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Section 129: Restriction on the imposition of water tax

Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 2 of 1916

[129. The imposition of a tax under "clause (ii) of sub-section (1)" of section 128 shall be subject to the restriction that the tax shall not be imposed -

(i) on land exclusively used for agricultural purposes unless water is supplied by the Municipality for such purpose ; or

(ii) on a plot of land or building the annual value whereof, does not exceed rupees three hundred and sixty, and to which no water is supplied by the Municipality ; or

(iii) on any plot or building no part of which is within the radius prescribed for the municipality from the nearest stand-pipe or other waterworks whereat water is made available to the public by the Municipality.

Explanation - For the purposes of this section -

(a) "building" shall include the compound, if any, thereof, and where there are several buildings in a common compound, all such buildings and the common compound ;

(b) "a plot of land" means any piece of land held by a single occupier, or held in common by several co-occupiers whereof no one portion is entirely separated from other portion by the land of another occupier or of other co-occupier or by public property. ]

Where this provision sits

ActUttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916
Section129
Marginal noteRestriction on the imposition of water tax
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 9 of U. P. Act no. 10 of 1978.
  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 3 of U. P. Act no. 08 of 2011.

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