The UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1916

uttar-pradesh · 1916

S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
S. 2Definitions
S. 3Declaration and definition of municipalities and cities.
S. 3AMunicipality for every transitional area and smaller urban area
S. 3BConstitution and composition of Ward Committee
S. 4Procedure preliminary to issue notification
S. 5Effect of including area in Transitional area or smaller urban area
S. 6Omitted
S. 7Duties of municipal board
S. 8Discretionary functions of Municipalities
S. 8A8-A.
S. 9Composition of Municipality
S. 9AReservation of seats
S. 10Omitted
S. 11Omitted
S. 11ADelimitation of wards
S. 11BDelimitation Order
S. 11CAmendment of Delimitation order
S. 12Omitted
S. 12AElection of members
S. 12BElectoral roll for every ward
S. 12CQualifications for electors.
S. 12DDisqualifications for registration in an electoral roll.
S. 12ERegistration to be in one ward only
S. 12FCorrection of electoral roll
S. 12GRevision of electoral rolls
S. 12HOrder regarding electoral rolls.
S. 13Omitted
S. 13AGeneral election
S. 13BSuperintendence etc. of the conduct of the elections
S. 13CQualifications for election of member
S. 13DDisqualificaiton for membership.
S. 13DDBar of legislators becoming or continuing as president or Member
S. 13ERight to vote.
S. 13FOmitted
S. 13GOrder regarding conduct of elections
S. 13HBye-election
S. 13ICertain casual vacancies not to be filled
S. 13JElectoral Offences
S. 13KJurisdiction of Civil Courts
S. 14Omitted
S. 15Omitted
S. 16Omitted
S. 17Omitted
S. 18Omitted
S. 19Power to question municipal election by petition
S. 20Form and presentation of election petition
S. 21Recriminatory Proceedings
S. 22Hearing of Election Petition
S. 23Procedure
S. 24Provisions as to costs
S. 25Finding of District Judge
S. 26Avoidance of election proceedings
S. 27Disqualification for corrupt practice
S. 28Corrupt practices
S. 29Omitted
S. 30Power of State Government to dissolve the municipality
S. 31Omitted
S. 31AConsequences of dissolution of municipality
S. 31BDirector of Local Bodies
S. 32Supervision by Prescribed Authority
S. 33Inspection of municipal works and institutions by Government officers
S. 34Powers of the State Government or the Prescribed Authority or District Magistrate to prohibit execution or further execution of resolution or order of Municipality
S. 35Powers of the State Government and in case of default of Municipality
S. 36Extraordinary powers of District Magistrate in case of emergency.
S. 37Prohibition of remuneration to members and President
S. 38Term of office of members, elected 3*** to fill a casual vacancy
S. 39Resignation of members
S. 40Removal of members
S. 41Disabilities of members removed under section 40
S. 42Omitted
S. 43Election of President
S. 43ABar on simultaneously holding the post President or VicePresident under different local authorities
S. 43AAQualification for the post of President
S. 43BBTransfer of petition
S. 43CPower of State Election Commission to make order regarding election of President
S. 43DOath of allegiance and office.
S. 44Omitted
S. 44ABye-election of President
S. 45Omitted
S. 46Term of office of President
S. 47Resignation of President.
S. 48Removal of President
S. 49President to be member
S. 50Functions of Municipality that must be discharged by the President.
S. 51Additional duties of the President
S. 51AAuthority to president to address State Govt. on question of general public interest
S. 52Power of Municipality to require reports, etc. from President
S. 53Omitted
S. 54Omitted
S. 54ATemporary arrangement in certain cases
S. 55Omitted
S. 56Notification of elections, nominations and vacancies
S. 57Power of Municipality to appoint and employ executive officer and medical officer of health.
S. 58Punishment, dismissal or removal of executive officer and transfer of medical
S. 59Appointment of officiating executive officer
S. 60Functions of a Municipality that must be discharged by the executive
S. 60AFunction to be discharged by medical officer of health.
S. 60BDelegation of powers to principal officers of the Electrical, Public works, education and water works Departments
S. 61Right of appeal from orders of executive officer.
S. 62Delegation of powers by Executive Officer or medical officer of health.
S. 63Powers of President or Municipality or committee to require reports, etc., from executive officer or medical officer of health.
