CHAPTER – VII POWERS AND PENALTIES IN RESPECT OR BUILDINGS, PUBLIC DRAINS, STREETS, EXTINCTION OF FIRES, SCAVENGING AND WATER SUPPLY · Building Regulation

Section 181: Duration of sanction

The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916

How current this text is

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

(1) A sanction given or deemed to have been given by a board under ¹[section 180] shall be available for one year or for such lesser period as may be prescribed by bye-law ²[unless it is extended by the Municipality for a further period up to one year].

(2) After the expiry of the said period the proposed work may not be commenced except in pursuance of a fresh sanction applied for and granted under the ³[same] sections.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by sec. 72 of U. P. Act no. VII of 1949.
2.Ins. by sec. 71 of U. P. Act no. 27 of 1964.
3.Subs. by sec. 24 (i) and (ii) of U. P. Act no. I of 1951.

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