 bill no 59 of it" tile delhi municipal corpora tion (amend- ment) bill, 1966 a billto amend the delhi municipal corporation act, 1957 and to ~ certain minor and consequential amendments to the indian trusts act, 1882 and the delhi development act, 1957 ",, __ ,' ~ enacted by parliament in the seventeenth yea"r of the :~11h)itc of india as follows:-(1) this act" may be called the delhi municipal corporation short ujl1enclmlent) act, 1966   title and coid-govmedc8-nleot t") i~ shall come into force on such date as the central may, bj notifieation in the 0iilcial gazette, appoint 2 save as otherwise provided in this act, throughout the delhi municipal corporation act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act) ,-(a) except in clause (43) of section 2, sections 42, 137, 142, 185, 186, 187, 193, 195, 253, ~69 271, 298, 308, sub-section (1) of 5 section 480, sub-section (2) vf section 481 and sections 490, 503, 508, 511 and '513, for the words "central government", the word ,j administrator" shall be substituted; substitution of "administrator" for "central government" and "mayorin-council" for "standing commit-1 ee" (b) for the words "standing committee" the words "mayorin-council" shall be substituted 10  amendment of section 2 (a) in sub-clause (b) of clause (9), for the word "commissioner", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; (b) clauses (/2) (13), (19), (20) and (28) shall be omitted; ' (c) for clause (14), the following clause shall be substitu- 15 ted, namely:-'(14) "director of municipal elections" means an officer authorised by the administrator to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the director of municipal elections under this act;'  20   '4 in section 3' of the principal act,~amendment of section 3 (a) in sub-section (6), for the words "on a scale of one councillor for not more than twenty thousand of the population", the words "on a scale of one councillor for not less than twenty thousand of the population" shall be substituted; 25 ,,' (1) insub,sec:tion (7) for the word ,"~ix",the word "ten" shall be substituted ':"  'i ~ " -  r:' ld : amend;, ,; , '&-, in~ub-section (1) of section 4 of the princspal act, in the me~t of':w "provtso, (qz:"'~ woni-·ccit''; tile woi'd~'he"sjjan ·be ''substituted: section 4  , , " (a) in sub-section (l)-amendment of section 9 (i) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-" (e) if he has been sentenced on conviction by a criminal court-(i) to imprisonment for any of the offences referred to in clause (d); or 10 (ii) to imprisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months; or (iii) to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years for any other offence, unless in each case a period of five years has elapsed since the date of the conviction or the disqualification has  been removed either retrospectively or prospectively by the administrator;"; (ii) in clause (;), the words "or any of the municipal authorities" shall be omitted; ", (b) in sub-section (2)-20 (i) in clause ('b), for sub-clauses (ii) and (iii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:-l <"  "(ii) any salary, honorarium, fee, allowance or facility for serving as the mayor or as a deputy mayor or as a councillor or an alderman; or (iii) any fee for attendance at meetings of any committee of the corporation;"; (ii) in clause (c) ,-(a) in sub-clause (iv) , the words "any municipal authority or" shall be omitted and for the words "or from any such authority, officer or other employee", the words "or from any such officer or other employee" shall be substituted; (b) for su~lause (vi), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(vi) any agreement or contract with the corporation, for taking water or eleetrj~ity or any other thing which the corporation may generally supply;", 7 in sub-section (3) of section 11, sub-section (1) of section 12, section 14 and sub-section (5) of section 30 of the principal act, for the word "commissioner", the words "director of municipal elec-, tions" shall be substituted amendment of sections 11, 12, 14 and 30 amendment of section 13 8 in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the principal act, for the word "six", the word "ten" shall be substituted 9 in section 22 of the principal act,-amendment of section 22 (a) for clause (3), the following clauses shall be substltu- 10 ted, namely:-"(3) the appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate to vote or refrain from voting for any person on the ground of his religion, race, caste, community or language or the use of, 15 or appeal to, religious symholi or the use of, or appeal to, national symbols such as the national flag, or the national embleml for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate 20 (3a) the promo:hn of or attempt to promote, feelings of enmity or hatred between different classes of the citizens of india ()n grounds of religion, race, caste, communi ty or language, by a candidate or any other person with the consent of the candidate for the furtherance of the 25 prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudi-cially affecting the election cf any candidate"; (b) in clause (4), after the words "or by any o~her person", the words "with the consent of a candidate" shall be inserted and the words "from contest" shall be omitted; (c) in clause (5), after the words "or by any other person", the words "with the consent of a candidate" shall be inserted 10 for sub-section (2) of section 25 of the principal act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-an-endmcnt oi -t';! 'on 25 , (2) no person shall convene, hold or attend any public 3s meeting within any ward within twenty-four hours before the date of conu:nencement of the poll or on the date or dates on which a poll· is taken for an election in that ward" 11 in sul>-secj;ion (1) of section 32 of the principal act, in the amen form of oath or affirmation, for the words "that i will bear true ment faith aild allegiance to the constitution of india as by law estab- seetio: lished and that i will faithfully discharge the duty upon which i ~ am about to enter", the words "that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of india as by law established, that i will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of india and that i will faithfully discharge the duty upon which i am about to enter" shall "~ substituted ~ 10 12 in section 33 of the principal act,-amc'n ment, (a) in clause (b) of sub-section (1), for the word "com- seetio] missioner", the words "municipal secretary" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3), for the word "commissioner", the 15 word~ "director of municipal elections" shall be substituted 13 for section 34 of the principal act, the following section <;hall ~ubst: be substituted, namely:-lion ( new 1'1 tion f, seetiu "34 (1) the councillors and aldermen shall be entitled to parm, receive--20 (a) honoraria or fees; and ~f hod raria ( fees al 'lrow-(b) allowances, ancb provi' for attendance at meetings of the corporation and of any of· its for tel h>" -; ", committees at such rate as may be determined by rules made phom in this behalf lities , coun' t,· l:ha:::- ::~~:::::::~:y:~:::::: b~::::de:~c::~:~ :~::; i'before section 35, and for sections 35 to 40 (both inolu',ive) of the lion 0' principal act, the following sub-hea~ing and sections shall be suhn('\\' " lions 30 stituted, namely: -~ectio k· ~5 to : "mayor :~5 the corporation shall, at its first meeting after a gem·ral elect: elect~on, convened under sec'ion 73, elect one of its members to of mll be the mayor thereof and so often as the office of mayor becomes 3s vacant, the corporation shall elect another member to be the , mayor, 36 (j) the mayor shall cease to hold office as such-(a) when he ceases to be a member of the corporation; or, cesser of office of mayor (b) if he resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the administrator; or (c) if he is removed from his office by a resolution of the 5 corporation passed by a majority of all the members of the corporation: , provided that no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless a period of one year has elapsed from the date of election of the mayor: 10 provided further that if a resolution under clause (c) is not passed by a majority of all the members of the corporation, no other resolution for the removal of the mayor shall be moved unless a period of one year has elapsed from the date on which the former resolution was considered (2) a resignation under clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall take effect from the date on which it is delivered to the administrator 37 (1) at any meeting of the corporation, while any resoltition for the removal of the mayor from his office is under consi- 20 deration, the mayor shall not, though he is present, preside mayor not to preside while resolution for his removal from office is under consideration' (2) notwithstanding anything contained in section 80, the mayor shall have the right to speak in, and! otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the corporation while any resolution for his removal from office is under consideration at any meeting 25 of the corporation and shall be entitled to vote on such resolution or on any other matter during such proceedings procedure regarding moving ofresolution for removal of mayor, :j8 a notice in writing of the intention to move a resolution referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 36, signed by not less than one-third of the total membership of the cor- 30 poration, together with a copy of the proposed resolution shall be delivered to the administrator in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf and the administrator shall, after giving not less than fifteen days' notice thereof, convene, for the consideration of the resolution, a meeting of the corporation to 35 'be held in the office of the corporation on a date not later than thirty days from the date on which the notice was delivered to him and a councillor or an alderman, (not being a deputy mayor) , nominated by the administrator shall preside over such meeting, 5 ;~9 (1) when th'~ office of the mayor is vacant the senior d deputy mayor shall act as mayor until a new mayor is elected 01 tl, (2) when the mayor is absent from his duty on account of m illness or any other cause, the powers, duties and fun,:tions of the st> dl mayor shall be exercised and performed by the senior dtputy m: mayor (3) the mayor may by order in writing, delegate any of his powers, duties and functions to the senior deputy mayor" 15 for clause (d) of section 42 of the principal act, the following an 10 clauses shall be substituted, namely:-me sc" "(d) the purchase and distribution of water to the public: (dd) the purchase and distribution of electricity to the public;" 16 for the heading and sub-heading before section 44 and for sec- sul 15 tions 44 to 69 (both inclusive) of the principal act, the following head- tion ing, sub-headings and sections shall be substituted, namely:-new sect for secti 44 tc  'municipal administration mayot-in-councilexec 20 44 subject to the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder, the executive power of the corporation shall be exercised by the mayor-in-council powi cor· poral  : 45 (1) the mayor-in-council shall consist of the mayor and two deputy mayors '  \ ' cons' tion ( mayo coun, (2) the deputy mayors shall be, appointed by the administrator on the advice "of the mayor from amongst the members of the 'corporation ~t (3) the order in which the deputy mayors shall rank among themselves for official purposes shall be determined by the mayor and the senior among them shall be ,~igllated as the senior ~ 30 deputy mayor (a) when he ceases·tb 'be a member of the corporation; or "  , 46 a deputy mayor shallceas~ to hold, 9ffice, as such-cessej office ( deput mayor (b) if he resigns' hisomce by writing under his hand addressed to the mayor; or (c) if he is removed from his office by the administrator on the advice of the mayor; or  (d) when a new mayor is elected  47 the mayor or, in his abs~nce, the senior deputy mayor shall preside over every meeting of : he mayor-in-council 48 before the mayor or a deputy mayor enters upon his office the administrator shall administer to him the oaths of :> presidency over meetings of mayor_ in-coun_ cil oaths of office and of secrecy" offi~e and of se :recy according to the forms set ou~ below:- form 0/ oath oj office"i, ab, doswear in the name of god -tha t i will bear true solemnly affirm faith and allegiance to the constitution of india as by law 10 p~"tablished that i will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of india, that i will faithiully and conscientiously discharge mayor " my du[)' the ·d m and that i will do nght to all manner eputy ayor of people in accordance with the cons"itution and the law 15 without fear or favour, affection or illwill"  form of oath of secrecy·r ab do swear in the name of god h i "ii t d' tl   - t at wi no irec  y solemnly affinn or indirectly communicate or reveal to any pe~son or persons 20 any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or which becom~s knovjnito me as the d mayo~ exceri as may oputy ayor he required in due jischarge of my duties as the mayor deputy mayor 25 49 (j) the mayor may be given such facilities in respect of residential accommodation conveyance and the like as may be determined in each case by rules made !n this behalf (2) the mayor and the depu'y mayors shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as the corporation may 30 with the approval of the administrator, determine   ~ facilities and privileges of mayor and salaries and allowanct's payable to mayor and deputy mayors 50 (1) all executive action of the mayor-in-council shall be conduct of busiexpressed to be taken in 1 he name of the corporation ness of mayor-in council s (2), all orders and other instruments made and exeeuted in the name of the corporation shall be authenticated in such manner a, may be specified in the rules to be made in thisbehalf and the validity of an order or instrument so authenticated shall not be caned in que3t~on "'"1 the !'round that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the corporation (3) the' administrator shall make rules for the more con-10 venient transaction of the business of the mayor-in-cowlcil and for the allocation among the mayor and the deputy mayors of the said business  committ~eszonal committees 51 (1) the corporation may, with the previous approval of the administrator, divide delhi into zones not exceeding ten in nunibet snd constitute a zonal committee for each: sli-::h zone (2) each zonal committee shall consist of all the coun~i110rs eleeted from fhe wards within the zone for which it is constituted 20 (3) a zonal committee shall, subject to the general' ~ntrol and supervision of the mayor-in-council, discharge such fimctions, in relation to the zone for which it is constituted, as the corporation may require it to discharge or as may be prescribed by the corporation by regulations made in this behalf ' ' , (4) each zonal committee shall elect one of its members to - -'i' be the chairman and another member to be the vice-chairman 52 (1) the mayor-in-council may cons~itute, a~_~any advisory' advisory committees a~ it thinks fit for inquiring into~ or report- coinmiting or advising upon, any matter which it may refer to the,in tees (2) each such ad'visory committee shall consist of' such 30 number of members as the corporation may elect from amongst its members in accordanre with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (3) the mayor or the deputy mayor concerned with the subject-matter shah preside over the meeting of any such advi-3s sory committee special and-cid' hoc ('ommitiees~ 53 (i) the corporation may constitute as many special and ad hoc committees as it thinks fit for the exercise of any power or the discharge of any function which the corporation may, by resolution, delegate to them or for inquiring into, or reporting or (b) ls-2 advising upon, any matter which the corporation may refer to them (2) any such committee shall consist of members of the corporation only (3) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), 5 an ad hoc committee may, with the previous approval of the corporation, co-opt not more than three persons who are not members of the corporation but who, in the opinion of the corporation, possess special qualifications for serving on such com- 10 mittee -54 (1) a zonal committee or an advisory committee may appoint from among its own members any sub-committee consisting of such number of members as that committee may think fit for exe~ising any power or discharging any function 15 of th~t committee· under this act or for inquiring into or reporting or advising upon, any matter which that committee may refer to such sub-committee appolntmentol sub-committeesby zonal commit  tees and advisory committees (2) every such sub-committee shall conform to such instructions as may be given to it by the committee by which it has 20 been appointed r: 55~ (1) i~ a member of any committee or sub-committee ?5 cea~es to ibe a councillor or an alderman, he shall cease to be a member of that committee or sub-committee, as the case may be and his seat shall thereupon become vacant f,'!·rljt, ,   ",-,  (2) if a member of a zonal committee or an advisory vacation of seats bymemben of tbecommittees aad su~ commi1~ tees c(')~mittee ~bsents himself during three conse~utive months from the meetings of the committee 'except on account of illness or any other cause approved by the committee,' or absents himself during six consecutive months from the meetings of the 30 committee on account of any cause whatsoever,· whether approved by the committee or not, he shall cease to be a member of the committee and his seat shall thereupon become vacant 56 an advisory committee shall continue to function until a new committee is constituted in accordance with t~tp urovi- 35 sions of this act 'f' advisory committeelto fw!etion till new coidiiilt tees are constituted ~ i , 57 tne co:t'poration may at any time call for any extract of power of any proceedings of a zonal committee or an advisory: com- ~orpora­mittee or of any sub-committee appointed under this act or for ~~~::r any return, statement, account or report concerning or connect- extracts t:d with any matter with which any such committee or sub- of procommittee is empowered by or under this act to deal; and ceedings every such requisition shall be complied with by any such com- cfrom 't , omnumittee or sub-committee without any unreasonalble delay' tees and sub-committees 17 in section 70 of the principal act,-1(' (a) in sub-section (1)-amendmento! section 7u (i) in clause (a), for the words "any municipal ofticer or other municipal employee", the words "any other municipal' officer or employee" shall be substituted; ,'> ' !l (ii) in clause£, (b) and (c), the words "except in regard to the delhi electric supply undertaking or the delhi transport undertaking" shall be omitted; (b) sub-section (3) shall be omitted 18 in section 71 of the principal act,-amend_ mentof (a) in the opening paragraph, the words "or any municipal section 71 20 authority" shall be omitted; (b) for sub-clause (i) of clause (b), the following subclause shall be substituted, namely:-"(i) of the mayor-in-council, if it is incurred in the year next following such year; or" "'2s"~":!lt  iri sections 72 and 76 of the principal act, for the words "de- amend:' puty mayor";wherever they occur, the words "senior deputy mayor" ~~~f" :' b' ed sections et  ;shall be su stltut 72 and "ill 20 in section 81 of the principal act,-amendmentor section 81 (a) sub-section (1) shall be omitted; (b) for stub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- &, (2) a councillor or an alderman may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), ask the mayor-in-council questions on any matter relating to the adminjstration of this act or the municipal government of delhi and all ~,,~   : """ sum' questions shall be addressed to the mayor-in-council and shall be answered either by the mayor or a deputy mayor"; (c) in sub-section (3), in sub-clause (v) of clause (b), the wor~ "or of any oftp~ munic:pal authorities" shall be omitted; s (d) for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-(, (6) the mayor or a deputy mayor shall not be bound to answer a question if it asks for information which has been communicated to him or the mayor-in-council in 10 confidence or if, in his opinion, it cannot be answered without prejudice to public ~te~ or the int~t of the corporation "; (e) insu:b-section (7)~ the words "by the commissioner" shall b~ omitted; (5 - (~ &ub-se<!tion i( 3) shall be omitted %1 in section 82 of the principal act, tqe proviso $all be omitted amendment of section 82  2% ftn-the rub':heading ~'transacti(}n of business by standing 'and other committees" cccurring before s=ction 83, and for sections 83 ~ ~, of the principal act, the following sub-heading and sections 20 shall be substituted, namely:,,· substitution of new sections for sections 83 and 84·  "transaction of qus~ness by committees~ q> the chairman, ~r in his abstmce t~e vi9~-chairman, ~au~ide 0~1' ev~ ·meeting of the ~ co~~te~ pr~~ otlictr" at men-i in,g$ of'~ ~rta1 - committee (2) in the aibsen\!e of the chairman and ·the vice-chalr- 2s man from any meeting, the members of t,he zonal committee shall choose one of their number to preside over the meeting 84 the corporation may make regulations for the procedure and the conduct of busjness at meetings of the zonal committees and all other committees, except the advisory com- 30 mittees which shall regulate their own procedure" conduct of business at meetings of commit-tees amend- 23 in section 85 of the principal act, for the words "and of the ment of 'standtng'co~mittee and ,every other committee of the corporation", section 8s    the words "and of every committee of the corporation except the advisory committees" shall be substituted 24 in chapter vi of the principal act, before section 89, the fol- insertion - 'lowing sections shall be inserted, namely: -o'f new  5aections 88a, 88b, 8bc,88d, 88e, and 88f "88a (1) the mayor-in-council shall, with the approval of appointthe administrator, appoint a suitable person as the commission-~ent, etc, f h c  of comer 0 t e orporatlon mission:er  (2) the commissioner so appointed shall hold office for a term of five years in the first instance: provided that h:s app);ntment may be renewed froql time to time for a term not exceeding one year at a tin:w: ~ 19, bo  ' ~ ,  ,    provided further that where the commissioner holds a lien on any service under the government, the admini$trator may at any time after giving reasonable notice to the mayor-in-coun-cil replace his services at the disposal of the government     (3) the commi~sioner shall not undertake any work uncon-nected with his office withcut the saaction of the administrator and of the mayor-in-council ;         ~: " salary and allow-ances of com-         missioner     88b the commiss:oner shall be paid out of the municipal fund such monthly salary and allowances, if any, a~ may from time to time be fixed by the administrator and ~y be given such facilities (if any) in relation to residential accommodation, conveyance and the like, as may from time to time, be fixed by the administrator:    provided that the salary of the commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment     88c (1) leave may be granted to the commissioner by the laave of mayor-in-council                                                                           abeence of                                                                           commis-     (2) whenever such leave is granted to the commissioner lioner the mayor-in-council rhall, with the approval of ule administra-tor, appoint another person to officiate as commissioner in lui l,~o appointment of otliciatine commissioner in case of death, resiloation, etc, of commissi(l)ner bbd if any vacancy occurs in the office of the commissioner on account of death resignation or otherwise, the mayor-in-council may, with the approval of the administrator, appoint another person to officiate as comrnis iuner in his place· for a term not exceeding two months pending the appointment of a 5 commissioner under $t>ction bba, service regulations of commissioner 8be (1) if the c\\mm;ss~oner is an officer in the service of the government, the corporation shall make such contribution towards his leave alh\wances, pension and provident fund as may be required by the conditions of his service under the gov- 10 ernment, to be paid 1»1 him or for him, as the case may be fun::tions of commissioner (2) if the commissioner is not an officer ii) the service of the government, his ifave and leave allowances, his superannuation or retirement, hi  gratuity or pension, and: the proportions of his pensionary or provident fund contribution payable res- is pectively from h;s sal~"y and from the municipal fund shall be gdverned by rules: provided that-(a) the amowlt cf a'1y such leave and leave allowances gratuity or pen~oo shall in no case exceed what would 20 be admissible in tbe case of government servants of similar standing and status; and (b) the conditions under which such allowances, gratuity or pension ar granted or any leave, superannuation or retir-ement is sanctioned, shall not be more favourable than 25 those for the tl'lfte being prescribed 'for such government servants b8f the ,comm:~onfr shall be the principal executive officer of the corporati\'iil and shall, subject to the supervision and control of the mayor-in-council, also-30 (a) exercise ~ the powers and perform all the duties specifically conf~lted or impo:ed upon h:m by this act or by any other law f,',l' the time being in force; (b) prescriw the duties of, and exercise supervlsion and control over we acts and proceedings of, all other muni- 35 cipal officers and i"mployees other than the municipal secretary and the muilicipai chief aud'tor and the municipal officers and other f'tdployees immediately subordinate to them and subject to aft"v regulat'on that may be made in this behalf, dispose of all questions relating to the service· of the 40 aforesaid other municipal officers and employees and their pay, privileges, allowances and other conditions of service" 2q in section 89 of the principal act,-amendment ot section 89 5 (a) in rub-section (1), for the words "the corporation shall appoint suitable perso'ls" the words "the mayor-in-council shall appoint suitable persons" shall be ~ubstituted; (b) in sub-s"'ction (2) for the words "that government", the words "the adm'nistrator" shall be substituted 26 in secti~n 90 of the princ;pal act,-amendment of 10 (a) for the words "appropr;ate authority", wherever they section 90 occur, the word "commissioner" and' for the words "committee concerned", wherever they occur, the word: "mayor-in-council" o· , ihall be substituted; 4)'1 (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "three hundred and fifty rupees" in both the places where they occur, the words "four hundred rupee's" ~hall be substituted; (e) in sub-section (4) for the words "or at the instance of such authority or committee", the words "or at the instance of the commissioner or the mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; (d) in sub-sections (5) and (6), for the words "two hundred and fifty rupees", the words "four hundred rupees" shall be substituted; (e) sub-section (7) shall be omitted ,z7  for sub-section (1) of section 92 of the principal act, the fol- amendment o'f g, sub-~,ection shall be substituted, namely:-section 92 "(1) subject to the provi~ons of this act, the power of a~ pointing municipal officers and other municipal employees, whe- t~er temporary or permanent-,,' -",  : : (a) to posts carrying a minimum monthly salary (ex-, 'elusive of allowances) of four huridred rupees or more ';- shall vest in the mayor-in-council; (b) to posts carrying a minimum monthly salary (ex-, '0' elusive of allowances) of less than four hundred rupees shall vest in the commissioner: provided that the power of appointing officers and other employees immediately subordinate to th~ municipal secretary  the municipal chief auditor, whose minimum monthly salary ("elusive of allowanc~) is less than four hundred rupees shall in the mayor-in-council: provided further that the mayor-in-council may delegate to the municipal secretary or the municipal chief auditor the power of appointing officers and other employees immediat~ly subordinate to such secretary or auditor, whose minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) is not more than two s hundred and fi'fty rupees" amend-28 in section 93 of the principal act for the words "the corporament of cion", the words "the authority by which he was appointed" shall be section 93 substituted 29 for section 96 of the principal act, the following sections rhall 10 be substituted, namely:-"96 (1) no appointment to any post carrying a maximum monthly salary of one thousand and five hundred rupees or more (exclusive of allowances) shall be made except after consultation with the union public service commission is (2) no appointment to any post carrying a maximum monthly salary of more than one hundred and ten rupe'es (exclusive of allowances) but less than one thousand and five hundred rupees substitution of new seclions for section 96 consultation with union public service commis-municipal servile commission (~elusive of allowances) shall be made except after consultation