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CHAPTER – II CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES · Other servants

Section 68-A: Compliance by Municipalities of requisition by State Government of Servants in times of emergency

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[On the occurrence of war, famine, scarcity, epidemic, disease of men, or beasts, floods, or any similar emergency, and to provide for fairs, melas or other occasions involving large gathering of people, the Municipality shall immediately comply with any requisition made by the 2[State Government] or by an officer of the Government authorized by general or special order to make the requisition, for the services of any of the Municipality officers or officials holding posts in its medical, public health, sanitary, veterinary, 3[electrical, Water Works] or Public Works departments, or vaccination, for the services of any vaid or hakim employed by the requisitioning as meet such proportion of the charge connected with the Municipalities, and shall the 3[State Government] may decide to be a proper charge on the Municipality. ]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 18(3) of U.P. Act No. 34 of 1972.
  2. 2.Ins. by sec. 54 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.
  3. 3.Subs. by A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.), which had been Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (L.G.).

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