The Burma Municipal Act, 1884, 17 of 1884, (Rep., Act 13 of 1898) · VII — .

Section 116. Whoever, being the owner or occupier of any building or land, keeps or allows to be kept for more th

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

116. Whoever, being the owner or occupier of any building or land, keeps or allows to be kept for more than twenty-four hours, or otherwise than in some proper receptacle, any carcass, dirt, dung, bones, ashes, night-soil or filth or any noxious or offensive matter in or upon such building or land, or suffers any such receptacle to be in a filthy or noxious state, or neglects to employ proper means to cleanse and purify the same, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. Making or altering drains without authority.

Source: India Code