with the municipal service commission constituted under sec- 20 tion 96a (3) notwithstanding anythlng contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), it shall not be necessary to consult the union public service commission or the municipal service commission, as the case may be, in regard to the selection foi' appointment,-25 (a) to any acting or temporary post for a period not exceeding one year; or (b) to such posts as may from time to time be specified by the corporation in consultation with the union public service commission or the municipal service commission, :0 -' as the case may be, when such posts are to be filled by pro-1riotion or by transfer; or (c) to a post when at the time ot such appointment the person to be appointed thereto is a member o~ an all-india service or is in the service of the central government or a 3s state government in a class i post; or (d) to a permanent or temporary post, if the officer or other employee to be appointed is not likely to hold that post fer more than one year or if such officer or other employee is likely to hold- the post for more than one year but not more than three years and the union public service commission or the municipal service commission, as the case may be, advises that the appointment may be made without consulting it 5 96a (1) the administrator shall, as so::>n as may be, after constituthe commencement of the delhi municipal corporation (amend- tion o~ ment) act, 1966, constitute a municipal service commission, con_~u~clpal  t' f ei"vlce sis mg 0_-commission 10 (a) a chairman who who shall be nominated by the central governrrlent; and (b) two other members of whom one shall be nominated by the administrator and the other by the mayor-in-council 15 (2) the administrator shall, by rules made in this behalf, provide for-~ t ,~ (a) the term of office of the salaries arid allowal1ces payable to, and other conditions of service of, the members (including the chairman) of the municipai service c-ommission; (b) the manner in which that commission shall perform the duties imposed upon it by or under this act;  (c) the number of members of staff of that commission and their 'sl'llaries, allowances and other- conditions 01 service (3) the salaries and allowatlces of the members (including the chairman) of the municipal service commission and its staff shall be paid out of the municipal fund 96b (1) save as otherwis~ provided in sub-section (3) of functions section 96, the municipal service commission shall be consuited- of muni--  - cipal ser-(a) in all matters relating to the methods of recruitment vice comto posts referred to in sub-section (2) of sec~ion 96; mission (b) on the principles to be followed in making appointments to all the posts referred to in the said sub-section (2) and in making promotions and transfers from one pqst to another of the aforesaid posts and on 'the suitability of ·[he candidates for fuch appointments, promotions or transfers; ·'jt:: • '- , ~ " (c) on such disciplinary matters affecting a person serv-ing under the corporation as may be prescribed by regula~ tions; (b) ls-3      , 387        "'-~       , ' (d) on any claim by, or in respect of, a person who is serving or has served under the corporation that any costs incurred by him' in defending legal proceedings instituted against him in respect of acts done or purporting to be done in the execution of his duty should be paid out of the muni-5 cipal fund, and it shall be the duty of the municipal service commission to advise on any matter so referred to it and on any other matter which the mayor-in-council may refer to it" amendment of section 97 30 in section 97 of the principal act,-10 (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "the commission", the words, brackets and figures "each of the commissions referred to in sub-sections (1) and (z) of section 96" and for the words "the commission", wherever they occur the words "that commission" shill be substituted; 15 (b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-  "(z) in the case of any difference of opinion between the union public service commission and the mayor-in-council on any matter, the mayor-in-council shall refer the matter 20 to the central government and the decision of that government thereon shall be final (3) in the case of any difference of opinion between the municipal service commission and the mayor-in-council on any matter, the mayor-in-council shall refer th'e 25 matter to the administrator and the decision of the administrator thereon shall be final" amendment of section 98 o (a) in sub-section (1), for the word "corporation", where it occurs for the first and third times, the words "mayor-in-council" 30 shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "the commission", the words ''the union public service commission or the municipal service commi~ion, as the case may be," shall be substitu~ed 35 (a) clause (h) of sub-section (1) shall be omitted; amendment of !o'ection 91 (b) for sub-section (z) the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(z) the municipal fund shall be held by the corporation in trust for the purposes of this act subject to the 40 5 provisions herein contained and shall be maintained in the municipal account" 33 for section 100 of the principal act, the following section subs shall be substituted, namely: -tion new tlon secti( '100 all moneys payable to the credit of the municipal fund muni shall be received by the commissioner and shall be forthwith fund paid into the state bank of india to the credit of the municipal !: k~ account which shall be entitled "the account of the municipal baen~ fund' of delhi"' india 10 34 for sub-section (1) of section 101 of the principal act, the amer following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: -ment _ sectio "(1) save as otherwise provided in this act, no payment shall be made by the state bank of india out of the municipal fund except on a cheque signed by both-(a) the chief accountant or an officer subordinate to him authorised by the mayor-in-council in this behalf; and (b) the commissioner or a deputy commissioner or an officer subordinate to the commissioner authorised by the mayor-in-council in this behalf" 35 in the proviso to section 102 of the principal act,-20 (a) in clause (c) ,-amenl ment 0 section (i) in sub-clause (i), for the words "that government", the words "the administrator" shall be substituted; (ii) in sub~lause (v), the· words "or any of' the municipal authorities" shall be omitted; - (b) in clause (d), for the words "the central government", the words "the central government or the administrator" shall be substituted 38 for section 104 of the principal act, the following section substitl shall be substituted, namely:-tion of dew sel tiod foi section "104 whenever any sum is expended under clause (c), procedl clause (e) or clause (f) of the proviso to section 102, the com- when missioner shall forthwith communicate the circumstances to the mod~' mayor-in-council, which may take, or recommend to the :o~ge corporation to take, such action under the provisions of this grant is act as shall, in the circumstances, appear po§ible and expedient expendt> for covering the amount of the additional expenditure" 37 in section 106 of the principal act,-amendment of section 106 (a) for sub-section (1) i the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:·-"(1) on the written requisition of the administrator or a secretary to the central government, the mayor-in 5 council may at any time require the commissioner to undertake the execution of any work certified by the administrator or such secretary to be urgently required in public interest and for this purpose temporarily to make \ payments from the municipal fund so far as the same can 10 be met without unduly intcrf(>~'ing wlth the regular work of the municipal government"; (b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(3) on th~ receipt of any requisition under sub-section ~ (1), the mayor-in-council shall forthwith forward a cop:¥, thereof to the corporation together with a report of the steps  taken in pursuance of the same" 38 for section 107 of the principal act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-section 20 "107 (1) surplus moneys standing at the credit of the municipal fund shall be deposited in the state bank of india or in such scheduled bc;ink or banks as the corporation may select or be invested in public securities  substitution of new section for section 107 surplus moneys in the municipal fund  to be deposited in banks (2) the loss, if any, arising from such deposit or investment 25 shall be debited td"the municipal fund" - 39 in section 109 of the principal act,-amendment of section 109 (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,namely: -"(1) the corporation shall, on or before the 31st day of march every year, adopt for the ensuing year a budge esti- 30 mate which shall be the estimate of the income and expenditure of the corporation to be received and incurred on account of the municipal government of delhi"; (b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be 3s substituted, namely:-"(3) the budget -estimate shall be prepared in such form, presented and adopted in such manner and shall provide for all such matters, as may be prescribed by regula-• tions made hi this behalf" 40 ln ,;;ectloll 110 oi the principal act,-amendsub-section shall be ~ent of section 110 (a) 10r sub-sectioll \l), me loilo",ving substituted, namely:-5 "(1) on the recommendation of the mayor-in-council, the corporation may, lfom time to time, during the year,-(i) increase the amount of any budget grant under any i1t:ad, /0 (d) make an addtional budget grant for the purpose of meeling any special or unforeseen requirements arising during the sdd year, (ii) transfer the amount or portion of the amount of the budget grant under any head to the amount of the budget grant under any other head, or (m) reduce the amount of the budget grant under any head: provided hat due regard :hall be had to all the requirements 01 this act and in making any increase or any additiona1 budget grant, the estimated cash balance at the close oi the year snail not be reduced below the sum of one lakh of rupees or such higher swn as the corporation may determine"; (b) in sub-secdon (2), for the words "budget estimates", the words "budget estimate' shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (4), in the proviso, fc~ tte words "that coiilllllttee", the words "the mayor-in-council" shall be substi- tuted; (d) sub-section (5) shall be omitted  amendment of section 112  41 in section 112 of the principal act, fer the words "the standing  ttee or, as the case may be·, ihe delhi electric supply com- mittee, or the delhi transport commhtee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words ··the mayor-in-council" lhall be substituted 42 after sub-section (~) of section 113 of the principal act, the amend-(ollowing sub-section shall be imerted, namely:-ment of "(2a) nothing' in clause (d) of sub-section (2) shall be segtion 113 deemed to empower the corporation to levy a tax on the sale or supply of electricity to the new delhi municipal committee - or the military engineer services, delhi cantonment or the pelhi electricity board constituted under section 5 of the electricity (supply) act, 1948" arnend-43 in sub-section (4) of section 115 of the principal act, in ment of clause (b), the words hand not used or intended to be used exclu-5 section 115 sively for the purposes of the delhi electric supply undertaking or the delhi transport undertaking or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertaking" shall be omitted arnend-44 in sub-section (1) of section 116 of the principal act, for the ment of second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-10 section 116 "provided further that in respect of any land or building, the standard rent of which has been fixed under the delhi rent control act, 1958, the ratable value thereof shall not exceed the 59 i annual amount of the standard rent so fixed" 4s in section 117 of the principal act,-15 amendment of section 117 (a) for the words "delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", wherever they occur, the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; (b) in su~-section (1), for the words "that committee", the words "the mayor-in-council" shall be substituted 20 46 in sub-section (1) of iection 118 of the principal act, for the words "delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words "mayor-in-council" shah be substituted amend-  ment of section 118 47 in sub-section (1) of section 124 of the principal act, for the word "corporation", the words "mayor-in-coun~il" shall be substi- 25 tuted amendment of section 124 amendment of section 150 (a) in sub-section (2),' for the word "its", the word "his" and for the words "that government", the words "the administrator" shall be substituted; 30 (b) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-" (4) after a tax has come in to force in any year in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 109 shall apply in 35 relation to such tax in any svbsequent year as they apply in relation to any tax imposed under sub-section (1) of section 113" " in sect ion 182 of the principal act, for the words "coiiector of amend-land customc;", in both the places where they occur, the words me~t ~82 5 ··collector of customs" and for the words uland customs" in both the sec ion places where they occur, the word "customs" shall be substituted so in sections 190, 191 and 192 of the principal act, for the word =;~f "commissioner", wherever it occurs, the words "mayor-in-council" sections shall be substituted 190, 191 and 192 10 51 in sub-section (2) of section 195 of the principal act, for the ametndf-   men 0 word~ uany municipal authority officer or other employee", the words section "any municipal officer or other employee" shall be substituted 195 52 for section 198 of the principal act, the following section ~ubstitu­bon of < shall be substituted, namely:- new section 'for section 198 e8 whenever the corporation decides to acquire any' acqui immovable property for the purposes of this act, the mayor-in- sition council shall acquire such property on behalf of the corpora- o~limmov­tion b~ agreement on suc~ terms ~,~ at such price as may be :e~/:  determmed by the mayor-m-council  agreement   53 in section 199 of the principal act, for the word "commis- amendsioner", in both the places where it occurs, the word~ "mayor-in- ment of  ' council" and 'for the word "government" the word uadministrator" section 199  , , ",  ,_'-be substituted '54 in section 200 of the principal act,-amend- ment of {a) for clauses (a) and (b), the followmg clauses shall be section 'su1d~,tltuted namely:-200 u (a) the mayor-in-council may, in its discretion, 'dis- ' pose of, by sale or otherwise, any movable or immovable property belonging to the corporation, or let out or hire any movable property or grant a lease of any immovable property belonging to the corporation, including any ~ght of gathering and taking fruits and the like; (b) any municipal officer, authorised in this behalf by the mayor-in-council, may-(i) dispos~ of, by ~ale or otherwise, any d}ovable property 'belonging to the corporation, the value (\f which does not exceed five thousand rupees; or (ii) grant a lease (other than :=i if'ase in pt-'rpetuity) of any immovable propf"rtv belonpi-1g to th~ corporation; or " (iii) sell or grant a lease in perpetuity of any immovable p~operty belong!ng to the corporation, the 5 value of which does not exce2d fifty thousand rupees or the annual rent fer which clof's not exceed three th01l:~and rupees;"; (b) clauses (c) :tnd (p) shal1 be omitted; (c) for clause (g), the hpowing claus" shall be substituted, 10 namely:--i,e: "(g) every case of disposal of property shall be reported without delay by-(i) the mayor-in-councij to the corporation, where such disposal is under clause (a); is (ii) the municipal officer, authorised by the mayor- in-council under clause (b), to the· mayor-in-councu, where such disposal is under that clause" - 55 for section 202 of the principal act the following section shall be substituted, namely:-20 "202 with respect to the making of contracts, the following provisions sh<lll have effect, namely:-substitution of new section for sectior 202 procedure for making contracts, (a)  every such co!1tract shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by the commissioner ot such other municipal officer as the mayor-in-council may direct or authorise 2s from time to time; (b) no such contract for any purpose, which in accordance with any provision of this act any munic;pal officer referred to in clause (a) may no! carry out without the approval or sanction of any authority or officer, shall be 30 made by him until and unless such approval or sanction has bleen duly obtained; (c) no contract (other than a contract for the acquisition of immovable property) which will involve an expenditure exceeding ten thousand rupees or such higher amount 3s as the mayor-in-council may fix, shall be made by any municipal officer referred to in clause (a) unless the same has been previously approved by the mayor-in-councu; (d) every contract (other than a contract for the acquisition of immovable property) made by any municipal of:h-cer referred to in clause (a) involving expenditure exceeding two thousand rupees but not exceeding ten ' thousand rupees or such higher amount as may be fixed under clause (c), shall be reported by such municipal officer within one month after the same has been made, to the mayor-in-council ; (e) no contract for the acquisition of immovable property shall be valid unless the contract has been approved by the mayor-in-council where the price stipulated to be paid for such property exceeds five thousand rupees" substitu-56 for section 204 of the principal act, the following section tion of shall be substituted, namely: -new sectionfor section 204 "204 there shall be kept in such manner and in such form as~may·be prescribed by regulations an account of all receipts and expenditure of the corporation" corporation to keep ac~ount of all reeeipts and expen ditute 57 in section ?05 of the principal act,-amendment of section 205 (a) in su~-section (1), for the words "municipal accounts", the words "municipal account" and for the words "signed by not less than two members of that committee", the words "signed by the' mayor and a deputy mayor or by the two deputy fi,·layorsh shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "municipal accounts", the words umunicipal account" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (3) for the words "the municip~l accounts" and the words "all the municipai accounts", the words "the municipal account" shall be substituted  58 in section 206 of the principal act,-(a) in sub-section (1)-amend·· ment of section' 206 (i) in clau~e (a), for the words "municipal accounts", the words "municipal account" shall be substituted; 1387 (b) ls-4 gii) in clause (b) for' the words "that committee", the words "the mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3) for the words "the entire municipal accounts", the words "the municipal account" shall be substituted; 5 (e) in sub-section (5), for the words "that government", the words "the administrator" shall be substituted 59 in sub-section (1) of section 207 of the principal act for t~e words "of any of the accounts of the municipal fund", the words "of the municipal account" shall be substituted 10 amendment ot section 207 60 in section 208 of the principal act,-amendment of section 208 (a) in sub-section (3), for the words "the standing committee, the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words "or the mayor:in-council" shall be sub- 15 stituted; (b) in sub-section (4), for the words "the standing committee or, as the case may be, the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport <;ommittee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words "the mayor- 20:04 in-council" shall be substituted and for the word "accounts", the word "account" shall be substituted 61 in sub-section (1) of section 209 of the principal act, for the words, "any of the accounts of the corporation", the words "the account of the corporation" shall be substituted amendment of section 209 62 for the heading "water supply, drainage and sewage dis- posal" to chaptef xii of the principal act, the heading "water sup-ply and drainage" ~hall be substituted substitution o"f new heading for heading to chapter xii , 63 sections 211, 212 and 259 to 270 (both inclusive) of the principal act shall be omitted omission of sections 211 212 and 259 to 2'70 64 in section 213 of the principal act,-(a) in sub-section (1)-amend~ mejlt of section 213  (i) in the opening paragraph, tor the words "delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; 5 - (ii) in clause (b), for the word "committee", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), for the w~rd "committee", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted \ 65 in section 215, sub-section (1) of section 221, sub-sectlon (3) 10 of section 230 and sub-secion (5) of section 272 of the principal act for the words "delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee", the words "mayor-ill-counc~l" shall be substituted amendment of sections 215, 221, 230 and 272 66 in section 217 of the principal act,-amend-(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "delhi water supply ment of section and sewage disposal committee", the words "mayor-in-council" 217 shall be substituted; \0) in sub-section (2), for the words "said conumttee", the words "mayor-in-councll" shall be substituted 67 in sub-section (1) of section 222 and sub-section (1) of sec- amendtlou ~:::j u1 the principal act, for the words "whether within or ment of  wlthuut the local limits of the corporation", the words "within the sections  !vca} lliruis of the corporation" shall be substituted 222 and 223 68 f'or the sub-heading "drainage aitd sewerage" occurring be- amendfore sectwn 239 of the principal act, the sub-heading "dramage" ment of shall be substituted and in that section -section - ' (a) in sub-section (1), the words "and all sewage dis- 239  posal works whether constructed out of the municipal f'und or otherwise" shall be omitted; (b) in sub-section (3) the words "or sewage disposal wurk" shall be omitted 69 in section 240 of the principal act,-\u) 111 sub-section (l), the words "all sewage wol'ks" shall be omitted; amenddisposal me~t of section 240 (b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-iection shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) the commissioner shall maintain and keep in repair all municipal drains when autr~r ;ed by the mayorin-council or the corporation in this behalf and shall cons- s truct as many new drains as may from time to time be necessary for effectual drainage" substitution of new sec-70 the sub  heading "di$posal of sewage" occurring before section 250 of the principal act shall be omitted and for that section, the following section shall be substituted, namely: _ 10 t ion for section 250 places for emptying of drains "250 the commissioner may cause any or 'all of the municipal drains to empty into such place or places as may be specified, by the delhi water supply and sewage disposal board constituted under the delhi water supply and sewage disposal board, act, 1966: is provided that any  place which, imm~iately before the constitution of 'the said board" was used for the emp"ying of drains shall be deemed to be a place specified under this section fer the said purpose" -' 71 in sub-section (1) of section 273 of the principal act,-20 (a) in cla~e (a), for the words "delhi water supply aud sewage disposal committee", the words "mayor-in-council" amt'ndment of section 273 ~hall be substituted; (b) in clause (c), the words "or any water course ' by whlch any such water work is supplied" shall be omitted; 2s (c) clause (d) shall be omitted; (d) in clause '(e), the words "or sewage" shall be omitted   72 chapters xiii and xiv of the principal act shall be omitted oiolssioll of chapters xiii and xiv amend-'73 hi sub-section (2) of section 298 of the principal act, for the 30 words "the commissioner" and for the word "him", the words ·'the mayor-in-council" shall be substituted i ment 01 section 298 74 in section 299 of the principal act,-amendment of (a) in sub-section (1)-section (i) for the word "commissioner", the words "mayor- 299 in-council" shall be substituted; (ii) the proviso shall be omitted; s (b) in sub-section (2), for the word "corporation" in both the places where it occurs the words "mayor-in-couricil" shall be substituted , 75 in section 301 of the principal act, for the word "corpora- amend-10 tion", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be substituted ment of section ~o1 - 76 in sub-section (1) of section 303 of the principal act,-amend-(a) for the words "the commissioner may", the words "the :~~~:f commissioner may, with the previous sanction of the mayor-in-~03 council" shall be substituted;  (b) the proviso shall be omitted 77 in section 304 of the principal act, for the word "commission- amend-er" and for the word "corporation", the words "mayor-in-council" ment of shall be substituted section 3m 78 in section 305 of tl1~ principal act,-amendment of (a) in sub-section (i), for the word "corporation" in both section the places where it occurs, the words "mayor-in-council" shall 305 be substituted; (b) in the proviso to sub-section (3) , for the words "the commissioner fails to take steps", the words "the mayor-in-council does not take steps" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (6), for the words "as may be prescribed by the commissioner with the sanction of the standing committee", the words "as may be prescribed by the mayor-in-council" shall be substituted ic: rr-if" 30 79· in section 308 of· the principal act, for the words "com- amend-" missioner may, after giving to the owner of the land or building", ment of ~'n the words "commissioner may, with the previous approval of the section ie mayor-in-coun~il and after giving to the owner of the land or bull- 308 it~, ding" shall be substituted 80 in sub-section (1) of section 309 of the principal act, after tht! words "at the request of the owner", the words "and with the previous approval of the mayor-in-council" shall be inserted amendment of section 309 81 in sllb-section (1) of section 325 of the principal act, for the words "a municipal officer or other municipal employee", the words 5 "any other municipal officer or employee" shall be substituted amendment of section 325 " 82 for sub-section (1) of section 327 of the principal act, the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-alnendment of section 327 - "(1) the mayor-in-council may with the sanction of the corporation, determine the name or number by which any street 10 or public place vested in the corporatlon shall be known  (1 a) the commissioner may-(a) cause to be put up or painted at a conspicuous part of any building, wall or place at or near each end, corner or entrance of such street or on some convenient part of such 15 street the name or number by which it is to be known; (b) cause to be put up or painted on boards of suitable size the name of any public place vested in the corporation; (c) o"terminc the number or sub-number by which any 20 premises or part of such premi:es shall be known and cause such numoer or sub-number to be fixed to the side or outer door of such premises or to ::ome place at the entrance of the enclosure thereof" 83 in sub-section (2) of section 372 of the principal act, for the 25 words "that government", the words -'the administrator" shall be substituted amendment of section 372  84 in sub-section (1) ot section 376 of the principal act,-(a) for the word "commissioner", the , council" shall be ~ubstituted; words "mayor-in-30 amendment of section 376 (b) for the word "he" in both the places where it occurs, the word "it" shall be substituted; (c) the words "with the previous sanction of the corporation" shall be omitted; (d) the proviso shall be omitted 85 in sub-section (1) of section 405 of the principal act, for the amendword "commissioner", the words "mayor-in-councii" and for the ment of word "he", the word "it" shall be substituted section 405 86 in sub-section (1) of section 408 of the principal act, for the amend-5 words "the commissioner may", the words "the commissioner may me~t of with the previous approval of the mayor-in-council" shall be sub- :~~tlon stituted   87 in section 425 of the principal act for the words "the com- amendmissioner upon information in his possession", the words "the me~t of 10 mayor-in-coun~q upon information in its possession" and for the :~~lon word "he", the words "the mayor-in-ccuncil" shall be substituted 88 in section 426 of the principal act for the word "commis- amendsioner", wherever it occurs, the words "mayor-in-councir' shall be ~~~~:f substituted 426 15 89 in sub-section (1) of section 427 of the principal act, for the amendword ucommissioner", the words "mayor-in-council" and for the ~~~: words "reject the scheme with directions to the commissioner to 427 have a fresh sgheme framed according to ~uch directions", the words "refer the scheme back with such observat~ons as the corporation i' ) ,20 may wish to make to the mayor-in-council to have a fresh scheme prepared in accordance with such observations" shall be substituted 90 in section 428 of the principal act, for the word "commis- amendsioner" the words "mayor-in-council" and for the word "he" the ment of , , t· word "it" shall be substituted :~lon 25, 91 in sub-section (2) of section 430 of the principal act, for the amend- word "commis~ionrr", the words "mayor-in-council" shall be sub- met~t of  sec ion stttuted 430 - amend- ;:·92 in section 431 of the principal act,-mental (a) in the opening paragraph, for the words and bra~kets section "the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) or the 431 , general man'lger (transp:)j't) or any mu'1icipal officer or oth~r municipal rmployee authorised in thi~ behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities", the words "the commissioner or any other municipal officer or employee authorised in this 'behalf by the commissioner" shall be substituted; (b) in clause (b), for the words and brackets ~'the commirsioner, the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or any municipal officer or employee", the words "the commissioner or any other municipal offt'cer or employee" shall be substituted; (c) in clause (e), for the words "by any of the municipal authorities", the words "by the commissioner" shall be ::ubstituted amendment of section 432 93 in sub-section (1) of section 432 nf the principal act, for the words and brackets "the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or any perron authorised in this behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities", the words "the commissioner or any person authorised in this 10 behalf by the commissioner" shall be :ubstituted amendmentot section 433 (a) in sub-section (1), for the words and brackets "the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or any person authorised in this behalf by is any of the aforesaid municipal authorities", the words "the commissioner or any person authorised in this behalf by the comm;s:ioner" shall be substituted;  (b) in sub-section (2~ the words and brackets "the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport)" 20 shall be omitted amend-95 in section 437 of the principal act, for the words and figures ment of "or any of the municipal authorities specified in section 44", the section words "or the commi-sioner" shall be substituted 437 amendmentof section 438 96 in section 438 of the principal act, for the words and brackets 25 "any of the following appropriate municipal authorities, that is to say, the commissioner or the general manager (electricity) or the genpral manager (transport) or of any municipal officer authorjsed in this behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities", the words "the commissioner or of any other municipal officer autho- 30 rised in this behalf by the commissioner" and for the words "the appropriate municipal authority", the words "the commissioner" shall be substituted 91 in section 439 of the principal act, for the word "corpora-, tion", where it occurs for the first tim~ the words "mayor-in-councu" 35j  ~ shall be substituted : amendment of section 09 t8 in section 440 of the principal act, for the words and brackets amend-«the commissioner or the general manager (electricity) or the me~t of general manager (transport) or of any municipal officer, a written ::~~lon clocument signed by any such municipal authority or officer", the s words "the m~yor-in-council or the commissioner 01' any ather municjpal officer, a written document signed by the commissioner c _ such other municipal officer" shall be substitut~ 99 in sub-section (1) of section 442 of the principal act, 'for the amendwords and brackets "the commissioner or the general manager me~t of 10 (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or of any munici-::~10n  1 officer, shall ~ deemed to be properly signed if it bears a tac:siniile of the signature of any such municipal authority or oftieer", ~, ~ words "the !commissioner or any other munieipal officer shall ~~  tieemed to be properly signed if it bears a facsimile of' the ~;is sienature of the commissioner or such other municipal officer" shall '  ,sllbstituted ;t i _,  100 in section 443 of the principal act, for the words and brackets amend-,':' by any of the following appropriate municipal authorities, that is me~t of  to say, the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) or the ::~~10n ~~o (ieqeral manager (transport)", the words "by the commissioner"  shall be substituted r~ r  101 in sub-section (1) of section 444 of the principal act, for the amendwords and figures "or by any of the municipal authorities specified me~t of in section 44 or any municipal officer", the words "or by the comse~tlon missioner or -any other muni~ipal officer" shall be substituted 444 it •• rfor· section '4s0 of the prineipal act, the folldwing section 'substiiu~ sliall'besubstituted,'namely:-- tion of  new sec· tion for section 450 "450 in any case not otherwise provided for in this act or general in any bye-law made thereunder, the commissioner, with the power to previous approval of the mayor-in-council, may pay compensa- pay c~m- h t' d b f th  pensabon hon to any person w 0 sus ains amage y reason 0 e exercise of any of the powers vested by this act or any bye!law in the commissioner or any other municipal officer or employee','   , 103 in sub-section (1) o'f section 451 of the principal act, for the amend": words "as the appropriate municipal lluthority", the words "as the me~t of-~missioner" shall be substituted :~~10n 104 in sub-section (1) of section 453 of the principal act, the words "or any municipal authority" shall be omitted amendment of section 453 amendment ot metlon 462 (4) the words" , or any member, not being a councillor or an alderman, of the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi 5 transport committee, the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee or of any other committee of the corporation," shall b~ omitted; (b) for the words and brackets "the commissioner, the general manager (electricity), the general manager (trans- 10 port) or any municipal officer or other municipal employee", th~ words "the commissioner or any ather municipal officer or employee" shall be substituted 106 for section 467 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namely: -is   substitution of new section for section 467 prosecu tions "467 save as otherwise provided in this act, no court shall proceed with the trial of any offence made punishable by or under this act except on the complaint of, or upon information received from the commissioner or a person authorised by the commissioner by a general or special ol'der in this behalf" 20  107 in sub-section (1) of section 468 of the principal act,-amendment of section 468 - (4) for the words and brackets "any of the following appropriate municipal a~thorities, that is to say, the coupnissioner, the general manager (electricity), the general manager (transport) or any person authorised by any of them", the words 2, "the commissioner or any person authorised by the commissioner" shall be substituted; (b) in the proviso, for the words and figures "or of any of the municipal authorities specified in section 44", the words "or of the commissioner" shall be substituted 30 '\ ~  amendment of section 473 (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(1) the commissioner or any other municipal oftlcer or employee authorised by the commissioner in this be- 3s 'i half or any person who resides 'or owns property in dellii may complain to a municipal magistrate of the existence of any nuisance"; (b) in sub-section (2), tor the words "any of the appro-s priate municipal authorities", the words "the commissioner" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (5), the words "or any other appropriate municipal authority" shal1 be omitted 109 in section 475 of the principal act, the words "or any other amend-10 appropriate municipal authority" shall be omitted ment of section 475 amendment of 110 in section 476 of the principal act,- (4) in sub-section (1)-section (i) in clause (e), for the words "or a municipal officer 476 or other municipal employee", the words "or any other municipal officer or employee" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (f), for the words "or any municipal officer or other municipal employee", the words "or any other municipal officer or employee" shall be substituted; 1 • 11 (iii) in clause (g), for the words "by the commissioner", the words, brackets, letter and figures "by the commissioner or any other municipal officer referred to in clause (a) of section 202" shall be substituted; (iv) in clause (i), the words "any municipal authority or" shall be omitted; (b) sub~section (2) shall be omitted; 111· insedion 477 and in sub-section (1) of section 478 of the amend iprmc:tp:u act, the words "or against any municipal authority" and ment of municipal authority or" shall be omitted sections 477 and 478 112 in sub-section (2) of section 480 of the principal act, after the amendword "corporation", the words "or the mayor-in-council" shall be ment of inserted section  480 ~  ; 113 in sub-section (j) of section 481 of the pr~cipal act,-amend£' , (a) for the heading "b bye-laws relating to water itlppzli, ::tof ~inage and sewage disposal", the heading "b bye-law relat- fbi on ing to water supply and draiooge" shall be substituted; (b) the headings' "c bye-laws relating to electnc suppey" and "d byelaws relating to transport services" and the items enumerated thereunder shall be omitted 11' • in sub-section (1) of sectio~ 482 of the principal act,-amendment of section 482 (a) in clal,lse (c), for the words "any municipal oftlcer", s the words "any other municipal officer" shall be substituted; (b) the proviso shall be omitted amendment of section 483 (a) in sub-section (2), for the word "it", the word "him" shall be substituted; 10 (b) in sub-section (3), for the word "its", the word 'ihis" and for the word "it", the word "he" shall be substituted u'6; in clause (b) of section 485 0'£ the principal act, the words "or any of'the mlinicipid authorities" shall be omitted (' '~ amendment of section 485 117 in section 486 of· the\ principal act, the words "or any of the is municipal authorities" and "any every municipal authority" shall be omitted amendment of section 486 118 in· section 487 of the principal act,--" (a)' in sub-section (1) ,-amendment of sec-tion 487 (i) the words "or any municipal authority" shall be 20 omitted'; \ (ii) for the word "it", wherever it occurs, the word "he" shall be substituted; :;~ (iii) for the word, "its", in both the places where it occurs, the word "his" shall be substituted; :j5 (iv) the words "or the municipal authority' concerned", wherever they occur, shall be omitted; (b) suh-:-sections (2) and (3) shall be omitted amendment of section 489 (a) in sub-section (1), for the word "it" and the words 30, "that government", the words "the administrator" shall be  substituted; (b) in subo-section (3), for the word "it", the 'word "he": ' shall be substituted amendment of section 490 12() in sub-section (i) of section 490 of the principal act, for the words- 1i1f, in the opinion of the central government", the words "if the central government, on receipt of a report from the administrator or otherwise, is satisfied that" shall be substituted 12l in section 493 of the principal act, for the words "any muni-  amendcipal authority", the words "the mayor-in-council" shall be sub- me~t of ~~t~ ~oo  ~~ 122 for section 495 of the principal act, the following section substitushall be substituted, namely: -tion of new section for section 495 "495 no person shall obstruct or molest the corporation or prohibi_ the mayor or any deputy mayor, councillor or alderman or the tion against  commissioner or any person employed by the corporation or ~bstru;- h h h c  th" ion 0 any person wit w om t e ommlssloner or any 0 er mumcl=- mayor, pal officer refe~red to in clause (a) of section 202 has entered deputy );j' into a· contract on behalf of the corporation, in the performance mayor, etc of- their duty or of anything which they are empowered or re-,: quired to do by virtue or in consequence of any provision of -  this act or of any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder" amendment of section 497 123 in section 497 of the principal act, for the words - "or any  pal authority or any municipal officer or other municipal employee", the words "or the commissioner or any other municipal uidl-":!r or employee" shall be substituted   124 in sub-section (j) of section 499 of the principal act, the amend~ ;·~')mlj: and brackets "the commissioner, the general manager (elec- ment of "the general manager (transport)" shall be omitted ::~on section 500 of the principal act shall be re-numbered (1); thereof andas amendment of section  (a) in sub:'section (1) as so re-numbered, the words and 500 drlllcltets· "the commissioner, the general manager (electricity), the general manager (transport)" shall be omitted; (b) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following :~lm'tf',;>jub-section shall be inserted, namely:-"(2) no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 161 or section 164 or section 165 of the : indian penal code or under sub-section (2) or sub-section  (3a) of section 5 o'f the prevention of corruption act, 1947,  alleged to have been committed by a councillor or an alderman who is deemed to be a public servant under this section except with the previous san ;tion of the administrator; and for the' court to take cognizance of any such offence, it shall not be necessary to obtain the sanction of the authority referred to in clause (c) of sulhection (1) s of section 6 of the said prevention of corruption act, notwithstanding anything contained in that clause"  126 in section 501 of the principal act,-amendment of section 501 (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be 10 substituted, namely:-" ('1) as soon as may be after the 1st day of april in every year and not later than the 31st day of october of that year, the corporation shall submit to the administrator a detailed report of the municipal government of delhi during the preceding year in such form as the administrator 15 may direct"; _1u (b) in sub-section (2), for the words "the commissioner shall prepare such report", the words "the mayor-in-council shall cause such report to be prepared" shall be substituted  127 in section 502 of the principal act, the words cior: any muni- 20 eipal authority" shall be omitted128 sub-section (1) of section 504 of the principal act shall be omitted amendment of section 502 amendment of section 504 amendment of section 507 129 section 507 of the principal act shall be re-numbered as subsection (1) thereof and after sub-section (1)as so re-numbered and ~s before the existing explanation to that section, the following subsections shall be inserted, namely:-"(2) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, the corporation may, with the consent of a gaon sabha and with the approval of the administrator, entrust, either conditionally or 30 unconditionally to the gaon sabha, any of its functions under this act (3) where, by virtue of sub-section (2), any function of the corporation has been entrusted to the gaon sabha, there shall be paid by the corporation to the gaon sabha such sum as may be 35 agreed, or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the·· administrator, in respect of any extra costs of administration incurred by the gaod sabha in connection with the discharge of such function" 130 sections 509 and 510 of the principal act shall be omitted 131 in sub-section (2) of section 512 of the principal act,-omission -of sections 509 and 510 amendment of section (a) in clause (d), for the words "with or for the corpora- 512 tion or the municipal authority concerned", the words "with or for and on- behalf of the corporation" shall be substituted; (b) in clause (e), the words "by the corporation or the municipal authority concerned" shall be omitted 132 sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 513 of the principal amendment of act shall be omitted section 513 - ~" 133 section 515 of the principal act shall be omitted 1m; in' section 516 of the principal act,-omission of section 515 amendment of (a) in sub-section (2) -section ,  ~~ (i) in the opening paragraph, the words, brackets, letter and figures "of this section or of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 286" shall be omitted;  - ek ~t·::·'( " ' ,  , (ii) in clause (a), the words, brackets, letter and figures "of this section or under the act , referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 286' (' shall be omitted; (iii) in clause (b), for the words "with or for the corporation or the municipal authority concerned", the words "with or for and on behalf of the corporation" shall be subbi' stit1lted; "n, - (iv) in clause (c), the words "by the corporation or the municipal authority concerned" shall be omitted , ,', (b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-"(3) notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b) of sub-section (2), all amounts treated as the capital pro-t-  · vided by the central government to the delhi road trans-- port authority under sub-section (1) of section 31 of the delhi road transport authority act, 1950 (prior to its repeal) shall be deemed to be a loan advanced by the central government to the corporation and shall be repayable by the corporation to the central government on such terms and conditions as may be determined by that government in this behalf" amendment of tenth schedule 135 in the tenth schedule to the principal act, under the heading "class v-drugs, spices and perfumes", for the word "dextrosol", the 5 word "dextrose" shall be substituted 136  in the twelfth schedule to the principal act, against section 251,-amendment of twelfth schedule (a) in the third column, for the existing entry, the entry "rs 2,000 or imprisonment which may extend to three months 10 or both" shall be substituted; (b) in the fourth column, for the existing entry, the entry "rs 250" shall be sttbstituted 137 in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the delhi development act, is 1957,-amendmat of section 5 of act 6101·1957 (a) for clauses (d) and (e), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-" (d) two representatives of the ¥lmicipal corporation of delhi to be elected by the councillors and aldermen from 20 - among themselves; (e) two representatives of the metropolitan council of delhi to be elected by the members of that council from among themselves; (ee) three persons representing the delhi iroad transport corporation established under lhe road transport cor- 2s porations act, 1950, the delhi electricity board consti-6 of tuted under the electricity (supply) act, 194&  and the m of : delhi water supply and sewage disposal board constituted under the delhi water supply and sewage disposal act, 1966, 30 of whom-(i) one shall be elected by the members of the aforesaid delhi road transport corporation from among themselves; be elected by the members of the electricity board from among 35 (ii) one shall aforesaid delhi themselves; and (iii) one shlli be elected by the members of the aforesaid delhi water supply and sewage disposal board from among themselves;" 138 in section 20 of the indian t:usts act tn3~, ill dau,;:, (tj), amendthe words "by or on behalf of any municipal body", the words ment of or on behalf of the municipal corporation of delhi or by or on section 'he ,h ,ali of any municipal body" shall be substituted 20 of act :; '} of 1382 139 if any difficulty arises in g~\'ing effect to the provisions of power to act, the central government may, by order, as occasion requires remove anything which appears to it to be necessary for the purpose> of difficulties the difficulty: 1i",''nyi,rttlrt that no such order shall be made after the expiration of '' years from the commencement of this act, (1) all rules made by the central government under the savings i act and in force immediately before the commencement of act shall be deemed to have been made by the administrator 'the principal act and shall continue in force until altered, or amended by the administrator ' a1l regulations made by the mlmicipal corporation o'f delhi to any matter specified in section 98 of the principal i~ force jmmediately before the commencement of this act ;~ deemed to have been made by the major-in-council under ~'iu\a section and shall continue in force until altered repealed or -n by the mayor-in-council  statement of objects and reasonson the 18th august, 1965, in reply to a starred question in the lok sabha, the important changes contemplated in the organisational set up of the municipal corporation of delhi to enable that body to function more efficiently were indicated by the government the bill seeks to give effect to these changes   2 the salient features of the bill are as under:-,(i) under the delhi municipal corporation act, 1957, the executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act vests in the commissioner but in a number of cases, he can act only with the previous sanction or approval of the standing ~ommittee or the corporation the scheme embodied in the bill provides for the executive functions being vested in the mayor-in-council consisting of the mayor who win be elected by the members of the corporation and two deputy mayors who will be appointed by the administrator on the advice of the mayor the commissioner will be the principal executive officer of the corporation and will exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on him under the act subject to the supervision and control of the mayor-in-council in effect, therefore, the scheme embodied in the bill seeks to vest in the representatives of the people a full measure of control over execution of the policies laid down by the corporation and day to day civic administration accordingly, the provisions relating to the standing committee in the act are proposed to be omitted and th~ powers of that committee are proposed to be vested in the mayor-in-council certain functions which are essentially of executive nature, at prel)ent vested in the corporation, will also be exercised by the mayor-in-council (ii) the powers exercisable under the act by the central government in relation to the corporation are, to a large extent, proposed to be entrusted to the administrator who will exercise these powers with the assistance and advice of his executive council (iii) separat~ bills are being introduced in parliament for constituting for the union territory of delhi a road transport corporation, an electricity board and a water supply and sewage disposal board for discharging the functions relating to transport, bulk supply of electricity and water and sewage disposal as a consequence of this, it is proposed to transfer the functions relating to transport, bulk supply of electricity and water and sewage disposal from the corporation and to abolish the various municipal authorities connected with these functions (iv) the bill provides for the setting up of zonal committees consisting of members elected to the corporation from the zones concerned which will be in charge of such items of work within their zones ~s the corporation-may entrust to them the bill also provides for the appointment by the mayor-in-council of advisory committees consisting of members of the corporation elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (v) the bill seeks to amend section 20 of the indian trusts act, 1882, so as to confer the status of "trustee securities" on the debentures issued by the municipal corporation of delhi the bill also seeks to amend the delhi development act, 1957, so as to provide for representation on the advisory council of the delhi development authority to the metropolitan council of delhi and the proposed delhi road transport corporation, delhi electricity board and delhi water supply and sewage disposal board ~ 3 the more important provisions of the bill are ~urther explained r:1n the notes on clauses g l nanda clause 2-this clause seeks to confer on the administrator the pav/ers and functions in respect of a number of matters which are at present exercised in relation to the corporation by the central government it also provides for the mayor-in-counch being vested with the powers and functions at present exercised or discharged by the standing committee clause 4-this clause provides for an increase in the numher of aldermen from six to ten clause 6-this clause provides that a sentence of imprisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months shall also be a disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a councillor or an alderman clause 7-this clause provides that the director of municipal elections shall be in charge of municipal elections instead of the commissioner because the latter will no longer be a municipal authority but will be functioning under the supervision and control of th'" mayor-in-council clause 9-this clause seeks to incorporate in section 22 of the principal act, changes similar to those incorporated in section ] 23 of the representation of the people act, 1951 clause 10--this clause seeks to bring section 25 of the principal act in line with section 126 (1) of the representation of the people act, 1951 clause 13-this clause seeks to amplify section 34 of the principal act so as to provide also 'for the grant of honoraria or fees to the members of the corporation and for the installation of telephones fr,'e of charge, at their residences ciaube 14-this clause makes the following provisions in respc('~ of the mayor:-(a) the mayor shall be elected by the members of the corporation after each general election and so often as the office of mciyor becomes \'aeant (new section 35) (b) circumstances in which the mayor shall cease to hold office (new section 36) (l) procedure for removal of mayor' (new sections 37 and 38) (d) arrangements for discharge of functions of the mayor when the office of mayor becomes vacant or when the mayor is absent (new section 39) clause 16-tl]is clause provides for the-(a) vesting of executive powers of the corporation in the mayor-in-council (new section 44); (b) constitution of mayor-in-council and appointment of deputy mayors by the administrator on the advice of the mayor (new section 45); (c) circumstances in which a deputy mayor shall cease to hold ')ffice (new section 46); (d) salaries and allowances payable to the mayor and deputy mayors (new section 49); (e) framing of rules for the conduct of business of the mayor-in-council (new section 50); (f) setting up of zonal committees, not exceeding ten in number, consisting of members of the corporation elected from the wards within the zone concerned (new section 51); and (g) setting up of advisory committees in accordance with th(! system of proportional representation and special and ad hoc committees of the corporation and matters connected therewith (new sections 52 to 57) \' clause 20-this clause provides that the interprellations will be d , ':18nswered by the mayor or a deputy mayor r ~; clause 24-provision has been made in this clause to the effect ii that the commissioner will be appointed by the mayor-in-council r- with the approval 'of' the administrator and that the salaries and if' allowances and facilit ies that may be given to the commissioner will " ' be fixed by the administrator thp clause also provides for other ~1 matters rf'lating to the office of the commissioner including hj:: func-:'" t, j\~ns and new section 88f lays down that the commissioner shall function subject to the supervision and control or the mayor-in- council i" " clause 25-this clause seeks to empower the mayor-in-council to make appointments of certain senior municipal officers at present this power vests in the corporation clause 27-this clause seeks to vest in the mayor-in-coun('il the power of making appointments to posts carrying a minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) of rs 400 or more at present the power is exercisable by the corporation in respect of the general wing  clause 29-this clause provides for the constitution of a municipal service commission c,onsisting of three members-one nominated hy th::? central government, one by the administrator and the other by the mayore-in-council this commission will be concerned with recruitment to posts carrying a maximum monthly salary of rs 110 or more (exclusive of allowances) but less than rs 1500 (exclusive of allowances) and will also be consulted regarding disciplinary matters affecting persons serving under the corporation suitable adjustments have also been made in the proyisions relating to consultation with the union public service commission as that commission will be concerned only with recruitment to posts carryin~ a maximum salary of rs 1500 or more (exclusive of allowances) clause 31-this clause seeks to confer on the mayor-in-council the power of making regulations relating to conditions of service of municipal employees and recruitment to municipal posts at present this power is exercisable by the corpontion clauses 32 to 38-at present the municipal fund is kept in four accounts, namely, the electricity supply account, the transport account, the water supply and sewage disposal account and the general account with the abolition of separate municipal authorities dealing with the undertakings, it is no longer necessary to maihtain the separate accounts and there will only be a -single account for the municipal fund the amendments proposed in these clauses are mainly consequential to this change clauses 39 to 41-these clauses make certain consequential changes in the provisions relating to budget estimates of the corpl>-ration clause 42-this clause seeks to provide that the corporation shall not levy any tax on the sale or supply of electricity to the new delhi municipal committee or the military engineer services, delhi cantonment or the delhi electricity board clause 44-the amendment proposed in this clause is only consequential to the repeal of the delhi and ajmer rent control act, ] 952 by the delhi rent control act 1958 clause 48-this clause seeks to make it clear that once a non, obligatory municipal tax has come into force in accordance with the law, its continuance during subsequent years shall be regulated by the same provisions as are applicable to the continuance of obligatory taxes; czause 50-this clause seeks to confer on the mayor-in-council the functions of i'nvesting in public securities the money paid in the sinking funds, transfer of moneys from the sinking funds and submitting annual statement to the corporation regarding such funds at present these functions are performed by the commissioner clauc:e 52-under section 198 of the principal act, the com-~, missioner has to acquire immovable properties which the corporation may decide to acquire the clause seeks to 'entrust this func-~~ tion to the mayor-in-council  f~ f mi~i:l1";: ~:~-~:::;e s~ti;;o!