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CHAPTER – II CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES · Other servants

Section 77: Limitation of powers conferred by section 71 to 76

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) The provisions of sections 71, 73, 74, 75 and 76 shall be subject to the provisions of —

(a) section 78, and

(b) any rule1 in particular of any rule imposing any conditions on the appointment of persons to offices or any particular office requiring professional skill, and on the suspension or dismissal 2“removal or other punishment of discharge or termination of service” of persons so appointed.

(2) The provisions of sections 74, 75 and 76 shall also be subject to the provisions of any regulation raising any maximum or minimum monthly salary prescribed in those sections with reference to the respective powers of the Municipality, the [President] 3 and the Executive Officer over the staff.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.For rules, re. Sanitary Inspects, Sub-Overseers, establishment or water works and drainage works and establishment for Electric Supply Scheme, see pp. 409—419, 360—361, 361—362 and 384—385 respectively of the Municipal Manual of 1952 edition.
  2. 2.Ins. by sec. 43 (b) of U. P. Act no. 27 of 1964.
  3. 3.Subs. for (Chairman) by sec. 61 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.

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