State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

349. Roofs and external walls of buildings not to be of inflammable materials.— (1) No external wall and no covering of a roof built or renewed since the 6Bombay Municipal Act, 1872 (Bom. III of 1872) came into force shall, except with the written permission of the Commissioner, consist of wood, doth, canvas, grass, leaves, mats or any other inflammable material. (2) If any external wall or covering of a roof is or has been, since the said Act came into force, constructed of any such material, the Commissioner may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of the building to which such wall or roof appertains to remove such wall or covering. 7[(3) In relation to buildings in the suburbs 8[or, as the case may be, the extended suburbs] the provisions of this section shall apply as if for the reference in sub-sections (1) and (2) to the Bombay Municipal Act, 1872 (Bom. III of 1872) reference had been made to the Bombay Municipal (Extension of Limits) Act, 1950 (Bom. VII of 1950) 9[or, as the case may be, the Bombay Municipal] [Further Extension of Limits and Schedule BBA (Amendment)] Act, 1956 (Bom. LVIII of 1956)]: Provided that nothing in sub-section (2) shall prevent the Commissioner from requiring the removal of any external wall or covering if it was built or renewed or retained in contravention of any law in force in the suburbs immediately before the coming into force of the Bombay Municipal (Extension of Limits) Act, 1950 (Bom. VII of 1950) 1[or, as the case may be, in force in the extended suburbs immediately before the coming into force of the Bombay Municipal [Further Extension of Limits and Schedule BBA (Amendment)] Act, 1956 (Bom. LVIII of 1956)].