The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

Act No. 66

28-Dec-1957

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement .

(1)This Act may be called the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.

(2)Except as otherwise provided in this Act, it extends only to Delhi.

(3)The provisions o f this Act, except this section which shall come into force at once, shall come into force on such date1 as the 2[3[Central Government ]] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoints: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different p rovisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless t he context otherwise requires, - 4[(1) “Administ rator ” means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;] 5[(1A) "annual value" means the annual value of any vacant land or covered space of any building determined under section116E; ] 6[ 7[(1B)] "Appellate Tribunal" means an Appe llate Tribunal constituted under section 347A;]]

(2)“budget -grant ” means the total sum entered on the expenditure side of a budget estimate under a major head and adopted by 8[ 9[the Corporation ]] and includes any sum by which such budget -grant may be inc reased or reduced by transfer from or to other heads in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder;

(3)“building ” means a house, out -house, stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall) or any ot her structure, whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or other material but does not include any portable shelter;

(4)“bye-law” means a bye -law made under this Act, by notification in the Official Gazette;

(5)“casual vacancy ” means a vacancy occu rring otherwise than by efflux of time in the office of a council lor an alderman or in any other elective office;

Section 1 — 2nd January, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 31st December, 1957, in respect of S. 2, Chap. II, ss.

1. 2nd January, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 31st December, 1957, in respect of S. 2, Chap. II, ss. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 89 and 97, Chap. XXIII, ss. 485, 487, 488, 491, 500, 509, 513 and 515, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part IV. 15th February, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 11th February, 1958, in respect of S. 510, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part IV. 7th April, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 5th April, 1958, in respect of All the provisions of the Act (other than those which have already been brought into force), see Gazette o f India, Extraordinary, Part IV.

Section 5 — Ins. Delhi Act 6 of 2003 , s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-8-2003 ).

5. Ins. Delhi Act 6 of 2003 , s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-8-2003 ).

Section 7 — Clause ( 1A) re-numbered as clause ( 1B) by Delhi Act 6 of 2003, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1 -8-2003).

7. Clause ( 1A) re-numbered as clause ( 1B) by Delhi Act 6 of 2003, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1 -8-2003).