CHAPTER VIII Penalties and Procedure

Section 99: Penalty for tampering with the Gram Panchayat’s property

The Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.

Chapter VI (The Nyaya Panchayat), sections 42 to 94-A, is printed only as a heading with the official footnote "Chapter VI comprising sections 42 to 94-A Omitted by sec. 16 of U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.", so those sections have no pages here.

The marginal headings printed beside each section in this edition are shown as the section headings; sections 37, 37-A, 95-A and 109 carry no marginal heading in this copy.

Marginal references to other enactments (for example "U.P. Act No. I of 1951") printed beside the text are not reproduced.

(1) Whoever removes, displaces or makes an alternation in or otherwise interference with any pavement, gutter or other material of a public street, or any fence, wall or post thereof, or a lamp post or bracket, direction post, standpost, hydrant, or other such ¹[property of the Gram Panchayat without its written sanction] of the Gram Panchayat or other lawful authority shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ²[one thousand rupees].

(2) If through any act, neglect, or default on his part, a person has incurred a penalty imposed by sub-section (1) and has caused any damage to the property of a ³[Gram Panchayat], the person incurring such penalty shall be liable to make good such damages as well as to pay such penalty, and the damages may be recovered from the offender in the prescribed manner.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted by sec. 52(a)(i) of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.
2.Substituted by sec. 52(a)(ii) of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.
3.Substituted by sec. 52(b) of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.

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