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CHAPTER – V MUNICIPAL TAXATION · Assessment and levy of taxes on the annual value of buildings or lands or both

Section 152: Obligation to give notice of re-occupation

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) The owner of a building or land for which a remission or refund of the tax 1[has been applied for given] under the last preceding section shall give notice of the re-occupation of such building or land within fifteen days of such re-occupation.

(2) Any owner failing to give the notice required by sub-section (1) shall be punished upon conviction with a fine which shall not be less than twice the amount of tax payable on such building or land for the period during which it has been re-occupied without notice, and which may extend to fifty rupees or to ten times the amount of the said tax, whichever sum is the greater.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 63 of U. P. Act no. 27 of 1964.

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