The UNITED PROVINCES MELAS ACT, 1938
uttarakhand · 1938
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called the United Provinces Melas Act, 1938
- S. 2The section allows the Governor to specify areas and durations for the Act's implementation for melas.
- S. 3This Act is hereby applied to the Magh Mela at Allahabad
- S. 4Section 4 defines key terms for the act, including "mela," "District Magistrate," and "Officer-in-charge," and outlines their roles in managing religious fairs.
- S. 5Section 5 empowers the District Magistrate to appoint a committee to assist the Officer-in-charge, with toll and fee imposition authority.
- S. 6The District Magistrate can set tolls and fees for vehicles, animals, and goods, and license animal sales within the mela area.
- S. 7Section 7 allows the District Magistrate to set fees and conditions for licensing professions in the mela area.
- S. 8Section 8 grants the Officer-in-charge authority to allocate sites for various purposes at reasonable rent during religious festivals.
- S. 9Section 9 empowers the State Government to create rules for mela fund management, sanitation, and fire safety, and requires these rules to be published and presented to the legislature.
- S. 10Section 10 allows an officer to demolish structures to prevent fire spread, with immunity from lawsuits for good faith actions.
- S. 11Section 11 penalizes unauthorized constructions, improper uses, unlicensed trades, and violations of the Act with fines.
- S. 12Section 12 allows the Officer-in-charge to remove unauthorized constructions, with costs recoverable as land revenue.
- S. 13(1) All rules made by the District Magistrate under section 6, 7 and 9 shall be published in the [Uttar Pradesh]1 Gaze
- S. 14Section 14 outlines procedures for recovering unpaid rent or costs as land revenue if objections are raised and determined by the Collector.
- S. 15The section allows the State Government to delegate its powers under certain sections to a subordinate authority.
- S. 16Section 16 grants the State Government authority to delegate specified municipal powers to the Mela Officer Incharge.
- S. 1949Ditto 4- Subs