject to any regulations, conditions or restrictions which may be\nimposed by the rules.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15470
},
{
"number": "1549",
"title": "CHAPTER XVIII - MARKETS, SLAUGHTER HOUSES, TRADES AND OCCUPATION",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XVIII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15480
},
{
"number": "327",
"title": "Section 327(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner, when\nauthorised by the Corporation in this behalf, may provide and maintain municipal markets\nand slaughter houses in such number as he thinks fit together with stalls, shops, sheds,\npens and other buildings and conveniences for the use of persons carrying on trade or\nbusiness in, or frequenting such markets or slaughter houses and may provide and\nmaintain in such markets, buildings and places, machines, weights scales and measures\nfor the weighment or measurement of goods sold therein.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15490
},
{
"number": "327",
"title": "Section 327(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Municipal markets and slaughter houses shall be under the control of the\nCommissioner who may at any time, by public notice, close any municipal market\nor slaughter house or any part thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15500
},
{
"number": "328",
"title": "Section 328. Use of municipal markets",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) No person shall, without the general or special permission\nin writing of the Commissioner, sell or expose for the sale of any animal or article in any\nmunicipal market.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15510
},
{
"number": "328",
"title": "Section 328(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person contravening the provisions of sub-section (1 ), and any animal or article\nexposed for sale by such person, may be summarily removed from the market by or\nunder the orders of the Commissioner or any officer or employees of the Corporation\nauthorised by the Commissioner in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15520
},
{
"number": "329",
"title": "Section 329(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No place other than a municipal market\nshall be used as a market unless such place has been licensed as a market by the\nCommissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15530
},
{
"number": "329",
"title": "Section 329(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No place other than a municipal slaughter house shall be used as slaughter house:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15540
},
{
"number": "329",
"title": "Proviso to Section 329(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15550
},
{
"number": "329",
"title": "Section 329(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to restrict the slaughter of any animal in any place on the occasion of any\nreligious festival or ceremony, subject to such conditions as the Commissioner\nmay, by public or special notice, impose in this behalf, or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15560
},
{
"number": "329",
"title": "Section 329(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to prevent the Commissioner, with the sanction of the Corporation, from setting\napart places for the slaughter of animals in accordance with religious customs.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15570
},
{
"number": "330",
"title": "Section 330. Conditions of grant of license for private market",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1 ) The Commissioner may charge\nsuch fees as he thinks fit to impose for the grant of a licence to any person to open a\nprivate market and may grant such licence subject to such conditions, consistent with\nthis Act and any bye-laws made thereunder, as he thinks fit to impose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15580
},
{
"number": "330",
"title": "Section 330(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When the Commissioner refuses to grant any licence, he shall record a brief statement\nof the reasons for such refusal.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15590
},
{
"number": "330",
"title": "Section 330(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner may, with the previous approval of the Corporation and for reasons\nto be recorded, suspend a licence in respect of a private market for such period as\nhe thinks fit or cancel such licence :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15600
},
{
"number": "330",
"title": "Proviso to Section 330(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such licence shall be cancelled without giving an opportunity of\nbeing heard to the licensee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15610
},
{
"number": "330",
"title": "Section 330(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) A private market of which the licence has been suspended or cancelled as aforesaid,\nshall be closed with effect from such date as may be specified in the order of\nsuspension or cancellation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15620
},
{
"number": "331",
"title": "Section 331(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall\nkeep open for public use any market in respect of which a licence is required by or under\nthis Act without obtaining a licence therefor or while the licence therefor is suspended or\nafter the same has been cancelled.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15630
},
{
"number": "331",
"title": "Section 331(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When a licence to open a private market is granted or refused or is suspended or\ncancelled, the Commissioner shall cause a notice of grant, refusal, suspension or\ncancellation to be pasted in such language or languages as he thinks necessary in\nsome conspicuous place by or near the entrance to the place to which the notice\nrelates.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15640
},
{
"number": "332",
"title": "Section 332. Prohibition of use of unlicensed market",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No persons knowing that any market has\nbeen opened to the public without a licence having been obtained thereof when such\nlicence is required by or under this Act or that the licence granted therefor is for the time\nbeing suspended or that it has been cancelled, shall sell or expose for sale any animal or\narticle in such market.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15650
},
{
"number": "333",
"title": "Section 333(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No animal or article shall be sold or exposed\nfor sale within a distance of one hundred metres of any municipal market or licenced\nprivate market without the permission of the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15660
},
{
"number": "333",
"title": "Section 333(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any person contravening the provision of sub-section (1) and any animal or article\nexposed for sale by such person may be summarily removed by or under the\norder or the Commissioner or any officer or employee of the Corporation appointed\nby him in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15670
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334. Levy of stallages, rent and fees",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner, with the previous approval of the\nCorporation, may-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15680
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) charge such stallages, rents or fees as may from time to time be fixed by him in this\nbehalf-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15690
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) for the occupation or use of any stall, shop, stand, shed or pen in a municipal\nmarket or municipal slaughter house ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15700
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) for the right to expose articles for sale in a municipal market ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15710
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) for the use of machines, weights, scales and measures provided for in any\nmunicipal market; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15720
},
{
"number": "334",
"title": "Section 334(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) for the right to slaughter animals in any municipal slaughter house and for the\nfeed of such animals before they are ready for slaughter ; or\n{b) put upto public auction or dispose of by private sale the privilege of occupying or\nusing any stall, shop, stand, shed or pen in a municipal market or municipal slaughter\nhouse for such period and on such condition as he may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15730
},
{
"number": "335",
"title": "Section 335. Stallages, rents etc. to be published",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A copy of the table of stallages, rents and fees,\nif any, chargeable in any municipal market or municipal slaughter house and of the bye\nlaws made under this Act for the purpose of regulating the use of such market or slaughter\nhouse printed in such language or languages as the Commissioner may direct, shall be\naffixed in some conspicuous place in the market or slaughter house.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15740
},
{
"number": "336",
"title": "Section 336(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person shall without or\notherwise than in conformity with a licence from the Com missioner carry on the trade of\na butcher, fishmonger, poulterer or importer of flesh intended for human food or use any\nplace for the sale of flesh, fish or poultry intended for human food :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15750
},
{
"number": "336",
"title": "Proviso to Section 336(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no licence shall be required for any place used for the sale or storage\nfor sale of preserved flesh or fish contained in air tight hermetically sealed receptacles.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15760
},
{
"number": "336",
"title": "Section 336(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may, by order and subject to such conditions as to supervision\nand inspection as he thinks fit to impose, grant a licence or may by order, refuse for\nreasons to be recorded, to grant the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15770
},
{
"number": "336",
"title": "Section 336(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Every such licence shall expire at the end of the year for which it is granted or at\nsuch earlier date as the Commissioner may, for special reasons, specify in the\nlicence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15780
},
{
"number": "336",
"title": "Section 336(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If any place is used for the sale of flesh, fish or poultry in contravention of the\nprovisions of this section, the Commissioner may stop the use thereof by such\nmeans as he may consider necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15790
},
{
"number": "337",
"title": "Section 337(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No\nperson shall, without the previous permission in writing of the Commissioners establish\nin any premises, or materially alter, enlarge or extend, any factory, workshop or trade\npremises in which it is intended to employ steam, electricity, water or other mechanical\npower.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15800
},
{
"number": "337",
"title": "Section 337(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may refuse to give such permission, if he is of opinion that the\nestablishment, alteration, enlargement or extension of such factory, workshop or\ntrade premises, in the proposed position would be objectionable by reasons of the\ndensity of the population in the neighbourhood thereof, or would be a nuisance to\nthe inhabitants of the neighbourhood.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15810
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No person\nshall use or permit to be used any premises for any of the following purposes without or\notherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence issued by the Commissioner in\nthis behalf, namely :-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15820
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) any of the purposes specified in Part-I of the Schedule I;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15830
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) any purpose which is, in the opinion of the Commissioner dangerous to life, health\nor property or is likely to create a nuisance;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15840
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) keeping horses, cattle or other quadruped animals or birds for transportation, sale\nor hire or for sale of the produce thereof ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15850
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) storing any of the articles specified in Part II of the Schedule-I except for domestic\nuse of those articles :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15860
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Proviso to Section 338(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Corporation may declare that premises in which the aggregate\nquantity of article stored for sale does not exceed such quantity as may be prescribed\nby bye-laws in respect of any such articles shall be exempted from the operation of\nclause (d).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15870
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In prescribing the terms of a licence granted under this section for the use of premises\nas mills or iron yards or for similar purposes, the Commissioner may, when he\nthinks fit, require the licensee to provide a space or passage within the premises for\ncarts for loading and unloading purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15880
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Section 338(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Corporation shall fix a scale of fees to be paid in respect of premises licensed\nunder sub-section (1):",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15890
},
{
"number": "338",
"title": "Proviso to Section 338(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such fee shall exceed five hundred rupees.\nRegistration of cattle and maintenance of their record: (1) Head of every family\nshall be responsible to give or cause to be given, either orally or in writing, the details of\ncattle owned by his family to the Corporation within a period of one month from the\ncommencement of theArunachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 2019, and thereafter,\nevery time as and when any change in the number of cattle takes place by any reason .",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15900
},
{
"number": "339",
"title": "Proviso to Section 339",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the Corporation may charge registration fee at such rate as may\nbe fixed by it.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15910
},
{
"number": "339",
"title": "Section 339(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) It shall be the duty of the Corporation to assist the officials or persons engaged by\nAnimal Husbandry Department for applying appropriate identification mark on each\ncattle and to maintain the record of identification.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15920
},
{
"number": "339",
"title": "Section 339(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) If any cattle with identification mark is found stray, the owner of the cattle shall be\nidentified by the Corporation from the record maintained by it and such owner shall\nbe liable for penalty of rupees five hundred for the first offence which shall be imposed\nby the Commissioner or the Officer authorized by him in this behalf.\n( 5) If the Corporation fails in identifying such stray cattle due to tern pering with identification\nmark or mutilation thereof, it shall report the matter to the In-charge of the nearest\nAnimal Husbandry Department who shall lodge the stray cattle to the nearest\nGoshala.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15930
},
{
"number": "340",
"title": "Section 340(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any horses, cattle or other quadruped animals or\nbirds are kept on any premises in contravention of the provision of section 338 or are\nfound abandoned and roaming or tethered on any street or public place or on any land\nbelonging to the Corporation, the Commissioner or any officer empowered by him may\nseize them and may cause them to be impounded or removed to such place as may be\nappointed by the Government or the Corporation for this purpose and cost of seizure of\nthese animals or birds and of impounding or removing them and offeeding and watering\nthem shall be recoverable by sale by auction of these animals or birds:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15940
},
{
"number": "340",
"title": "Proviso to Section 340(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that anyone claiming such animals or birds may, within seven days of this\nseizure get them released on his paying all expense incurred by the Commissioner in\nseizing, impounding or removing and in feeding and watering such animals or birds, and\non his producing a licence for keeping these animals and birds issued under the provisions\nof section 338.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15950
},
{
"number": "340",
"title": "Section 340(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Whenever the Commissioner is of the opinion that the user of any premises for\nany of the purposes referred to in sub-section (1) of section 338 in causing a\nnuisance and such nuisance should be immediately stopped, the Commissioner\nmay order the owner or the occupier of the premises to stop such nuisance within\nsuch time as may be specified in the order and in the event of the failure of the\nowner or occupier to comply with such order, the Commissioner may himself or\nby an officer subordinate to him, cause such user to be stopped.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "340",
"title": "Section 340(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section any person by whom or\nat whose instance any horses, cattle or other quadruped animals or birds are so\nkept, abandoned or tethered, shall also be punishable under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15970
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{
"number": "341",
"title": "Section 341(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner may give public notice\nof his intention to declare that in any area specified in the notice, no person shall use any\npremises for any of the purposes referred to in sub-section (1) of section 338 which may\nbe specified in such notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15980
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{
"number": "341",
"title": "Section 341(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No objections to any such declaration shall be received after period of one month\nfrom the publication of the notice.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 15990
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{
"number": "341",
"title": "Section 341(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Commissioner shall consider all objections received within the said period giving\nany person affected by the notice an opportunity of being heard and may thereupon\nmake declaration in accordance with the notice published under sub-section (1 ),\nwith such modifications, if any, as he may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16000
},
{
"number": "341",
"title": "Section 341(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Every such declaration shall be published in the Official Gazette and in such other\nmanner as the Commissioner may determine, and shall take effect from the date of\nits publication in the Official Gazette.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16010
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{
"number": "341",
"title": "Section 341(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) No person shall, in any area specified in any declaration published under sub-section\n( 4 ), use any premises for any of the purposes referred to in section 338 specified in\nthe declaration and the Commissioner shall have the power to stop the use of any\nsuch premises by such means as he considers necessary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16020
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{
"number": "342",
"title": "Section 342. Licences for hawking articles etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall, without or otherwise than in\nconformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Commissioner in this behalf -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16030
},
{
"number": "342",
"title": "Section 342(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) hawk or expose for sale in any place any article whatsoever whether it be for human\nconsumption or not;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16040
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{
"number": "342",
"title": "Section 342(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) use in any place his skill in any handicraft or for rendering service to and for the\nconvenience of the public for the purposes of gain or making a living.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16050
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{
"number": "343",
"title": "Section 343(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No\nperson shall, without or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted\nby the Commissioner in this behalf, keep any eating house, lodging house, hotel, boarding\nhouses, tea shop, coffee house, cafe, restaurant, refreshment room or any place where\nthe public is admitted for repose or for the consumption of any food or drink or any place\nwhere food is sold or prepared for sale.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16060
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{
"number": "343",
"title": "Section 343(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may at any time cancel or suspend any licence granted under\nsub-section (1) if he is of opinion that the premises covered thereby are not kept in\nconformity with the conditions of such licence or with the provisions of any bye-laws\nmade in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16070
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{
"number": "344",
"title": "Section 344. Licensing and control of theatre, circuses and places of public amusement",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No\nperson shall without or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of licence granted by\nthe Commissioner in this behalf, keep open any theatre, circus, cinema house, dancing\nhall or other similar place of public resort, recreation or amusement:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16080
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{
"number": "344",
