Bihar Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1987

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    "title": "Bihar Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1987",
    "short_title": "Bihar Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1987",
    "act_number": "[Bihar Act 5 of 1987]",
    "act_year": 1987,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1987",
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            "content": "(a) \"Defacement\" includes impairing or interfering with the appearance or beauty or damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or injuring in any other way whatsoever;\n(b) \"Property\" includes any building, structure, wall, tree, fence, post or any other erection;\n(c) \"Writing\" includes decoration, lettering, ornamentation, etc. produced by stencil.",
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            "title": "3. Penalty for defacement of property.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Power of State Government to erase writing, etc.",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 31st January, 2020 [bh620]",
        "Act Number": "[Bihar Act 5 of 1987]",
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        "Act Year": "1987",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1987",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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