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Prohibition of nuisance.-(1)No person shall commit any nuisance in any public street or public place, or (a) unauthorizedly affix upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or any other public place, any bill, notice or other document, or (b) unauthorizedly deface, or write upon, or otherwise mark on a building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or any other public place, (c) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter along any route in contravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the Zonal Commissioner by notice, or (d) bury or cremate or otherwise dispose of any corpse at a place not licensed for the purpose, or (e) quarry, blast, cut timber or carry on building operations causing, or likely to cause danger to persons passing by, or dwelling or working, in the neighbourhood, (f) disturb public peace or order in violation of sound pollution control order, if any, or (g) cause pollution of air in violation of an air pollution control order, if any, or (h) cause obstruction to the movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic without permission from the competent authority. (2) Where the Zonal Commissioner or the officer authorised in this behalf, is of the opinion that there is a nuisance as per sub-section (1) on any land or building she may, by notice, in writing, require the person by whose act, default 116 or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues or all of the owners, lessees or occupiers of such land or building to remove or abate the nuisance by taking such measures, in such manner, and within such period, as may be specified in the notice in accordance, wherever applicable, with the provision of the Karnataka Open Places(Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981 (Karnataka Act No 35 of 1982). (3) Where the Zonal Commissioner or the officer authorised in this behalf, is of the opinion that immediate, removal of any nuisance as per sub-section(1) continuing on any land or building in contravention of the provisions of this Act is necessary, she may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, cause such nuisance to be removed forthwith in accordance, wherever applicable, with the provision of the Karnataka Open Places(Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981. (4) Any person or group of persons who fails to comply with any order under this section shall be liable to a penalty as prescribed or in accordance wherever applicable, with the provision of the Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981 (Karnataka Act No 35 of 1982).