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Section 170: Forcible entry for purpose of executing warran

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

170. (1) It shall be lawful for a municipal office to whom a warrant issued under section 169 is addressed, to break open, at any time between sunrise and sunset, any outer or inner door or window of a building in order to make the distress directed in the warrant in the following circumstances and not otherwise -

(a) if the warrant contains a special order authorizing him in this behalf, and

(b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the building contains property which is liable to seizure under the warrant, and

(c) if, after notifying his authority and purpose and duly demanding admittance, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance.

(2) Provided that such officer shall not enter or break open the door of an apartment appropriated for women, until he has given any women therein an opportunity to withdraw.

Where this provision sits

ActUttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916
Section170
Marginal noteForcible entry for purpose of executing warran
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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