~i:: :!~o:;=;ipt~ ::t c~~or;~:~~ within certain limits beyond which he has to obtain the sanction of the standing committee or the corporation this clause seeks to empower the mayor-in-council to exercise full powers in the matter ~;: ' of disposal of properties belonging to the corporation and also pro-~i, vides for certain limited powers being entrusted to officers of the corporation in this behalf provision has also been made for submittmg to the corporation reports regarding the disposal of properties effected by the mayor-in-council and for similar reports being - !rubrnitted to the mayor-in-council when the properties are disposed by the municipal officers empowered in that behalf clause 55-section 202 of the principal act empowers the com-1bi()de~r to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation subject apprqval of the standing committee or the corporation being obtained in regard to contracts involving expenditure beyrmd certain 1t;'1ts this clause seeks to provide for the contracts being exeouted :\~:;' '" the commissioner or other municipal officers authorised by the ,  ,14ayor-in-council subject to approval of the mayor-in-council being obtained-(a) to contracts other than those for acquisition of immovable property and involving expenditure exceeding rs 10,000 or luch higher amount as the mayor-in-council may fix; and (b) to contracts for acquisition of immovable property where the price exceeds rs 5,000 provision has also been made for reports being submitted by the municipal officers to the mayor-in-council in respect of contracts made without such approval where the expenditure involved is rs 2,000 or more clause 63-this clause seeks to omit certain provisions of the principal act which will become unnecessary with the setting up of the water supply and sewage disposal board for delhi , clauses 65 to 71-these clauses make amendments consequential to the abolition of water supply and sewage disposal committee and the taking away from the corporation the functio!ls relating to bulk suppl~' of water and disposal of sewage clause 72-this clause seeks to om~t the provisions of chapters xiii and xiv of the principal act relating to electricity supply and transport services the corporation will hereafter be concerned with the distribution of electricity at a voltage below 33 kv cl(tu~es 73 to 80 and 82-these clauses seek to vest in the mayorin-council certain important functions under chapter xv of the principal act relating to streets which are at present exercisable by the commissioner and in certain cases provide for the commiss;o11f~r acting with the approval of the mayor-in-council clanse 84-this clause seeks to empower the mayor-in-council to take special measures in the event of outbreak or threatened outbreak of dangerous diseases this power is now exerciseable by the commissioner cla·u~€s 85 to 9o~-th'ese clauses seek to vest in the mayor-in-council certain powers at present exercisable by the commissioner under chapter xx (markets, slaughter houses, trades and occupations) and chapter xxi (improvement) of the principal act cl;:l'tt~e 125-this clause provides that no court shall take cogni-~ance of ('ertai~ offenc'es punishable under the indian penal code or th~ prevention corruption act, 1947 alle~ed to have been committed b:\' a councillor or an alderman except with the previous sanction of the administrator and that the sanction of the authority ['eft'fred to in section 6 (1) (c) of the prevention of corruption act, 1"47 113mcly the authority competent to remove th", puhlic ~ervant fr';111 his office will not be necessary for the purpose c14me \26-this clause seeks to lay down the specific date by which the corporation has to submit its annual reports at present this date is prescribed by executive orders issued under section 501 of the principal act clorue· 1~-thi~ clause seeks to enable the corporation to entrust any of its functions in the rural areas to any gaon sabha pnd - to provide for necessary funds to such gaon sabha for discharging such functions clause 136-' this clause provides for an enhancement of penalty for taking connection from any municipal water work or drain without permission , clause 137-this clause seeks to amend sub-section (2) of section 5 of the delhi developmept act, 1957, to provide for representation , on the advisory council of the delhi development authority, to the metropolitan council of delhi and the three statutory bodies for  transport,· electricity and water supply and sewage- dfsposal in delhi ~'~:~" i ; r ~ clause 138-this clause seeks to amend section 2() of the indian ~ 'prust! act; 1882, so as to confer the status of "trustee securities" on : the debentures issued by the municipal corporatron of delhi other clauses of the bill seek to make amendments of either r-~consequentia] or minor nature ~~ -clauses 13, 16, 24 and 29 of the bill contain inter alia provi~ions authorising the administrator to make ru]('s with respect to the foliowing:-(a) the rates at which honoraria or fees and allowances to be paid to the councillors and aldermen (clause 13); (b) 'the grant of facilities to the mayor, the manner in ,,hfch orders and other instruments made and executed jn the name of the corporation shan be authenticated, the transaction of business 'of the mayor-in-council and the allocation among the mayor and the deputy mayors of the said business (clause 16) ; (e) the leave an~ leave allowances, superannuation or retirement, gratuity or pension and provident fund contrjbution payable in respect of the commissioner who is not in government service (clause 24); (d) the term of office of, the salaries and allowancef; payable to and other conditions of service of the chairman and members of the municipal service commission, the manner in which the commission will perform its duties and the number of members of staff of the commission and their salaries and allqwances and other conditions of service (clause 29), 2 clauses 16, 22, 31, 39 and 56 empower the corporation and the mayor-in-council to make regulations in respect of the following:-(a) the functions to be discharged bv the zonal committees (clause 16); " (b) the procedure and conduct of business at meetings of zonal committees and other committees except the advisory committees (clause 22); (c) the conditions of service of certain employees of the corporation (clause 31); (d) the form in which the budget estimate has to be prepared, the manner in which it is to be presented and rldopted and the matters to be provided for in the budget estimate (clause 39) ; (e) the manner and the form in which the account of receipts and expenditure of the corporation has to be kept (c]au~e 56) 3 the above are matters of administrative detail and the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character definitions (66 of 1957) - - - - - 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- - •• - - - (9) "dangerous disease" means--- - - - (b ) any other epidemic, endemic or infectious disease which the commissioner may, by notification in the official gazette, declare to 'be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this act; - - - - (12) "delhi electric supply undertaking" means all undertakings vested in or acquired and organised, constructed, maintained, extended, managed or conducted by the corporation for the purposes of generating or acquiring supplies of electricity and providing supplies (including bulk supplies) of electricity for licensees and persons other than licensees and includes all properties and rights vested in the corporation for the purposes of such undertakings; (13) "delhi transport undertaking" means all undertakings vested in or acquired and organised, constructed, maintained, extended, managed or conducted by the corporation for the l~  purposes of providing road transport rervices and any ancillary ~~i'  service knd includes all properties and rights vested in the ~: corporation for the purposes of such undertakings; l~·l:·, (14) "delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertak-~ ,nt hig" mean~, all undertakings vested in or acquired and organised, "g ,  constructed, maintained, extended, managed or conducted by the '' corporation for the purposes of providing filtered and unfiltered r~ water supply and for the purposes of collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and includes all properties and rights vested ' in the corporation fol the purposes of such undertakings; - - - - - (19) "general manager (electricity)" means the genera! manager of the delhi electric supply undertaking; (20) "general man;'ager (transport)" means the generai manager of the delhi transport undertaking; '" '" - - - (28) "municipal authority" means any of the municipal authorities specified in section 44 chapter ii the corporation constitution of the c011>oration establishmentol the corporation 3 (1) '" '" '" - - (6) upon the completion of each census after the establishment of the corporation, the number of councillors shall be on the basis of the population of delhi as ascertained at that ceileus and shall be detennined by the central government by notification in the oftlcial gazette on a scale of one councillor for not more than twenty thousand of the pcpulation and the number of councillors to be reserved for the members of the scheduled castes shall, as nearly as may be bear the same ratio to the total number of councillors as the population of the scheduled castes bears to the total population of delhi: provided that the total number of councillors shall in no case be more than one hundred or less than eighty: provided further that the determination of numbers as aforesaid shall not affect the then composition of the corporation until the expiry of the term of office of the councillor~ then holding office (7) the total number of aldermen shall always be six 4 (1) save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of a councillor of: an alderman shall be four years and shall commence on the date of publication of the result of his election under section 14: termor omceof council_ lors and  ,aldermen provided that the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, extend for reasons, to be specified in the notification, the term of office of all the councillors and aldermen by such period as it thinks fit, so, however, that the total period so extended shall never exceed one year - - - - - 9 (1) a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a councillor, on an alderaman-- - - - - - dfsquah-ficatlolll rormem_ bershlp of corpor noll ~ (e) if he has been eentenced on conviction by a criminal court to imprisonment for any of the offences referred to in clause (d) or to imprisonme:1t for a term of not less than two years for any other offence unless in each case a period of five years has elapsed since the date of the conviction or the disqualification has been removed either retrospectively or prospectively by the central dovernment;  - -  - - (j) if he is ,retained or employed in any proft:!ssional capacity either personally or in the name of a firm of which he is a partner or with which he is engaged in a professional capacity, in connection with any cau~e or proceeding in which the: corporation or any of the municipal authorities is interested or concerned; - - - - (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),-- - - - - (b) a person shall not be deemed to have incurred any disqualification under clause (f) or clause (g) of that sub-section by rearon only of his receiving-- - - - (ii) any allowance or facility for serving as the mayor or deputy mayor or as a councillor or an alderman; or (iii) any fee for attendance at meetings of the delhi electric supply committee or the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee or any other committee of the corporation; (c) a person shall not be deemed to have any in~erest in a contract or work such as is referred to in claure (i) of that sub-wiie~gloll iby reason only of his having a share or interest in-- - - - (iv) the sale to the corporation or to any municipal , authority or any officer or other employee of the col~poration on behalf of the corporation, of any article in which he regularly trades or the purchase from the corporation or from any such authority, officer or other employee on behalf of the corporation, of any article of a value in either case not exceeding five thousand rupees in the aggregate in any year during the period of the contract or worlt; or - - - - (vi) any agreement or contract with the corporation or any municipal authority for taking water or electricity t f) - or for hiring buses or any (lther thing which the corporation  may generally supply     general elections of co uncillors filling of casual vacancies in council_ lorship election of aldermen publication of results of elections corrupt practices 11 (1) - - - - - - (3) for the aforesaid purposes the commissioner shall, by one or more notifications published in the official gazette, call upon all the wards to elect councillors in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and orders made thereunder before such date or dates as may be specified in the notification or notifications: provided that where in any ward a seat has been reserved for the scheduled castes~ such notification or notifications shall specify that the person to fill that seat shall belong to one of the said castes 12 (1) when a casual vacancy occurs in the office of a councillol the commissioner shall, as ~'oon as may be after the occurrence of such vacancy and subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), by 8 notification in the official gazette, call upon the ward concerned tc elect a person for the purpose of fill!ng the vacancy in accordance-with the provisions of this act and the rules and orders made thereunder before such date as may be specified in the notification: provided that no election shall be held to fill a casual vacancy occurring within four months prior to the holding of a general election under section 11  - - - - 13 (1) the six aldermen referred to in sub-section (7) of seclion 3 shall be elected at a meeting of the councillor:: immediately after the publication of the results of the general election of councillors under section 14 14 the names of all persons elected as councillors or alderman shall, as soon as may be, after such election, be published by the commissioner in the official gazette: - - - - - - provided that the names of all the councillors elected at a general election shall be so published as far as possible simultaneously and the names of all the aldermen elected at a meeting of the councillors after such general flection shall also be so published as far as possible simultaneously  - - -  - corrupt practices and elect01'al offences 22 the following shall be deemed to be corrupt practices for the purposes of this act:-- -  - - (3) the systematic appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person, to vote or refrain from voting on grounds of caste, race, community or religion or the use of or appeal to, religious symbols or, the use of or appeal to, national symbols - such as the national flag or the national emblem, ·for the furtherance of the prospects of that candidate's election (4) the publ;cation by a candidate or his agent or by any other person of any statement of fact which is false, and which he either believes to be false or does not believe to be true, in relation to the personal character or conduct of any candidate or in relation to the candidature, or withdrawal from contest of any can,didate being a statement reasonably calculated to prejudice the prospects of that candidate's election (5) the hiring or procuring whether on payment or otherwise of any vehicle or vessel by a candidate or his agent or by any other person for the conveyance of any elector (other than the candidate himself, and the members of his family or his  agent) to or from any polling station provided in accordance  with the rules made under this act: provided that the hiring of a vehicle or vessel by an elector or by several electors at their joint costs for the purpose of "conveying him or them to or from any such polling station shall be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this clause if the b"" 'vehicle or vessel so hired is a vehicle or vessel not propelled by  mechanical power: provided further that the use of any public transport vehicle or vessel or anv tram car or railway carriage by an ,,elector at his own cost for the purpose of going to or coming :from any such polling station shall not be deemed to be a practice under this clause explanation-in this clause the expression "vehicle" means any vehicle used or capable of being used for the purof road transport whether propelled by mechanical power ~therwise and whether used for drawing other vehicles or o person shah convene, hold or attend any public meeting canvassing any ward on the date or dates on which a poll is taken for an in or near in that ward polling station and of publ1c meeting on election day ~o court shall take cognizance of any offence under sec- ces 8~ under section 28, or under clau~e (a) of sub-section (2) of ~~lfijortte!l re  unless there is a complaint made 'by order of, or under fro~ the commissioner oath or affirmation by councillor~ and aldermen councillors and aldermen 32 (1) every councillor and every alderman shall, before taking his seat, make and sub::-cribe at a meeting of the corporation an oath or affirmation according to the following form, namely:-"i, ab, having been elected a councillor of the municipal an alderman c t· orpora ion 0 f d lh' do swear in the name of god e 1 _____ -:-_-:-_=-__ _ sclemnly affirm that i will vacation of seats bear tru~ faith and ailrg;ance to the constitution of india as by law established and that i will faithfully discharge the duty upon which i am about to enter"  '" - - 33 (1) if a councillor or an alderman-- - - - - (b) resigns his seat by writing under his hand addressed to the mayor and delivered to the commissioner, his seat shall thereupon become vacant  - '" - - (3) if any question arises as to whether a councillor or an alderman has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 9, the commissioner shall refer the question to the district judge of delhi for his decision and the decision of the district judge shall be final 34 the councillors and aldermen shall be entitled to receive allowances for attendance at meetings of the corporation and of any of its committees at such rate as may be determined by rules made in this behalf~ payment of a'lowances to council_ lors and aldermen annual mayor and deputy mayor 35 (1) the corporation shall at its first meeting in each year elect one of its members to be the mayor and another member to be the de,uty mayor of the corporation ele~tion of mayor and deputy mayor (2) on the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the mayor or the deputy mayor, the corporation shall within one month of the occurrence of such vacancy elect one of its members as mayor or deputy mayor, as the case may be term or office or the mayur and deputy mayor and facilities and pndleges of the mayur 36 (1) the mayor or the deputy mayor shall hold office from the time of his election until the election of his successor in office, unless in the meantime he resigns his office as mayor or deputy mayor or his term of office as a member of the corporation terminates in any manner or unless in the case of the deputy mayor he is elected as mayor (2) the mayor or the deputy mayor may be given such facilities in respect of residential accommodation, conveyance and the like is may be determined in each case bv rules made in this behalf   (3) the mayor shall have full access to all the records of the corporation and may obtain reports-(a) from the commis~ioner on any matter connected with  the municipal government of delhi; (b) from the general manager (electricity) and the 'general manager (transport) on any matter connected respectively with the administration of the delhi electric supply undertaking and the administration of the delhi transport undertaking 37 (1) when the office of the mayor is vacant, the deputy mayor shall act as mayor until a new mayor is elected (2) when the mayor is absent from his duty on account of ijl?"tot:;s or any other cause, the powers, duties and functions of the mayor shall be exercised and performed by the geputy mayor discharge of func_ tions of the mayor by the deputy mayor tt (3) the mayor may by order in writing delegate any of his powf~~' duties and functions to the deputy mayor fj~~' 38 (1) the mayor may, by writing under his hand addressed to resigna_ ~<:  ~ deputy mayor and delivered to the municipal secretary, resign tion of ' ffi  -mayor and "  ~ 0 ceo deputy ~~ (2) the deputy mayor may, by writing under his hand addressed major ~ the mayor and delivered to the municipal secretary, resign his 'ffice   '    q, (3) a reslgnabon under sub-sechon (1) or sub-secbon(2} shall ~f8ke effect from the date on which it is delivered    ~(:" committees of the corporationrural areas committee and education committee (1) in addition to the standing committee, the delhi electric committee, the delhi transport committee and the delhi supply and sewage disposal committee refetted to in section  ' there shall be a rural areas committee and an educatiod comof the corporation the rural areas committee shall consist of all the councillors from the wards situated within the rural areas it sh~ll be the duty of the rural areas committee-(a) to make recommendations to the corporation-(i) in relation to the functions of the corporation which may be discharged within ·the rural areas and questions of policy and schemes relating to the development of such areas; (ii) in relation to taxes which the corporation proposes , to levy in the rural areas; and (iii) generally in relation to the expenditure that may  'be incurred by the corporation for tbe municipal government in those areas; (b) to review the progress of work of the corporation in the rural areas; (c) to brin~ to the notice of the appropriate municipal authoriti~s deficiencies in the rural areas and make proposals to those authorities for the removal of such ~ deficiencies; (d) to discharge such other functions in relation to the rural areas as may be assigned to it by resolution made by the corporation or by regulations ~13de under this act (4) the corporation or an~· of the municipal authorities specified in section 44 shall not take any action, in relation to any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) of clause (rr) of sub-section (3) except in consultation with the rural areas committee (5) the education comm;ttee shall consist of seven members of whom such number not exceeding three as may be determined by the corporation, shall be nominated by the corporation from amon~ experts in education who are not members of the corporation ann the ~est shan be elected by the members of the corporation from among themselves at the first meetin~ of the corporation after f'''''h general election or as soon as possible at any other meeting subsequent thereto (6) the education committee shall exercise and perform such powers, duties and functions in relation to education in delhi as m:ly be determined by regulations made in this behalf (7) the rural ~reas committee as well as the education committee shall a~ its first meeting in each year elect one of its members to be the chairman and another member to be the deputv chairman '  40 (1) the corporation may constitute as many special and nn hoc committees as it thinks fit for the exercise of any power or discharge of any function which the corporation may by resolution delegate to them or for inquiring into, reporting or cldvising linon any matter which the corporation may refer to them special and ad hoe committees and ward com· mittees, etc (2) any such rommittc'p <;h(ll1 consist of members of the corporation only: provided that an ad hoc committee may with the sanction of the corporation co-opt not more than three persons who are not members of the corporation but who in the opinion of the corporation possess spf'cial qualifications for servil)g on such committee (3) the corporation may constitute a ward committee for each ward ur for each gruup uf w:ll'<is comprislng so many wards as the corpuration may determine (4) each ward committee snall consist ,-,f--(a) all the councillors elected from the ward or, as the cast: may be, from the group of wards; and (b) such n1}mber of other per-sons not exceeding three as may be deermined by the corporation l'lcl'ied by the councillors referred to in clause (a) trom among persons registered in the electoral roll lor the time being in force for the ward or, as the case may be, registered in the electoral rolls for the time being in force for the wards comprised in the group (5) a ward committee shall perform such functions in relation to the ward or, as the case may be, the group of wards as the corporation may require it to perform or as may be determined by regulations made in this behalf, (6) each committee constituted under this section shall elect one of its members as the chairman and another member as the vice-chairman i' - "'  ~ " i (7) any matter relating to each of the committees constituted : <, under section 39 or this section, not expressly provided in thls act may be provided by regulations made in this behalf  chapter iii ( functions of' the corporation~,  - - - - ,  42 it shall be incumbent on the corporation to make adequate obi' t ' 19a ory l'ovision by any means or measures which it may lawfully use or  functions , for each of the following matters, namely: -of the --  corpont-- •  - •  tion (d) the construction or purchase, maintenance, extension, management and conduct of-(i) any undertaking for the generation or supply and distribution of electricity to the public, (ii) any undertaking for providing road transport services by mechanically propelled vehicles, and (iii) any undertaking for providing a suftlcient supply of pure and wholesome water;  - - -  chapter iy municipal authorities l';der ~ne corporation municipal (i utllor;; ~es44 for the efficient perf'orr1ance of ::s functions, there shall be the following municipal authorities under :he corporation, namely:-(a) the standing com:nittee; enumera tionoi municipal authorities (b) the delhi electric supply l0mmittee; (c) the delhi transport comn-l::ce; - (d) the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee; (e) the commissioner; (f> the general manager (electricity); and (g) the general manager (tralliport)  the standing committeeconst~tu­tion of the standing commit_ tee 45 (1) the standing committee shah consist of fourteen members who shall be elected by the councillors and aldermen from among themselves at the first meeting of the corporation after each general 'election or as soon as possible at any other meeting subsequent thereto (2) on and from the da le of such election the standing committee shall be deemed to have been cjlliitituted ~3) one-half of the members of the standing committee shall retire on the expiration of one year from the date of its constitution and for that purpose they shall be selected by lot before the said expiration in such manner as the chainnan of the standing committee may determine (4) during each succeeding year the members who have l:een longest in office shall retire therefrom: provided_ that in the case of a memxr who has been re-p}cctcd the term of his office shall for the purpose of this sub-section b<' computed from the date of his re-e}ecti,l~ of (5) the corporation shall in an or:i:nary meeting held before the occurrence of the vacancies caused by the retirement of the members under sub-section (3) or sub-::e-ction (4) elect the requisite number of members from amongst the councillors and alderman jl" fill up those vacancies (6) any councillor or alderman who ceases to be a member the standing committee shall be eligible for re-election casual vacancies 46 (1) when a casual vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the standing committee, the corporation shall fill up the vacancy as soon as may be after, and in any case within one month of, the occurrence of the vacancy, by the election of another councillor or alderman (2) a member elected to fill a casual vacancy shall be elected to serve for the remainder of