State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

313. Prohibitions of deposit etc., of things in streets.— (1) No person shall, except with the written permission of the Commissioner— (a) place or deposit upon any street or upon any open channel, drain or well, in any street 2[or in any public place] any stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale or other things so as to form an obstruction thereto or encroachment thereon; (b) project, at a height of less than twelve feet from the surface of the street, any board, or shelf, beyond the line of the plinth of any building, over any street or over any open channel, drain, well or tank in any street; (c) attach to, or suspend from, any wall or portion of a building abutting on a street, at a less height than aforesaid anything whatever. (2) Nothing in clause (a) applies to building-materials.