248. [* * * *]1 Whoever, in a street or public place within the municipality, begs importunately for alms, or exposes or exhibits with the objects of exciting charity a deformity or disease or an offensive sore or wound, shall be liable on conviction 2[to imprisonment which may extend to one month or to a fine which may extend to fifty rupees or to both. ]
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Source footnotes
1. Numbers (1) given by sec. 2 (b) of U. P. Act no. VIII of 1942 made by the Governor in exercise of the power assumed by him under sec. 93 of G. of I. Act 1935, has been omit. by sec. 2 (1) of U. P. Act XIII of 1948.2. Subs. for "to a fine which may extend to twenty rupees" by sec. 2 (a) of U. P. Act no. VIII of 1942 made by the Governor in exercise of the power assumed by him under sec. 93 of G. of I. Act 1935, and re-enacted by sec. 2 (1) of U. P. Act no. XIII of 1948.
3. Proviso add by sec. 2 (b) of U. P. Act VIII of 1942 made by the Governor in exercise of the power assumed by him under sec. 93 of G. of I. Act 1935, has been omit. by sec. 2 (1) of U. P. Act no. XIII of 1948.
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