Manipur Municipalities Act,1994
Act No : 43
Section :
Procedure when person who erected obstruction cannot be found.
117. Procedure when person who erected obstruction cannot be found.- (1) If the person who built, erected or stacked the said building, fence, rail, post or other obstruction or encroachment referred to in the preceding section is not known or cannot be found, the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may cause a notice to be posted in the neighbourhood of the said building, fence, rail, post or other obstruction or encroachment requiring any person interested in the same to remove it, and it shall not be necessary to name any person in such requisition. (2) If the said building, fence, rail, post or other obstruction or encroachment be not removed in compliance with the requisition con- tained in such notice Within forty-eight hours of the posting of the 43 same, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate may, on the application of the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council, order that such obstruction or encroachment be removed, and thereupon the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may remove any such obstruction or encroachment, and may recover the cost of such removal, by sale of the materials so removed. (3) The surplus sale-proceeds, if any, shall be credited to the Municipal Fund, and may be paid on demand to any person who established his right to the satisfaction of the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council or in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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