Section 226 UP Revenue Code: Penalty for encroachment ect

Section 226: Penalty for encroachment ect

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 20 of 2026.

The marginal headings printed beside each section in this edition are shown as the section headings.

(1) Any person who,—

(a) encroaches upon or causes any obstruction to the use of any public road (including chak road), path or common land of a village ; or

(b) fails to comply with any order or direction made by the Sub-Divisional Officer under sub-section (1) of section 23 ; or

(d) fails to comply with any order made under section 42 or section 48 ;

shall be liable to a fine which in a case referred to in clause (a) shall ¹[not be less than one thousand rupees and not exceed ten thousand rupees] and in any other case shall ²[not be less than five hundred rupees and not exceed five thousand rupees].

(2) Every person referred to in sub-section (1) may be required by the Sub-Divisional Officer or the Tahsildar, as the case may be to execute a personal bond for such sum not exceeding ³[fifteen thousand rupees] as the officer concerned may deem fit for abstaining from the repetition of such act or failure.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by sec. 177(a) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
2.Subs. by sec. 178(a) marginal heading of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
3.Subs. by sec. 177(b) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.