{
    "act_title": "THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (MUNICIPAL) REGULATION, 1994",
    "act_slug": "the-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-municipal-regulation-1994",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "163",
        "title": "Section 163",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "163. A Municipality may, by bye-laws, make bye-regulate in respect of the erection or re-erection of any building within the municipal area or any part thereof-\n(a) the materials and method of construction to be used for external and party walls, roofs. floors, fire-places and chimneys;\n(b) the materials and method of construction and position of fore-places chimneys, drains prives, urinals and cesspools;\n(c) the height and slope of the roof above the uppermost floor upon Which human beings are to live or cooking operation are to be carried on;\n(d) the ventilation and the space to be left about the building to secure the free circulation of air and for the prevention of fire;\n(e) the line of frontage where the building abuts on a street;\n(f) the number and height of the storeys of which the building may consists; and\n(g) the means to be provided for egress from the building in case of fire.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 4170
    },
    "prev_section": "162",
    "next_section": "164"
}