(1) When the Deputy Commissioner after due enquiry is satisfied that a municipality has made default in performing any duty imposed upon it by this Act or by any order or rule made under this Act, he may, by an order in writing, fix a period of the performance of that duty ; and, should it not be performed within the period so fixed he may appoint some person to perform it, and may direct that the expenses thereof shall be paid, within such time as he may fix, by the municipality.
(2) Should the expense be not so paid, the Deputy Commissioner may make an order directing the person having the custody of the balance of the municipal fund to pay the expense, or so much thereof as may from time to time be possible from that balance in priority to all other charges against the same.
(2) Should the expense be not so paid, the Deputy Commissioner may make an order directing the person having the custody of the balance of the municipal fund to pay the expense, or so much thereof as may from time to time be possible from that balance in priority to all other charges against the same.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 2A · Substitution of expression.Section 3 · Classification of municipalities.Section 4 · Procedure for declaring muni-cipal area.Section 5 · Notification of intention to include a local area in a municipal area.Section 6 · Notification of intention to exclude local area from a municipal area.Section 7 · Exclusion of local area from a municipal area.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 13 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.