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CHAPTER – VIII OTHER POWERS AND PENALTIES · Sanitation and Prevention of disease

Section 271: Cleansing of filthy buildings or 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.

Should any building or land be in a filthy or unwholesome state, the Municipality may, by notice, require the owner or occupier thereof to cleanse, or otherwise put in a proper state, the building or land, and thereafter to keep the same in a clean and proper state.

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