State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

449- (1) No person shall displace, take up or make an alteration in, or otherwise interfere with, the pavement, gutter flags or other materials of public street, or the fences, walls or posts thereof, or a [Corporation]1 lamp, lamp-post, bracket, direction-post stand-post, hydrant or other such [Corporation]1 property therein without the written consent of the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari or other lawful authority, and no person shall extinguish a [Corporation]1 light. (2) Any expense incurred by the [Corporation]1 by reason of the doing of any such things as is mentioned in sub-section (I) may be recovered from the offender in the manner provided by Chapter XXI.