his predecessor's ~erm of office 47 (1) the standing committee shall at its first meeting in each year elect one of its members to be the chairman and another memo ber to be the deputy chairman chairman a'l '! deputy chairman of the standing co:nmittee, (2) the chairman or the deputy chairman of the standing committee shall hold office from the date of his election until the election of his successor in office unless in the meantime he resigns his offi::e as chairman or deputy chairman or his term of office as member o~ the stan~ing committee is in any manner determined or unless in the case of the dep~ty chairman he is elected as chairman (3) on the occurrence of any casual vacancy in the office of the chairman or the l)eputy chairman, the standing committee shall within one month of the occurrence of such vacancy elect one of its members as chairman or deputy chairman, as the case may be, and the chairman or the deputy chairman :-0 elected shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term 48 (1) any member of the standing committee may resign his resignaoffice by writing under his hand addressed to the chairman; and the tion of chairman may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed chdairman an mem-~~m~~ ~~~ (2) a resignation under sub-section (1) shall take effect from the standing date specified for the purpose in the writing referred to in that sub- commit-,  &eetion, or i·f no such date is specified, from the date of its receipt by tee rtbe chairman or the mayor, as the case may be !:' ~ 49 the standing committee shall exerci~e 'such powers and per- functions r fonn such functions as are specifically conferred or imposed upon it of the , by or under this act standi~g comnllt_ , ~,,!he delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport c01n-" \'"' mittee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal comtee  mittee, r 50 (1) the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport ~onstitu- c~mmittee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal com- ~~f the ',w, ttee shall each consist of seven members of whom four shall be electric t~ted by the councillors and aldermen from among themselves at supply committee, etc the first meeting of the corporation after ea::-h gcilc'ral clc'ction or as soon as possible at any other meeting subs~quent thereto: provided that at any time after the second general election of councillors the central government may, if in its opinion it is necessary or expedient so to do, increase the total numher (if members a:id the number of elected members : 0, however, as not to exceed nine and six respectively (z) the remaining three members of each such committee sball be nomina~ed by the central government from among persons having knowledge a"nd experience of administration and industrial, commercial financial or labour matiers and having also knowledge and experience of-(a) electrical engineering or management of any eleltric supply undertaking, in the case of the delhi electric supply committee; (b) management of any transport undertaking, in the case of the delhi transport committee;  (c) management af any water supply or sewage disposal undertaking, in the case of the delhi water supply ~nd sewa3€ disposal committee (3) the nomination of the members of each such committee shall be made and communicated by the central government to the commissioner before the election by the corporation of the other members of that committee (4) every such committfe shall be deemed to have been constituted on and from the date of the election of those members thereof who are to be, electe~ by the corporation (5)' one-half of the elected members of each such commfttee shall retire on the expiration of one year from the date of its constitution and for that purpose they shall be selected by lot before the said expiration in such manner as the chairman of that committee may determine (6) during each succeeding year the elected m£'mbers who have been longest in office shall retire tt'lerefrom: provided that in the case of a member who has been re-elel"tea the term of his office shall tor the purpose of this sub-section be computed from the date of his re-election (7) the corporation shall in an ordinary meeting held before the occurrence of the vacancies caused by the retirement of the elected members under sub-section (5) or sub-section (6) elect the requisite n:jmb2r o'f members from among the councillors a'1d aldermen to fill up those vacancies (8) a nominated mem bel' shall hold office for such period as the central government may determine in each case and shall be pntitled to receive allowances for attendance at meetings of the committee at such rate as may be determined by rules made in this behalf (9) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provision!' of thjs sectiol'1 no person shall be elected at the same time as a member of more than one of the committees constituted under this s2ction: 31 (1) when a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of any of the committees constituted under section 50, the vacancy shan be filled up as soon as may be after, and in any case within one month of the occurrence thereof, by the corporation by the election a councillor or an alderman or as the case may be, by the central government by the nomination 01 a suitable person as a member (2) a member elected to fill a casual vacancy shall be elected to serve for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office 52 the provisions contained in sections 47 and 48 shall apply in relation to the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport committee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee as the'~' appl~' in relation to the standing committee ~  53 the delhi electric supply committee, the d€lhi transport committee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee shall respectively be responsible for the conduct and manage- ment of the delhi electric supply undertaking, the delhi transport ~'!jndertaking and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal i :underta1dng and for the efficient discharge of such respons;bility shall   suc'h powers and perform such functions as are conferred or ;  uu"  :u by or under this act ~ i 1  the commissioner(1) the central government shall, by notification in the j "1cia~···gazette, appoint a suitable person as the commissioner of the n  "&n  ~ ( ( / (2) the commissioner 50 appointed shall hold office for a term of live years in the first instance: provided that his appointment may be renewed from time to time for a term not exceeding one year at a time: provided further that where the commissioner holds a lien on any sfrvice under the government, the central government may at any time alter reasonable notice to the corporation replace his services at >:he d:sposal of that government (3) the central government-(a) shall remove the commissioner 'from office if at a special meeting of the corporation called for the purpos2 a resolution for such removal has been passed by a majority of not less than thre~-fifths of the total number of members; (b) may remove the commissioner from office at any time if it appears tq that government that he is incapable of performing the duties of his office or has been guilty of neglect or misconduct in the discharge of such duties, which renders his removal expedient (4) the commissioner shall not undertake any work unconnected v,th his office without the sanction of the central governmfo>nt and ')f the corporation  salary and allow_ ances of j(hecam':' missioner55 the commiss:oner shall be paid out of the municipal fund sllch monthly salary and such monthly allowances, if any, as may [tom time to time be fixed by the central government and may be given such facilities (if any) in relation to residential accommodation, conveyance and the like as may from time to time be fixed by that government: provided that the salary of the commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment leave of !l6 (1) leave may be granted to the commissioner by the standabsence of ing committee commissioner (2) whenever such leave is granted to the commissioner the central government shall appoint another pe1:son to officiate as commissioner in his place 57 if any vacancy occurs in the office of the commissioner on appointaccount of death, resignation or removal, the central government ment of m:ty appoint another person to officiate as commissioner in his place ~~~::::_g 'for a term not exce~ing two months, pending the appointment of a sioner in commissioner under section 54 case of death, resignation or removal of commissioner 58 0) if th~ commissioner is an officer in the service of the gov- service " ernment, the corporation shall make such contribution towards his regulations of commisleave allowances, pen8ion and provident fund as may be required by sioner (the conditions of his service under the government, to be paid by him '()r for him, as the case may be ' (2) if the commissioner is not an officer in the service of the '~mment, his ieav::e and leave allowances, his superannuation or ~t~tirement, his gratuity or pension and the proportions of his pen-,onary or provident fun~ ~ontribution payable respectively from his >,;,~ary and from the muruclpal fund shall be governed 8y rules: r· rj\ovided that- \ ti~· (a) the amount of any such leave and leave allowances ~  gi:atuity orpension shall in no case, without the special sanction of the central government, exceed what would be admissible jp _n~\"u case of government servants of similar standing and status; and (b) the conditions under which such allowances, gratuity or "-~iori are granted or any leave, superannuation or retirement '~8anc'tioned shall not without similar sanction de moretavourable than those for' the time being prescribed for such govern-,t;tver <8s otherwise' provided in' this act, the entire executivel'unctiodi ,<thepurpose of 'carrying out the provisions of this act other of the m~rt dartaining to the delhi 'eleetric supply undertaking '01' comjiwl-1'''' lhii~[ll transport undertaking and of any other act for thp time sioner in force which confers any power or imposes any duty on the tion, shall vest in· the commissioner who shall also-"  "(a) exercise all the power~ and performall the dut;es specf-ifrcally conferred or imposed upon him by this act or by any other law for the time being in force;  s~ ~ prescribe the duties of" and exercise supervision and cmbtro~ov~r the acts and proceedings ef, all municipal officers and municipal employees other than the municipal secretary the municipal chief auditor and the municipal officers and other municipal employees immediately subordinate to them and subject to any regulation that may be made in this behalf, dispose of all questions relating to the service of the said officers and other employees and their pay, privileges, allowances and other conditions of service; (c) on the occurrence or threatened occurrence of any sudden accident or any unfore~n event or natural calamity involving or likely to involve extensive damage to any property of the corporation, or danger to human life, take such immediate action as he considers necessary and make a report forthwith to the standiilg committee and the corporation of the action he has taken and the reasons for the same as also of the amount of  cost, if any, incurred or likely to be incurred in consequence of such action, which 1s not covered by a budget-grant; (d) exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed by or under this act upon the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) in his absence or on failure by him to exercise or perform the same  the general manager (electricity) and the general manager (transport)60 (1) the corporation shall, with the approval of the central gov~rnment, appoint two suitable persons respectively as the general mcmager (electricity) and the general manager (transport) appoint~ ment, etc, of the general managers (2) each of the two general managers shall be appointed for a tenn of five years in the first instance but such appointment may be renewed from time to time with the approval of the central government for a term not exceeding five years at a time (3) the corporation shall remove from office any of the general managers if at a special meeting of the corporation called for the purpose a resolution for such removal is passed by a majority of not less than three-fifths of the total number of members on the ground of neglect or misconduct or incapacity for the duties of his office, on the part of such general manager (4) any of the general managers c;hall not undertake any work 'unconnected with his office without th (> sanction of the corporation salary 61 each of the general managers shall be paid out of the munfand all~w- cipa1 fund such monthly salary and such allowances, if any, as mry ~c::~l from time to time be fixed by the corporation with the approval if ,i  '' managers the central governmen,t i 62 (1) tion-leave may b~ granted with the approval 01 the corpora- leave 01 absence (a) to the general manager electric supply committee; to the (electricity) by the delhi general managers, etc (b) to the general manager (transport) by the delhi transport committee (2) whenever any such leave is granted to any of the general managers, the corporation shall appoint another person to officiate in his place  (3) if any vacancy occurs in the office of any 01 the general managers on account of death, resignation or removal, the corporation  may appoint another person to officiate in his place: i': ~";  ~ovided that no appointment under sub-section (2) or sub-section : 13)'- lor a period exceeding three months shall be made except with y·the approval of the central government   '~i·>:~ the corporatio,n may make regul~tions relating to the condi- service regula-,'i  of service of the two general managers tiona of the general managers save as otherwise provided in this act,-functions (a) the entire executive power for the purpos~ of carrying of the the provisions of this act pertaining to th ~ delhi electric ~ener~ ,·snnni undertaking shall vest in the general manager (elecanagers tricity) who shall also-(i) exercise all the powers and perform all the duties  , ~ specifically conferred or imposed upon him by or under thil , <:'" act and perform such other functions in connection with the delhi electric supply undertaking as may be required of him by the delhi electric supply committee and the corporation; (ii) prescribe the duties of, and exercise supervision and control over all acts and proceedings of, all municipal officers and other municipal employees employed in connection with the delhi electric supply undertaking and subject to such regulations as may be made in this behal1, dispose of all matters relating to the service of the said officers and other employees and their pay, privileges, allowancrs and other conditions of service; (iii) on the occurrence or threatened occurrence of any  ~ , sudden accident or any unforeseen event or natural calamity ~volvini or likely to involve extensive damage to any pro-perty of the corpuraiiu!l pertct:nl!lg :l) tnt' delhi electra: supply undertaking or danger to human life arising from or in connection wi:!l any pan or" that undertaking, take such immediate action as may rppear necessary to him and after such action hac' 8een taken n:ake a report forthwith to the delhi electric supply committee and the corporation of the action he has taken and the reasons for the sclme as also the amount of cost, if any incurred or likely to be incurred in consequence of such action which is not covered by a budget-grant: (b) the entire executi\'e power for the purpose of carrying out the p'rovisions of this _-\ct pertaining to the delhi transport undertaking shall vest in the general 1ianager (transport) (2) the genera] mnnage l ' i t!'anspor t ) ~h:1ll ('xercise the same powers and perform the same duties in connection with the delhi transport undertaking as are exercised and performed by the general manager (electricity) in connection with the delhi electric supply undertaking under sub-clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) of clause a) of sub-section (j): provided that any reference in tho~e sub-clauses to the delhi electric supply committee shall be construed as a reference to the delhi transport committee miscellaneous provisions relatimg to the various municipal authorities appointment of sub-committees by the various committees 65 (i) the standing ccmmittee the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage dispo <11 committee may appoint from among its own members any sub-c :11i11lttee consisting of such number as that committee may think fit for exercising any power or performing any function of that committee under this act or for inquiring into or reporting or advising upon any matter which that committee may refer to such sub-committee (2) every such sub-committee shall conform to such instruc(ions as may be given to it by the committee by which it has been appointed 66 (1) a person shall be disqualified for being appointed as the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) who has directly or indirectly, by himself or by a partner, or any other person any share or interest in any contract made with, or any work 'oe;ng done for, the corporation other than a·' such commissinner or general manager, as the case may be (2) if the commis~ioner or any of the general managers rc-quires directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner, or any commissioner and general managers not tu be interested in any contract etc, with the corporation l)tht'r person, any share or interest in any ,uah contract or work as is i'derred to in sub-secti~n (1), he ,h"n, un\~111 the corponluon in any purticular case otherwise decides, be 1\ab\ to be remov('c\ [rom his omce ,by the order of the authority ('nmpt'1pnt to ~cmllv(~ him under the' provisions of this act: provided that before an order ut rmoval is made, tho commis-!:iioner or such general manager sholl be glven'a realonnhlo opportunity of showing cause against the iiclhm proposed to bo laken in n!~u 1'c1 '10 him 67 (1) if'jq\1 el~ctec:j ment~er' of th, standing comm\tte, the l)ln"l electrlc supply committee, the uelhl tranaport committee g'acation of seats by members efcom-jilittees 01' the delhi water supply and sewall dtipola1 commltt •• ceases lo be a councillor or ~n, alt\erman h' 'han gea~ to bl - member of that committea @d hlsseat shallihrlupon becojn1! vacant (2) if a member o~ the ~~andinll commutee, the dolh\ el~ctric supply committee, the deuh tranlpo\'t committ •• 01' tho delhi wilter supply and sewage dispo  ' committee, abijentm himleif during three successive month~ from \1\e mldtngs of the corilmlttee (jxcept on account of il~ess or any other &iiuie approvod by the committee or absents himself durin", mix muccessive months from the' meeti~gs of the committee on acc:oun~ of nny cauii whatloever whether approved by thecommitteo or nut, he shall c to be ~ member of the committee and hi, •• at 'hill, thereupon 'become vacant 68 the standing comm~~tee, tho o,lbt e~ctr1~ supply com- committees to continue in of8,ce' till new commit- -tees are mittee, the delhi transport committel or the deihl wat~r supply and' sewage 'disposal committ~e ,h,u continue" to' fundi'on untn a new: eommittee is constituted m acaordlno with the provll\unl ot th\:act notwithstanding that the memntt1' rrr rome of the mem1berl of such committee have ceased to b(~ (!(lunuu"7f or aldermn constituted power of corporation to call for extracts of proceedings tromtbe committees 69, the corporation may at any tirne cilu for any, extr",' of any pl'ocl,'ndings of the standing commlttcsl, th  delhi electrla supply committee the delhi transport comrn~lt" "he, delhl water supply and scwa~e disposal committee', th, dalh1 rural arelll commutee, the education committee or of any (jth~r i!i}mmittee or lub-com-, mlttec constituted or appointed under tht act and for any return, tatement account or report conc'ti'"tnl& or connected wlth any matter with which any such commtttee or ub-cqmmtttee , empa'kered by or under this act to deal; an4 wery suc1'l requilluon mall be complied with by any such committee or lu'b-commttt •• without any unreasonable delay 70, (1) the corporation may at any time require the coiiujiissioner~ power of corporation to requii'e the commissioner, etc, to produce (a) to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document which is in his pos~ession or under his control as commissioner or which is recorded or filed in his office or in the office of any municipal officer or other municipal employ-ee subordinate to him; documerit~ and fur_ nish returns,re~ ports, etc, (b) to furnish any return, plan, e:timate, statement, account or statistics concerning or connected with any matter pertaining to the administration of this act or the municipal government of delhi except in regard to the delhi electric supply undertaking, or the delhi transport undertaking; (e)' to furnish a report by himself or to obtain from the head of ~ny department subordinate to him and furnish with his own remarks thereon, a report upon any subject concerning or connected with the administration of this act or the irun!cipal government of delhi except in regard to the delhi electric supply, ttndertaking or the delhi transport undertaking  - - - - - (3) in their application to matters relating to the delhi electric supply undertaking or the delhi transport undertaking, the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall have effect as if for the word "commissioner", th€ words and brackets "general manager (elec,tricity) ", ,or as the case may be, the words and brackets "general manager (transport)" had been substituted exercis~ of pow en to be subject to sanction 71 save as otherwise provided in this act, the exercise of any pewer or the performance of any duty conferred or imposed upon the corporation or any municipal authority by or under this act, which will involve expenditure, shall be eubject to the following conditions, namely:-- - - - - (b) that if the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty involves or is likely to involve expenditure for any period or at any tiine after the close of the said year, such expenditure shall not be incurred without the sanction--(i) of the standing committee or, as the caee may be, the delhi electr;c supply committee or the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee, if it is incurred in the year next following such year, or - - - - -  chapter v procedure transaction of business by the corporation72 (1) the corporation shall ordinarily hold at least one meetin, meetings, in every month for the transaction of bu'"iness (2) the mayor or in his absence the deputy mayor may, whenever he thinks fit and shall, upon a requisition in writing by not less than one-fourth of the total number of councillors and aldermen, convene a special meeting of the corporation (3) any meeting may be adjourmed until the next or any subsequent date, and an adjourmed meeting may be further adjourmed in like manner$\bullet$\(\bullet76 (1) the mayor or in his absence, the deputy mayor, rhall presiding preside at every m~eting of the corporation officer (2) in the absence of both the mayor and deputy mayor from the meeting, the members present shall elect one from among their own number to preside (3) the mayor or the person presiding over a meeting shall have and exercire a second or a casting vote in all cases of equality of , votes - - - - - 81 (1) the commissioner or any municipal officer authorised by right to ; ;1' him in this behalf may attend, speak in, or otherwise take part in attend' -, ,;-the proceedings of, any meet~ng of the corporation or any of its meetings of the committees; and the general manager (electricity) or any municipal corporaofficer authorised by him in this behalf and the general manager tion and (transport) or any municipal officer authorised by him in this behalf its com-,may attend, speak in, or otherwise take part in the proceedings of, mittees, any meeting of the delhi electric supply committee and the delhi e~h an: transport committee respectively j but none of the persons specified ~~~c~l1ors , herein shall by virtue of this sub-section be entitled to vote in any and alder-~' rnch meeting  men to ask j!r questions [~,': i: (2) a councillor or alderman may, subject to the provisions of in relation ,-, sub-section (3), a~k the commissioner questions on any matter re- to the ~'~'",',1a  ting to the municipal government of delhi or the administration municipal " ·;~tbis act or the functions of any of the muncipai authorities ~=t:i , , , ~ ,;--' delhi (3) the right to a~'k a question shall be governed by the following conditions, namely:-'"     (b) no question shall-'"   '"  (v) relate to a ma:ter \\'hich is no: primarily the concern of the corporaticn or of any of the municipal authorities,  >i<  '"  (6) the cumrnissioner : bci:: :1ot be bound to answt r a question if it asks for information wh:c!l has been communicated to him in confidence or if in the opinion of the mayor it cannot be answered without prejudice to public mterest or the interest of the corporation (7) unless otherwise directed by the mayor or the presiding officer of the meeting, every question shall be answered by the commissioner at a meeting of the corporation (8) the general manager (electricity) and the general managf:>r (transport) shall without unreasonable delay furnish the commissioner with such information relating rerpectively to the delhi electric supply undertaking and the delhi transp~)rt undertaking as the commissioner may require for the purpose of answering any question under this section power to makeregulations 82 the corporation may make regulations for the transaction of business at its meeting: provided that the time place and procedure for the first meeting after the constitution of the corporation under section 3 shall be determined by the adm;nistrator transaction of bw;iness by standing and other committees 83 (1) the chairman or in his a1bsence the deputy chairman shall preside at every meeting of the standing committee, the delhi electric supply committee the delhi transport committee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee or any other committee of the ccfooration presiding officers at meetings of the standing and other committees (2) in the absence of t!