"title": "Proviso to Section 344",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to private performances in any such\nplace.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16090
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{
"number": "345",
"title": "Section 345. Power of Commissioner to stop use of premises used in contravention of licences",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the Commissioner is of opinion that any eating house, lodging house, hotel, boarding\nhouse, tea shop, coffee house, cafe, restaurant, refreshment room or other place where\nthe public is admitted for repose or for consumption of any food or drink or where food is\nsold or prepared for sale or any theatre, circus, cinema house, dancing hall or similar\nother place of public resort, recreation or amusement is kept open without a licence or\notherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted in respect thereof, he\nmay stop the use of any such premises for any such purpose for a specified period by\nsuch means as he may consider necessary.\nr.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16100
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{
"number": "346",
"title": "Section 346(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If the Commissioner or any person authorised by him in this\nbehalf has reason to believe that any animal intended for human consumption is being\nslaughtered or that the flesh of any such animal is being sold or exposed for sale, in any\nplace or manner not duly authorised under this Act, he may at any time by day or night\nwithout notice, inspect such places for the purpose of satisfying himself as to whether\nany provisions of this Act or any bye-law made under this Act at the time in force is being\ncontravened there at and may seize any such animal or the carcass of such animal or\nsuch flesh found therein.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16110
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{
"number": "346",
"title": "Section 346(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Commissioner may remove and sell by auction or otherwise dispose of any\nanimal or carcass of any animal or any flesh seized under sub-section ( 1 ).",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16120
},
{
"number": "346",
"title": "Section 346(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If within one month of such seizure the owner of the animal, carcass or flesh fails to\nappear and prove his claim to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or if the owner is\nconvicted of an offence under this section in respect of such animal, carcass or\nflesh, the proceeds of any sale under sub-section (1) shall vest in the Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16130
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{
"number": "346",
"title": "Section 346(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) Any person slaughtering any animal or selling or exposing for sale the flesh of any\nsuch animal in any place or manner not duly authorised under the provisions of this\nAct shall be punishable with imprisonment upto six months and may be arrested by\nany police officer without a warrant.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16140
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{
"number": "346",
"title": "Section 346(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) No claim shall lie against any person for compensation for any damage necessarily\ncaused by any entry or by the use of any force necessary for effecting any entry\nunder this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16150
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{
"number": "1617",
"title": "CHAPTER XIX - IMPROVEMENTS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XIX",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16160
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{
"number": "347",
"title": "Section 347. Improvement scheme",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where the Commissioner upon information is satisfied in\nrespect of any area -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16170
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{
"number": "347",
"title": "Section 347(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that the buildings in that area are by reason of disrepair or sanitary defects, unfit for\nhuman habitation or are by reason of their bad arrangement of the streets or the\nwant of light, air, ventilation or proper conveniences, dangerous or injurious to the\nhealth of the inhabitants of the area ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16180
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{
"number": "347",
"title": "Section 347(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that the most satisfactory method dealing with the conditions in the area is the\nrearrangement and reconstruction of the streets and buildings in the area in\naccordance with an improvement scheme, he may frame an improvement scheme\nin respect of the area in accordance with the bye-laws made in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16190
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) An improvement\nscheme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16200
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the acquisition by agreement or under the Right to Fair Compensation and\nTransparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013\nof any property necessary for or affected by the execution of the scheme ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16210
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the relaying out of any land comprised in the scheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16220
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the redistribution of sites belonging to owners of property comprised in the\nscheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16230
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) the closure or demolition of building or portions of buildings unfit for human\nhabitation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16240
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) the demolition of obstructive buildings or portions thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16250
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) the construction and reconstruction of buildings ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16260
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) the construction and alteration of streets ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16270
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) the water supply, street lighting, drainage and other conveniences;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16280
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, garden, play ground ;\nU) the sanitary arrangements required for the area comprised in the scheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16290
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(k)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(k) the provision of accommodation for any class of the inhabitants ;\n(I) the provision offacilities for communication;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16300
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(m)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(m) the sale, letting or exchange of any property comprised in the scheme;\n( n) urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of ecological aspects ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16310
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{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(o)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(o) Urban poverty elevation;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16320
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(p)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(p) promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16330
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(q)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(q) cattle pounds, prevention of cruelty to animals;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16340
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(r)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(r) public amenities including street light, parking lots, bus stops and public\nconveniences ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16350
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(1)(s)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(s) any other matter for which, in the opinion of the Commissioner it is expedient\nto make provision with a view to the improvement of the area to which the\nscheme relates.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16360
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where any land is designated in an improvement scheme as subject to acquisition\nor is required by the scheme to be kept as an open space, then, if at the expiration\nof ten years from the date of sanction of the scheme by the Government under sub\nsection (2) of section 349 the land is not acquired by the Commissioner, the owner\nof the land may serve on the Commissioner, a notice requiring his interest in the\nland to be so acquired.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16370
},
{
"number": "348",
"title": "Section 348(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) If the Commissioner fails to acquire the land within a period of six months from the\nreceipt of the notice, the improvement scheme shall have effect after the expiration\nof the said six months and if the land were not designated as subject to acquisition\nby the Commissioner or were not required to be kept as an open space.\n( 4) The Commissioner may prepare a scheme in the slum improvement and up-gradation\nof the area as notified by State Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16380
},
{
"number": "349",
"title": "Section 349(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every improvement scheme shall, as soon as may be,\nafter it has been framed, be submitted by the Commissioner for approval to the Corporation\nand the Corporation may either approve the scheme without modifications or with such\nmodifications as it may consider necessary or reject the scheme with directions to the\nCommissioner to have a fresh scheme framed according to such directions.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16390
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{
"number": "349",
"title": "Section 349(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No improvement scheme approved by the corporation under sub-section (1) shall be\nvalid unless it has been sanctioned by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16400
},
{
"number": "350",
"title": "Section 350(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) After an improvement\nscheme is sanctioned by the Government, the Commissioner shall prepare a notice\nstating -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16410
},
{
"number": "350",
"title": "Section 350(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the fact that the scheme has been sanctioned ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16420
},
{
"number": "350",
"title": "Section 350(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the boundaries of the area com prised in the scheme ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16430
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{
"number": "350",
"title": "Section 350(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) the place at which particulars of the scheme, a map of the area comprised in\nthe scheme, and a statement of the land which it is proposed to acquire may\nbe seen.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16440
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{
"number": "350",
"title": "Section 350(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the Commissioner shall cause the aforesaid notice to be published in the Official\nGazette and also in the manner specified in section 379.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16450
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{
"number": "351",
"title": "Section 351. Rehousing scheme",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner, while framing the improvement scheme under\nthis chapter for any area may also frame a scheme, (hereinafter in this Act referred to as\nthe rehousing scheme,) for the construction, maintenance and management of such and\nso many buildings as he may consider necessary for providing accommodation for persons\nwho are likely to be displaced by the execution of the improvement scheme.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16460
},
{
"number": "352",
"title": "Section 352. Improvement scheme and rehousing scheme to comply with master plan and zonal development plan",
"chapter": null,
"content": "m No improvement scheme or rehousing scheme framed\nunder this chapter after development plan for the municipal area or a zonal development\nplan for any part thereof has been prepared in accordance with law shall be valid unless\nsuch scheme is in conformity with the provisions of the development plan or the zonal\ndevelopment plan.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16470
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{
"number": "353",
"title": "Section 353. Provisions of housing accommodation for the economically weaker sections",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If\nthe corporation, upon consideration of report from the com missioner or any other information\nis satisfied that is expedient to provide housing accommodation for the economically weaker\nsections in any area and that such accommodation can be provided without making an\nimprovement scheme, the Corporation shall cause that area to be defined on a plan and\npass a resolution authorising the Commissioner to provide such accommodation -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16480
},
{
"number": "353",
"title": "Section 353(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) by the erection of buildings or by attachment of land belonging to the Corporation or\nof land acquired by the corporation for the purpose;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16490
},
{
"number": "353",
"title": "Section 353(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) by the conversion of any buildings belonging to the corporation into dwellings for the\neconomically weaker sections.\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16500
},
{
"number": "1652",
"title": "CHAPTER XX - REGULATION OF FELLING AND PLANTING TREES",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XX",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16510
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354. Prohibiting felling, cutting, damaging, destroying any tree in any urban area",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No\nperson shall cut, damage, destroy, fell or remove any tree of the prescribed class, whether\nincluded in a private holding or not, within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation,\nexcept with prior permission obtained from the State Government under the provisions\nmade in this Chapter or any rules made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16520
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Explanation to Section 354",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation : For the purpose of this section the expression \"damage\" in relation to a\ntree shall include,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16530
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) girdling, drilling of holes, boring and use of poisonous substance ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16540
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) cutting and exposure of roots or making a tree dangerous ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16550
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) setting fire to a tree or its branches ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16560
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(ct)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ct) debarking or stripping of the bark;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16570
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) extraction of resin and gum;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16580
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) lopping of branches ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16590
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) extraction and removal oftorchwood;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16600
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) damage to trees by throwing debris or stones ;\nBut such damage shall not include the damage which is caused,-\n( 1 ) by the bonafide exercise of the rights of the right holders of the area ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16610
},
{
"number": "354",
"title": "Section 354(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) by lopping of branches of trees which are grown mainly for fodder, horticultural\nor ornamental purposes.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16620
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The State Government shall by notification,\nconstitute the Tree Authority consisting of the following :-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16630
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16640
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) the Commissioner;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16650
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) the Divisional Forest Officer having jurisdiction over the town/city;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16660
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)(iv)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iv) the District Horticulture Officer having jurisdiction over the city; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16670
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(1)(v)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(v) one Councillor to be nominated by the Mayor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16680
},
{
"number": "355",
"title": "Section 355(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Mayor shall be the Chairman of the Tree Authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16690
},
{
"number": "356",
"title": "Section 356(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Tree Authority shall meet at least once in two\nmonths at such place and time as the chairman may decide.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16700
},
{
"number": "356",
"title": "Section 356(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The quorum to constitute a meeting of the Tree Authority shall be one half of the total\nnumber of its members.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16710
},
{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357. Duties of Tree Authority",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Notwithstanding anything in the Act, the Tree Authority shall\nsubject to any general or special order of the State Government be responsible for -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16720
},
{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the preservation of all trees within its jurisdiction;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16730
},
{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) obtaining declaration from all owners or occupants about the number of trees in their\nlands;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16740
},
{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) specifying the standards regarding the number and kind of trees in each locality,\ntype of land and premises shall have;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16750
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{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357(ct)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ct) assisting private and public institutions connected with planting and preservation of\ntrees; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16760
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{
"number": "357",
"title": "Section 357(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) undertaking such schemes or measures as may be directed from time to time for\nachieving the objectives of these provisions.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16770
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{
"number": "358",
"title": "Section 358. Appointment of Tree Officer",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The State Government shall appoint one or more Forest\nOfficers not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests as Tree Officer for the\nterritorial limits of a Municipal Corporation. Every Tree Officer shall exercise jurisdiction\nover the whole or such part of the areas of the Municipal Corporation as the State\nGovernment may from time to time determine.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16780
},
{
"number": "359",
"title": "Section 359(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any person\nintending to cut, fell or remove a tree within the territorial jurisdiction of the corporation\nshall make an application to the Tree Officer, in such form and containing such particulars\nand accompanied by such documents as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16790
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{
"number": "359",
"title": "Section 359(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Such application shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16800
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) On receipt of application from any person to fell any\nstanding tree or to cut, lop, remove or otherwise dispose of a fallen tree, the Tree Authority\nshall, after making such inquiry as it may think fit, and with prior approval of the Government\neither permit in whole or in part or refuse the permission applied for:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16810
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Proviso to Section 360(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such permission shall be refused if the tree -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16820
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) is dead, diseased or wind-fallen; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16830
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) constitute a danger to life or property ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16840
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) is substantially damaged or destroyed by fire, lightning, rain or other natural\ncauses.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16850
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where permission to fell a standing tree or to cut, remove or otherwise dispose of a\nfallen tree is granted, the Tree Authority may impose condition that the applicant\nshall plant another tree or trees of the same or other suitable species preferably on\nthe same site within sixty days of the date on which the tree is felled or within such\nextended time as the Tree Authority may allow.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16860