S. 64Right of executive officer or medical officer of health to take part in discussions.
S. 65Power of State Government to appoint Executive Officer.
S. 66Appointment of secretaries.
S. 66AAppointment of officiating secretary
S. 67Punishment and dismissal of Secretaries
S. 68Appointment of Special Officers of Technical Departments
S. 68ACompliance by Municipalities of requisition by State Government of Servants in times of emergency
S. 69Punishment and dismissal of officers appointed under section 68.
S. 69AFraming charges against or suspension of officers by President.
S. 69BCentralisation of services of Municipal Officers and Servants
S. 70Temporary servants required for emergency.
S. 71Power of Municipality to determine permanent staff
S. 72Combination of offices
S. 73Appointment, etc. of servants on the education establishment
S. 74Appointment and dismissal of permanent superior staff.
S. 75Appointment of permanent inferior staff
S. 76Punishment and dismissal of permanent interior staff
S. 77Limitation of powers conferred by section 71 to 76.
S. 77APower of appellate authority in disciplinary matters
S. 77BPower of suspension.
S. 78Pensions and dismissal in case of servants of the Government employed by Municipality or vice versa
S. 79Leave allowances, provident fund, annuities and gratuities.
S. 80Limitations of powers conferred by the previous section.
S. 81Surcharge
S. 82Penalty on member of President acquiring interest in contract, etc
S. 83Provision against servants being interested in contract, etc.
S. 84All officers and servants of a municipality to be deemed public servants
S. 85Penalty on specified municipal servants for failure to discharge their duties
S. 86Meetings of a Municipality
S. 87Transaction of business at meetings
S. 88Quorum
S. 89President of meeting
S. 90Publicity of meetings.
S. 91Power of President of meeting to maintain order.
S. 92Decision by vote.
S. 93Right of certain officers to attend and speak at meetings
S. 94The minute book and resolutions
S. 95Conduct of correspondence, accounts, budgets, etc.
S. 96Sanctioning of contracts.
S. 97Execution of contracts
S. 97ASpecial provision regarding certain projects
S. 97BPrivate sector participation agreement
S. 98Registration of instruments
S. 99The Budget
S. 100The revised budget
S. 101Minimum closing balance shown in budget
S. 102Budget of indebted Municipalities
S. 103Prohibition of expenditure in excess of budget
S. 104Appointment of committees
S. 105Appointment of persons other than members
S. 106Vacancies in committee
S. 107President of a committee
S. 108Procedure of committees
S. 109Subordination of committees to Municipality
S. 110Joint committee
S. 110AFormation of State Municipal, Municipality Union and its functions.
S. 111Powers of which the exercise is reserved to a Municipality acting by resolution
S. 112Delegation of power by Municipality
S. 113Presumptions and savings.
S. 114Municipal Fund
S. 114APowers of the Municipality to borrow money
S. 115Custody and investment of municipal fund
S. 116Property vested in Municipality
S. 117Compulsory acquisition of land
S. 118Power of board to manage and control property entrusted to its management
S. 119Public institutions
S. 120Application of municipal fund and Property
S. 120ARestriction on expenditure from municipal fund over certain litigation
S. 121Disposal of municipal fund when area ceases to be a Municipality
S. 122Disposal of municipal fund who area ceases to be included in a Municipality
S. 123Application of funds and property accruing to Government under section 121 or 122
S. 124Power of board to transfer property
S. 125Payment of compensation from municipal fund.
S. 126Payment by Municipality for special public protection a fairs, etc
S. 127Other matters relating to municipal fund and property
S. 127ADistrict planning committee
S. 127BPreparation of plan
S. 127CFinance Commission
S. 128Taxes to be imposed
S. 128ATax on deed of transfer of immovable property
S. 129Restriction on the imposition of water tax
S. 129ALevy of tax on annual value of buildings or lands or both
S. 130Restriction on the imposition of other taxes
S. 130APower of State Government to require Municipality to impose taxes
S. 130BPooling of receipts of taxes for certain purposes
S. 131Framing of preliminary proposals
S. 132Procedure subsequent to framing proposals
