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

Section 281: Penalty for acts done by persons suffering from certain disorders

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.

Whoever, while suffering from an infectious, contagious or loathsome disorder —

(a) makes or offers for sale an article of food or drink for human consumption or a medicine or drug, or

(b) willfully touches any such article of food or drink for human consumption or a medicine for sale by others, or

(c) takes any part in the business of washing or carrying soiled clothes, shall be liable upon conviction to a fine which may extend to Fifty rupees.

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