},
{
"number": "360",
"title": "Section 360(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The permission granted under this section shall be valid for a period of 180 days\nfrom the date on which the sanction is conveyed to the applicant. If the applicant\nfails to cut, fell, lop or remove the tree permitted to be cut, felled, lopped, or removed\nwithin the aforesaid period of 180 days, the permission granted shall lapse, unless\nthe applicant obtains from the Commissioner an extension of time on an application\nfor extension and payment of prescribed fee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16870
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{
"number": "361",
"title": "Section 361(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If in the opinion of the Tree Officer the\nnumber of trees in any land is not adequate according to the standards prescribed under\nclause ( c) of section 357, the Tree Officer may, by order, after giving a reasonable opportunity\nto the owner or occupier of the land of being heard, require him to plant such trees or\nadditional trees and at such places in the land as may be specified in the order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16880
},
{
"number": "361",
"title": "Section 361(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When an order is made under sub-section (1 ), the owner or occupier of the land\nshall comply with such order within thirty days from the receipt thereof or such\nextended time as the Tree Officer may allow.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16890
},
{
"number": "362",
"title": "Section 362(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any tree is fallen or destroyed\nby wind, fire, lighting, rain or such other natural causes, the Tree Officer may suo motu or\non information given to him after holding such enquiry as he deems fit, by order require\nsuch owner or occupier to plant a tree or trees in place of the tree so fallen or destroyed\nas may be specified in the order.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16900
},
{
"number": "362",
"title": "Section 362(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When an order is made under sub-section (1 ), the owner or occupier of the land\nshall comply with such order within thirty days from the receipt thereof or such\nextended time as the Tree Officer may allow.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16910
},
{
"number": "363",
"title": "Section 363. Responsibilities for preservation of trees",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When an order is made by the Tree Officer\nunder section 360, section 361 and section 362 subject to the provisions of section 364,\nit shall be the duty of owner or occupier of the land who is directed to plant a tree to see\nthat the tree grows properly and is well preserved. It shall also be the duty of such owner\nor occupier to preserve all other trees existing on the land at the time of commencement\nof this Act within the area in which the land is situated.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16920
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{
"number": "364",
"title": "Section 364. The recovery of expenditure on failure to comply with orders for planting of trees",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where the owner or occupier of the land fails to comply with any orders made\nby the Tree Officer under section 361 or section 362 or section 363, the Tree Officer\nmay after giving a reasonable opportunity to such owner or occupier of being heard and\nwithout prejudice to any other action which may be taken against the defaulter under\nthese provisions take the necessary action himself and recover the expenditure incurred\nthereon, from the owner or the occupier, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16930
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{
"number": "365",
"title": "Section 365(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any decision is given or order is made under section 361, section\n362 or section 363 by the Tree Officer an appeal shall lie to the Tree Authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16940
},
{
"number": "365",
"title": "Section 365(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The appeal shall be made within thirty days from the date the decision is\ncommunicated to or the order is received by the owner or occupier of the land.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16950
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{
"number": "365",
"title": "Section 365(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The Tree Authority shall, as far as possible, decide the appeal within ninety days\nfrom the date of its receipt after giving a reasonable opportunity to the appellant of\nbeing heard.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16960
},
{
"number": "365",
"title": "Section 365(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) The decision of the Tree Authority shall be final and shall not be questioned in any\ncourt of law.\n-,",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16970
},
{
"number": "366",
"title": "Section 366. Seizure",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When the Tree Officer has reason to believe that an offence under the provisions\nof this Chapter has been committed in respect of any tree he may seize the tools, ropes,\nchains, boats, vehicles or animals used for the commission of the said offence along with\ntree or part thereof which has been severed from the ground or the trunk, as the case\nmay be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16980
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{
"number": "367",
"title": "Section 367. Penalty",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whoever falls or abets the falling of any tree or causes any tree to be felled in\ncontravention of the provisions of this Chapter or any rules made thereunder without any\nreasonable excuse, fails to comply with any order issued or conditions imposed by the\nTree Officer or any other officer subordinate to him in the discharge of their functions\nunder the provisions of this Chapter shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment\nwhich may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or\nwith both.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 16990
},
{
"number": "367",
"title": "Explanation to Section 367",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation : For the purposes of this section a breach of the provisions of this Chapter\nor abetment of breach thereof in respect of cutting or destroying each tree shall be a\nseparate offence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17000
},
{
"number": "368",
"title": "Section 368. Compounding of offences",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No offence or breach of the provisions of this Chapter shall\nbe com pounded by any authority em powered to com pound without providing for forfeiture\nof the tree fuel, or timber along with articles seized under section 366 in favour of the\nconcerned Municipal Corporation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17010
},
{
"number": "369",
"title": "Section 369. Operation of other laws not barred",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to\nprevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law for any act or omission\nwhich constituted an offence under these provisions or from being liable under such other\nlaw to higher punishment or penalty than that provided by these provisions or the rules\nmade thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17020
},
{
"number": "370",
"title": "Section 370. Power to make rules",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The State Government may by notification make rules to carry\nout the purposes of the provisions of this Chapter.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17030
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Whenever it is provided in this Act or any bye-law made thereunder\nthat a licence or written permission may be granted for any purpose, such licence or\nwritten permission shall be signed by the Commissioner or by the officer empowered to\ngrant the same under this Act or the bye-laws made thereunder or by any Corporation\nOfficer authorised by the Commissioner and shall specify, in addition to any other matter\nrequired to be specified under any other provision of this Act or any provision of any bye\nlaw made thereunder-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17040
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the date of the grant thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17050
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) the purpose and the period, if any, to which it is granted ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17060
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) restrictions or conditions, if any, subject to which it is granted ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17070
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) the name and address of the person to whom it is granted; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17080
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(1)(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) the fee, if any, paid for the licence or written permission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17090
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any bye-law made thereunder, for every\nsuch licence or written permission a fee may be charged at such rate as may from\ntime to time be fixed by the Commissioner with the sanction of the Corporation and\nsuch fee shall be payable by the person to whom the licence or written permission\nis granted.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17100
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any by-law made thereunder any licence or\nwritten permission granted under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder may at\nanytime be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner or by the officer by whom\nit was granted, if he is satisfied that it has been secured by the grantee through\nmisrepresentation or fraud or if any of its restrictions or conditions has been infringed\nor evaded by the grantee, or if the grantee has been convicted for the contravention\nof any of the provisions of this Act or any bye-law made thereunder relating to any\nmatter for which the licence or permission has been granted :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17110
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Proviso to Section 371(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that -\n( a) before making any order of suspension or revocation, reasonable opportunity\nshould be afforded to the grantee of the licence or the written permission to\nshow cause why it should not be suspended or revoked ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17120
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(3)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) every such order shall contain a brief statement of the reasons for the suspension\nor revocation of the licence or the written permission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17130
},
{
"number": "371",
"title": "Section 371(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) When any such licence or written permission is suspended or revoked or when the\nperiod for which the same was granted has expired, the grantee shall, for all purposes\nof this Act or any bye-law made thereunder, be deemed to be without a licence or\nwritten permission until such time as the order suspending or revoking the licence\nor written permission is rescinded or until the licence or written permission is renewed.\n( 5) Every grantee of any licence or written permission granted under this Act shall at all\nreasonable times, while such licence or written permission remains in force if so\nrequired by the Commissioner or the authority by whom it was granted, produce\nsuch licence or written permission.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17140
},
{
"number": "372",
"title": "Section 372. Power of entry and inspection",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner or any Corporation officer or other\nCorporation employee authorised by him in this behalf or em powered in this behalf by or\nunder any provision of this Act may enter into or upon any land or building with or without\nassistants and workmen-\n( a) for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been on or in connection\nwith the land or building any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any bye\nlaw made thereunder ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17150
},
{
"number": "372",
"title": "Section 372(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not circumstances exist which would\nauthorise or require the Commissioner, or any Corporation officer or employee\nauthorised or empowered in this behalf to take any action or execute any work\nunder this Act or any bye-law made thereunder;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17160
},
{
"number": "372",
"title": "Section 372(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) for the purposes of taking any action or executing any work authorised or required\nby this Act or any bye-law made thereunder;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17170
},
{
"number": "372",
"title": "Section 372(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) to make any inquiry, inspection, examination, measurement, valuation or survey\nauthorised or required by or under this Act or necessary for the proper administration\nof this Act;\n( e) generally for the purpose of efficient discharge of the functions by any of the municipal\nauthorities under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17180
},
{
"number": "373",
"title": "Section 373(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner, or any person authorised by him in this behalf or empowered in\nthis behalf by or under any provision of this Act, may enter on any land within thirty\nfive metres of any work authorised by or under this Act with or without assistants\nand workmen for the purpose of depositing thereon any soil, gravel, stone or other\nmaterials or for obtaining access to such work or for any other purposes connected\nwith the execution of the same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17190
},
{
"number": "373",
"title": "Section 373(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The person so authorised shall, before entering on any such land state the purpose\nthereof and shall, if so required by the owner or occupier thereof, fence off so much\nof the land as may be required for such purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17200
},
{
"number": "373",
"title": "Section 373(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) The person so authorised shall, in exercising any power conferred by this section,\ndo as little damage as may be, and compensation shall be payable by the Corporation\nin accordance with bye-laws made in this behalf to the owner or occupier of land or\nto both for any such damage, whether permanent or temporary.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17210
},
{
"number": "374",
"title": "Section 374(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner, or any person\nauthorised by him in this behalf or empowered in this behalf by or, under any provision of\nthis Act to make any entry into any place, and to open or cause to be opened any door,\ngate or other barrier,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17220
},
{
"number": "374",
"title": "Section 374(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if he considers the opening thereof necessary for the purpose of such entry; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17230
},
{
"number": "374",
"title": "Section 374(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if the owner or occupier is absent or being present, refuses to open such door,\ngate or barrier.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17240
},
{
"number": "374",
"title": "Section 374(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Before making any entry into any such place or opening or causing to be opened\nany such door, gate or other barrier the Commissioner, or the person authorised or\nem powered in this behalf, shall call upon two or more respectable inhabitants of the\nlocality in which the place to be entered into is situate, to witness the entry or\nopening and may issue an order in writing to them or any of them so to do.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17250
},
{
"number": "374",
"title": "Section 374(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) A report shall be made to the Corporation as soon as may be after any entry has\nbeen made into any place or any door, gate or other barrier has been opened under\nthis section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17260
},
{
"number": "375",
"title": "Section 375. Time of making entry",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any bye-law made\nthereunder no entry authorised by or under this Act shall be made except between the\nhours of sunrise and sunset.\n..\n..",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17270
},
{
"number": "376",
"title": "Section 376. Consent ordinarily to be obtained",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any bye\nlaws made thereunder, no land or building shall be entered into without the consent of the\noccupier, or if there is no occupier, of the owner thereof and no such entry shall be made\nwithout giving the said owner or occupier, as the case may be, not less than twenty four\nhours written notice of the intention to make such entry:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17280
},
{
"number": "376",
"title": "Proviso to Section 376",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no such notice shall be necessary if the place to be inspected is a\nfactory, workshop or trade premises or a place used for any of the purposes specified in\nsection 338 or a stable for horses or a shed for cattle or a latrine or urinal or a work under\nconstruction or for the purpose of ascertaining whether any animal intended for human\nfood is slaughtered in that place in contravention of this Act or any bye-law made\nthereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17290
},
{
"number": "377",
"title": "Section 377. Regard to be had to social or religious usages",
"chapter": null,
"content": "When any place used as a human\ndwelling is entered under this Act, due regard shall be paid to the social and religious\ncustoms and usages of the occupants of the place entered and no apartment in the\nactual occupancy of a female, shall be entered or broken open until she has been informed\nthat she is at liberty to withdraw and every reasonable facility has been afforded to her for\nwithdrawing.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17300
},
{
"number": "378",
"title": "Section 378. Prohibition of obstruction or molestation in execution of work",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No person shall\nobstruct or molest any person authorised or empowered by or under this Act or any\nperson with whom the Corporation or the Commissioner has lawfully contracted, in the\nexecution of his duty or of anything which he is authorised or empowered or required to\ndo by virtue or in consequence of any of the provisions of this Act or any bye-law made\nthereunder, or in fulfilment of his contract, as the case may be.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17310
},
{
"number": "379",
"title": "Section 379. Public notices how to be made known",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Every public notice given under this Act or\nany bye-law made thereunder, shall be in writing under the signature of the Commissioner\nor of any Corporation Officer authorised by him in this behalf and shall be widely made\nknown in the locality to be affected thereby, by affixing copies thereof in conspicuous\npublic places within the said locality or by publishing the same or by beat of drum or by\nadvertisement in local newspaper or by any two or more of these means and by any other\nmeans that the appropriate municipal authority may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17320
},
{
"number": "380",
"title": "Section 380. Newspaper in which advertisement of notices to be published",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever it is\nprovided by this Act or any bye-law made thereunder that notice shall be given by\nadvertisement in local newspaper or that a notification or information shall be published\nin local newspapers, such notice, notification or information shall be inserted if practicable\nin at least two newspapers in such languages as the Corporation may from time to time\nspecify in this behalf:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17330
},
{
"number": "380",
"title": "Proviso to Section 380",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the Corporation publishes a municipal journal a publication in that\njournal shall be deemed to be a publication in a newspaper of the language in which the\nsaid journal may be published.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17340
},
{
"number": "381",
"title": "Section 381. Proof of consent etc. of Commissioner etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever under this Act or any rule,\nregulation or bye-law made thereunder the doing of or the omission to do anything or the\nvalidity of anything depends upon the approval, sanction, consent, concurrence,\ndeclaration, opinion or satisfaction of the Commissioner or of any Corporation Officer a\nwritten document signed by the Commissioner or officer purporting to convey or set forth,\nsuch approval, sanction, consent, concurrence, declaration, opinion or satisfaction, shall\nbe sufficient evidence thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17350
},
{
"number": "382",
"title": "Section 382. Notices, etc. to fix reasonable time",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Where any notice, bill, order or requisition\nissued or made under this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder requires\nanything to be done for the doing of which no time is fixed in this Act or the rule, regulation\nor bye-law, the notice, bill, order or requisition shall specify a reasonable time for doing\nthe same.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17360
},
{
"number": "383",
"title": "Section 383(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every licence, written permission,\nnotice, bill, summons or other document which is required by this Act or any rule, regulation\nor bye-law made thereunder to bear the signature of the Commissioner or of any Corporation\nOfficer, shall be deemed to be properly signed if it bears a facsimile of the signature of the\nCommissioner or officer, as the case may be, stamped thereupon.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17370
},
{
"number": "383",
"title": "Section 383(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to apply to a cheque drawn upon the\nCorporation Fund under section 96 and such classes of documents as may be\nprescribed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17380
},
{
"number": "384",
