State Act
Section 260. Removal of filth or noxious vegetation.
THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020
This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
260. Removal of filth or noxious vegetation.- The Chief Commissioner may by notice require the owner or occupier of any building or land (which appears to him to be in a filthy or unwholesome state or overgrown with any thick or noxious vegetation, trees or undergrowth injurious to health or offensive to the neighbourhood), to cleanse, clear or otherwise put the building or land in proper state or to clear away and remove such vegetation, trees or under growth within twenty four hours or such longer period and in such manner as may be specified in the notice.