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Section 177: Power of Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer in case of contravention

Jharkhand Municipal Act 2011State Act of Jharkhand · Act 7 of 2012

If any advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or retained in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder, the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer may require the owner or the occupier of the land, building, wall, hoarding, frame, post, kiosk, structure, vehicle, neon-sign or sky-sign, upon or over which such advertisement is erected, exhibited, fixed or retained to take down or remove such advertisement or may enter any land, building or other property and cause the advertisement to be dismantled, taken down, removed, spoiled, defaced or screened.

Explanation I - The word "structure" in this chapter shall include any movable board on wheels used as an advertisement or advertisement medium.

Explanation II - The word "advertisement", in relation to a tax on advertisement under this Act, shall mean any word, letter, model, sign, neon-sign, sky-sign, placard, notice, device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of, and employed wholly or in part for the purposes of, advertisement, announcement or direction.

Where this provision sits

ActJharkhand Municipal Act 2011
Section177
Marginal notePower of Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer in case of contravention
JurisdictionState of Jharkhand
StatusIn force as published by the source

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