-:~ chairman and the d2puty chairman from any meeting the members of any such committee shall choose one of their number to pre:-ide o,'er the meeting 84 the corporation may make regulations for the procedure and the conduct of business at meetings, of the standing committee and all other 'committees p', ~e'pt ad hoc committees which shah regulate their own procedure conduct of business at meetings of standing and other commit tees  minutes and reports of proceedings85, minutes, in which shall be recorded the names of the members keeping of h d' f h ' f th 'ii minutes and present at, and t e procee lllgs 0 eac meetmg 0 e councl ors proceedings for the election of any alderman and of each meeting of the corporation and of the standing committee and every other committee of the corporation, shall be drawn up and recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall be laid before the next ensuing meeting of the corporation or of such committee, as the case may be, and signed at such meeting by the pre5iding officer thereof - - -  chapter vi municipal officers and other municipal employees89, (1) the corporation shall appoint suitable persons to be ~ respectively the chief engineer (water supply), the m~cipal r"':,,;, engineer, the municipal health officer, the education officer, the appointment ot certain officers f municipal chief accountant, the municipal secretary and the munit, cipal chief auditor and may appoint one or more deputy commis-~ sioners and such other officer or officers of a status equivalent to or ~: higher than the status of any of the officers specified earlier in this k sub-section as the corporation may deem fit on such monthly salaries l a,j;ld such allowances, if any, as may be fixed by the corporation ~' (2) the appointment of the municipal chief auditor shall be " made with the previous approval of the central government and  every other appointment referred to in sub-section (1) except that of, the municipal chief accountant and the municipal secretary be subject to confirmation by that gov~l'diixent: ' that the municipal chief auditor shall not be eligible any other office under the corporation after he has ceased to hold iofilce ' ' '" ,90 (1) the appropriate authority shall from time to time prepare ';'jlild lay before the committee concerned two schedules of posts other  'than those specified in sub-section (1) of section 89 setting forth ~lio7' t~e designations and grades of municipal officers and other munici-schedule of permanent posts and creation of temporary posts ~):  ~l employees who should be maintained permanently in the ser-m vice of the corporation indicating therein the salaries, fees and alwhich are proposed to be paid to such officers and other of the two schedules referred to in sub-section u), the first lciledlllle shall deal with posts with a minimum monthly salary of not less than three hundred and fifty rupees and the second with posts with a minimum monthly salary of less than three hundred and fifty rupees (3) the committee concerned shall lay the first schedule with its comments thereon before the corporation for its consideration and approval and shall sanction the second either without modifications, or with such modifications as it thinks fit and thereafter may amend it either on its own motion after ascertaining the views of the appr~priate authority or at the instance of such authority (4) the corporation shall after considering the comments of the committee conc'erned, sanction the first schedule either without modifications or with such modifications as it thinks fit and thereafter may amend it either on its own motion after a~certaining the views of' th~' appropriate authority and the committee concerned or at the instance of such authority or committee (5)' the appropriate authority may create for a period not exceeding six' months any post carrying a minimum montply salary (~lus~ tit' allowances) of less than two hundred, and, fifty rupees; , provided that no such post shall be continued beyond the said period without the previous approval of the committee concerned (6) the: committee concerned may, on the recommendation of the appropriate authority, create for a period not exceeding six months any post carrying a minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) of two hundred and fifty rupees or more: provided that no such post shall be continued beyond· the said, period without the previous approval of the corporation  'i: j~>  in this' se~tion ,"iwpropri~te, authority" and "comm~ttee concerriea'~ 'mean respectively,-, ,'j  'ii u" ',,' ,  (i) in relation to officers and other employees appairiftld in: connection with the affairs of the delhi electric supply undertaking, the general manager (electricity) and the j)q1hi electric supply committee; (ii) in relation to officers and other employees appointed ill, connection with the affairs of the delhi transport undertaking, the general manager (transport) and ~he delhi transport, co~-j mittee; "'11 (iii) in relation to officers and other employees appointee jd' connection with the affairs of the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertaking, the commissioner and the de~ water supply and sewage disposal committee; '0 (iv) in relation to all other officers and employees in the service of the corporation, the commissioner and the standing committee - - - -  92 (1) subject· to the provisions of section 89 the power of appointing municipal officers and other municipal employees, whether temporary or permanent,-power to make appointments (a) to posts carrying a minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) of three hundred and fifty rupees or more shall vest-' (i) in the delhi electric supply committe~, the delhi transport committee and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee respectively in the case of of'ilcers and other employees appointed in connection with the affairs of the delhi electric supply undertaking, the delhi transport undertaking and the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undt"rtaking,  (ii) in the corporation in the case of all other ,municipal officers and employees; t f (b) to posts carrying a minimum monthly salary (exclu-'i" ,sive ,of allowances) of less than three hundred and fif~ rupees, rhall vest in the ·general manager (electricity), the general manager (transport), or the commissioner, as the case"way be: provided that the power of appointing officers and other :;c;  employees immediately subordinate to the municipal secretary or the municipal chief auditor, whose minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) is less than three hundred and fifty i 'tupe~, shall vest in the standing committee: ,  pr~vided further that the standing 'cqnunittee may dele- " to the municipal secretary or the municipal chief auditor  (   '    , " of appointing officers and other employees ,imme--""""'6":>  '" subordinate to such secretary or auditor, whose" minimum monthly salary (exclusive of allowances) is not more than ro h~ndred and ~fty rupees~ - - ,-,, -fl no municipal officer or other municipal employee shall un- officers ~ke any work unconnected with his duties under this act except and other ~""'h'- the permissio~ of the corporation employees not ta - - - - - undertake any extraneous work consultation with the union public service commis-~ion 96 no appointment to the post of the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or to any post carrying a minimum monthly salary of three hundred and fifty rupees or morc (exclusive of allowance) shall be made except after consultation with the union public sen'ice commission (hereafter in this chapter referred to as "th(' commission"): provided that no such consultation with the commission shall ill' necessary in regard to the selection for appointment-«(1) to anv clcting or temporar\' po:'it for a period not excl'erling one year; or (b) to such ministerial posts as may from time to time be specified by the corporation in consultation with the commission when such posts are to be filled by promotion; or (c) to a post when at the time of such appointment thf:' ~rson to be appointed thereto is in the service of the central government or a state govptnment in :1 rlass i post; of (d) to a permanent or tempornry post, if the officer or other ('mplo~ree to be appointed is not likely to h()ld that post for mote than one year; or if such officer or other employee is likely to hold the post f9r more than one year but not more than three years and the commission advises that the appointment may be made without consulting the commission 97 (1) the commission may make regulations for the followin~ matters, namely:-(a) the procedure to be followed by the commission in advertising posts, inviting applications scrutinizing the same and selecting candidates for interview: fb) the procedure to be f;>l1owed by the commission for selecting cnndidntes fof 3ppointment and hy the corporation for consultation with the commission; power of commission to make regulations and reference to the central go\'ernment in (c) any other 111:1tter \"hich is incidental to of necf'ssary for the purpose of consultation with the commission ca~e of difference between tht' commi::sion and the corporl~ tion (2) in the case of any difference of opinion between the commission and the corporation on any matter the corpofcttion shall refer the matter to the central government and the decision of th1t gow·rnment thpreon shall be fin(ll 98 (1) the corporation may make regulations to providp f(lf anyone or more of the follow:ng matters namely:-power '-'1 corporation to make l'l'-gulations (a) the tenure of office salaries and allowances, provident funds pensions, gratuities leave of absence and other conditions of service of officers and other emplo~'ees appointud under this chapter; (b) the powers, duties and functions of the municipal secretary; (e) the qualifications of candidates for appointment to posts specified in sub-section (1) of section 89 and to posts dealt witll in the first schedule of posts referred to in sub-sectiun (2) of  ;ec: ;,111 9() ;mct the mclnnc:' :' ~('k('~!r"l !()l' appointnwnf in posts dealt with in the second 5checlu10 (if posts referred to in th~t sub-section; (d) the procedure to be followed in imposing any penalty under sub-section (1) of section 95 suspension pending departmental inquiries before the imposition of such penalty and the authority by whom such suspension may be ordered; the ofllcer or authority to whom an appeal shall lie under sub-section (4) of that section;  (e) any other matter which i~ incidental to, or necessary for the purpose of regulating the appointment and conditions 01 service of persons appointed to services and posts under the corporation and any other matter for which in the opinion of the corporation provisions should be made by regulations (2) no regulation under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be made except after consultation with the commission  chapter vii revenue and expenditure the municipal fundconstitution of the' municipal fund 99 (1) save ar otherwise pr;)vinect in this act-- -   - (11) all moneys received by or on behalf of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi electric supply undert3\;:inb' the delhi transport unctert:1j::in~ and the delhi watn ~; supply and ~ew:lp,'e d~5posal undertaking; ~r (2) the municipal fund shall be held bv the corporation in l trust for the purposes of this act subject t~ the provisions herein it; contained and sh~ll be maintained in the following four accowlts, namcly:-(a) the electric supply account relating to all moneys received by 'or on behalf of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi electric supply undertaking; (b) the transport account relating to all moneys received by or on behalf of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi transport undertaking; (c) the water supply and sewage dispo~al account relating to all moneys received by or on behalf of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertaking; and (d) the ,general account relating to all moneys received py or on behalf of the corporation other than these 'specified in clause (a) or clause {b) or clause (c) municipal fund to be kept in the state bank of india 100 (1) all moneys payable to the credit of the''municipal fund in the waters1i,p~l~' ahd sewage disposal aeeount and the ~eneral account shall/be :i"eceived 'by the commissioner and shall'be forthwith paid into th~ 'state bank of india to the credit of the said accounts which shall be respectively entitled "the water supply and sewage disposal account of the municipal fund of delhi" and "the general account, of the municipal fund of ,delm" (2) all moneys payable to the credit of the' muriicipal fund in the electric supply account shall be received by the general manager (electricity) and shall be forthwith paid into the state bank of india to the  credit of the electric supply' account which ~hall be entitl~d "the electric supply account of the municipal fund of delhi" "  (3) all moneys payable to the credit of the municipal fund in the transport account· sbau'  be receivpd' 'by the general manager (transport) and shall be forthwith paid into the state bank of india to the credit of the transport account which shall be entitled "the transport account of the municipal fund of delhi" 101 (1) save as otherwise provided in this act no payment shall be made by the state bank of india out of the municipal fund except on a cheque signed by both-operation of the accounts (a) the 'chief accountant or an officer subordinate to him authori:,ed by the standing committee in this 'behalf; and (b) (i) the commissioner or a deputy commissioner or an officer subordinate to the commissioner authorised by the standing committee in this behalf, in the case of the general account 01' (ii) the general manager (electricity) or an officer subordinate to him authori~ed by the delhi electric supply committee in this behalf, in the case of the electric supply account, or (iii~ the general manager (transport) or an officer subordinate to him authorised' by the delhi transport committee in this behalf, in the case of the transport account, or (iv) the commissioner or the chief engineer (water supply) or an officer subordinate to the commissioner authorired by the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee in this behalf in the case of the water supply and sewage disposal account -   - i 102 no payment of any sum out of ,the municipal fund shall 'be made unless the expenditure of the same is covered by a current budget-grant and a sufficient balance of such budget-grant is still available notwithstanding any reduction or transfer thereof which may have been made under the provisions of this act:  payments not to be made unless covered by a budget-provided that this section ~hall not apply to payments made in grant the following classes of cases, namely:-- - - -   ie';', (c) sums' payable in any of the following circumstance:r-(i) under orders of the central government on failure 'j, of the corporation to take any action as r~quired by that , n f ' govez;nment; or - - - - (v) on account of cost incurred in takirig illliriediate action ,by the corporation or any of the municipal authorities i  ,~ avert a ,sudden, thr~~ • of danger to·~ property of the "' corporatwa 0'" to, human life; (d) temporary payments for works urgently required by :e, the central government in the public interest; _it: - - - - ,\,; -i,oit m whenever any sum is expended under clause (c), (e) or (f) procedure m the proviso to section 102 the commissioner or as the case mav when ::~, the general manager (electricity) or th~ general manag~r :~~~~ot ~~nsport) shall forthwith communicate the circumstances to the b ,~~,,/ y a , ' budeeter8nt is - upended l' standing committee, or the delhi water supply and sewage l>ispoo sal committee, or as the case may be, the delhi electric supply colo-mittee or the delhi transport committee which may take, or recommend to the corporation to take, such action under the ~rovisions of this act as shall, in the circumstances appear possible and expedient for covering the amount of the additional ejcrenditure  - - - - - temporary pay_ ments from the municipal fund for ilforks urgently required for the public service 106 (1) on the written requisition of a secretary to the central government, the general manager (electricity) in the case of any work in connection with the delhi electric supply undertaking, the general manager (transport) in the case of any work in connection with the delhi transport undertaking and the commissioner in the case of any o~her work, may at any time undertake the execution of any work certified by such secretary to be urgently required in public interest, and for this purpose may temporarily make payments from the municipal fund so far as the same can be met without unduly interfering with the regular work of the municipal government -  - - - (3), on the receipt of any requisition' under sub-section (1) the commissioner or as the case may be, the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) shall forthwith forward a copy thereof to the corporation together with a report of the steps taken by him in pursuance of the same 107 (1) surplus moneys standing at the credit of any of the accounts of the municipal fund which cannot immediately or at an early date be applied for the purposes specified in section 105 may be transferred by the corporation either in whole or in part to any other account olthat fund:" transfer of surplus moneys from one rccount to another and investment thereof provided that no such money shall ·betransierred permanently from any of the accounts (other than the water supply and sewage \ disposal account) to any other of the said accounts without the previous approval of the central government (2) surplus moneys which are not transferred under sub-section (1) shall be deposited in the state bank of india or in such scheduled bank or banks as the corporation may select or he invested in public securities (3) the loss, if any arising from such deposit or investment shall be debited to the account concerned of the municipal fund  - - - - -  budget estimates109 (1) the corporation shall, on or before the 31st day of march adoption of every year, adopt for the ensuing year the following budget eitiof budget estimates mates, namely:-(a) budget estimate (general) which shall be an estimate of the income and expenditure of the corporation to be received and incurred on account of the municipal government of delhi; (b) budget estimate (electric supply) which shall he an estimate of the income and expenditure of the corporation to be received and incurred on account of the delhi electric supply undertaking; (c) budget estimate (transport) which shall be an estimate ef, the lncome and expenditure of the corporation to be received and 'incurred on account of the delhi transport und:ertaking; and , ~~ ~: (d) budget estimate (water supply and sewage disposal) which shall be an estimate of the income and expenditure of the oorporation to·be received and incurred ,o~account ofthe delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertaking  - - - - - lr l, (3) budget estimates shall be prepared in such form as may he " approved by the standing committee and'p"esebted,and"aciopted in ~'" ''such manner and'shall provide for all such-matters lis are prescribed 'by regulations made in this behah ' 110 (1) on the recommendation of-power ot corpora-(tz) the, standtpg cpmmittee in respect of the budget esti- tioo to + ( 1) alter _i',fa~e, {enera 'budget  , (b) the delhi ejecjric supply committee in respect of the estimates   "~udget estimate (~lectric supply), ~, " ' (e) the delhi transport committee in respect of the budget 1\1"'1- estimate (transport), and ~" (d) the delhi water supply and sewage disposal commit-~ tee in respect of the budget estimate (water supply and sewage ~ •• ' disposal) , ~~jh corporation may from time to time during the year-i" (t) incrfhlse the amount of any budget-grant under any ,         -,f                                             head              ,~                                                              , ';1, , ; , (it) make an additional budget-grant for the purp(')se of meeting any special or unforeseen requirement arising during the said year, (iii) transfer the amount or portion of the amount of the budget-grant, under any head to the account of the budgetgrant under any other head, or  (iv) reduce the amount of the budget-grant under any head: provided that due regard shall be had to all the requirements of this act and' in making any increase or any additional budget-grant, the estimated cash balance 'at the close of the year shall not be reduc ed below the sum of one 1akh of rupees or such higher sum as the corporation may determine in respect of each budget estimate, (2) every increase in a budget-grant and every additional budgetgrant made in any year under sub-section (1) shal1 be deemed to be included in the budget estimates finally adopted for that year  , - - - - (4) the commissioner may, from time to time during the year, wanction the transfer of any amount not exceeding five thousand rupees within a minor head if such transfer does not involve a recur-- ring liability: provided that every such transfer, if it exceeds five hundrerl rupees, shall be reported forthwith by the commissioner to the standing committee and the commissioner shall lrive effect to any order that may be passed by that committee in relation thereto (5) in sub-section (3)or in sub-section (4),-(a) any reference to the standing committee and the com· missioner shall be construed 8s a reference respectively to--(i) the delhi electric supply committee and t~e general manager (electricity) if the reduction or transfer is in relation to the budget estimate (ekctrfc supply); (ii) the delhi transport committee and the genpr~l manager (transport) if the reduction or transfer is in relation to the budget estimate (transport); and (b) any reference to the standin~ committee shan be construed as a reference to the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee if the reduction or transfer is in relation to the budget -estimate (water supply and sewage disposal)  - - - - -  1 d d' th provisions 112 if the whole or any part of any budget-grant me u e met  as 0 unbudget estimates for a year remains unexpended at the close of that expended year, and the amount thereof has not been taken into account in the budgetopening balance entered in the budget estimates of any of the next grant two following years, the standing committee or, as the case may be, the delhi electric supply committee, or the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee may sanction the expenditure of such budget-grant or the unexpended portion thereof during the next two following years for the completion of the purppse or object for which the budget-grant was originally made and not for any other purpose or object  chapter viiik" taxatlon - - - - - property taxes - - - - - ~ -1 1115 (1)· - '" - - premises ~'··-h (4)' save as' otherwise provided in this act, the, general tax shall ::: ~e:~t , ~~ ,be 'levied in respect of a'll lands and buildings in delhi exceptproperty ~ ~~ ~t·; - - - - - to be ~, fl'" i (b) lands and ·buildings vested in the corporation and not levied ral used or intended to be used exclusively for the purposes of the ~\" i delhi electric supply undertaking, or the pelhi transport, un-, , {'~ertaking, or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal ungertaking, in' respect of which the said tax, if levied, would 'li:dder the provisio~ of this act be leviable primarily on the " corporation; "  - ~ - - - - - : (i) ,the/~rateable value of' any land or bwlding assessable to determitaxes shall be the annual rent at which such land or build nation of "',' reasonably be expected to let from year to year lessrateable ,~ ~~~ ~, (4) a sum equal to ten per cent of the said annual rent lands and ~~~h: shall be in 'lieu of all allo~ances for costs of repairs :~:=e " •• ' , and insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain to 'pro-1'i\it~":' the land or building in a state to command that rent, and perty "" : (b) the water tax or the scavenging tax or both, if the rent taxes inclusive of either or both of the said taxes= that if the rent is inclusive of charges for water supplied ,1iu~asur'!mt~nt then, for the purpose of this section the rent shall be treated as inclusive of water tax on rateable value and the deduction of the watel' tax shall be made as provided therein: provided further that in respect of any land or building the standard rent of which has been fixed under the delhi and ajmer rent control act, 1952, !he rateable value thereof shall not exceed the annual amount of the standard rent so fixed - - - - - charge by measure ment in lieu of water tax in certain cases 117 (1) the commissioner may in such ca~es as the delhi water supply and s~wage disposal committee may either generally or specifically direct, instead of levying water tax in respect of any land or building liable thereto under section 115, charge for the water supplied to such land or building by measurement at such rate as shall from time to time be prescribed by that committee in this behalf _ _ _  "j!~ll -l _ (2) the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee may, for the cases in which the commissioner charges for water supplied by measurement under sub-section (1), prescribe such conditions a~ it may think fit regarding the use of the water and regarding the charge to be paid for water consumed whilst a met~r is out of order or under repair: provided that no condition prescribed under this sub-section shall be inconsistent with this act or with any -bye-law made thereunder (3) a person who is charged for water' supplied by measurement shall not be liable for payment of water tax, but any sum payable by him on account 'of water and not paid when it becomes due shalj be recoverableb1 the commissioner as an arrear of water ta~ under this act (4) in prescribing charges for water supplied by measurement under sub-section  '(1), it shall be 'lawful for the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee to prescribe different rates in respect of different classes of lands and buildings special rate~ of sc3vencing tax in certain cases 118 (1) the commissioner may, whenever he thinks fit, fix the scavenging tax to be paid in respect of any hotel or club or any other large premises at such special rate as may be approved by the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee in this behalf either generally or in any particular case, whether the service in respect of which such tax is leviable is performed by scavengers or by substituted means or appliances  assessment list 124 (1) save as otherwise provided in this act, the corporation shall cause an assessment list of all lands and buildings in delhi to be prepared in such form and manner and containing such particulars with respect to each land and building as may be prescribed by bye-laws  ~  -:-  - - - - -  other taxespowers and jiabilities of persons authorised to collect terminal taxes 150 (1) - - - - imposi-(2) any resolution passed under sub-section (1) shall be submit- tion of other ted to the central government for its sanction, and if sanctioned by taxes that government, shall come into force on and from such date as may be specified in the order of sanction - - - - - (4) after a tax has been levied in accordance with the foregoing 'provisions of this section, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 109, shall apply in relation to such tax as they apply in relation to any tax imposed under sub-section (1) of section 113  - - - - • - termimw taxes on goods 182 every person authorised under the provisions of this j\ct and the rules made thereunder to collect the terminal tax shall have, in respect of the collection of such tax and of the confiscation of gopds in connection therewith, sall\e powers as are conferred by any law for the time being in force on the collector of land customs, delhi, and the officers subordinate to him in respect of the levy and collection of land customs duties and the confiscation of goods in coni taection therewith and shall also be subject to the same liabilities in ~~ ~ 1& i of anything done by him in or for the purpose of collecting  terminal tax as the said collector of land customs and the offi-''''/s)jbordinate to him are subject to under any law for the time ~~ in force relating to land customs duties   ~       chaprer lx- - 190 (1) - - - maintenance and (2) all money paid into the sinking funds shall, as soon as possi- investb~e~ b: invested by the commissioner in public securities and every men! of  ~cb investment shall be reported by the commissioper to the cor- :!";;"' ~''qrtauon within fifteen days   ' ~/···i 'rf 'lftil· application of sinking funds 191 a sinking fund or any part therecjf shall be applied in or towards the discharge of the loan or a part of the loan for which such fund was created, and until such loan or part is wholly discharged shall not be applied for any other purpose: provided that when any loan or part thereof has been consolidated under section 193, the commissioner shall transfer to the sinking fund of the consolidated loan such part of the sinking funds of the original loans as may be proport~onate to the amount of the original loans incorporated in the consolidated loan 192 (1) the commissioner shall, at the end of every year, iubmit to the corporation a statement showing-annual statement b;y commissioner (a) the amount which has been invested during the year under section 190; (b) the date of the last investment made previous to the submission of the statement; (c) the aggregate amount of the securities then in his hands; and (d) the aggregate amount which has up to the date of the statement been applied under section 191, in or towards discharging loans  (2) every such statement shall be published in the official gazette attachment of municipal fund for recovery of money borrowed from government 195 (1) -  -  - (2) after such attachment no person except an officer appointed in this behalf by the central government shall in any way deal with the attached fund; but such officer may do all acts in respect thereof which any municipal authority, officer or other employee might have done if such attachment had not taken place, and may apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the arrears and of all interests and costs due in respect thereof and of all expenses caused by the attachment and subsequent proceedings: -  - - - chapter x  property and contracts property - • - - 198 whenever the corporation decides to acquire any immovable property, for the purpose of this act, the commissioner shall acquire such property on behalf of the corporation by agreement on such terms and at such price as may be approved by the standing com· mittee acquisition of immovable propertyby agreement 199 whenever the commissioner, is unable to acquire any immo- prhoce~ur~ w en unvable property under section 198 by agreement, the central govern- movable ment may at the request of the commissioner procure the acquisi- property tion thereof under the provisions of the land acquisition act, 1894, cannot be 1 of 11194-and on payment by the corporation of the compensation awarded 8bcquired ·  yagreeunder that act and of the charges incurred by the government in ment connection with the proceedings, the land sh11i vest in the corporation 300 with respect to the disposal of property belonging to the d;sposal corporation, the following provisions shall have effect, namely: -;e~~~ (a) the commissioner may, in his discretion dispose of, by sale or otherwise, any movable property belonging to the corporation not exceeding in value in each instance one thousand rupees, or such higher amount as the ccrporation may prescribe, or let out or hire any movable property or grant a lease of any immovable property belonging to the corporation, including any right of gathering and taking fruits and the like, for a period not exceeding one year at a time; (b) the commissioner may, with the sanction of the standing committee,-(i) dispose of, by sale or otherwise, any movable property belongin~ to the corporation the value of which does not exceed five thousand rupees; (ii) grant a lease (other than a lease in perpetuity) of any immovable property belonging to the corporation; or i,,"' , (iii) sell or grant a lease in perpetuity of any immovable property belonging to the corporation the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand rupees or the annual rent of which does not exceed three thousand rupees;  " , (c) in cases not covered by clause (a) or clause (b), the commissioner may, with the sanction of the corporation, lease, sell, let