"title": "Section 384. Notice etc. by whom to be served or issued",
"chapter": null,
"content": "All notices, bills, summons and other\ndocuments required by this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-laws made thereunder to be\nserved upon or issued to any person shall be served or issued by municipal officers or\nother Corporation employee or by other persons authorised by the Commissioner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17390
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Every notice, bill, summons, order, requisition or other\ndocument required or authorised by this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made\nthereunder to be served or issued byor on behalf of the Corporation or by the Commissioner\nor any Corporation Officer on any person shall save as otherwise provided in this Act or\nsuch rule, regulation or bye-law, be deemed to be duly served -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17400
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) where the person to be served is a company, if the document is addressed to\na Director or the Secretary of the Company at its registered office or at its\nprincipal office or place of business and is either -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17410
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) sent by registered post ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17420
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) delivered at the registered office or at the principal office or place of business\nof the company ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17430
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) where the person to be served is a partnership firm, if the document is addressed\nto the partnership firm at its principal place of business, identifying it by the\nname or style under which its business is carried on and is either -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17440
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) sent by registered post ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17450
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) delivered at the said place of business ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17460
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) where the person to be served is a public body, or a corporation, a society or\nother body if the document is addressed to the Secretary, treasurer or other\nhead officer of that body, Corporation or a society at its principal office, and is\neither-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17470
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) sent by registered post or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17480
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) delivered at that office;\n( d) in any other case, if the document is addressed to the person to be served and -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17490
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) is given or tendered to him ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17500
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) if such person cannot be found; is affixed on some conspicuous part of\nhis last known place of residence or business, if within the municipal\narea, or is given or tendered to some adult member of his family or is\naffixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building; if any, to which\nit relates ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17510
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(1)(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) is sent by registered post to that person.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17520
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any document which is required or authorised to be served on the owner or occupier\nor any land or building may be addressed \"the owner\" or \"the occupier\" as the case\nmay be, of that land or building (naming that land or building) without further name or\ndescription and, shall be deemed to be duly served-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17530
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) if the document so addressed is sent or delivered in accordance with clause\n( d) of sub-section (1) ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17540
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) if the document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed, is delivered to\nsome person on the land or building to whom it can be delivered, is affixed to\nsome conspicuous part of the land or building.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17550
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Where a document is served on a partnership firm in accordance with this section,\nthe document shall be deemed to be served on each partner.\n( 4) For the purpose of enabling any document to be served on the owner of any premises,\nthe Commissioner may by notice in writing require the occupier of the premises to\nstate the name and address of the owner thereof.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17560
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) Where the person on whom a document is to be served is a minor, the service upon\nhis guardian or any adult member of his family shall be deemed to be service upon\nthe minor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17570
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) Nothing in section 383 and section 385 and in this section shall apply to any summons\nissued under this Act by a Court.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17580
},
{
"number": "385",
"title": "Section 385(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17590
},
{
"number": "386",
"title": "Section 386. Power in case of non-compliance with notice, etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In the event of a non-compliance\nwith the terms of any notice, order or requisition issued to any person under this Act or\nany rule, regulation or bye-laws made thereunder, requiring such person to execute any\nwork or to do any act, it shall be lawful for the authority or officer at whose instance the\n..\nnotice, order or requisition has been issued, whether or not the person in default is liable\nto punishment for such default or has been prosecuted or sentenced to any punishment\ntherefor, after giving notice in writing to such person, to take such action or such steps as\nmay be necessary for the completion of the act or the work required to be done or\nexecuted by such person and all the expenses incurred on such account shall be payable\nto the Commissioner on demand and if not paid within ten days after such demand, shall\nbe recoverable as an arrear of tax under this Act",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17600
},
{
"number": "387",
"title": "Section 387(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If any notice, order or requisition\nhas been issued to any person in respect of property of which he is the owner, the\nauthority or officer at whose instance such notice, order or requisition has been issued\nmay require the occupier of such property or any part thereof to pay to him, instead of to\nthe owner, any rent payable by him in respect of such property as it falls due up to the\namount recoverable from the owner under section 386 :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17610
},
{
"number": "387",
"title": "Proviso to Section 387(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that if the occupier refuses to disclose the correct amount of the rent\npayable by him or the name or address of the person to whom it is payable, the authority\nor officer may recover from the occupier the whole amount recoverable under section 386\nas an arrear of tax under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17620
},
{
"number": "387",
"title": "Section 387(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any amount recovered from an occupier instead of from an owner under sub-section\n( 1 ), shall in the absence of any contract between the owner and the occupier to the\ncontrary, be deemed to have been paid by the owner.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17630
},
{
"number": "388",
"title": "Section 388. Execution of work by occupier in default of owner and deduction of expenses from rent",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever the owner of any land orbuilding fails to execute any work which\nhe is required to execute under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder, the occupier, if\nany, of such land or building may, with the approval of the Commissioner, execute the\nsaid work and he shall, subject to any contract between the owner and occupier to the\ncontrary, be entitled to recover from the owner the reasonable expenses incurred by him\nin the execution of the work and may deduct the amount thereof from the rent payable by\nhim to the owner.\n·1",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17640
},
{
"number": "389",
"title": "Section 389(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Where any person, by reasonof his receiving rent\nof immovable property as a receiver, agent or trustee would be bound to discharge any\nobligation imposed by this Act, or any rule, bye-law, regulation or order made under it for\nthe discharge the obligation unless he has, or but for his own improper act or default\nmight have had, funds in his hands belonging to the owner sufficient for the purpose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17650
},
{
"number": "389",
"title": "Section 389(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The burden of proving any act entitling a receiver, agent or trustee to relief under sub-\nsection (1) shall lie upon him.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17660
},
{
"number": "389",
"title": "Section 389(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Where any receiver, agent or trustee has claimed and established his right to relief\nunder this section, the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require him, to\napply to the discharge of his obligation as aforesaid, the first moneys which may\ncome to his hands on behalf, or for the use of the owner, and on failure to comply\nwith the notice, he shall be deemed to be personally liable to discharge the obligation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17670
},
{
"number": "390",
"title": "Section 390. General power to pay compensation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In any case not otherwise provided for in this\nAct or in any bye-law made thereunder, the Commissioner, with the previous approval of\nthe Corporation, may pay compensation to any person who sustains damage by reasons\nof the exercise of any of the power vested by this Act or any bye-law in the Commissioner\nor in any Corporation officer or other Corporation employee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17680
},
{
"number": "391",
"title": "Section 391(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any\nperson who has been convicted of an offence against this Actor any bye-law made\nthereunder shall, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced\nfor the said offence, be liable to pay such compensation for any damage to the property\nof the Corporation resulting from the said offence as the appropriate municipal authority\nmay consider reasonable.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17690
},
{
"number": "391",
"title": "Section 391(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) In the event of a dispute regarding the amount of compensation, payable under sub\nsection (1) such amount shall, on application made to him be determined by the\nmagistrate before whom the said person was convicted of the said offence ; and on\nnon-payment of the amount of compensation so determined, the same shall be\nrecovered under a warrant from the said magistrate as if it were a fine imposed by\nhim on the person liable therefor.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17700
},
{
"number": "392",
"title": "Section 392. Mode of recovery of certain dues",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In any case not expressly provided for in this Act\nor any bye-law made thereunder any sum due to the Corporation on account of any\ncharges, costs, expenses, fees, rates or rent for on any other account under the Act or\nany such bye-law may be recoverable from any person from whom such sum is due as\narrears of tax under this Act:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17710
},
{
"number": "392",
"title": "Proviso to Section 392",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that no proceedings for the recovery of any sum under this section, shall\nbe commenced after the expiry of three years from the date on which such sum becomes\ndue.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17720
},
{
"number": "393",
"title": "Section 393. Right of owner to apply to court of the District Judge in case of obstruction by occupier",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The owner of any land or building may if he is prevented by the occupier\nthereof from com plying with any provision of this Act or any bye-law made thereunder or\nwith any notice, order or requisition issued under such provision, apply to the court of the\nDistrict Judge, and where such application is made within any time that may be fixed for\nthe compliance with such provision or notice, order or requisition, the owner shall not be\nliable for his failure to comply with the provision or notice, order or requisition within the\ntime so fixed.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17730
},
{
"number": "393",
"title": "Section 393(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The court on receipt of such application may make a written order requiring the\noccupier of the land or building to afford all reasonable facilities to the owner for\ncomplying with the said provision, or notice, order or requisition and may also, if it\nthinks fit direct that the costs of such application and order be paid by the occupier.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17740
},
{
"number": "393",
"title": "Section 393(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) After eight days from the date of the order referred to in sub-section (2), the occupier\nshall afford all such reasonable facilities to the owner for the purpose aforesaid as\nmay be specified in the order and in the event of his continued refusal to do so, the\nowner shall be discharged during the continuance of such refusal from any liability\nwhich may have been otherwise incurred by reasons of his failure to comply with the\nsaid provisions or notice, order or requisition.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17750
},
{
"number": "394",
"title": "Section 394. General powers and procedure of the court of District Judge",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The procedure\nprovided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of1908), in regard to suits shall be\nfollowed in the disposal of application, appeals or references that may be made to the\ncourt of the District Judge under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17760
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Government may,\nby notification in the Official Gazette, prescribe what fee shall be paid -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17770
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) on any application, appeal or reference under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder\nto the court of the District Judge ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17780
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) for the issue, in connection with any inquiry or proceedings before that court under\nthis Act or bye-law, of any summons or other process :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17790
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Proviso to Section 395(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the fee, if any prescribed under clause (a) shall not in cases in\nwhich the value of the claim or subject matter is capable of being estimated in\nmoney, exceed the fees liable for the time being under the provisions of the Court\nFees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), in cases in which the amount of the claim or subject\nmatter is of a like amount.",
"footnote": "7 of 1870",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17800
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The Government may, by like notification, determine the person by whom the fee, if\nany, prescribed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be payable.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17810
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No application, appeal or reference shall be received by the court of the District\nJudge until the fee, if any, prescribed therefor under clause (a) of sub-section (1) has\nbeen paid:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17820
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Proviso to Section 395(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that the court may in any case in which it thinks fit so to do -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17830
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(3)(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) receive an application, appeal or reference made by or on behalf of a poor\nperson; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17840
},
{
"number": "395",
"title": "Section 395(3)(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) issue process on behalf of any such person, without payment or on part payment\nof the fees prescribed under this section.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17850
},
{
"number": "396",
"title": "Section 396. Repayment of half fees on settlement before hearing",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whenever an application,\nappeal or reference made under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder to the court of\nthe District Judge, is settled by agreement between the parties before the hearing, half\nthe amount of all fees paid up to that time, shall be repaid by the court to parties by\nwhom the same have respectively been paid.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17860
},
{
"number": "397",
"title": "Section 397. Power of the court of District Judge to delegate certain powers and to make rules",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Court of the District judge may -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17870
},
{
"number": "397",
"title": "Section 397(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) delegate, either generally or specially, to the court of an additional district Judge,\npower to receive applications and reference under this Act or any rule, regulation or\nbye-laws made thereunder, and to hear and determine such application and references\n; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17880
},
{
"number": "397",
"title": "Section 397(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) with the approval of the Government, make rules not inconsistent with this Act or\nany rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder, providing for any matter connected\nwith the exercise to the jurisdiction conferred upon the court by this Act which is not\nherein specifically provided for.\n;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17890
},
{
"number": "398",
"title": "Section 398. Punishment for certain offences",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whoever -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17900
},
{
"number": "398",
"title": "Section 398(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) contravenes any provision of any of the sections, sub-sections, clauses, provisos or\nother provisions of this Act, mentioned in the first column of the table in the Second\nSchedule ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17910
},
{
"number": "398",
"title": "Section 398(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) fails to comply with any order lawfully given to him or any requisition lawfully made\nupon him under any of the said sections, sub-sections, clauses, provisos or other\nprovisions shall be punishable -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17920
},
{
"number": "398",
"title": "Section 398(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) with fine which may extend to the amount, specified in the third column of the\nsaid Table ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17930
},
{
"number": "398",
"title": "Section 398(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) in the case of a continuing contravention or failure; with an additional fine which\nmay extend to the amount specified in the fourth column of that Table for every\nday during which such contravention or failure continues after conviction for the\nfirst such contravention or failure.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17940
},
{
"number": "399",
"title": "Section 399. General",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Whoever, in any case in which a penalty is notexpressly provided by this Act,\nfails to comply with any notice, order or requisition issued under any provision thereof, or\notherwise contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with fine\nwhich may extend to five hundred rupees, and in the case of a continuing failure or\ncontravention with an additional fine which may extend to fifty rupees for everyday after\nthe first, during which he has persisted in the failure or contravention.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17950
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Section 400. ",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Offences by Companies (1) Where an offence under this Acthas been committed by\na company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was incharge of\nand was responsible to the Company for the conduct of the business of the company, as\nwell as the company shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be\nproceeded against and punished accordingly:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17960
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Proviso to Section 400",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person\nliable to any punishment provided in this Act if he proves that the offence was committed\nwithout his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of\nsuch offence.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17970
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Section 400(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) where an offence under this\nAct has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been\ncommitted with the consent or connivance of or is attributable to any neglect on the\npart of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director,\nmanager, Secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and\nshall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17980
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Explanation to Section 400(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Explanation: For the purposes of this section -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 17990
