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CHAPTER — IV MUNICIPAL FUND AND PROPERTY

Section 126: Payment by Municipality for special public protection a fairs, etc

The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act 16 of 2026.

(1) When special police protection is, in the opinion of the 1[State Government], requisite on the occasion of a fair, agricultural show or industrial exhibition managed by a Municipality, the 2[State Government] may provide such protection, and the Municipality shall pay the whole charge thereof or such portion of such charge as the 2[State Government] considers equitably payable by it.

(2) If the sum charged is not paid the District Magistrate may make an order directing the person having the custody of the municipal fund to pay the expense from such fund.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. for (Commissioner) by sec. 60 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.
  2. 2.Subs. for (Commissioner) by sec. 60 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.

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