Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or any other law for the time being in force, the Government may, if satisfied, that it is necessary or expedient so to do for purpose of preventing defacement, by notification in the official gazette, direct that from such date and in such area as may be specified in the notification, no person shall deface any place open to public view by writing or marking with ink, chalk, paint or any other material except for the purpose of indicating the name and address of the owner or occupier of such property and for such other purposes, as may be specified in the said notification. Penalty for disfigurement by objectionable advertisements