Section 284: Power to require excavations to be filled up or drained
Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 2 of 1916
284. (1) In a Municipality for which bye-laws have been made under sub-head (g) of heading I of section 298, the Municipality may, by notice, require the owner or occupier or any land upon which an excavation, cesspool tank or pit has been made in contravention of such bye-laws, or in breach of the conditions under which permission to dig any such excavation, cesspool, tank or pit has been granted, to fill up or drain the excavation, cesspool, tank or pit within a period to be specified in such notice.
(2) The [State Government] may by notification extend the provisions of this section and of bye-laws made for the purposes of this section to an area beyond the municipality lying within a distance of a mile from the municipal boundary.
Power to require excavations to be filled up or drained
Jurisdiction
State of Uttar Pradesh
Status
In 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 A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.), which had been Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (L.G.).
other. For. delegation of this power to Commissioners, now Prescribed Authority see nots. no. 1108/XI-504-E, d. June 5, 1918, and p. 1478 of M. M., 1952 edition.
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