The Municipality may, where it appears to be necessary for the prevention of danger to life or property, by public notice prohibit all persons from stacking or collecting wood, dry grass, straw or other inflammable materials, or from placing mats or thatched huts or fighting fires in a place or within limits specified in the notice.
CHAPTER – VIII OTHER POWERS AND PENALTIES · Public safety
Section 259: Stacking, etc. of inflammable materials
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.