Removal of night soil, etc.(1) The Council may from time to time fix the hours within

which only it shall be lawful to remove any night soil or any other offensive matter.

1. (2) Whoever-
   • (a) when the Council has fixed such hours, and given public notice thereof by beat of drum removes, or causes to be removed along any street any such offensive matter at any time except within the hours so fixed; or
   • (b) at any time, whether such hours have been fixed by the Council or not-
     • (i) use for any such purpose any cart, carriage, receptacle or vessel not having a covering adequate for preventing the escape of the contents thereof, and of the stench therefrom; or
     • (ii) willfully or negligently slops or spills any such offensive matters in the removal thereof; or
     • (iii) does not carefully sweep and clean every place in which any offensive matter has been slopped or spilled; or
     • (iv) places or sets down in any public place any vessel containing any such offensive matter; or

The Madhya Pradesh* Municipalities Act, 1961

*छ-ग- राजपत्र दिनााँक 24-08-2001 के अदिसूचना क्रमाांक 2458/2001 दिनााँक 30-06--2001 के अनुसार "म-प्र." के स्थान पर "छ.ग."।

1. (v) drives or takes or causes to be driven or taken any cart, carriage, receptacle or vessel used for any such purpose as aforesaid, through any street or by any route other than such as shall, from time to time, be appointed for that purpose by the Council by public notice; shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty five rupees. 242. (1) Filthy building, etc.-- Whoever, being the owner or the occupier of any building or land, whether tenantable or otherwise, suffers the same to be in a filthy or unwholesome state, or in the opinion of the Council, a nuisance to persons residing in the neighbourhood, or over-grown with prickly-pear or rank and noisome vegetation and who shall not, within a reasonable time after notice, in writing, by the Council to cleanse, clear or otherwise to put such building or land in a proper state, have complied with the requisition contained in such notice, shall be punished with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees, and with further fine which may extend to five rupees for every day on which the failure to comply with the said notice is continued after the date of the first conviction for such offence.

1. (2) Deserted and offensive buildings.-- Where any building, by reason of dilapidation, neglect, abandonment, disuse or disputed ownership, or of being vacant has--
   • (a) become a resort of idle and disorderly person or of persons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or who cannot give satisfactory account of themselves;
   • (b) come into use for any unsanitary or immoral purpose; or
   • (c) been affording a shelter to snakes, rate or other dangerous or offensive animals, and is therefore open to objection that it is a nuisance, or so unwholesome or unsightly as to be source of discomfort, inconvenience, or annoyance to the neighbourhood or to persons passing by such building, the Council, if it considers that such objection cannot under any other provision of this Act be otherwise removed, may, if there is any person known or resident within the Municipality who claims to be a owner of such building, by written notice directed to such person, require such person, or in any other case by written notice, fixed on the door or any other conspicuous part of the building, require all persons claiming to be interested in such building, within a period which shall be specified in the notice and shall not be less than seven days from the date of such notice, to cause such building to be taken down and the materials thereof to be removed. In the event of non-compliance with such requirements, the Council may, on the expiration of the period specified as aforesaid, forthwith cause the building to be taken down and the materials to be removed and may sell such materials and apply the proceeds to defray any expenses incurred by it in so doing. All such expenses not thereby defrayed shall be recoverable in the same manner as an amount claimed on account of any tax recoverable under Chapter VIII.
2. (3) If, in the opinion of the Council, the land or building under question requires to be enclosed, it may, for getting the enclosure put up, give notice to the procedure laid down in sub-section (2). In the event of non-compliance with such requirement, the Council may, on the expiration of the period specified, get the enclosure put up and recover the cost from the person concerned in the manner prescribed in Chapter VIII.