S. 133Power of State Government or prescribed authority to reject, sanction or modify proposals
S. 134Resolution of Municipality directing imposition of tax.
S. 135Imposition of tax.
S. 136Procedure for altering taxes
S. 137Power of State Government to remedy or abolish tax
S. 138Consolidation of taxes
S. 139Deductions required by exemptions
S. 140Definition of annual value
S. 141Preparation of assessment list
S. 141AOption to deposit a tax on the annual value of building or land or of both by selfassessment
S. 141BSubmission of the details of houses or lands for assessment of tax
S. 142Publication of list
S. 143Objections on proposed rates and list
S. 144Authentication and custody of list
S. 145Revision and duration of list
S. 145AAdoption of value of property determined under U. P. Act XII of 1962
S. 146Conclusiveness of entries in list
S. 147Amendment and alteration of list
S. 148Obligation to supply information for purposes of amendment
S. 149Liability for payment of certain taxes on annual value
S. 150Liability for payment of other such taxes
S. 151Remission by reason of nonoccupation
S. 152Obligation to give notice of reoccupation.
S. 153Rules as to assessment, collection and other matters
S. 156Compensation
S. 157Exemption
S. 158Obligation to disclose liability
S. 159Powers of discovery
S. 159ARounding off of figure
S. 160Appeals relating to taxation
S. 161Limitation and preliminary deposit of tax claimed
S. 162Reference to High Court
S. 163Costs
S. 164Bar to jurisdiction of civil and criminal courts in matters of taxation
S. 165Savings
S. 166Presentation of bil
S. 167Contents of bill
S. 168Notice of demand
S. 169Issue of warrant
S. 170Forcible entry for purpose of executing warran
S. 171Manner of executing warrant
S. 172Sale of goods under warrant and application of proceeds
S. 173Procedure in case of execution against property outside municipality
S. 173ARecovery of taxes as arrears of land revenue
S. 174Fees and costs
S. 175Savings
S. 176Alternative power of bringing suit
S. 177Liability of immovable property for taxes
S. 178Notice of intention to erection building or make well
S. 179Plans and specifications required to validate notice
S. 180Sanction of work by Municipality
S. 180ARestriction on the power of a Municipality to sanction construction of a place of entertainment in certain cases
S. 181Duration of sanction
S. 182Inspection of works requiring sanction
S. 183Compensation of damage sustained through order passed under section 180
S. 184Effect of sanction under section 180
S. 185Illegal erection or alteration of a building
S. 186Power of board to stop erection and to demolish building erected
S. 187Establishment and maintenance of fire brigade
S. 188Power of firebrigade and other persons for suppression of fires
S. 189Construction of public drains
S. 190Alteration of public drains
S. 191Use of public drains by private owners
S. 192Power of Municipality to enforce drainage connection with public drains
S. 193Power of private persons to carry a drain through the land of another person
S. 194Right of owner to divert drain on his land
S. 195Definition of housescavenging
S. 196Adoption and relinquishiment by Municipality of housescavenging, etc
S. 197197
S. 198Continuance of house scavenging once adopted by Municipality
S. 199Powers of municipal servants for housescavenging
S. 200Savings in favour of customary sweepers and of agricultureists
S. 201Punishment of customary sweepers for negligence
S. 202Procedure in case of default by agriculturist
S. 203Provision of laying out and making a street before the construction of a building on a site which does not abut a public or private street
S. 204Permission to layout and make a street
S. 205Sanction of the Municipality to be presumed for laying out the street in certain cases
S. 206Duration of sanction
S. 207Illegal making of a street
S. 208Power of Municipality to alter unsanctioned street and demolish the same
S. 209Sanction of Municipality to projections over streets and drains
S. 210Penalty for construction of projections over streets or drains without permission
S. 211Power to remove encroachments and projections over streets and drains
S. 212Powers to require leveling, paving, etc, of a street.
S. 212APower of the Municipality to control and regulate the construction of any building or street and drains beyond Municipal area