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Section 400(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) \"Company\" means a body corporate, and includes a firm or other association\nof individuals; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18000
},
{
"number": "400",
"title": "Section 400(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) \"director\" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18010
},
{
"number": "401",
"title": "Section 401. Police establishments",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) Every Corporation shall, unlessrelieved of this obligation\nby the Government, maintain sufficient police establishment for its police requirements\nwithin the municipal area and for the performance of the duties imposed on it by the Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18020
},
{
"number": "401",
"title": "Section 401(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) The establishment maintained under sub-section (1) shall consist of part of the\ngeneral police force under the Government within the meaning of section 2 of the\nPolice Act, 1861 (5 of 1861) and, shall consist of such number of officers and men\nwho shall respectively receive such pay, leave, allowances, gratuities and pensions\nas the Corporation may from time to time after consultation with the Director General\nof Police, and subject to the final decision of the Government, direct.",
"footnote": "5 of 1861",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18030
},
{
"number": "402",
"title": "Section 402(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any police officer may arrest anyperson who commits in\nhis view any offence against this Act or against any rule, regulation or bye-law made\nthereunder if -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18040
},
{
"number": "402",
"title": "Section 402(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) the name and address of such person be unknown to him ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18050
},
{
"number": "402",
"title": "Section 402(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) such person on demand declines to give his name and address or gives a\nname and address which such officer has reason to believe to be false.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18060
},
{
"number": "402",
"title": "Section 402(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No person so arrested shall be detained in custody after his true name and address\nare ascertained or, without the order of the nearest Magistrate, for a period longer\nthan twenty-four hours from the time of arrest exclusive of the time necessary for\nthe journey from the place of arrest to the court of such magistrate.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "402",
"title": "Section 402(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) It shall be the duty of all police officers to give immediate information to the\nCommissioner or any other appropriate Corporation Officer, of the commission of,\nthe attempt to commit any offence against this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-law\nmade thereunder and to assist all Corporation Officers and other Corporation\nemployees in the exercise of their lawful authority.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403. Power to institute legal proceedings etc. and obtain legal advice",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner\nmay-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18090
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) take, or withdraw from, proceedings against any person who is charged with-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18100
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(i) any offence against this Act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made there\nunder; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18110
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) any offence which affects or is likely to affect any property or interest of the\nCorporation or the due administration of this Act, or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18120
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(iii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(iii) committing any nuisance whatsoever;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18130
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) contest or compromise any appeal against rateable value or assessment of any tax or\nrate;\n( c) take, or withdraw from or compromise, proceedings under section 391 for the recovery\nof expenses or compensation claimed to be due to the Corporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18140
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(d)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(d) withdraw or compromise any claim for a sum not exceeding one thousand rupees\nagainst any person ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18150
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(e)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(e) defend any suit or other legal proceeding brought against the Corporation or against\nthe Commissioner or a Corporation Officer or other Corporation employee in respect\nof anything done or omitted to be done by any one of them in his official capacity;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18160
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(f)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(f) with the approval of the Corporation, admit or compromise any claim, suit or other\nlegal proceeding brought against the Corporation or against the Commissioner or\nany Corporation Officer or other Corporation employee in respect of anything done\nor omitted to be done as aforesaid;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18170
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(g)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(g) withdraw or compromise any claim against any person in respect of a penalty payable\nunder contract entered into with such person by the Commissioner on behalf of the\nCorporation ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18180
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{
"number": "403",
"title": "Section 403(h)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(h) obtain such legal advice and assistance as from time to time he thinks necessary\nor expedient to obtain or as he may be required by the Corporation to obtain for any\nof the purposes mentioned in the foregoing clauses or for securing lawful exercise of\ndischarge of any power or duty vesting in or imposed upon any municipal authority\nor any corporation officer or other Corporation employee.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18190
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{
"number": "404",
"title": "Section 404. Prosecution",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no courtshall try an offence made\nthereunder, except on the complaint of, or upon information received from the commissioner,\nor any other officer of the Corporation authorised by it in this behalf.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18200
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{
"number": "405",
"title": "Section 405(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Commissioner or any otherofficer of the Corporation\nauthorised by it in this behalf by a general or special order or a sub-committee of the\nCorporation appointed by it may, either before or after the institution of the proceedings,\ncompound any offence made punishable by or under this Act, or any rule or any bye-law\nmade thereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18210
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{
"number": "405",
"title": "Section 405(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where an offence has been compounded, the offender, if in custody, shall be\ndischarged and no further proceeding shall be taken against him in respect of the\noffence so compounded.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18220
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{
"number": "406",
"title": "Section 406. Protection of action of the Corporation etc.",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No suit orprosecution shall be entertained\nin any court against any Corporation Officer or other Corporation employee or against\nany person acting under the order or direction of the Corporation, the Commissioner or\nany Corporation officer or other Corporation employee, for anything which is in good faith\ndone or intended to be done, under this Act or any rule regulation or bye-law made\nthereunder.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18230
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{
"number": "407",
"title": "Section 407(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) No suit shall be institutedagainst the Corporation or\nagainst the Commissioner or against any Corporation officer or other Corporation employee\nor against any person acting under the order or direction of the Corporation or the\nCommissioner or any Corporation Officer or other Corporation employee, in respect of\nany act done, or purporting to have been done, in pursuance of this Act or any rule,\nregulation or bye-law made thereunder, until the expiration of two months after notice in\nwriting has been left at the Corporation office and, in the case of such employee or\nperson unless notice in writing has also been delivered to him or left at his office or place\nof residence, and unless such notice states explicitly the cause of action, the nature of\nthe relief sought, the amount of compensation claimed and the name and place of residence\nof intending plaintiff, and unless the plaint contains a statement that such notice has\nbeen so left or delivered.\n•",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18240
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{
"number": "407",
"title": "Section 407(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) No suit, such as is described in sub section (1) shall, unless it is a suit for the\nrecovery of immovable property or for a declaration of title thereto be instituted after\nthe expiry of six months from the date on which the cause of action arises.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18250
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{
"number": "407",
"title": "Section 407(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to apply to a suit in which the only relief\nclaimed is an injunction of which the object would be defeated by giving of the notice\nor the postponement of the institution of the suit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18260
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{
"number": "1828",
"title": "CHAPTER XXII - RULES, REGULATIONS AND BYE-LAWS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XXII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18270
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{
"number": "408",
"title": "Section 408(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any rulewhich the Government is\nem powered to make under this Act may provide that any contravention thereof shall be\npunishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18280
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{
"number": "408",
"title": "Section 408(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made,\nbefore the House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of\nten days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive\nsessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the successive\nsessions aforesaid, the House agrees to making any modification in the rule or the\nHouse agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect\nonly in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, however, any\nsuch modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of any thing\npreviously done or omitted to be done under that rule.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18290
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{
"number": "409",
"title": "Section 409(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Anyregulation which the\nCorporation under this Act, may make with the approval of Government, may be altered,\nor rescinded by the Corporation with the approval of the Government in the exercise of its\npowers under this Act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18300
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{
"number": "409",
"title": "Section 409(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any regulation made under this section may provide that contravention thereof shall\nbe punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18310
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{
"number": "409",
"title": "Section 409(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No regulation made by the Corporation under this Act shall have effect until it has\nbeen published in the Official Gazette by the Government.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18320
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410. Powers to make bye-laws",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Subject to the provisions of this Act.the Corporation may in\naddition to any bye-laws which it is empowered to make under any other provisions of\nthis Act make bye-laws to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-\nA. Bye-laws relating to taxation :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18330
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the maintenance of tax books and registers by the Commissioner and the\nparticulars which such books and registers should contain;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18340
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the inspection of and the obtaining of copies and extracts from such books and\nregisters and fees, if any, to be charged for the same ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18350
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the publication of rates, of taxes as determined by the Government from time to\ntime;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18360
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the requisition by the Commissioner of information and returns from persons\nliable to pay taxes ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18370
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the notice to be given to the Commissioner by any person who becomes the\nowner or possessor or of a vehicle or animal in respect of which any tax is\npayable under this Act;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18380
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) the wearing of badge by the driver of any such vehicle and the display of number\nplate on such vehicle;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18390
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) the submission of returns by the persons liable to pay any tax under this Act;\nand",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18400
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) any other matter relating to the levy, assessment, collection refund or remission\nof taxes under this Act.\nB. Bye-laws relating to water supply, drainage and sewage disposal :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18410
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the power of the Commissioner to close water works for the supply of water,\nwhether for domestic purposes or not, or for gratuitous use and to prohibit the\nsame and use of water for the purpose of business ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18420
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the connection of supply pipes for conveying to any premises a supply of water\nfrom municipal water works ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18430
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the making and renewing connections with municipal water works ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18440
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the power of the Com missioner to take charge of private connection ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18450
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the power of the Commissioner to alter the position of connection ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18460
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) the equitable distribution of water supplied to occupiers;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18470
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) the size, material, quality, description and position of the pipes and fittings to\nbe used for the purpose of any connection with or any communication from\nany municipal water works and the stamping of pipes and fittings and fees for\nsuch stamping ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18480
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) the size, material, quality and description of pipes, cisterns and fittings which\nare found on an examination under the provisions of this Act to be so defective\nthat they cannot be effectively repaired ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18490
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) the provision and maintenance of meters when water is supplied by\nmeasurement;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18500
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(10)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(10) the prohibition of fraudulent and un-authorised use of water and the prohibition\nof fraud in connection with meters;\n( 11) the maintenance of pipes, cisterns and other water works;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18510
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(12)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(12) the regulation or prohibition of the discharge or deposit of offensive or obstructive ~\nmatter, polluted water or other polluted and obnoxious matter into sewers ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18520
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(13)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(13) the regulation in any manner not specifically provided for in this Act of the\nconstruction, alteration, maintenance, preservation, cleaning and repairs of drains,\nventilation, shafts, pipes, latrines, urinals, cesspools and other drainage works ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18530
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(14)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(14) the cleansing of drains ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18540
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(15)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(15) the prohibition of erection of buildings over drains without the permission of the\nCommissioner;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18550
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(16)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(16) the connection of private drains with municipal drains;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18560
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(17)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(17) the location and construction of cesspools ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18570
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(18)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(18) the covering and ventilation of cesspools ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18580
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(19)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(19) the period or periods of the day during which trade effluent may be discharged\nfrom any trade premises into municipal drains;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18590
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(20)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(20) the exclusion from trade effluent of all condensing water;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18600
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(21)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(21) the elimination from trade effluent, before it enters a municipal drain, of any\nconstituent which in the opinion of the Corporation would, either alone or in\ncombination with any matter with which it is likely to come into contact while i\npassing through municipal drains, injure or obstruct those drains or make\nspecially difficult or expensive the treatment or disposal of the sewage from\nthose drains;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18610
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(22)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(22) the maximum quantity of trade effluent which may, without any consent or\npermission, be discharged from any trade premises into municipal drains on\nany one day and the highest rate at which trade effluent may, without such\nconsent or permission, be discharged from any trade premises into municipal\ndrains;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18620
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(23)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(23) the regulation of the temperature of trade effluent at the time of its discharge\ninto municipal drains and the securing of the neutrality of trade effluent (that is\nto say that is neither acid nor alkaline) at the time of such discharge ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18630
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(24)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(24) the charges to be paid to the Corporation by occupiers of trade premises for the\nreception of trade effluent into municipal drains and disposal thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18640
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(25)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(25) the provisions and maintenance of such an inspection chamber or main hole as\nwill enable a person readily to take at any time, samples of what is passing\ninto municipal drains from trade premises ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18650
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(26)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(26) the provision and maintenance of such meters as may be required to measure\nthe volume of any trade effluent being discharged from any trade premises into\nmunicipal drains, and the testing of such meters.\nC. Bye-laws relating to streets :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18660
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the closure of streets when any work is in progress and alternative passage\nduring the progress of such work ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18670
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the erections of a temporary nature during festivals ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18680
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the setting up of boards on buildings adjacent to streets during their construction\nor repair;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18690
