Notice to scavengers before discharge and penalty for withdrawal without notice

(1) In the absence of a written contract to the contrary, every scavenger employed by the municipal council shall be entitled to one month’s notice before discharge or to one month’s wages in lieu thereof, unless he is discharged for misconduct or was engaged for a specified term and discharged at the end of it.

1. (2) If any scavenger employed by the council in the absence of a written contract authorising him so to do, and without reasonable cause, resigns his employment or absents himself from his duties without giving one month’s notice to the council, or neglects or refuses to perform his duties, or any of them, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or with both.
2. (3) The Government may, by notification, direct that, on and from a date to be specified in the notification, the provisions of sub-section (1) and (2) with respect to scavengers shall apply also to any specified class of municipal servants whose functions intimately concern the health or safety of the public.
   • • 455. Wrongful restraint of Commissioner and his delegate.- Every person who prevents the Commissioner or any other person authorised by the Commissioner from exercising his lawful power of entering into or on any land or building shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 341 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act 45 of 1860).
   • • 456. Penalty for not giving information or for giving false information.- If any person who is required by the provisions of this Act or by any notice or other proceedings issued under this Act to furnish any information--
   • (a) omits to furnish it, or
   • (b) knowingly or negligently furnishes false information, such person shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. CHAPTER – XXI