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

Section 194: Right of owner to divert drain on his land

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.

The owner of any land into, through or under which a drain has carried under the provisions of the preceding section may, at any time, with the written permission of the Municipality and subject to such conditions as the Municipality may impose divert the drain at his own expense.

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