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the precautions to be taken when permission is granted to any private individual\nfor opening or breaking up any public street and the fees to be paid for the\nrestoration of a street in its original sanction ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18700
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the permission, regulation or prohibition of use or occupation of any street or\nplace by itinerant vendors or hawkers or by any person for the sale of articles\nor the exercise of any calling or the setting up of any booth or stall and the fees\nchargeable for such occupation.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18710
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) any other matter in connection with the construction, repair, maintenance,\nnaming, numbering and lighting of streets for which provision is necessary or\nshould be made.\nD. Bye-laws relating to building :\nthe regulation or restriction of the use of sites for buildings for different areas ;\nthe regulation or restriction of buildings in different areas;\nthe form of notice of erection of any building or execution of any work and the\nfee in respect of the same ;\nthe plans and documents to be submitted together with such notice and the\ninformation and further information to be furnished ;\nthe level and width of foundation, level of lowest floor and stability of structure;\nthe construction of buildings and the materials to be used in the construction\nof buildings ;\nthe height of buildings whether absolute or relative to the width of streets or to\ndifferent areas ;\nthe number and height of storeys composing a building and the height of rooms\nand the dimensions of rooms intended for human habitation ;\nthe provision of open spaces, external and internal and adequate means of\nlight and ventilation ;\nthe provision of means of egress in case of fire, fire escapes and water lifting\ndevices;\nthe provision of secondary means of access for the removal of house refuse;\nthe materials and methods of construction of external and party walls, roofs and\nfloors;\nthe position, materials and methods of construction of hearths, smoke escapes,\nchimneys, staircases, drains, latrines and cesspools ;\nthe provisions of lifts ;\nthe paving of yards;\nthe restrictions on the use of inflammable materials in buildings;\nthe restrictions on construction of foundation on certain sites;\nthe measures to be taken to protect buildings from damp arising from sub-soil;\nthe wells, tanks and cisterns and pumps for the supply of water for human\nconsumption in connection with buildings ;\nin the case of wells, the dimensions of the well, the manner of enclosing it and\nif the well is intended for drinking purposes the means which shall be used to\nprevent pollution of the water ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18720
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(21)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(21) the supervision of buildings;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18730
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(22)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(22) the setting back of garages and shops from the regular line of a street ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18740
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(23)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(23) the construction of portable structures and permission for such construction.\n( 1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\nl (1 O)\n( 11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\n(15)\n(16)\n(17)\n(18)\n(19)\n(20)\nE. Bye-laws relating to sanitation and public health :\n( 1) the position of latrines and urinals ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18750
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the provision of air spaces between latrines and buildings of places used for\nvarious purposes ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18760
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the white washing of buildings ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18770
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the provision of living accommodation for sweepers in buildings newly erected\nrequiring ten or more latrines ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18780
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the regulation or prohibition of the stabling or herding of animals or any class of\nanimals so as to prevent danger to public health ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18790
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) the seizure of ownerless animals straying within the limits of the municipal\narea and the regulation and control of ponds ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18800
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) the fixing and regulation of the use of public bathing and washing places ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) the prevention of the spread of dangerous diseases ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18820
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) the segregation in or the removal or expulsion from any part of the municipal\narea or the destruction of animals suffering or reasonably suspected to be\nsuffering from any infectious or contagious disease ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18830
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(10)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(10) the supervision, regulation, conservation and protection from injury, contamination\nor trespass of sources and means of public water supply and of appliances for\n.,,\nthe distribution of water ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18840
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(11)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(11) the enforcement of compulsory vaccination and inoculation;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18850
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(12)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(12) the proper disposal of corpses, the regulation and management of burning and\nburial places and other places for the disposal of corpses and the fees chargeable\nfor the use of such places where the same are provided or maintained at the\nexpense of the Corporation Fund.\nF. Bye-laws relating to public safety and suppression of nuisances :\nThe regulation or prohibition for the purposes of sanitation or the prevention of\ndisease or the promotion of public safety or conveniences of any act which occasions\nor is likely to occasion a nuisance and for the regulation or prohibition of which no\nprovision is made elsewhere by this Act.\nG. Bye-laws relating to markets, slaughter houses, trades and occupations :\n( 1) the day on, and the hours during which any market or slaughter house may be\nkept open for use;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18860
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the regulation of the design, ventilation and drainage of markets and slaughter\nhouses and the materials to be used in the construction thereof;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18870
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the keeping of markets and slaughter houses and the lands and buildings\nappertaining therefrom in a clean and sanitary condition, the removal of filth,\nrubbish and other polluted and obnoxious matter therefrom and the supply\ntherein of pure water and of a sufficient number of latrines and urinals for the\nuse of persons using or frequenting the same;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18880
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the manner in which animals shall be admitted in slaughter houses;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18890
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the manner in which animals may be slaughtered;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18900
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) the provision of passage of sufficient width between the stalls in market buildings\nand market places for the convenient use of the public and the prevention of\nencroachment of such passage;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18910
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(7)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(7) the setting apart of separate areas for different classes of articles in market\nbuilding and market places;",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 18920
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(8)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(8) the disposal or destruction of animals offered for slaughter which are, from\ndisease or any other cause, unfit for human consumption;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18930
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(9)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(9) the destruction of carcasses which from any disease or any other cause are\nfound after slaughter to be unfit for human consumption;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18940
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(10)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(10) the regulation of the entry of animal into slaughter house and bringing out of the\ncarcasses of such animals safer slaughter and the fee to be paid for use of\nslaughter houses;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18950
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(11)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(11) the proper custody and care of animals for the keeping of which licences are\ngranted under section 339;\n•",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18960
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(12)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(12) the regulation of the import of animals and flesh within the municipal area;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18970
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(13)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(13) the rendering necessity of licences for the use of premises within the municipal\narea as stables or cow houses or as an accommodation for sheep, goat or\nbuffalo and the fees payable for such licences and the conditions subject to\nwhich such licences may be granted, refused, suspended or revoked ;",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 18980
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(14)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(14) the regulation of sarais, hotels, dak bungalows, lodging houses, boarding\nhouses, buildings, let-in-tenements, residential clubs, restaurants, eating\nhouses, cafes, refreshment rooms and places of public;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 18990
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(15)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(15) recreation, entertainment or resorts;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19000
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(16)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(16) the control and supervision of places where dangerous offensive trades are\ncarried on so as to secure cleanliness therein or to minimise injurious, offensive\nor dangerous effects arising or likely to arise therefrom;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19010
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(17)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(17) the regulation of the posting of bills and advertisements and of the position,\nsize, shade or style of the name boards, signing boards and signposts ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19020
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(18)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(18) the fixation of a method for the sale of articles whether by measure, weight,\npiece or any other method ;",
"footnote": "",
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"sort_order": 19030
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(19)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(19) the procedure regarding grant of permit to establish a factory, workshop or\ntrade premises;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19040
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(20)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(20) the regulation of smoke in factories, workshop and trade premises;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19050
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(21)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(21) the regulation of sanitary conditions in factories, workshops and trade premises;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19060
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(22)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(22) the regulation of the use in any factories, workshops or trade premises of,\nwhistle, trum per, siren or horn worked by steam, com pressed air, electricity or\nother mechanical means ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19070
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(23)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(23) the prevention of nuisance in any market, building, market place, slaughter\nhouse or any factory, workshop or trade premises ;\nH. Bye-laws relating to improvement :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19080
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the form and contents of an improvement scheme or a rehousing scheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19090
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the procedure to be followed in connection with the framing, submission, approval\nand sanction of such scheme;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19100
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the local inquiries and other hearings that may be held before a scheme is\nframed, approved or sanctioned ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19110
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the alteration of an improvement scheme or a rehousing scheme after approval\nand sanction.\nI. Bye-laws relating to miscellaneous matters :",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19120
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) the prevention and extinction of fire ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19130
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) the circumstances and the manner in which owners of land or building in\nthe municipal area temporarily absent therefrom or not resident therein may\nbe required to appoint as their agents for all or any of the purposes of this\nAct or of any bye-laws made thereunder, persons residing within or near\nthe municipal area;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19140
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) the regulation and control of Corporation hospitals and dispensaries ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19150
},
{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(4) the rendering of necessary licences-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19160
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(4)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) for the proprietors or drivers of hackney-carriages, cycles rickshaws, thetas,\nthe rehries kept or plying for hire or used for hawking articles ;\n{b) for persons working as job porters for the conveyance of goods;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19170
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{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(5)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(5) the classification of cinema theatres for the purposes of levying theatre-tax;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19180
},
{
"number": "410",
"title": "Section 410(6)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(6) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed by bye-laws made under\nthis Act or in respect of which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient\nprovision and provision is, in the opinion of the Corporation, necessary for the\nefficient municipal government of the municipal area.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19190
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{
"number": "411",
"title": "Section 411(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) Any bye-law made under this Act may provide\nthat a contravention thereof shall be punishable,-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19200
},
{
"number": "411",
"title": "Section 411(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19210
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{
"number": "411",
"title": "Section 411(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and in the case of continuing\ncontravention, with an additional fine which may extend to five thousand for every\nday during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first\ncontravention ; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19220
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{
"number": "411",
"title": "Section 411(1)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) with fine which may extend to five thousand for every day during which the\ncontravention continues, after the receipt of a notice from the Commissioner or\nany Corporation Officer duly authorised in that behalf by the person contravening\nthe bye-law requiring such person to discontinue such contravention.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19230
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{
"number": "411",
"title": "Section 411(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Any such bye-law may also provide that a person contravening the same shall be\nrequired to remedy, so far as lies in his power, the mischief, if any, caused by such\ncontravention.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19240
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{
"number": "412",
"title": "Section 412. Supplemental provisions respecting bye-laws",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Any power to make bye-laws conferred\nby this Act is conferred subject to the publication in Official Gazette for inviting public\nobjections:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19250
},
{
"number": "412",
"title": "Proviso to Section 412",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that State Government may cancel any such bye-law if found to be contrary\nto the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder and thereupon the bye-law shall\ncease to have effect.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19260
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{
"number": "413",
"title": "Section 413(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) A copy of all bye-laws\nmade under this Act shall be kept at the Corporation office and shall, during office hours,\nbe open free of charge to inspection by any person of the municipal area.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19270
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{
"number": "413",
"title": "Section 413(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Copies of all such bye-laws shall be kept at the Corporation office and shall be sold\nto the public at cost price either singly or in collections at the option of the purchaser.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19280
},
{
"number": "1930",
"title": "CHAPTER XXIII - CONTROL",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XXIII",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19290
},
{
"number": "414",
"title": "Section 414. Power of Government to require production of documents",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Government or\nthe Director may at any time require the Commissioner -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19300
},
{
"number": "414",
"title": "Section 414(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document in his possession\nor under his control ; and",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19310
},
{
"number": "414",
"title": "Section 414(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account or statistics relating to the\nproceedings, duties or works of the Corporation or any of the Corporation authorities.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19320
},
{
"number": "415",
"title": "Section 415. Inspections",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Government may depute any officer to inspector examine any municipal\ndepartment or office or any service or work undertaken by the Corporation or any of the\nmunicipal authorities or any property belonging to the Corporation and to report thereon\nand the Corporation and every Corporation authority and all Corporation officers and other\nCorporation employees shall be bound to afford the officer so deputed access at all\nreasonable times to the premises and properties of the Corporation and to all records,\naccounts and other documents the inspection of which he may consider necessary to\nenable him to discharge his duties.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19330
},
{
"number": "416",
"title": "Section 416(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) If, whether on receipt of any information or report\nobtained under section 414 or section 415 or otherwise, the Government is of the\nopinion -",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19340
},
{
"number": "416",
"title": "Section 416(1)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) that any duty imposed on the Corporation or any of its authority by or under\nthis Act, has not been performed or has been performed in an imperfect,\ninsufficient or unsuitable manner; or",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19350
},
{
"number": "416",
"title": "Section 416(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) that adequate financial provision has not been made for the performance of\nany such duty; the Government, as the case may be, may direct the Corporation\nor the Commissioner, within such period as it thinks fit, to make arrangements\nto its satisfaction for the proper performance of duty, or, as the case may be, to\nmake financial provisions to its satisfaction for the performance of the duty and\nthe Corporation or the Commissioner concerned shall comply with such direction:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19360
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{
"number": "416",
"title": "Proviso to Section 416(1)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that unless in the opinion of the Government the immediate\nexecution of such order is necessary, it shall, before making any direction\nunder this section, give the Corporation or the Commissioner an opportunity of\nshowing cause why such direction should not be made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19370
},
{
"number": "416",
"title": "Section 416(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Where any direction is given by the Director under sub-section ( 1) he shall intimate\nthe Government of such direction and the said direction shall remain in force unless\nit is modified or rescinded by the Government.\n•\n--\ne",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19380
