Bare Act
The Puducherry Open Places (Prevention of Disfiqurement) Act, 2000
General200015 sections
This Act regulates the display of advertisements on private and public property visible to the public in Pondicherry to prevent unauthorized disfigurement and maintain aesthetic value. It applies to any person writing, marking, or exhibiting posters or notices in public view. The law specifically bans "objectionable advertisements" that incite violence, insult religious feelings, or cause offense, as well as any ads that lack written consent from property owners. Offenses carry penalties including imprisonment. This measure is important for preserving public order, preventing social disharmony, and ensuring the territory remains clean and free from harmful propaganda or unsightly clutter.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definition
- 3. No person to affix to or inscribe or exhibit on any place open to public view any objectionable advertisement, etc
- 4. Government to specify by notification any area where no person shall deface any place open to public view
- 5. Penalty for disfigurement by objectionable advertisements
- 6. Penalty for unauthorised disfigurement by advertisements
- 7. Penalty for contravention of notification issued under section 4
- 8. Punishment of abettors
- 9. Burden of proof in certain cases
- 10. Offence by companies
- 11. Offence under the Act to be cognizable
- 12. Indemnity
- 13. Power of Government to erase writing, etc.,
- 14. Other laws not affected
- 15. Power to make rules
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