Section 404: Prohibition against obstruction of any municipal authority

No person shall obstruct or molest the Council or the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson or any member or any person employed by the Council or any person with whom the Chairperson has entered into a contract on behalf of the Council in the performance of their duty or of anything which they are empowered or required to do by virtue or in consequence of any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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