S. 213Power to require the protection of streets during erection of buildings, etc.
S. 214Power to require trimming of hedges and trees
S. 215Power to remove accidental obstructions
S. 216Regulation of troughs and drain water pipes affecting a street
S. 217Naming of streets and numbering of buildings
S. 218Power to attach brackets to buildings, etc
S. 219Power to construct, improve and provide sites on public streets
S. 220Use of public streets by vendors and other persons
S. 221Adoptation of a street as a public street
S. 222Power to regulate line of buildings on public streets
S. 223Duties of Municipality when constructing public streets, etc
S. 224Power of Municipality to construct and alter water-works.
S. 224APowers and liabilities of licences
S. 224BRevocation of existing licences
S. 224CProvisions where licence as a licensee is revoked
S. 225Power to require private water-course, etc, to be changed or closed
S. 226Emergent powers on outbreak of epidemic
S. 227Removal of latrines, etc. near any source of water supply
S. 228Obligations of Municipality imposing water tax
S. 229Supply of water by agreement
S. 230Charges for water supply
S. 231Exemption of Municipality from liability owing to accident, etc
S. 232Subordination to supply for domestic purposes of supply or other purposes
S. 233Subordination of rights of supply to restrictive rules
S. 234Provisions as to meters and connection pipes
S. 235Water supply rules
S. 235ARules relating to the supply of water by a person or company
S. 236Unauthorized construction or tree over drain or water-work
S. 237Omitted
S. 238Omitted
S. 239Power of District Magistrate in respect of animals not slaughtered for sale
S. 240Disposal of flesh imported in contravenetion of a bylaw regulating importation
S. 241Licensing of markets and shops for sale of certain articles
S. 242Improper feeding of animals kept for dairy purposes or used for food
S. 243Inspection of places for sale of food, drink and drugs
S. 244Seizure of un-whole some article and removal of deleterious and spent drugs
S. 245Regulation of offensive trades
S. 246Loitering and soliciting for immoral purpose
S. 247Brothels etc
S. 248Begging, etc.
S. 249Disposal of mad dogs, etc.
S. 250Muzzling order
S. 251Bar to compensation for dogs lawfully destroyed
S. 252Neglect of the rule of the road
S. 253Driving vehicles without proper lights
S. 254Failure to remove elephant etc. to safe distance
S. 255Prohibition of tethering of cattle, etc,. on street
S. 256Halting vehicles or animals on public grounds
S. 257Power as to inflammable structures
S. 258Power to search for inflammable materials in excess of authorized quantity
S. 259Stacking, etc. of inflammable materials
S. 260Dangerous quarrying
S. 261Displacing pavements, etc
S. 262Discharging firearms, etc.
S. 263Power for the prevention of danger from ruinous buildings, unprotected wells, etc.
S. 264Power to prevent unoccupied buildings or land becoming a nuisance
S. 265Obstruction of street
S. 266Digging up of public land
S. 267Private drains, cesspools, dustbins, latrine, etc.
S. 268Latrines for factories, schools or places of public resort
S. 269Power to require removal of nuisance arising from tanks etc.
S. 270Inspection of drains, privies, etc
S. 271Cleansing of filthy buildings or land
S. 272Failure to remove offensive matter
S. 273Regulation of the disposal of rubbish, night-soil, etc
S. 274Penalty for improper disposal of rubbish, night-soil, etc.
S. 275Disposal of dead bodies of animals
S. 276Penalty for discharging sewage on public street, etc.
S. 277Power to enter and disinfect buildings
S. 278Building unfit for human habitation
S. 279Penalty for failure to give information of cholera, smallpox
S. 279APower to examine persons suspected to be suffering from infectious diseases
S. 280Removal to hospital of patients
S. 281Penalty for acts done by persons suffering from certain disorders
S. 282Prohibition of cultivation, use of manure, or irrigation injurious to health
S. 283Power to require owners to clear away noxious vegetation
S. 284Power to require excavations to be filled up or drained
S. 285Power in respect of burial and burning grounds
S. 286Bathing and washing places
S. 287Ordinary inspection
S. 288Preventive inspection
S. 289Powers for effecting entry
S. 290Power of Municipality to require certain works to be executed by its own agency
S. 291Recovery of rent on land
S. 292Recovery of rent of other immovable property
S. 293Fees for use otherwise than under a lease of municipal property
S. 293APower to impose fees
S. 293BPower to levy user charges
S. 294Licence fees etc.
S. 295Penalty for obstructing persons employed by Municipality
S. 296Obligation and power of State Government to make rules
S. 297Power to make regulations as to procedure, etc.
S. 298Power of Municipality to make byelaws
S. 299Infringement of rules and bye-laws.
S. 300Previous publication of rules, etc. made by the State Government
S. 301Regulations and bye-laws to be published
S. 301AState Government may modify or repeal byelaws
S. 302Fixation of reasonable time for compliance
S. 303Service of notice
S. 304Method of giving public notice
S. 305Defective form
S. 306Disobedience to public notice for provision of Act applicable to the public
S. 307Obedience to notice issued to individual
S. 308Liability of occupier to pay in default of owner
S. 309Right of occupier to execute works in default of owner
S. 310Procedure upon opposition to execution by occupier
S. 311Recovery of cost of work by the occupier
S. 312Recovery of expenses of removal by Municipality under sections 211, 263, 264, 265, and 278
S. 313Relief to agents and trustees
S. 314Authority for prosecution
S. 315Power to compound offences
S. 316Compensation for damage to municipal property
S. 317Powers and duties of police in respect of offences and assistance to municipal authorities
S. 318Appeals from order of Municipality
S. 319Reference to High Court
S. 320Costs
S. 321Finality of order of appellate authority
S. 322Suspension of orders passing under section 318 pending decision of appeal or civil suit regarding the subject of appeal or civil Suit
S. 323Appeals from certain orders of a court
S. 324Disputes as to compensation payable by Municipality
S. 325Decision of disputes between local authorities
S. 326Suits against Municipality or its officers
S. 326ACivil Court not to grant temporary inunctions in certain cases
S. 327Delegation of powers by the State Government
S. 328Facility for Inspection of minute books and assessment lists
S. 329Provision for publicity of rules, regulations and bye-law
S. 330Mode of proof of municipal records
S. 331Restrictions on the summoning of municipal servants to produce documents.
S. 332Inspection of municipal works and registers by members
S. 332APublic disclosure of information
S. 333Exercise by District Magistrate of Municipality power pending establishment of Municipality
S. 333AConsequences of declaration of a smaller urban area in place of a transitional area.
S. 333BConsequences of constitution of a municipality by excluding an area from existing municipal area
S. 334Repeals and savings
S. 335Savings as to Indian Railways Act, 1890 Act No. 9 of 1890
S. 336Validation of acts done before commencement of Act
S. 337Omitted
S. 338Omitted
S. 339Omitted
S. 340Power to remove difficulties
S. 341Construction of references
S. 342Provision until the constitution of municipalities