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UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1916

Section 196. Adoption and relinquishiment by Municipality of housescavenging, etc

196. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained with respect to the rights of customary sweepers and of agriculturists, the Municipality may - (a) by public notice undertake the house-scavenging of any houses or buildings or the 1[collection, removal and disposal or excrementitious and polluted matter from privies, urinals and cesspools] in the municipality from a date not less than two months after issue of the notice ; (b) after giving by public notice or otherwise not less than two month’s notice to the parties concerned, relinquish an undertaking under clause (a) ; (c) on the application or with the consent of the occupier, at any time undertake the house-scavenging of a house or building or the 2[collection, removal and disposal of excrementitious and polluted matter from privies, urinals and cesspools] in any building or on any land or the removal of other offensive matter or rubbish from a building or land, on terms to be fixed by bye-law in this behalf ; and (d) after giving not less than two months’ notice to the occupier, relinquish an undertaking under clause (c).

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