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Act 2 of 1959
Keyword(s):
Advertisement, Objectionable Advertisement, Place Open to Public View,
Public Place
Amendments appended: 39 of 1986, 55 of 1992, 8 of 1994
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-These,words were substituted for the word " Madras " by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.
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(b) "objectionable
advertisement"
advertisement which is likely to
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Offences
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11. (1) The State Government may make rules for the
Power to
rrtake rules. ycrpose or' carryixg out the provisions of this Act.
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(2) All rules made under this Act shall, 'as so011 as
possible after they are made, 1x placed on the table of
30th the 1Io~1sesof the Legislature a i d shall be subject
to such m~dificationsby way oP amendmen~sor rzpeal
as the Legjslature may make either in the same session
or in the next session.
*Now t le Code of Criminal Prccedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of
1974).
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AII Acr to oijred. the Tnuiil Nadu Open Places (i'revehlion of Disfig~rrcnte~zt)
Act; 1959. .DE it ~:~acted
by ;he Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the
'Ikirty-seventh Year of the'-Republicof India as follows :-
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(1) in item (v), the word " o r " shall be added a t h e end;
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added,
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">Traffic:, Committee " means . a Traffic Committee
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" 3-A,' Penally f ~ rdisfigureme121b y cerlnht calegories of in: uurhorised ad.ie~;brsmeprs witIiorit pnmirsian-(I) Without pre$ice to thh'provisla~~s
df sect= 4, whoever, wiihoui ,he previous per.
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(2) Evcr y Tr afic C~mmi~tteeshall,(a) in -the City of Madras,. cunsist of the Deputy C
sio~lerdf Police (Traffic);
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a person is
prasccut.ed for committing an offc~lccunder section 3-A or sectinn
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written consent, as. the case map be, shall be on him. 7.
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( 3 ) A l l ~ . u l c s ~ ~ ~under
a d e t h h Act shail be published in the
-1ut1zil Nadu Governmerz~Gazefte and, unless i i q are expressed to
come into force on a parti&- day, shaU come into force nn the
day on which they are so published.
(4) Every rule made under this Act shall, as soon as possible
a f k r it' is made be ~1;dcedon the table of both Houses of tlie -Lem'rlalire and if, - hc fore the expiry of the session in which it is so placed
or the next sessian. both Houscs agree in making. anv mndification
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---i i l any such rule o; both Houses ~ b e e
that&
rule should not be
made, the rule s ~ thereafter
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or be of no elfect, as the c& may ba, so however, that any sucb
modificati'on or ailnulnlertt sheU be without vreiudice
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The following Act of the Tamil NudQ Legislative &mbly received the
assent of the Governor on the 14th October 1992 and is hereLy published for
g,.zneraJ i~~formation
:ACT No. 55 OF 199%
AN rlct fzirlker to amend the Tamil Nadu Ope% Places (Prevention of
Disjigurernent) Act, 1959.
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1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Preven- Shorttitle
and conmeneetion of X)i,digurement) Auendment A& 1992.
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(2) (a) I t shall be deemed to have come into force oli the 16th June .
1YV2 in the City of Madras
2. In the T , GNadu
~ Open Places (prevention of ~i&~urernent)
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1959 (hereinafter ieferred to as the principqJ Act), in the long title, after
the expression " diigfigurenient by, objectioq4le or ~&tiuthb&ed advertise- ments of placesl open to public ti&w",thii'exbrcisuion " aad to .privent pasting
of posters in mch place " shall be inserted.
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section 3-A.
of
(2) lor the exprewion " one thousand rupees", the expression " fiie
thousand rupees" shdl be substituted.
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" 4-A. Prohibition, of, pasting of posters MLCE fizing of thatty boards,
etc.-(1) Notwithst ~ndinganyt%ing contained in dctions 3, 3-A! or 4 or nny
other provhion of thig Act, or any law for the time being in force, no person
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h. In section 5 of the principal Act, after the expression " section 4 ( 1 1 ",
tlie exprossiond' or sction, 4A' "shall be insewd.
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R S T A ~ N E R YAND PRINT IN^. MADRAS.
ON BEHALF OF THE OOYeRNMENT OF TAMILNADU
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The follo\ving Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of
-.the Governor on the 31cl March 1994 atnd is hereby published for general information :5
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1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Short title
Disfigurement) Amendment Act, 1994.
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2. In the Tanill Nadu Open Places (Prevention cf Disfigurement) Act, 1959 ~ n l ~ n d n l e ' l t
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title, for the expressio? long
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"open to public view and to prevent pasting of posters in such places", the
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expression "open to public view and to prevent pasting of posters in such places
and onfMotor Vehicles" shall be substituted.
3. In the preanlble to the principal Act, for the expression "open to public Amendment of
vie# and to prevent pasting of posters in such places", the expression "open l"eab'e.
to public view and to prevent pasticg of posters in such places and on Motor
Vehicles"
shall be
sul stituted.
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(I) after clause (a), the following clause shall be Inserted, namely:-
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(2) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :"(dd) "State Transport Undertaking" means a State Transport Underraking as defined in clause (42) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(Central Act 59 of 1988);".
5. After section 4-A of the principal Act, the following section shall
inserted, namely :-
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(a) affix to, or inscribe or exhibit 011, any motor vehicle, any poster or any
effigy, or any bill, notice, document, paper or other thing cont-.ining any words,
signs or visible representations ; or
(b) put up or fix any thatty board or board .supported on, or attached to,
any post, pole, standard, framework or other support wholly or in any part upon
or over any motor vehicle :
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to any poster
or advertisement or thatty board S I ~the State- Government, on any motor
vehicle.
(2) Nor~1tllb:andlng anything contained in sub-section (!), anu rfficer
authorised by the Chairman of the State Transport Undertaking concerned, may
gram uermissiorl ICI any person to put up or fix any thatty board on any motor
vehicle, subject to such conditions alld f ~ such
r verind as n13y be s~ecified
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6. In section 5 of the principal Act, afler the expression "section 4-A", the
expression "or section 4-AA" shall be inserted.
M. MUNIX.AM4N,
Secretar'y t o Govcrnmcnt,
Law Depnrtmeht .