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Section 338: Regulation of public bathing etc

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

(1) The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer may, by order –

(a) regulate the use by the public of any river or other public place, whether vested in the municipality or not, for bathing or washing,

(b) prohibit the use by the public of any lake, tank, reservoir, fountain, cistern, duct, stand-pipe, stream or well or any part of any river, whether vested in the municipality or not, for bathing or washing,

(c) prohibit steeping in any tank, reservoir, stream, well or ditch of any animal, vegetable or mineral matter likely to render the water thereof offensive or dangerous to health,

(d) prohibit bathing in any lake, tank, reservoir, fountain, cistern, duct, stand-pipe, stream or well by a person suffering from any contagious or infectious disease,

(e) prohibit any person engaged in any trade or manufacture from causing to flow into any lake, tank, reservoir, cistern, well, duct or other places for storage of water, whether vested in the municipality or not, or drain or pipe communicating therewith, any washing or other substance produced in the course of any such trade or manufacture, or willfully do any act connected with any such trade or manufacture whereby such water is likely to be fouled or corrupted, or

(f) prohibit, by notice, the washing of clothes by washer men in pursuance of their calling, except at such places as may be licensed for this purpose.

(2) Any person who fails to comply any direction under sub section (1) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees.

Where this provision sits

ActJharkhand Municipal Act 2011
Section338
Marginal noteRegulation of public bathing etc
JurisdictionState of Jharkhand
StatusIn force as published by the source

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