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{
"number": "417",
"title": "Section 417. Power to provide for enforcement of direction under section 416",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If, within the\nperiod fixed by a direction made under sub-section (1) of section 416, any action the\ntaking of which has been directed under that sub-section, has not been duly taken, the\nGovernment as the case may be, may make arrangements for the taking of such action\nand may direct that all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the\nCorporation Fund.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19390
},
{
"number": "418",
"title": "Section 418. Power to review",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Commissioner may, on his own or on the application made by\nany of the party to the proceedings, review the order passed by him under this Act, in\naccordance with the provisions of order XLVI I of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and\nmay modify or reverse the same accordingly.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19400
},
{
"number": "419",
"title": "Section 419. Power of revision",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Government may at any time, for the purpose of satisfying\nitself as to the correctness, legality, propriety or regularity of any proceeding or order\npassed by any officer of the Government or the Commissioner or any officer subordinate\nto him, call for and examine the record and may pass such order with reference thereto\nas it may think fit.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19410
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{
"number": "420",
"title": "Section 420. Dissolution of Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) If, in the opinion of the Government, the Corporation is\nnot competent to perform, or persistently makes default in the performance of the duties\nimposed on it by or under this Act or any other law or exceeds or abuses its powers the\nGovernment may by an order published, together with a statement of the reasons thereof,\nin the Official Gazette, declare the Corporation to be incompetent or in default or to have\nexceeded or abused its powers, as the case may be and dissolve the Corporation:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19420
},
{
"number": "420",
"title": "Proviso to Section 420",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that before making an order of dissolution as aforesaid, reasonable\nopportunity shall be given to the Corporation to be heard and to show cause why such\norder of dissolution should not be made.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19430
},
{
"number": "420",
"title": "Section 420(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) When the Corporation is dissolved by an order under sub-section (1 ),-",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19440
},
{
"number": "420",
"title": "Section 420(2)(a)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(a) all Councillor shall on such date as may be specified in the order vacate their\noffices without prejudice to their eligibility for election under clause ( d) ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19450
},
{
"number": "420",
"title": "Section 420(2)(b)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(b) on the dissolution of the Corporation, all powers and duties conferred and\nimposed upon the Corporation by or under this Act or any other law shall be\nexercised and performed by such officer or authority as the Government may\nappoint in that behalf ;",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19460
},
{
"number": "420",
"title": "Section 420(2)(c)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(c) all property vested in the Corporation shall until it is reconstituted, vest in the\nGovernment ; and\n( d) election shall be held for the purpose of reconstituting the Corporation within a\nperiod of six months.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19470
},
{
"number": "1949",
"title": "CHAPTER XXIV - MISCELLANEOUS",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XXIV",
"content": "",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19480
},
{
"number": "421",
"title": "Section 421. Delegation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "( 1) The Government may, by notification. delegate all or any of its powers\nunder this Act , except the power to make rules, to any officer subject to such restrictions\nand conditions as may be specified in the notification.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19490
},
{
"number": "421",
"title": "Section 421(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Wherever it is expedient to do so in the public interest and for the efficient performance\nof the functions entrusted to it , the Corporation may, with the prior approval of the\nState Government entrust any of its civic services and amenities (including collection\nof taxes and revenues) in relation to any matter to which the power of the Corporation\nextends, to any person or agency subject to such conditions and restrictions as it\nmay consider necessary to impose.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19500
},
{
"number": "422",
"title": "Section 422. Validity of notices and other documents",
"chapter": null,
"content": "No notice, order.requlsltlon, licence,\npermission in writing or any other document issued under this Act, shall be invalid merely\nby reason of defect of form.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19510
},
{
"number": "423",
"title": "Section 423. Admissibility of document or entry as evidence",
"chapter": null,
"content": "A copy of any receipt, application,\nplan, notice, order or other document or of any entry in a register in the possession of\nany Corporation authority shall, if duly certified by the legal keeper thereof or other person\nauthorised by the Commissioner in this behalf, be admissible in evidence of the existence\nof the document or entry and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and transaction\ntherein recorded in every case there, and to same extent to which the original document\nor entry would if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters and transactions.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19520
},
{
"number": "433",
"title": "Section 433(b). Powers of Corporation in rural areas",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19530
},
{
"number": "434",
"title": "Section 434. Power to suspend any resolution or order of Corporation",
"chapter": null,
"content": "If the Government or the\nDirector is of the opinion that the execution of any resolution or order of the Corporation\nor of any other Corporation authority or employee subordinate thereto or the doing of any\nact which is about to be done or is being done by or on behalf of the Corporation is in\ncontravention of or in excess of powers conferred by this Act or of any other law for the\ntime being in force or is likely to lead to breach of the peace or cause injury and/or\nannoyance to the public or any class or body of persons, the Government or the Director\nunder intimation to the Government, may, by order in writing, suspend the execution of\nsuch resolution or order, or prohibit the doing of any such act.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19540
},
{
"number": "435",
"title": "Section 435. Power of Government to modify proceedings",
"chapter": null,
"content": "The Government may, by written\norder modify, annul or omit from the records any proceedings of the Corporation which it\nconsiders not to be in conformity with this Act, or any rules or bye-laws made thereunder\nand may do all things necessary to secure such conforrnity:",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 19550
},
{
"number": "435",
"title": "Proviso to Section 435",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Provided that unless in the opinion of the Government the immediate making of such\norder is necessary it shall before making an order under this section, give the Corporation\nan opportunity of showing cause why such an order should not be made.",
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"number": "436",
"title": "Section 436. Power of Government to withdraw any area of Municipal area, from operation of Act",
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"content": "( 1) The Government may, by notification, withdraw from the operation of this Act,\nany area of any municipal area of the Corporation:",
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"number": "436",
"title": "Proviso to Section 436",
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"content": "Provided that no such notification shall be issued unless the same has been published\nfor inviting objections and suggestions, if any, which have been duly considered to.",
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"number": "436",
"title": "Section 436(2)",
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"content": "(2) When a notification is issued under this section in relation to any municipal area,\nthis Act, all notifications, rules, regulations, bye-laws, orders, directions and powers\nissued, made or conferred under this Act shall cease to apply to the said area.",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Corporation shall prepare every year a\ndevelopment plan for its area and submit it to the District Planning Committee.",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(2)",
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"content": "(2) The District Planning Committee, constituted by the State Government under\nArunachal Pradesh District planning committee Act 2011 and article 243ZD of the\nconstitution of India, shall consolidate the development plans prepared and submitted\nto it by the municipalities in the District, under sub-section (1) and prepare a draft\ndevelopment plan for the district as a whole.",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(3)",
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"content": "(3) The persons to represent the municipalities in the District Planning Committee,\nunder clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Arunachal Pradesh District\nPlanning Committee Act, 2011 (5 of 2011) shall be chosen by the elected members\nof the municipalities in the District in the prescribed manner from amongst\nthemselves.",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(4)",
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"content": "(4) Every District Planning Committee shall in preparing the draft development plan",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(4)(a)",
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"content": "(a) have regard to-",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(4)(i)",
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"content": "(i) matters of common interest between the municipalities and panchayats\nincluding spatial planning, sharing of water and other physical and natural\nresources, the integrated development of infrastructure and environmental\nconservation ;",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(4)(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) the extent and type of available resources whether financial or otherwise;",
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"number": "437",
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"content": "(b) consult such institutions and organisations as the State Government may\nspecify.",
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"number": "437",
"title": "Section 437(5)",
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"content": "(5) The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee shall forward the development\nplan, as recommended by such Committee, to the State Government.",
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"number": "438",
"title": "Section 438. Transitional provisions",
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"content": "In any enactment other than the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal\nAct, 2007 (4 of 2008), in force on the date immediately preceding the appointed day on\nwhich notification is published under sub-section (2) of section 3 of this Act issued or in\nany rule, order or notification made or issued thereunder and in force on such date,\nunless a different-intention appears -",
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"number": "438",
"title": "Section 438(a)",
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"content": "(a) reference to municipalities, Municipal Council and Nagar Pancbayats constituted\nunder the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007 ( 4 of 2008), shall be construed as\nreference to the Corporation and such enactment, rule, order or notification shall\napply to the Corporation ;",
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"number": "438",
"title": "Section 438(b)",
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"content": "(b) reference to the President or the Vice-President of a municipality constituted under\ntheArunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007 (4 of2008) shall be construed in respect\nof the municipal area as reference to the Commissioner appointed under this Act;\n( c) reference.to the members of a municipality constituted under tne Arunachal Pradesh\nMunicipal Act, 2007 (4 of2008), shall in respect of the Cor,por.ation shall be construed\nas reference to the Councillor of the Corporation cpnstitut~_d under this Act;",
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"number": "438",
"title": "Section 438(d)",
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"content": "(d) references to any Chapter or section of theArunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007\n(4 of 2008), shall as far as possible be construed in respect of the municipal area as\nreference to this Act or its corresponding Chapter or section.",
"footnote": "4 of 2008",
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"number": "439",
"title": "Section 439(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) When any municipality including\narea comprising rural area or a part thereof, if any, is declared and constituted a\nCorporation under sections 3 and 4 of this Act, the entire officers and employees serving\nin a municipality including area comprising rural area or a part thereof, if any, on a post\nin relation to which the Corporation is constituted, shall, on the declaration and\nconstitution of a Corporation, be deemed to be transferred to the Corporation on the\nexisting terms of service and integrated into the corresponding municipal service.",
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"number": "439",
"title": "Section 439(2)",
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"content": "(2) The Corporation may recruit additional staff where necessary subject to the conditions\nas may be laid down by the Government.",
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"number": "439",
"title": "Section 439(3)",
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"content": "(3) In making appointment to any post referred to in this section, the appointing authority\nshall follow the instructions issued by the Government from time to time in relation\nto reservation Policy of the State Government",
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"number": "440",
"title": "Section 440(1)",
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"content": "(1) All\nassets and properties vesting in, all debts, liabilities and obligations incurred by, and all\ncontracts made by or on behalf of the municipality including area comprising rural area or\na part thereof, if any, declared and constituted to be a Corporation under sections 3 and\n4 of this Act, be deemed to have been vested in, to have been incurred and made by the\nCorporation and shall continue in operation accordingly.",
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"number": "440",
"title": "Section 440(2)",
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"content": "(2) All proceedings pending before any authority of the said municipality including area\ncom prising rural or a part thereof, if any, on the day the Corporation was constituted\nwhich under the provisions of this Act, are required to be instituted before or undertaken\nby the Commissioner, shall be transferred to and continued by him and all other\nsuch proceedings shall, so far as may be transferred to and continued by such\nauthority before or by whom they have to be instituted or undertaken under the\nprovisions of this Act.",
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"number": "440",
"title": "Section 440(3)",
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"content": "(3) All appeals pending before any authority of the said municipality including area\ncomprising rural area or a part thereof, if any, on the day the Corporation was\nconstituted, shall, in so far as may be practicable, be disposed of as if the same\nwere pending before the said authority after the declaration and constitution of the\nCorporation.",
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"number": "440",
"title": "Section 440(4)",
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"content": "(4) All prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the said municipality including area\ncomprising rural area or a part thereof, if any, and all suits and legal proceedings\ninstituted by or against the said municipality including area comprising rural area or\na part thereof, if any, or any officer of the said municipality including area com prising\nrural area or a part thereof, if any, pending on the day the Corporation was constituted,\nshall be deemed to have been instituted by or against the Commissioner.",
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"number": "441",
"title": "Section 441. Provision for municipality or local authority which is superseded or dissolved",
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"content": "Any reference in the foregoing sections to municipalities or a local authority shall, in\ncase such municipality or a local authority has been superseded or placed under the\ncharge of an administrator under any enactment made for that purpose be deemed to be\na reference to the person or persons appointed to exercise the powers or to perform the\nfunctions of such municipality or local authority under any law relating to such municipality\nor the Municipal Corporation or local authority.",
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"number": "442",
"title": "Section 442(1)",
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"content": "(1) On a complaint being made to the Corporation by any Councillor that an officer or\nofficial of the corporation or any other class of Government officer or official discharging\nany duties in relation to the functions of the Corporation, to which the Government may,\nby notification, extend the provisions of this section, has misconduct himself in his official\ncapacity, the Corporation may enquire into the matter and submit a report alongwith the\nprima facie evidence to the superior officer whom it may concern, or to the Director and\nthe said officer shall, after such further enquiry as may be required, take suitable action\nunder intimation to the Corporation and the Government.",
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"number": "442",
"title": "Section 442(2)",
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"content": "(2) On the report being made by any Councillor that an officer or official of the municipality\nor any other class of Government officers or officials discharging any duties in relation\nto the functions of the Corporation, to which the Government may, by notification\nextend the provisions of this section, has failed to perform any duty imposed, upon\nhim by any law or rules, the Corporation may, by notice a reasonable period, require\nhim to perform the duty and, on his failure to do so, shall fixing report the matter to\nthe superior officer whom it may concern, or to the Director and the said officer\nshall, after such enquiry as may be required, take suitable action under intimation\nto the Corporation and the Government.",
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"number": "443",
"title": "Section 443. Power to remove difficulties",
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"content": "If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions\r\nof this Act or by reason of anything contained in this Act to any other enactment for the\r\ntime being in force, the Government may, as occasion requires, by order direct that this\r\nAct shall during such period as may, be specified in the order but not extending beyond\r\nthe expiry of two years from the commencement orders have effect subject to such\r\nadaptations whether by way of modification, addition or omissions as it may deem to be\r\nnecessary and expedient.",
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"number": "1985",
"title": "Schedule - FIRST SCHEDULE",