out on hire or otherwise transfer any property, movable or immovable, belonging to the corporation; - - - - - (p) the sanrtion of the standing committee or of the corporation unner the aforpsaid clauses may be given either generally for any class of cases or specially for any particular case; - - - - - (g) every case of disposal of property under clause (a) and  c1au!'le (b) shiln he reported bv the commissioner witht1ut delay ,  1t;'to the standing committpe and the corporation respectively - - - -  contracts202 with respect to the making of contracts, the following provisions shall have effect, namely:-procedure formakjng contracts (a) every such contract shall be made on behalf of the corporation by the commissioner; (b) no such contract for any purpose which in accordance with any provision of this act the commissioner may not carry out without the approval or sanction of the corporation or some otller municipal authority, shall be made by him until and unless such approval or sanction has been duly obtained; (c) no contract (other than a contract for the acquisition of immovable property) which will involve an expenditure exceeding ten thousand rupees or such higher amount as the corporation may fix shall be made by the commissioner unless the same is previously approved by the standing committee; (d) every contract (other than a contract for the acquisition of immovable property) made by the commissioner involving an expertditure exceeding two thousand rupees but not exceeding ten thousand rupees or such higher amount as nmy be fixed under clause (c) shall be reported by him within one month after the' same has been made to the standing committee; (e) no contract for the acquisition of immovable property shall be valid-(i) unless the contract has been approved by the standing committee, where the price stipulated to be paid for such 'prdperty exceeds five thousand rupees but does not exceed fifteen thousand rupees; or - ·(fir·t1nl@ssth~ 'co1ltnict' has-' been appto~ 'by the corporation"wbt!re the'price'stipulated to be paid for such pr(')-perty·  ~ceeds fifteen thousand rupees " - - chapter xi  accounts and audit scrutiny and audit of accountsaccounts 2m there shall be kept in ~uch manner and in such form as may to be kept, be prescribed by regulations four separate accounts of all receipts and expen"diture of the corporation, namely:-(a) the electric supply account, that is to say, accounts of all receipts and expenditure of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi electric suppl)' undertaking; (b) the transport account, that is to say, accounts of all receipts and expenditure of the corporation in respect of the operations of the delhi transport undertaking; (c) the water supply and sewage disposal account, that is to say, accounts of all receipts and expenditure of the corporation in respect 'of the operations of the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertnking: and (d) the general account, iha: is to 5<1\', accounts of all receipts and expenditure of the corporation other than those specified in clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (r), 205 (1) the municipal chief auditor shall conduct a monthly scrutiny examination and audit of the municipal accounts and shall report of accothereon to the standing committee who shall publish monthly an unts by abstract of the receipts and expenditure of the month last preced- =;'81 ,~ing, signed by not less than two members of that committee and by audiior ~lthe municipal chief auditor and by the standing celnmittee (2) the standing committee may also from time to time and li+; ,lor such period as it thinks fit conduct independently any examinath:tion and audit of the municipal accounts (3) ror the purpose of examination and audit of the municipal the st~nding committee and the municipal chief auditor have access to all the municipal accounts and to all records  :correspondence relating thereto and the comm'issioner 'shall with! :fumi'sh to the' standing committee or the municipal chief any explanation concerning any receipts or expenditure  they may·· call for (1) the municipal chief auditor shall-report by the municipal (a) report to the standing committee any material impro- chi~  t ' 1 't h' h h t ' b  th auditor  prle y or lrregu arl y w ic e may a any time 0 serve 10 e  ~jiij~enc:nture or in the recovery of moneys due to the corporal~_"'''''''' or in the municipal accounts; (b) furnish to the standing committee such information as that committee may from time to time require concerning the progress of the audit - - - - - (3) as soon as may be after the commencement of each year the municipal chief auditor shall deliver to the standing committee a t:eport of the entire municipal accounts for the previous year  - - - - - (5) the commissioner shall also forward without delay to the central government so many copies of the said report as may be required by that government with a brief statement of the actionj if any, taken or proposed to be taken thereon sptcial audit at the direction of the central govern tnent 207 (1) the central government may at any time appoint· ari auditor fqr the purpose of making a special audit of any of ~he accounts of the municipal fund and of reporting thereon to the central government and the costs of such audit as determined by the central government shall be ~hargeable to the municipal fund - - - - - powers and duties of the municipal chief auditor procedure 208 (i) - - - - to be fol-(3) the municipal chief auditor shall examine and audit the ~:~ b~_ statement of accounts relating to the commercial services conduded clpal ~ef in any department of the corporation, including the t~ading, manu-auditor facturing and profit and loss accounts, and the balance-sheets where such accounts are maintained under the orders of the corporation, the standing committee, the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee, and shall certify and report upon these accounts (4) the municipal chief auditor shau, in consultation with the standing committee or, as the case may be, the delhi electric supply committee, the delhi transport committee or the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee and subject to any directions given by the corporation, determine the form and manner in which his reports on the accounts of the corporation shall be prepared and shall have authority to call upon any officer of the corporation to provide any information necessary for the preparation of these reports power oc 209 (1) the municipal chief auditor may make such queries and i 14unicipat observations in relation to any of the accounts of the corporation i  which he is required to audit and call for such vouchers, statements, chief returns and explanations in relation to such accounts as he may tuditkor think fit 0 rna e queries, - - - - - etc'  and call for returns, etc  chapl'er xii •-  water supply1 draniage and sgwage disposal general ' - •:211 the central 'government may require the corporation to- power to require  it·  ,- (a) carry out a survey of the existing consumption of and corpora-'iemand for water supplies in delhi and of the water resources tion to ?:in or av~ilable for delhi-; carry out surveys f -    and 'for (b) prepare an estimate of the future water supply requlre~ mulate 'fuents of delhi; proposals  _:v,   - '--," ''/:   '  ;    "',-'  ' disposed 9f and the manner in which it is disposed of; ~ '-~  , \" , (e) carry out a survey of the existing quantity of sewage ~(d) formulate proposals as to-~;' :,' >;  (i) the existing or future water supply requirements qf delhi, (ii) the existing or future sewage disposal requirements in delhi including proposals for the manner in which and the place or places at which such sewage should be carried, treated and disposed of ,if the delhi water supply and sewage dispesal committee power to ' opinion that the works and other properties for the time being =:fo:t ·iii the corporation for the purpose of delhi water supply and works _age disposal undertaking are inadequate for the purpose of iiqjlcle'nt supply of water or for the purpose of the efficient disposal oi'lewage under this act, it may take steps in accordance with the _~i1oils of this act for the construction of additional works, , within or without the local limits of the corporation and  ' for the acquisition of additional properties for such works ~f '; -_ water supply 1  :  !p • ;;_2 13 (1~ it shall be t~e duty of the delhi water s~pply ~age disposal committee to ~e steps from time to tune-~ ';i:  ~' - - - h,~,',: and functions in relation to water supplies purity of water for domestic purposes (b) for providing a supply of wholesome water in pipes to every part of delhi in which there are houses, for the domestic purposes of the occupants thereof, and for taking the pipes affording that suply to such point or points as will enable the houses to be connected thereto at a reasonable cost, so, however, that this clause shall not require the committee to do anything which is not practicable at a reasonable cost or to provide such a supply to any part of delhi where such a supply is already available at such point or points aforesaid; -  -  - (2) if any qupstinn arises under clause (b) of sub-section (1) as to whether anything is or is not practicable at a reasonable cost or as to the point or points to which pipes must be taken in ord~ to enable houses to be connected to them at a reasonable cost, or under clause (c) thereof, as to whether a public supply can be provided at a reasonable cost, the corporation  shall determine that question and thereupon the committee shall give effect to that determination -  - - 2i5 the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee shall secure that the water in any water works belonging to the corporation from which water is supplied for domestic purposes is wholesome -  - - power to supply water for nondomestic purpaes public gratuitous water supply z15 (1) the commissioner may supply' water for any purpose other than a domestic purpose on such terms and conditions consistent with this act and the bye-laws made :thereunder as may be laid down in this behalf by the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee on receiving a written application specifying the purpose for which, the ~uply is required an~ th6(quantity likely to be consumed (2) when an application under sub-section (1) is re'ceived, the comq'lissioner may subject to such charges and rat~s as may be fixed by the said committee, place or allow· to be placed the necessary pipes and water fittings of such dimensions and character as may be prescribed by bye-laws and may arrange for the supply of water through such pipes and fittings  - - - - - 221 (1) the commissioner, with the approval of the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee, may provide gratuitous supply of wholesome water to the public within delhi and may, for that purpose, erect public hydrants or other conveniences  - - - - power to lay service pipes, etc 222 (1) the commissioner mcl~' 13:' a m(lln whether \\ ~ without the local limits of the corpuration-,"; power to lay main~ (a) in any street; and (b) with the consent of every owner and occupier of not forming part of a street, in, over or on that land, and may, from time to time, inspect, repair, alter or renew lh ~--\'i\t any time remove any main so laid wh~ther by virtue of thi~, ~,  - ','\;1 or otherwise: provided that where a consent required for the purpo~ :'\:',~ sub-section is withheld, the commissioner may, after giving t~, ~:;~ or qccupier of the land a written nnt:ce of his intention so   ' ', ''''~' the main in, over or on that land even without such consent     223 (1) the commissioner may in any street whether  ~; '),,-,,, - without the local limits of the corporation ]av such servil"~' "," "1' with such stopcocks and other wat~r fittings a~ he may dcl', ,",,'~ ,",'~, sary for supplying water to premises and may, from time :t, t~", inspect, repair, alter or renew and may, at any time, remll'", - w'~ service pipe laid in a street whether by virtue of this seci:,'l\ '\, otherwise \'\1' -   -  2gb (r)                      -                                                                                                                                                                   "-    (3) the use, rent to be paid for such use, maintenance ~                                                                                    power of fng of meters shall be regulated by orders made by the de, w_ ~ommis: supp~ and sewage disposal committee in this behalf                                                  '                                                    ~~kt~o -                                iii                                                                -                                                                                              -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          meters ~; drainage and slrujeta(le if; ar" 239 (1) all public drains, all drains in,' alongside-or u~\' _ ' public street, and all sewage disposal works whether constn\\~,,-a "'·t dpu~bc , " "" rams, ' ' of the municipal fund or otherwise, and all works, mat~~~ - ti etc, to things appertaining thereto, which are situated in delhi shau ~~,~, vest in 'th~  corporation 1 the cor- j' -  - - poration  ,fqr tpe purposes of enlarging, deepenin~ or otherwt_ ~pf\l '  or maintaining any such drain or sewage disposal work ", "'"~ ' ,sub-s~il $pper~aining thereto as may be neces~ry fal' 'l\" ald ~'n'",,",nc!~  shall be deemed also to vest in the corporation,  - - "",  240 (l) all municipal drains, all sewage disposal works f\nd ii ~  ~- i d th' ta·· h h ii b " control ,  ,'wvfu, materia s an mgs apper ming t ereto s a e un"'1_ tit d ' , t i f h c ,  \0 0 rains " con ro 0 t e ommlssloner, nnd se-'~~'( (2) the commissioner shall maintain and keep in repair all 1\\\1 i wage dis '$<'~' cipal drains and sewage disposal works and when autho\,i""d ;: posal the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee "i' u y works  - e(~orijolr<ltion in this behalf, shall construct as many new dl'tlll''~ __ 'wm dispo~al works as may from time to time be necemi", i'y t, ~ 1 drainage and sewage disposal  nr - - - appointment o"f places for the emptying of drains and disposal of sewage disposaz of sewage 250 the commissioner may cause any or all of the municipal drains to empty into, and all sewage to be disposed of at, such place  or places as he considers suitable: provided that no place which has not been be'fore the commencement of this act used for any of tne purposes specified in this section shall, after such commencement be used therefor without the approval of the corporation: provided further that on and after such date as may be appointed' by the central government in this behalf no sewage shall be discharged into any water-course until it h1<; h~cn so treated as not to affect prejudicially the purity and quality of the water into whicl; it is discharged  - miscellaneous -  - bulk sup-259 the corporation shall be bound to supply to the new delhi ply of municipal committee and the military engineer services delhi water to cantonment, at the place or places at which immediately before the the new delhi commencement of this act the delhi joint water and s£"wage board municipal constituted under the delhi joint water and sewage board act, com-1926, used to supply water to that committee or those services or 23 of i926t mittee at such other place or places as may be agreed between the corand the military poration and that committee or, as the case may be, those services, engineer water in bulk up to the amount demanded by the said committee services or services or if their total demand is in excess of the available delhi can  supply up to such proportion as the corporation may on the recomtonment mendation of the delhi wab~r supply and sewage disposal committee, determine:  provided that the quantity of water supplied per ca'pita to the new delhi municipal committee by the delhi joint water and sewage board immediately before tli'e commencement of this act shall not be reduced after such commencement except with the previous permission of the central government 260 (1) the new delhi municipal committee and the military engineer services, delhi cantonment shall pay for the water supplied to them the actual cost o'f supply of such water at the rate in respect of each thousand gallons of water supplied (hereinafter referred to as "the final issue rate") calculated in the manner prescribed in this section (2) the final issue rate shall be calculated for each year after the accounts o'f the year have been closed bv dividing the amount of the total expenditure of the corporation during the year by the nqmber of thousand gallons of water supplied by the corporation new delhi municipal committee and the military engineer services to pay actual cost of supply to water during that year to itself and to the new delhi municipal com; mittee and the military engineer services (3) for the purpose of sub-section (2), there shall be taken into account such items o'f expenditure incurred by the corporation as may 'be determined by rules made by the central government in this behalf 261 (1) pending the calculation of final issue rate for any year, provisionpayments of water supplied during that year to the new delhi a1 col; municipal committee or the military engineer services shall be leet,ing blade provisio~ally at an estimated rate (hereinafter referred to as rate: "the col'lecting rate") (2) the collecting rate shall be calculated at the time of framing of the :budget estimates for the year by dividing the sum of the ,amount of the estimated expenditure of the corporation in that ~ear and of an addition of five per cent of that amount 'by the ~' ", number of thousand gallons of water estimated as likely to be sup'" ">, ljpj,ied, during that year  i, ,: (3) if any differem:e of opinion arises as to the supply of water !,"~'  '· ,<~obe estimated for the purposes o~ t~e ascertainment of the collect-;'', ' irtg rate, the decislon of the administrator thereon shall be final  i~': ~ ',1jj; :- j ~ (4) the new delhi municipal committee and the military engi  "~'r:"""_r,services :shall pay on demand after the close of each quarter ~~~r~:"",of each year the eost of the water supplied to them in that quarter ,", calculated at the collecting rate ·(s): r-lothing in this section shall preclude the corporation from ' , with the consent of the new delhi municipal committee military engineer services and in accordance with any order ,~y the ad;ministrator for advance payments by each such of the cost (calculated 4t the collecting rate) of such water as are likely to be supplied to each of them in or 'for such other period as may be determined by the if the final issue tate for any year exceeds the collecting final ael:ennir~ed for that year, the balance due shall be recovered settle ''rwip'n'w'r- the new delhi municipal committee or, as the case may be, ment of the military engineer services accounts l~l if the final issue rate is less than the collecting rate, the collection shall be refunded to the new delhi municipal or, as the case may be, to the military engineer ser-supply of 263 (1) for the purpose of measuring and recording the amount meters of water supplied to the new delhi municipal committee or, as the case may be, to the military engineer services, the commissioner shall affix meters at the points of junction between the communication pipes of the new delhi municipal committee, or as the case may be, of the military engineer services and the mains or pipes belonging to the corporation, and the cost of such meters shall be borne by the corpora tion (2) it snall be presumd until the contnuy is proved, that the quantity of water supplied through any connection is the quantity indicated by the meter affixed to that connection testing or 2&1 (1) if the new delhi municipal committee or, as the case meters may be, the military engineer services desire to have any meter tested, it may make an application in this behalf accompanied by a fee of two hundred and fifty rupees to the cdmmissioner and on receipt of such appplication and fee, the commissioner sha'll forthwith cause the meter to be tested at a lime and place of which due no~~ce sh;all have been given to the authority concerned (2) if the meter is found on being tested to be incouect, the commissioner shall be bound to replace or repair the same and to refund the fee paid under sub-section (i) together with such sum, if any, as is proved to the satisfaction of the commissioner to have been paid in excess by reason of the incorrectness of the meter 2~  (1) the corporation shall be bound to receive in bulk from the new delhi municipal committee all sewage delivered by that  sqw~~tte~ a~d ,to idispose of such sewagt:: disposal ofsewage of new delhi -il": - "pr9vided that the new delhi municipal committee shall not ejlecu,teany major work i:alculated to increase the normal discharge of sewage without the concurrence of the corporation (2) sewage received in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be the property of the corporation and any income derived from the sale of effluent or sludge shall be credited to the water supply and sewage disposal account of the' municipal fund (3) if any disagreement arises between the corporation and the new delhi municipal committee as to the effect of the execution ot any work or the doing of anything, the matter shall pe referred to the central government whose decision shall be final 268 (i) subject to the provisions of section 268 the total net new cost of the disposal of all sewage shall be borne by the corporation delhi and the new delhi municipal committee in such proportion as the munici- central government may, from time to time, determine p~lttecomt- ml e 0 (2) in determining the total net cost of disposal of all sewage pay cost there shall be taken into account such items of expenditure incurred of d1ls- f - pasa 0 by the corporation as may be determmed by rules made <by the sewage central government in this behalf manner 267 (i) the est~mated 'net co:;;t of the disposal of sewage increas- of payed by five per cent shall be payable on demand by the new delhi ment by municipal committee after the close of each quarter of each year the ~ew in accordance with the proportions determined under sub-section ~:~lci_ (1) of section 2~6 pal com-~: (2) if the sum so paid by the new delhi· municipal committee ;;~~e:r':' , in any vear exceeds or is less than the sum payable by it on the tion of basis of the actual cost as determined under section 266, the pay- cost of ments to be made by that' body in the folld-oting year shall be ad- disposal justed accordingly of se-w8le (3) nothing in this section shall precll;lde the corporation from arranging with the consent of the new delhi municipal committee and in accordance with any orders issued by the admini~trator for " advance payment by that committee of such portion of the cost  of the disposal of sewage as is likely to be bom~ by it insuch quarter r" or such other period as may be determined by the administrator   ,',,·'1  011'1, 268: (1) if any dispute arises between the corporation and the dis utes ~~' new delhi municipal committee or as the case may be, the military as,~  engineer services as to the liability of the said committee or services liability anv sum demanded by the corporation or as to the right of 'fol'; pay- i 'eonljti~ttee tip sernc~ to an, re'fana"or as to the' amount menu-to 'refund, from the cotporation, then, the new delhi municipal ~hlt~~,;, 1th1ilfifftab or, as the case may be, the military engineer services poration require the corporation to refer the matter in dispute to the :an1"-1 government and' the decision of the central government thereon shall be final: pnwided that, where the dispute relates to the liability of the  delhi municipal committee or, as the case ~av be, the'military ,,-(~gineer servi ces to make any payment to the  corporation, the' ,;\~   shaii be made to the corporation pending the decision 01   central government  ,fa} in making any such reference the corporation shad turnfsb central government and the new delhi municipal comor, as the case may he, the military engineer serviceb 8 fun  statement of the grounds of the dispute and the central government shall consider that statement together with a like statement received from the said committee or services within six weeks of the date of the reference 269 if the new delhi municipal committee or, as the case may be,· the military engineer services does not wi thin one month of the receipt of demand 'for any sum claimed by the corporation, pay such sum the administrator may, on the requisition from the corpc>ration in this behalf-summary recovery of sums due from the new delhi municipal committee or the military  engineer services (a) if the balances of the said committee or services are kept in the government treasury, order the officer incharge of the treasury to reduce the balances at the credit of the said committee or services by the amount of the ium due and pay that amount to the corporation, or (b) in any other case deduct the amount of the sum due· from any contribution oiswn payable by the central government to the said committee or services and pay the amount so deducted to the corporation 270 without the previous pennission of the central government, the corporation or the pelhi water supply and sewage disposal committee or the commissioner shall not-(a) give up any scheme of work approved by the delhi joint water and sewage board, or (b) give up or·siow down the execution of any work undertaken by the said board in pursuance o'f any such scheme - - - corporation not to give up certain works, etc, without permission of thecentral government work to  2t~ (1)·  -  - - bedone~ licensed plumber (5)· the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee may, from time to time, prescribe the charges to be' paid to licensed plumbers for any work done by them under or for any of the purposes of this 'chapter -  - - -   273 (1) no person shall-prohibition of certain acts (a) wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authonty of  the corporation, the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee or the commissioner, in setting out the lines of any works or pull up or remove any pillar, post or stake fixed in the ground for the purpose of setting out lines of such work, or deface or destroy any works made for the same purpose; or , - - - - {c) unlawfully obstruct ~h€' flow or, or flush, draw off, or divert, or take water from any water work belonging to the corporation or any water course by which any such water work is supplied; or (d) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw off, divert ur take sewage from any sewage work belonging to the corporation or break or damage any electrical transmission line main  tained by the corporation; or (e) obstruct any officer or other employee of the corporation in the discharge ot his duties under this chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with the means necessary for the making of any entry, in:;pection examination or inquiry tflereujjder in relatiun to any water or sewage work; or -  - - i, , '/  chapter xiii electricity supply274 in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions (a) the expressions "generating station" and "main transmi~sion line" have the same meanings as in the electricity (supply) act, 1948; (b)' the word "licensee" has the same meaning as in the' indian electricity act 1910  f 1910 :~, 275 (1) it shall be the duty of the delhi electric supply commit- functions tee to develop cud maintain an efficient, co-ordinated and economical in relation system of electricity supply for the whole of the union territory of ~ electri-delhi and for that purpose to take steps from time to time-- cl~y 1 iupp y (a) for generating or acquiring supplies of electricity; (b) for pf'uvid!ng supplies of electricity for licensees and persons other than licensees for whom immediately before the establishment of the corporation the delhi state electricity buard constitutpd under thl' electricity (supply) act 1948, was pro\·lding or competent to pro\'ide, such supplies under that act; and _,,=,;1 (c) for preparing and carrying out in accol dance with rules made in this behalf ~lhemes for the generation and supply of electricity: j ~~ ; , provided that without the previous permission of the central government the corporation or the delhi electric supply committee, or the general manager (electricity) shall not-(i) give up any scheme prepared ,:::1 sanctioned by the delhi state electricity board; or (ii) give up or slow down execution of any work undertaken in pursuance of any svch scheme (2) in the discharge of its functions in relation to electricity e'upply, the delhi electric supply committee shau, as far as practicable-(a) promote the use of all economical methods of generating", trlpls~~tting and distributing el€ctricity; (b) secure the development of supplies of electricity; (c) secure the exten!:"ion of supplies of electricity to areas without such supplies; (d) promote the standardisation of systems of supply and types of electrical fittings;  (e)_ promote the simplification aqd standardisation of methods of charge for suppl!es of electricity ',:-:l :'  'additional 21~ ,(1) the delhi electric supply committee may take steps in functions ac~ordance with the provisions of this act to manufacture, purchases in rehtion e'ell or let on hire on the execution of a hire purchase agreement or ' to