Law Maker

CHAPTER – IX RULES, REGULATIONS AND BYE-LAWS

Section 301-A: State Government may modify or repeal bye-laws

The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act 16 of 2026.

1[(1) If, at any time, it appears to the State Government that any bye-laws should be modified or repealed either wholly or in part, it shall cause its reasons for such opinion to be communicated to the Municipality and prescribe reasonable period within which the municipality may make any a representation with regard thereto which it shall think fit.

(2) After receipt and consideration of any such representation or, if in the meantime no such representation is received, after the expiry of the prescribed period, the State Government may at any time, by notification in the Official Gazette, modify, or repeal such bye-laws either wholly or in part.

(3) The modification or repeal of a bye-laws under sub-section (2) shall take effect from the date of the publication of the notification in the Official Gazette. ]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by sec. 50 of U. P. Act no. 26 of 1995.

Practise questions on Uttar Pradesh Local Laws