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"content": "FIRST SCHEDULE \r\n(See section 338) \r\nPART-I \r\nPurposes to which premises may not be used without a licence : \r\n1. Banking. \r\n2. Cinematograph films, shooting of. \r\n3. Cinematograph film by any process whatsoever, Treating of. \r\n4. Chillies or masala or seeds, Grinding of by mechanical means. \r\n5. Cloth, Yarn or leather in indigo or in other colours, Dyeing or printing of. \r\n6. Cloth, or yarn Bleaching. \r\n7. Keeping of an eating house or a catering establishment. \r\n8. Grain, Parching. \r\n9. Ground nut seeds, tamarind seeds or any other seeds, Parching. \r\n10. Keeping of hair dressing saloon or a barber's shop. \r\n11. Hides or skins, whether raw or dried Tanning, pressing or packing. \r\n12. Keeping a laundry shop. \r\n13. Leather goods, manufacturing or by mechanical means. \r\n14. Keeping of a Litho Press. \r\n15. Keeping of a lodging house. \r\n16. Metal Casting. \r\n17. Precious metals, Refining of or recovering of them from embroideries. \r\n18. Keeping of a Printing Press. \r\n19. Keeping a sweetmeats shop except in premises already licensed as an eating house. \r\n20. Keeping a tailoring shop. \r\n21. Carrying on the trade or business of or any operation connected with the trade of - \r\n(i) Autocar or autocycle servicing or repairing. \r\n(ii) Blacksmithy. \r\n(iii) Coppersmithy. \r\n(iv) Electroplating. \r\n(v) Glass bevelling. \r\n(vi) Glass cutting. \r\n(vii) Glass polishing. \r\n(viii) Goldsmithy. \r\n(ix) Marble cutting, grinding, dressing or polishing \r\n(x) Metal (ferrous or non-ferrous or antimony but excluding precious metal ) cutting \r\nor treating metal by harmoring drilling, pressing, filling, polishing, heating or by \r\nany other process whatever or assembling parts of metal. \r\n(xi) Photography-Studio. \r\n(xii) Radio (wireless receiving set) selling, repairing, servicing or manufacturing.\r\n(xiii) Silversmithy. \r\n(xiv) Spinning or weaving cotton silk, art silk, or jute or wool with the aid of power. \r\n(xv) Stone grinding, cutting, dressing or polishing. \r\n(xvi) Timber or wood sawing or cutting, by mechanical or electric power. \r\n(xvii) Tinsmithy. \r\n(xviii) Washerman's trade. \r\n(xix) Welding of metal by electric, gas or any process whatsoever. \r\n22. Manufacturing, parching, packing, pressing, cleaning, cleansing, boiling, moulting, \r\ngrinding or preparing by any process whatever any of the following articles - \r\n(i) Aerated waters. \r\n(ii) Bakelite goods. \r\n(iii) Bid is (indigenous cigarettes) snuff, cigars or cigarettes. \r\n(iv) Bitumen. \r\n(v) Blasting powder. \r\n(vi) Bones. \r\n(vii) Bricks or tiles by hand power. \r\n(viii) Bricks or tiles by mechanical power. \r\n(ix) Brushes. \r\n(x) Candles. \r\n(xi) Catgut. \r\n(xii) Celluloid or celluloid goods. \r\n(xiii) Cement concrete designs or models. \r\n(xiv) Charcoal. \r\n(xv) Chemicals. \r\n(xvi) Cinematograph films stripping in connection with any trade. \r\n(xvii) Cosmetics or toilet goods. \r\n(xviii) Cotton, cotton refuse, cotton waste, cotton yarn, silk, silk yarn, silk inclusive \r\nof waste yarn, art silk, art silk waste, art silk yarn, wool or woollen refuse or \r\nwaste. \r\n(xix) Cotton seeds. \r\n(xx) Dammar. \r\n°' \r\n(xxi) Dynamite. \r\n(xxii) Fat. \r\n(xxiii) Fireworks. \r\n(xxiv) Flax. \r\n(xxv) Ink for printing, writing, stamping etc. \r\n(xxvi) Gas. \r\n(xxvii) Ghee. \r\n(xxviii) Glass or glass articles. \r\n(xxix) Gunpowder. \r\n(xxx) Hemp. \r\n(xxxi) Ice (including dry Ice). \r\n(xxxii) Insecticide or disinfectants. \r\n(xxxiii) Leather, cloth or rexin cloth or water proof cloth. \r\n(xxxiv) Lime. \r\n(xxxv) Lineseed oil. \r\n(xxxvi) Matches for lighting (including Bengal matches). \r\n(xxxvii) Mattresses and pillows. \r\n(xxxviii) Offal. \r\n(xxxix) Oil-cloth.\r\nOil other than petroleum (either by mechanical power or by hand power or \r\nghani driven by bullock or any other animal) \r\nPharmaceutical or medical products. \r\nRubber or rubber goods. \r\nPaints. \r\nPaper or cardboard .. \r\nPickers from hides. \r\nPitch. \r\nPlastic goods \r\nPottery by hand power \r\nPottery by mechanical or any power other than hand power. \r\nSanitary-ware or China-ware \r\nSoap \r\nSugar \r\nSweetmeat and confectionery goods. \r\nTallow \r\nTar \r\nVarnishes \r\nWooden Furniture, boxes, barrels, khokas or other articles of wood or of plywood \r\nor of sandalwood. \r\nPART-II \r\nARTICLE WHICH MAY NOT BE STORED IN ANY PREMISES WITHOUT A LICENCE \r\n1. Asafootida. \r\n2. Ashes. \r\n3. Bamboos. \r\n4. Bidi or Bidi leaves \r\n5. Blasting powder. \r\n6. Blood. \r\n7. Bones, bone meal or bone powder. \r\n8. Camphor. \r\n9. Carbide of calcium. \r\n10. Cardboard. \r\n11. Celluloid or celluloid goods \r\n12. Cement. \r\n13. Charcoal. \r\n14. Chemical liquid. \r\n15. Chemicals, non-liquid. \r\n16. Chillies. \r\n17. Chlorate mixture. \r\n18. Cinematograph films-non-inflammable or acetate or safety base. \r\n19. Cloth in pressed bales or boras. \r\n20. Cloth or clothes of cotton, wool, silk, art silk etc. \r\n21. Coal. \r\n22. Coconut fibre. \r\n23. Coke. \r\n24. Compound gas, such as oxygen gas, hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas, carbondioxide \r\ngas, sulpher dioxide gas, chlorine gas, acetyalom gas etc. \r\n25. Copra. \r\n26. Cosmetics and toilet needs. \r\n27. Cotton including kahok, surgical cotton and silky cotton. \r\n(xi) \r\n(xii) \r\n(xiii) \r\n(xliii) \r\n(xliv) \r\n(xiv) \r\n(xlvi) \r\n(x1vii) \r\n(x1 viii) \r\n(x1 ix) \r\n(1) \r\n(1 i) \r\n(1 ii) \r\n(1 iii) \r\n(1iv) ~ \r\n(1v) \r\n(1vi) \r\n(1vii)\r\n114 \r\n28. \r\n29. \r\n30. \r\n31. \r\n32. \r\n33. \r\n34. \r\n35. \r\n36. \r\n37. \r\n38. \r\n39. \r\n40. \r\n41. \r\n42. \r\n43. \r\n44. \r\n45. \r\n46. \r\n47. \r\n48. \r\n49. \r\n50. \r\n51. \r\n52. \r\n53. \r\n54. \r\n55. \r\n56. \r\n57. \r\n58. \r\n59. \r\n60. \r\n61. \r\n62. \r\n63. \r\n64. \r\n65. \r\n66. \r\n67. \r\n68. \r\n69. \r\nCotton refuse or waste or cotton yarn refuse or waste. \r\nCotton seed. \r\nDetonaters. \r\nDry leaves. \r\nDynamite. \r\nExplosive paint such as nitrocellulose paint, lacquer paint, enamel paint etc. \r\nFat. \r\nFelt. \r\nFins. \r\nFirewood. \r\nFire-works. \r\nFish (dried). \r\nFlax. \r\nFulminate. \r\nFulminate of mercury. \r\nFulminate of silver. \r\nGolatino. \r\nGolignite \r\nGrass. \r\nGun-cotton. \r\nGun-powder. \r\nGunny Bags. \r\nHair. \r\nHay or fodder. \r\nHemp. \r\nHessian cloth (gunny bag cloth). \r\nHides (dried). \r\nHides (raw). \r\nHoofs. \r\nHorns. \r\nIncense or esas. \r\nJute. \r\nKhokas, boxes, barrels, furniture or any other article of wood. \r\nLacquer. \r\nLeather, leather cloth, raxine cloth and water proof cloth. \r\nMatches for lighting (including Bengal matches). \r\nMathylated spirit, denatured spirit or french polish. \r\nNitro-cellulose. \r\nNitro-compound. \r\nNitro-glycerine. \r\nNitro-mixture. \r\nOffal.\r\nOil, other than petroleum. \r\nOilseeds including almonds, but excluding cotton-seeds. \r\nOld paper or waste paper including old newspapers, periodicals \r\nmagazines, etc. \r\nPacking stuff (paper cutting). \r\nPaints. \r\nPaper other than old paper in pressed bales or loose or in reams. \r\nPetroleum, other than dangerous petroleum, as defined in the \r\nPetroleum Act, 1934. \r\nPhosphorous. \r\nPharmaceutical or medical goods. \r\nPhotostat, cyclostyling, typing and printing machines. \r\nPlastic or Plastic goods. \r\nPlywood. \r\nRags, including small pieces or cutting of cloth, hessian cloth, gunny bag \r\ncloth, silk, art silk or woollen cloth. \r\nResin or dam mer Battar otherwise known as Ral. \r\nRubberandrubbergoods. \r\nSafety fuses, feg signals, cartridges etc. \r\nSaltpetre. \r\nSandal wood. \r\nSanitary-ware, hardware and other articles made of iron, iron-sheets, pipes, \r\niron angles and G.I. Pipes. \r\nShoes including leather, PVC Canvas rubber and plastic shoes. \r\nSilk waste or silk yarn waste, art silk waste or art silk yarn waste \r\nSisal fibre. \r\nSkins (raw or dried). \r\nStraw. \r\nSulphur. \r\nTallow. \r\nTar, ditch, dammor or bitumen. \r\nTarphlin. \r\nThinner. \r\nTimber. \r\nTurpentine, Utensils, crockery, China and earthen-ware, aluminium ware, \r\nstainless steel and iron goods. \r\n101. Varnish. \r\n102. Wool (raw). \r\n103. Yarn other than waste yarn. \r\n70. \r\n71. \r\n72. \r\n73. \r\n74. \r\n75. \r\n76. \r\n77. \r\n78. \r\n79. \r\n80. \r\n81. \r\n82. \r\n; \r\n83. \r\n84. \r\n85. \r\n86. \r\n87. \r\n88. \r\n89. \r\n90. \r\n91. \r\n92. \r\n93. \r\n94. \r\n95. \r\n96. \r\n97. \r\n98. \r\n99. \r\n100.",
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"number": "1986",
"title": "Schedule - SECOND SCHEDULE",
"chapter": null,
"content": "SECOND SCHEDULE \r\n(See section-411) \r\nPENALTIES \r\nExplanation : The entries in the second column of the following table headed Subject are not \r\nintended as definition of the offences prescribed in the provision mentioned in the first column or \r\neven, as abstracts of the provision but are inserted merely as reference to the subject thereof. \r\nTABLE \r\nSection, \r\nsub-section, \r\nClause or proviso \r\nSubject Daily fine \r\nwhich may \r\nbe imposed \r\nFine or \r\nImprisonment \r\nwhich may be \r\nimposed \r\n1 3 2 4 \r\nSection 123, \r\nsub-sections \r\n(1) and (2) \r\nSection 123, \r\nsub-section (3) \r\nSection 124 \r\nSection 125 \r\nSection 126 \r\nSection 129, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 132 \r\nSection 146 \r\nSection 151, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 154 \r\nSection 188 \r\nSection 190 \r\nSection 195 \r\nSection 198, \r\nSub-Section (1) \r\nSection 198, \r\nSub-Section (2) \r\nSection 202 \r\nSection 203, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 204 \r\nSection 205 \r\nFailure to give notice of transfer or \r\ndevolution of land or building. \r\n50 500 \r\nFailure to produce instrument \r\nof transfer \r\nFailure to give notice of erection \r\nof new building etc. \r\nFailure to give notice of demolition \r\nor removal of building \r\nFailure to comply with requisition to \r\nfurnish information etc. \r\nWilful delay or obstruction of valuers \r\n500 50 \r\n500 \r\n500 50 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\nProhibition of advertisement without \r\npermission \r\nFailure to give notice of re-occupation \r\nof vacant land or building \r\nNon-compliance with the requisition \r\nof attendance before the Commissioner. \r\nFailure of disclose liability \r\nFailure to give notice \r\nProhibition to occupy new premises \r\nwithout arrangement for water supply. \r\nRefusal of admittance, etc. \r\n500 50 \r\n500 50 \r\n' 500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 50 \r\n500 \r\nLaying of Water pipes, etc. In a position 500 \r\nwhere the same may be injured or water \r\ntherein polluted. \r\nConstruction of Latrines, etc. In a position 500 \r\nwhere the same may be injured or water \r\ntherein polluted. \r\nInjury to, or interference with free flow of 500 \r\ncontents of municipal drain or drains \r\ncommunicating with municipal drain. \r\nPrivate drain not to be connected with 500 \r\nmunicipal drain without notice. \r\nNon-compliance with requisition for drainage 500 \r\nof undrained premises. \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\nErection of new premises without drains. 1000 100\r\n1 2 3 4 \r\nSection 206 Non-compliance with Requisition of 500 50 \r\nmaintenance of drainage works for any \r\ngroup or block of premises. \r\nSection 207 Non-compliance with direction to 500 50 \r\nclose or limit the use of private drains \r\nin certain cases \r\nSection 208 Non-compliance with Commissioner's 500 \r\norder, regarding the use of a drain by a \r\nperson other than the owner thereof \r\nSection 209 Non-compliance with requisition for 500 \r\nkeeping sewage and rain water drains \r\ndistinct. \r\nSection 210 Non-compliance with requisition for 500 \r\nthe payment of court-yard etc. \r\nSection 211 Connection with municipal water 500 50 \r\nworks of drains without written permission \r\n... \r\nSection 215, Non-compliance with requisition to close, 500 50 \r\nsub-section (4) remove or divert a pipe or drain. \r\nSection 221, Execution of work by a person other than 500 \r\nsub-section (1) a licensed plumber. \r\nSection 221, Failure to furnish when required, name 500 \r\nsub-section (2) of licensed plumber employed. \r\nSection 221, Licensed plumbers not to demand more 500 \r\nsub-section (6) than the charge prescribed. \r\nSection 221, Licensed plumbers not to contravene 500 \r\nsub-section (8) bye-laws or execute work carelessly or \r\nnegligently, etc. \r\nSection 222 Prohibition of wilful or neglectful acts 500 \r\nrelating to water or sewage works. \r\nSection 230, Construction of building within the regular 2000 200 \r\nsub-section (3) line of street without permission. \r\nSection 232 Failure to comply with requisition to set 500 50 \r\nt back building to regular line of street. \r\nSection 235 Failure to comply with requisition to set 500 50 \r\nforward buildings to regular line of street. \r\n• Section 238, Utilising, settling or otherwise dealing 500 50 \r\nsub-section (5) with any land or laying out a private \r\nstreet otherwise than in conformity with \r\norders of otherwise than in conformity \r\nwith orders of \r\nSection 239, Failure to comply with requisition to 500 50 \r\nsub-section (1) show cause for alteration of street or \r\nclauses appearance before the Commissioner. \r\n(a) and (b) \r\nSection 240, Failure to comply with requisition on owner 500 50 \r\nSub-section (1) of private street or owner of a joining land or \r\nbuilding to level, etc. Such street. \r\nSection 242, Prohibition of projection upon street, etc. Imprisonment for 100 \r\nSub-section (1) one month and \r\n~ 1000 or both. \r\nSection 242, Failure to comply with requisition to 500 50 \r\nSub-section (2) remove projections. \r\nSection 243, Failure to comply with requisition to 500 50 \r\nSub-Section (3) remove a verandah, balcony, etc. \r\nPut up in accordance with section 235 (1)\r\n1 4 2 3 \r\nSection 244 \r\nSection 245, \r\nsubsection (1) \r\nSection 245, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 248, \r\nsub-section \r\n(1) & (2) \r\nSection 249, \r\nsub-section (4) \r\nSection 250, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 252, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 253, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 255, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 255, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 257 \r\nSection 258, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 259 \r\nSection 262, \r\nsub-section (4) \r\nSection 264 \r\nSection 265, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 265, \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 266 \r\nSection 267 \r\nSection 268 \r\nSection 270 \r\nSection 271, \r\nsub-section \r\n(1 & 2) \r\nSection 272, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 272, \r\nsub-section \r\n(2 &3) \r\nFailure to comply with requisition to have \r\nground floor doors, etc. So altered as not \r\nto open outwards. \r\nErection, etc of structures or fixtures which \r\ncause obstruction in streets \r\nDeposit, etc of things in streets \r\nTethering of animals and milking of cattle \r\nin public streets \r\n1000 \r\n1000 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\nUnlawful removal of bar or sorting timber etc 500 \r\nor removal or extinction of lights \r\nStreets not to be opened or broken up \r\nand building material not to be deposited \r\nthereon without permission \r\nName of street and no of house not to be \r\ndestroyed or defaced etc \r\nFailure to comply with requisition to repair, \r\nproject or enclosed a dangerous place \r\nRemoval or damage of lamps \r\nWilfully and negligently extinguishing \r\nlight in public street etc. \r\nErection of a building without the \r\nsanction of a commissioner \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n50000 \r\nFailure to give notice or intention \r\nto erect a building \r\nFailure to give notice or intention to 500 \r\nmake addition etc to building \r\n500 \r\nCommencement of work without notice etc 2000 \r\nFailure to comply with requisition to round \r\nof building at corner of streets \r\nErection of building on new streets without 1000 \r\nlevelling \r\nErection of building on execution of work \r\nwithin regular line of street or in \r\ncontravention of scheme or plan \r\nUse of inflammable without permission \r\nFailure to demolish buildings erected \r\nwithout sanction or erection of building \r\nin contravention of order \r\nErection of building in contravention of \r\nconditions of sanctions etc. \r\nFailure to carry out alteration \r\nNon compliance with revision as to \r\ncompletion certificate, occupation or \r\nuse etc. \r\nNon compliance with restrictions on user \r\nof buildings \r\nFailure to comply with requisition and to \r\nremove structures which are in ruins or \r\nlikely to fall \r\n500 \r\n1000 \r\n1000 \r\n2000 \r\n2000 \r\n2000 \r\n500 \r\n1000 \r\n2000 \r\n50 \r\n100 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n500 \r\n50 \r\n200 \r\n50 \r\n50 \r\n200 \r\n200 \r\n50 \r\n100 \r\n200\r\n1 2 3 4 \r\nSection 272, Failure to comply with requisition to vacate 1000 100 \r\nsub-section (4) buildings in dangerous conditions etc. \r\nSection 278 Failure to provide for collection, removal and 500 50 \r\ndeposit of refuse and provision of receptacles \r\nSection 279 Failure to comply with requisition for 500 \r\nremoval of rubbish etc from premises \r\nused as market etc. \r\nSection 280, Keeping rubbish and filth for more than 500 50 \r\nsub-section (1) 24 hours etc. \r\nSection 280, Allowing filth to flow in streets 500 50 \r\nsub-section (2) \r\nSection 280, Depositing rubbish or filth etc in streets etc. 500 \r\nsub-section (3) \r\nSection 283, Non -convention of service latrines into 500 \r\nsub-section (1) water flush latrines/ water seal latrine \r\nand urinals not to be constructed without \r\npermission or in contravention of terms \r\nprescribed \r\nSection 284, Failure to provide buildings newly erected 1000 100 \r\nsub-section or re-erected with latrine urinal and other \r\n(1 & 2) accommodation \r\nSection 284, Failure to provide residential buildings 500 \r\nsub-section (3) composed of separate tenements with \r\nlatrines, bathing or washing place for \r\nservant on the ground floor \r\nSection 285 Failure to provide latrines for premises 500 50 \r\nused by large no of people and to keep \r\nthem clean and in proper condition \r\nSection 286 Failure to comply with requisition to 500 50 \r\nprovide latrines for market, cattle shed, \r\ncart stand, etc and to keep them clean \r\nand in proper order \r\n?. Section 287, Failure to comply with requisition to 500 50 \r\nclause enforce provision of latrine or urinal \r\n(a, b, C & d) accommodation etc. \r\nSection 288, Failure to comply with requisition for 1000 100 \r\nsub-section (2) removal of congested buildings \r\nSection 289 Failure to comply with requisition to 1000 \r\nimprove buildings unfit for human habitation \r\nSection 291, Failure to comply with order of demolition 2000 200 \r\nsub-section of buildings unfit for human habitation \r\n(1, 2, 3 & 4) \r\nSection 292 Failure to comply with requisition of the 500 50 \r\ncommissioner to remove insanitary huts \r\nand sheds etc. \r\nSection 293, Prohibition against washing by washer man 500 \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 294 Failure to give information of dangerous 500 \r\ndiseases \r\nSection 296 Failure to comply with requisition to 500 \r\ncleanse and disinfect buildings or articles \r\nSection 297 Failure to comply with requisition to destroy 500 \r\ninfectious huts or sheds, washing of \r\nclothing, bedding, etc at any place not \r\nnotified by the commissioner\r\n1 2 3 4 \r\nSection 300, \r\nsub-section (1) \r\nSection 300, \r\nSub-section (2) \r\nSection 301, \r\nsub-sections \r\n(1 ),(2) & (3) \r\nSection 303 \r\nSection 304 \r\nSection 305 \r\nSection 306 \r\nSection 307 \r\nSection 308 \r\nSection 309 \r\nSection 310, \r\nsub-sections(1) \r\nSection 311 \r\nSection 312 \r\nSection 313, \r\nsub-sections(1) \r\nSection 313, \r\nsub-sections(2) \r\nSection 314 \r\nSection 315, \r\nsub-sections \r\n(1) clause(b) \r\nSection 316, \r\nsub-sections \r\n(1 ),(2) & (3) \r\nSection 317 \r\nSection 318, \r\nsub-section (4) \r\nSection 318, \r\nsub-section (5) \r\nSection 319 \r\nSection 320 \r\nSection 321 \r\nSending infected cloths to washer man or 500 \r\nlaundry to which clothes has been send \r\nFailure to furnish address of washer man or 500 \r\nlaundry to which clothes have been sent \r\nUse of public conveyances by person 500 \r\nsuffering from a dangerous diseases etc. \r\nFailure to disinfect buildings before 500 \r\nletting the same \r\nDisposal of infected articles without 500 \r\ndisinfection \r\nMaking or selling of food, etc or washing 500 \r\nof clothes by infected persons. \r\nSale of food or drink in contravention of 500 \r\nrestriction or prohibition of the commissioner. \r\nRemoval or use of water from wells and \r\ntanks in contravention of prohibition of \r\ncommissioner. \r\nExposure of persons to risk of infection \r\nby the presence or conduct of a person \r\nsuffering from a dangerous disease etc. \r\nRemoval of infectious corpse in \r\ncontravention of the provision of \r\nthe section. \r\nAbsence of sweepers, etc. From duty \r\nwithout notice. \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\nImprisonment \r\nwhich may extend \r\nto one month or \r\n~ 1000 or both. \r\nFailure to supply information by persons \r\nin charge of burning or burial grounds \r\nUse of new burning or burial ground \r\nwithout permission. \r\nFailure to comply with requisition to \r\nclose a burning or burial ground \r\nBurning or burial of corpse in burial \r\nground after it has been closed. \r\nRemoval of corpses by other than \r\nprescribed routes \r\nFailure to give notice for removal of \r\ncorpses of dead animals. \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n- . \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\nCommission of nuisances. 500 \r\nFailure to comply with requisition for \r\nremoval or abatement of nuisances. \r\nDogs not to be at large in a street \r\nwithout being secured by a chain lead. \r\nFerocious dogs at large without being \r\nmuzzled etc. \r\nStacking inflammable material in \r\ncontravention of prohibition. \r\nSetting a naked light. \r\nDischarging fireworks, firearms, etc. \r\nLikely to cause danger. \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n500 \r\n5000 \r\n500 \r\n500\r\n1 2 3 4 \r\nSection 322 Failure to comply with requisition to 500 \r\nrender buildings, wells etc. Safe. \r\nSection 323 Failure to comply with requisition to 500 \r\nenclose land used for improper purposes. \r\nSection 328, Sale in municipal markets without 500 \r\nsub-section (1) permission. \r\nSection 329, Use of places as private market 500 50 \r\nsub-section (1) without a licence and use of places \r\nother than a municipal slaughter house \r\nas Slaughter house. \r\nSection 329, Non-compliance, with condition, 500 \r\nsub-section (2) imposed by commissioner. \r\nprovision (a) \r\nJ Section 331 Keeping Market open without licence etc. 2000 \r\nSection 332 Sale in unlicensed market 500 \r\n.... Section 333 Carrying on business or trades near 500 \r\na market \r\nSection 336 Carrying on butchers, fish-mongers or 500 50 \r\npouter trade without licence etc. \r\nSection 337 Establishment of factory etc without 500 50 \r\npermission. \r\nSection 338 Certain things not to be kept and 500 100 \r\ncertain trades and operation not to be \r\ncarried on without a licence. \r\nSection 339, Keeping abandonment or tethering 500 \r\nsub-section (3) of animals etc. \r\nSection 341, Use of premises in contravention 500 \r\nsub-section (5) of declaration. \r\nSection 342 Hawking articles for sale without a 500 \r\nlicence etc. \r\nSection 343 Keeping a loading house, eating house, 500 50 \r\ntea shop, etc., without licence or contrary \r\n(, \r\nto licence. \r\nSection 344 Keeping open theatre, circus or other 1000 100 \r\nplace of public amusement without \r\nf licence or contrary to terms of licence. \r\nSection 371, Failure to produce license or written 200 50 \r\nsub-section (5) permission \r\nSection 372 Preventing the commissioner or any 500 100 \r\nperson authorized in this behalf from \r\nexercising his power of entry etc. \r\nSection 373 Preventing the commissioner or any 500 \r\nperson authorized in this behalf from \r\nexercising his power of entry upon any \r\nadjoining land \r\nSection 378 Obstruction or molestation in execution 500 \r\nof work \r\nSection 385 Failure to comply with requisition to 500 \r\nsub-section (4) state the name and address of owner's \r\npremises \r\nSection 393 Failure of occupier of land or building to 500 50 \r\nsub-section (3) afford owner facilities for com plying with \r\nprovision of the bill etc after 8 days form \r\nissue of order by district judge\r\n1 2 3 4 \r\nSection425 Observation of Mayor or any corporation 500 \r\nauthority etc. \r\nSection426 Removal of any mark, setup for 500 \r\nindicating level etc. \r\nSection 427 Removal etc of notice exhibited by or 500 \r\nunder order of the corporation \r\ncommissioner etc. \r\nSection428 Unlawful removal of earth sand or 700 \r\nother material or deposit of any matter \r\nor making of any encroachment from \r\nany land wasted in the corporation \r\nG.S. Meena, IAS \r\nCommissioner to the \r\nGovernment of, Arunachal Pradesh, \r\nItanagar. \r\ni",
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"metadata": {
"Act ID": "201908",
"Act Number": "8",
"Enactment Date": "2019-09-17",
"Act Year": "2019",
"Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 2019",
"Department": "LAW, LEGISLATIVE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Arunachal Pradesh"
},
"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:01"
}