State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

270. Provisions for requiring private market buildings and slaughterhouses to be properly paved and drained.— 2[The Chief Officer, subject to the control of the President,] may, by a written notice, require the owner, or the person in charge, of any private market or slaughter-house, to cause— (a) the whole or any portion of the floor of the market place or slaughter-house to be raised or paved with dressed stone or other suitable material; (b) such drains to be made in or from the market-building, marketplace or slaughter-house, of such material, size and description, at such level and with such outfall, as to the Council may appear necessary; (c) a supply of water to be provided for keeping such market-building, market-place or slaughter-house in a clean and wholesome state; (d) any shop, stall, shed, standing or other structure, in any private market to be altered or improved, in such manner as the Council may consider necessary; (e) any privy, water-closet or urinal or any other sanitary arrangement to be constructed or made at such site and in such manner as the Council may deem necessary and expedient; and (f) any other measures to be taken which in its opinion are necessary in the interest of public health or sanitation.