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The Commissioner may, without notice, cause to be removed— (a) any wall, fence, rail, post, step, booth, or other structure, or fixture, which may be erected, or set up, in or upon any street, footpath, or upon, or over, any open channel, drain, well or tank, contrary to the provisions of this Act; (b) any article, bench, box, ladder, bale, board, or shelf, or any other thing whatsoever, placed, deposited, projected, attached, or suspended, in, upon, from, or to, any place in contravention of the provisions of this Act; (c) any article whatsoever hawked, or exposed, for sale in any public street or footpath in contravention of the provisions of this Act and any vehicle, package, box, board, shelf, or any other thing, in which, or on which, such article is placed or kept for the purpose of sale, display, or otherwise. PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 29, 2008 101 The West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006. (Part VI.—Civic Services.—Chapter XII.—Streets and public places.— Sections 249-252.) Prohibition of tethering of animal and milking of cattle. Power to specify building line and street alignment. Power of Commissioner to authorise tempo- rary construction on, or temporary closure of, part of public street.