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

Section 183: Compensation of damage sustained through order passed under section 180

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.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 125, a person giving notice under section 178 shall not be entitled to any compensation for damage or loss sustained by reason of an order passed by a Municipality under section 180, unless —

(a) the order is passed on some ground other than that the proposed work would contravene a bye-law or be prejudicial to the health or safety of the public or any person, or

(b) the order contains direction of the nature specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 180, or

(c) the order is an order or refusal to sanction the re-erection of a building on the ground that it is unsuitable in plan or design to the locality, or is intended for a purpose suitable to the locality, or contravenes a bye-law under sub-head (f) of heading A of section 298.

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