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CHAPTER – VIII OTHER POWERS AND PENALTIES · Public safety

Section 255: Prohibition of tethering of cattle, etc,. on street

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 or keeper of any cattle or other animals found tethered, or straying about without a keeper, in a street or public places shall be liable on conviction to a fine which may extend to 1[two hundred and fifty] rupees.

(2) An animal found tethered as aforesaid may be removed by a municipal officer or servant or by a police officer to a pound as if the animal had been found straying.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 80 of U. P. Act no. 27 of 1964.

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