electricity otherwise, any electrical machinery, control g~~,ftttihgs, wires or suppl] apparatus for lighting, heating, cooling or moijve power or for any other purpose for which electricity can or may be used, or any in-,11_i",,":t <dusuu '~l!' agtieultw1ll machil;lwy o~ated by elect~ic~~, and to ;,~ 'matall; eannec~ ,repair, maintaiq oj: remov~ '~\1ch m~~~~ryl cqnt(tr~l gear, fittings, w'ir~s, 01 apparatus and in res~t ~~eof d~and and take such remuneration or rent" and charges and make such terms and conditions as it deems fit (2) the committee may also maintain shops and show rooms for the display, sale or hire of machinery, control gear, fittings, wires or apparatus as aforesaid, conduct displays, exhibitions and demonstrations thereof and generally do all things, including advertising incidental to the saie or hire of such machinery, control gear, fittings, wires and apparatus and to the promotion and encouragement of the use of electricity (31: moneys received and expended in connection with any undertakings under this section shall be '-hown separately in the electric supply accounts 277 subject to the provisions of this act, the corporation shall corporation in respect of the whole of the union territory of delhi, have all the to have powers and obligations of a licensee under the indian electricity pobwlerst~ olga ions act, 1910, and this chapter [hall be deemed to be the licence of the of licensee corporation for the purposes of that act: under act provided that nothing in sections 3 to 11 of, or in clauses i to ix 9011910 of the schedule to, that act relating to the duties and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the corporation 278 (1) the delhi electric supply committee may take steps in powel' to accordance with ,the provisions of this act,-construct (a) to construct or acquire in any part of the union terri- or acquire tory of delhi subject to the provisions of t~e indian electricity :~n:,der act 1910, or of any other law for the time being in force, under- eto takings for the generation or supply of electricity and for electric traction, and enter into any agreement with any person for the ~ upply of electricity to or by the corporation; - (b) to construct buildings or works of every description necessary or desirable for the maintenance, operation and development of the delhi electric supply undertaking in any part of the union territory of delhi; (c) to purchase or take on lease or hire or otherwise &c-,;'r quire any movable prop~:ty or immovable property or any rights in any such proper~y in any part of the union territory o! delhi (2) the general manager (electricity) shall, on behah of the corporation, exercise all the pcwu': and be subject to all the obligations of a licensee under the indian electricity act, 1910, or any ':, ~~er law for the time being in force relating to the generation or , of electricity ;~ (1) for the purpcse of carrying out, renewing and repairing powel"-m·   in connection with th~ delhi electric supply undeftaldut c:arijihg-' manager (electricity) may in any pan of· the union ~t,,:~ 'il(ry of delhi, exercise the same powers as under the provisions mg :-' repa,nh," chapter xii the commissioner may exerci~e for carrying, out, re- works and repa;ring works relating to water supply or sewage dis-~bject to the same restrictions as are by this act impo$ed on exerci:e of such powers (i) when a work undertaken by the ~ne'ral manager (electri-'id~  r involves the opening or breaking up of any street, such work not be commenced and carried out except in cobsultation with commissioner or with such officrer as the commissioner mar 1tit!p'lplbte in this behalf zso (1) no bullding, wall or other structure shall be newly erected and no street or railway shall be constructed over, or in such a manner as to interfere with, any work constructed or maintained for the purposes of the delhi electric supply undertaking except with the written pennission of the general manager (electricity)  restriction on building and other acts interfering with the works of under_ taking (2) the general manager (electricity) may, with the approval of the delhi electric supply committee cause any building, wall or other structure, erected, or any street or railway constructed in contravention of sub-section (1), to be removed or otherwise dealt with as he deems fit, and the expenses incurred therefor shall be paid by the person or authority responsible and shall be recoverable from euch person or authority as an arrear of tax under this act power of 281 (1) the corporation may, on the recommendation of the corpora-delhi electric supply committee, enter into an agreement with any  tion to licensee within the union territory of delhi in regard to the purmake arrangechase or sale of ~lectricity and the price thereof or in regard to the mentswith purchase, operation or control of any generating station or main licensees transmission line and notwithstanding anything contained in any law or in any licenc~, memorandum of association or other instrument regulating the" constitution and powers of the licensee, it shall be lawful for the licensee to enter into and carry out any such agreement  " (2) in entering into an agreement under this ~tion the corporation shall not show any undue preference to any licensee restriction 282 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law on estafor the time being in force or in any licence, it shall not be lawful bu&hment for a licensee or any other person, except with the permission in of :pewtin writing of· the corporation granted on application made in this be-:::=:a 0: half, to establish or acquire a new generating station or to extend major or replace any major unit of plant or works pertaining to the geneadditions tl ration of electricity in a generating station or replacement of plant in generating stations (2) there shall be stated in every application for permission under this section euch particulars as the corporation may reasonably require of the station, plant or works, as the case may be, in respect of which it is made, and where permission is given thereto in acting in pursuance of such permisdon the applicant shall not, without the further permission of the corporation, make any material variation in the particulars so stated charges lor supply of electricity 283 subject to the provisions oi any law for the time being in force, charges shall be leviable for th~ supply of electricity by the corporation at such rates as may, from time to time, be fixed by the delhi electric supply committf'e with the approval of the corporation 284 the corporation shall be bound to provide bulk supplies of bulk electricity for the new delhi municipal committee and the military supply e· s' d lh' c h t't d d ofe]ectrlngml'er ervlces, e i ,ontonmf'nt up 10 t " nuan 1 v cman - '1 clty to ed by each of these authorities, or if the total demand is in excess the new (jf the available supply up to such proportion in the case of each of delhi these authorities as the corporation may with the approval of the municipal central government, determine, committee and military engineer services, delhi cantonment < ~  ~' • 285 the new delhi municipal committee or, as the case may be; t~ the military engineer services, delhi cantonm::nt, shall pay for the electricity supplied to it the actual cost of supply of such electricity at such rate or rates as may be determined by agreement between the corporation and the authority concerned: payment of actual cost of supply of electricity   /-'1 provided that in the case of any dispute between the corporation and any such authority as to the rate, the dispute shall be referred to : the central government who"e decision thereon shall be final :i~;, (1) the delhi state electricity beard constituted under the (supply) act, 1948, shall cease to function as from, and be ·deemed to be dissolved on, the date of the establishment of €drporation under this act dissolution of ,', the delhi state electricity board ,2) on the dissolution of the board-it  ·'  ·,· (a) the provisions of the electricity (supply) act, 1948, >','j:;' relating to state electricity boardc shall cease to have effect in :~t~~:' the union territory of delhi; and (b) the other provisions of that act shall have effect therein if the delhi state electricity board had never been constituted  chapter xlv transport services287 in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions (a) "road transport service'! means a ~'ervice carrying passengers or goods or both by road in vehicles for hire or reward; (b) "vehicle" means any mechanically propelled vehicle, used or capable of being used for the purpose of road transport, and includes a tram car, a trolley-vehicle and a trailor;  :to (c) woras and expre-sions used but not defined in this chapter and defined in the motor vehicles act, 1939, have the 4 of 1939 meanings assigned to them in that act functions in relation to transport services 288 it shall be the general duty of the delhi transport committee to take steps from time to time for providing or securing or promoting the provision of an efficient, adequate, economical and properly co-ordinated system of road transport services for passengers and goods in the urtion territory of delhi and in any area to which the operation of an, road transport rervice of the corporation has been extended (hereafter in th;s chapter referred to as "extended area") in the manner provided in section 292 and for that purpose-(a) to operate road transport services in the union territory of delbi and in any extended area; (b), to ~rovide for any ancillary service powers in 289(1) the delhi transport committee may take steps in accordrelation to ance with the provisions of this acttransport c;ervices (a) to manufacture, purchase, maintain and repair rollingstoclt; vehicles, appliances, plant, equipment or any other thing required for the efficient operation of the delhi transport undertaking; (b) to acquire in accordance with schemes prepared under this act either compulsorily in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf or by agreement, whether absolutely or for any period, the whole or any part of any transport service operated by any other person to the extent to which the activities thereof consist of the operation 'of road transport services or ancillary services in the unjon tetritory of delhi or in any extended area; (c) to construct buildings or works of every description necessary or desirable for the maintenance operation and dev~ lopment of the delhi transport undertaking; (d) to dispose of scrap vehicles, old tyres, used oils and any other stores of scrap value; (e) to purchase vehicles of such type as may be suitable for use in the road transport services operated under this act; (f) to purcha~e or otherwise secure by agreement vehicles, garages, sheds, office buildings, depots, land, workshops, equipment, tools, accessories to and spare parts for vehicles or any other article owned or possessed by any dealer or the owner of any other transport service; (g) to do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed for the purpose of the undertaking or the efficiency of the equipment necessary for the undertaking or of the manner in which that equipment is operated, including the provision of facilities for training, education and research; ,'-(h) to enter into and carry out agreements with any person carrying on business as a carrier of passengers or goods providing for the carriage of passengers or goods on behah of the corporation by that other person at a through fare or freight; , (i) to do all other things to facilitate the proper carrying on of the b\lsiness, of the undertaking (2) nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the t corporation or the delhi transport committee or the genet'al mana· ger (transport) except with the previous permission of the central government,- :  (4) to manufacture or maintain anything which is not required directly or indirectly for use for the purpose,qf the undertaking or to repair, store or provide' any service for, any r ,yehic1e which does not belong to the corporation or is not used ,directly or indirectly for the purpose of the undertaking; ;',g;'~ • ~~  ,  ,4:j!\ (b) tc;> purchase any vehicle for the purpose of sale to any ~ person, or to sell or supply to any person lubricants, spare parts a,~,· or equipment for, or accessories to, vehicles; :,-,~, (c) to let vehicles, on hire for the carriage of passengers or ~ save as expressly provided by or under this act the delhi transport committee shall, with the previous d1nwl' of the corporation and in the case of road transport service in any extended area also with the previous approval of the government of the state within which such extended area is situated, determine the fares and freights for the carriage of passen-~ers and goods in any road transport service operated under this act -preparation of scht:1w~' 290 with a view to developing road· transport services on any route or in any area within the union territory of delhi, the general manager (transport) may, from time to time, prepare schemes not inconsistent with this act for starting new road transport services or augmenting its existing road transport services on such route or in such area in which provision may be made for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(4) the purchase of chassis of motor vehicles or vehil!ps of a suitable type; (b) the making of arrangements for building suitable types of bodies for vehicles; (c) the erection of stands and sheds for pa~sengers and l goods; (d) the purchase of equipment, tools and spare parts for, and accessories to, vehicles; and (e) such supplemental incidental and consequential provisions as may appear necessary or expedient for any ,of the purposes aforesaid sanction of schemes 291 (1) the general manager (transport) shall, after a scheme has been prepared under section 290, obtain the advice of the delhi transport committee thereon and place the scheme with the advice before the corporation (2) the corporation may, after considering the advice so 'obtained either sanction the scheme without modifications or with such modiflcations as it may deem necessary or reject the scheme i'! 292 (1) if the general manager (transport) considers it to be expedient in the public interest to extend the operation of any of the road transport services to any area within another state he may, with the previous approval of the delhi transport committee and the corporaj~on, negotiate with the government of that state regarding the proposed extension (2) if the government of that state approves the proposed extension, the general manager (tran~port) shall prepare a scheme for the purpose and submit the same to the corporation for its approval through the delhi transport committee! extension of operation of the road trasport services of the corporation to areas within another state , ' 1~'\'" • (3) mter the scheme has been approved by the corporation, it shall be competent for the general manager (transport) to extend " the operation of the road transport service to such area and when ~ ,the ,ope~ation of such service is so extended, he shall operate the f   ~~,~"}' service in that a~ea su?ject to the p~~sions of any law in force ii" in the state withm which such area is situated, ~' "" ' 293 the general manager (transport) may, from time to time, power to alt!' i' or extend the ~~i~," alter or extend a scheme by a supplementary scheme prepared and sanctioned in the manner provided in the foregoing provisions of i'lk this chapter schpj1h's r~~'\""  294~ in carrying on the dplhi transport undertaking, the gpneral i:';:::" ·';t,;manager (transport) shall act as far as possible on business prin-"\  tffples , " ~ :; ,1';1, the undertaking tn be run on business principles, '" 295 the motor vehicles act, 1939 (in this section referred to applicathe said act) shall have effect subject to the following provisions, tlon of the provisions of the motor (a) the central government may, by notification in the vehicles official gazette, authorise subject to such terms and conditions, act, 1939 , ' if any, as it may deem fit to impose, any person to exercise and or} any s:'v: ru es  perform to the exclusion of the licensing authority, regis- made ', tering authority, motor vehicles inspector, traffic inspector, there-~,'regional transport authority or state transport authority, under to  'as the case may be, and without following the procedure laid vehicles , down for the purpose in the said act all or such of the powers, afo~e:~­functions and duties of the licensing authority, registering ~f the authority, motor vehicles inspector, traffic inspector, regional under-transport authority or the state transport authority under the taking, said act or under the rules made thereunder in relation to motor vehicles of the corporation and the drivers and conductors of those vehicles as may be specified in the notification; (b) the central government rna:v if it so thinks necessary, by order cancel, suspend or vary the conditions of any stage carriage contract carriage or public carrier's permit which has been granted or countersigned under chapter iv of the said ,act by any regional transport authority in the union territory ·,of delhi or by the state transport authority, delhi, and is "nlid within the whole or any part of that territory and any order so passed shall be final; (c) if the central government, by order in writing so directs, any regional transport authority within the union territory of delhi or the state transport authority, delhi, shall not grant, countersign or renew any permit under chapter iv of the said act other than a private carrier's permit; (d) the central government may, by order in writing, exempt the motor vehicles of the ccrporatioll or the employees of the undertaking from the provisions of the said act or of any rules made thereunder relating to the carrying of certificates of registration and fitness 296 the central government may, by order in writing, exempt all or any of the vehicles of the corporation from payment of any tolls or other charges leviable under any enactment for the use of the road within the union territory of delhi power 01 central government to exempt vehicles of the  corporationfrom payment of certain charges maintenance and repairs 01 portion of streets where tramway is laid 297 the general manager (transport) shall cause to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair ~o much of any street wherein any tramway is laid as lies between the rails of the tramway and where two tramways are laid in any street at a distance of not more than six feet from each other, the portion of the street between the tramways and in any case as much of the street as extends eighteen inches beyon4 the rails of, and on each side of, rf!p:t such ti1lmway  "  chap1'er xv streetsc10nstru c11ion , maintenance and improoement of stlleets 298 (1) - - - vesting of public strc:ts in the corporation (2) all public streets v~ting in the corporation shall be under the control of the commissioner and shall be mbintalded,· (:~trolled and regulated by him in accordance with the bye--laws made in this behalf 299 (1) the commissioner shall from time to time, cause all ~'unctlons public streets vfsted in the corporation to be levelled, metalled or ofc~m-  nussloner paved, channelled, altered or repaired, and may widen, extend or in respect otherwise improve any such street or cause the soil thereof to be of public raised, lowered or altered or may place and keep in repair fences itreets, and posts for the safety of fcot-passengers: provided that no widening, extension or other improvement of a public street, the aggregate cost of which will exceed five thousand rupees, shall be undertaken by the commi:sioner except with the previous sanction of the corporation (2) with the previous sanction of the corporation the commissioner may permanently close the whole or any part of a public street: :, "provided that before according such sanction the corporation \' shall by notice published in the manner rpecified bybye-iaws give , reasonable opportunity to the frsidents likely to be affected by such _closure to make suggestions or objections with re:pect to such closure , _ alid' 'shall consider all such suggestions or objections which may be ~'ffi~de \vtlhin one month from the date of the publication of the said ," , '  ~, ·~otice ~~~; j :)t\t~ ~ •• i;ii(,j' ,~aij" ,,', ~, : i  - - - ~~:"    ,",- ,t, '_';' ~"~'f301 the commis~ioner may at any time with the previous 54!lc~ fower to " , 'bon of the corporation,-make new ",,,  public  (4) layout and make new public streets; ttreets )i,"1&;:~o, tb) construct bridges and sub-ways; a:';iio!·· ~(c) turn or divert any existing public street; and i ; (d) lay down and determine the position and direction of j1tr:la"~t:  or streets in any part of delhi notwithstanding that no (easel for, the erection of any building in the vicinity has been ;jj - - - - :~  i '",'" venience to the public or to ensure quietness in any locality; !!:ee:!r_ (1) the commissioner may-power to prohibit (a) prohibit vehicular traffic in any public street or any use of , portion thereof so as to prevent danger, obstru~tion or incon- public i;,; "!\' j - - - - - ;~in kind " :: " "1' of traffic :::: provided that the conuniaeioner aball not take action without " '"iiiili'uon of the corporation in cases under clause (a) and wlthout the sanction of the standing committee in cases under clause (c) - - - - - 304 subject to the provisions contained in chapter x, the commissioner may- - - - power to acquire lands and buildings for public streets and for publ1c parking places (b) acquire in relation to any such land or building, all such land with buildings, if any, thereon as the corporation may think expedient to acquire outside of the regular line, or of the intended regular line of such street; - - - - - 305 (1) the commissioner may define a line on one or both sides of any public street in accordance with the bye-laws made in this behalf and may, with the previous sanction of the corporation, redefine at any time any such regular line: defining the regular line of streets provided that, before according sanction the corporation shall by public notice afford reasonable opportunity to the residents of premises abutting on such public street to make suggestions or objections with respect to the proposed redefined line of the street and shall consider all such suggestions or objections which may be made within one month from the date of the publication of the said notice: -  -  - (3) no 'person shall construct or reconstruct any building or a portion thereof or any 'boundary wall or other structure whatsoever within the regular line of a street except with the written permission of the commissioner: provided that if within sixty days after the receipt of application from any person for permission to construct or reconstruct a boundary wall or a portion thereof, the commissioner fails to take steps to acquire the land within the regular line of the street in accordance with section 308, then, that person may, subject to any vther provisions of this act and the bye-laws made thereunder, proceed with the work of construction or reconstruction of such boundary wall or portion thereof - - - - - (6) all such registers shall be open to inspection by any person on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the commissioner with the sanction of the standing committee - - - - - 308 if any land, whether open or enclosed, not vesting in th~ corporation and not occupied by any building is within the regular line of a public street or if a platform, verandah, step, compound acquisition of open land and land wall~ hedge or fence or some other structure external to a building occupied abutting on a public street or a portion of such platform, verandah, by platstep, compound wall, hedge, fence or other structure is within the forms, regular line of such street the commissioner may, after giving to etc, the owner of the land of building not less than seven clear days' within the notice of his intention so to do, take possession on behalf of the lregularr   , me 0 corporation of th,e said land with its enclosmg wall, hedge or fence street, if any, or of the said platform, verandah, step, compound wall, hedge, fence or other structure or of any portion thereof which is within the regular line of the public street and, if necessary, clear the same and the land so acquired shall thereupon be deemed to be i~, ~ part of the public street and shall vest in the corporation: ,  provided that where the land or building is vested in the union , or a state the commissioner shall not take possession thereof with-:' out the previous sanction of the central government i{, - ,:', 309, (1) where a land or building is partly within the regular acquisif land remaining after the excision of the portion within' the said remauung ,,',>nne will not be suitahle or fit for any benefici,al use, he may, at the ::id~~a  _ request of the owner, acquire such land in addition to the land with- and lan~ ~"in' the said line and such surplus land shall be deemed to be a after their ~'" part of the public street and shall vest in the corporati,m portions ~' , wittujl a - -   regular line of ~ street have been acquired -  '  concerning execution of works in or near to' streets" - -  (z) no person other than the commissioner or a or other municipal employee shall, without the "'''-ir&'iji&loliiiiun of the commissioner-- munici- st t  ree s written not to be opened or broken up ilnd (a) open, break up, displace, take up or make any altera- building tion in, or cause any injury to the soil or pavement or any wall, materials fence, post, chain or other matelial or thing forming part of any not to be t deposited s reet; or th ereon without    ~~~ sion  naming and numbering of streets and numbering of buildings 327 (1) the commissioner may-naming and numbering of streets (a) with the sanction of the corporation, determine  the name or number by which any street or public place vested in the corporation shall be known; (b) cause to be put up or painted at a conspicuous part of any building, wall or place, at or near each end, corner or entrance of such street or on some convenient part of such street, the name or number by which it is to be known; - (c) cause to be put up or painted on boards of suitable size the name of any public place vested in the corporation; (d) determine the number or sub-number by which any premises or part of such premises shall be known and cause such number or sub-number to be fixed to the side or outer door of such premises or to some  place at the entrance of the enclosure thereof - - - prevention of dangerous diseases  - - - 372 (z)  - - - - removal to hospital (2) the corporation shall if required by the central government of pa~ents ereet an infectious diseases hospital of such type and dimension as suffermg  from datl- that government may direct gerous disease - - -  special 376 (1) in the event of delhi or any part thereof being visited measures or threatened by an outbreak of any dangerous disease among the in ~ inhabitants thereof or of any: epidemic disease among any animals of~~!:·':: therein, the crmm'ss:ort'r, ff he thinks that the other provisions of :=er'!us this ~ct and the provisions ,of any other law for the time beij?g in or epi-jorce are insufficient for the purpose, may, with the previous sancdemic tion of the corporation,-diseases (a) take such special measures, and (b) by public notice, give such directions to be observed by the public or by any class or section of the public, as he thinks necessary to prevent the outbreak or spread of the disease: provided that where in the opinion of the commissioner immediate measures are necessary, he may take action without such sanction as aforesaid and if he does so, shall forthwith report such action to the corpora tion - - -  chapter xx markets, slaughter houses, trades and occupation s maintenance and regulation of mcrkets and slaughter houses405 (1) the commissioner, when aujborised by the corporation provision in this behalf, may provide and maintain municipal markets and °if m1uni-,  , cpa slaughter houses in such number as he thinks fit together with stalls, markets shops, sheds, pens and other buildings and conveniences for the use and of persons carrying on trade or business in, or frequenting such mar- slaughter kets or slaughter houses and may provide and maintain in any such houses markets, buildings and places machines, we,ights, scales and measurer for the weighment or measurement of goods !!ioid therein  - - - - - 408 (1) the commissioner may charge such fees as hethinksftt conditions of grant of licence for private markel, l~ impose for the grant ofa licence to any person to open a private ,market and may grant such licence subject to such conditiors, con-,isten,t with this act and any bye-laws made thereunder, as he thiriks (oj , - , -fl~ to impose, - - - - -  chapter xxi1(,  ," ,-, imprq,re_ m~o-;!be 9chejj¥\  ,!j,/\, if v' )i ~u5 where the commissioner upon information in his p088es~~~ ·sitisftecf'as respects any area-" '!>;n' " ~  '; , ,,~) ,'j"''-''- r , i' ['  , ~ (4) that the buildings in that area are by ,reasoa-7,et disrepair or sanitary de~cts unftt for human babitatfon or are by reason of their bad arrangement, or the narrowness a or bad arrangement of the streets or the want of light, air, ven-'~' wation or proper conveniences, dangerous or injurious to the " ' l: health of the inhabitants of the area; and '~,-~ (b) that the most satisfactory method of dea~ing \vitli the ,r:t,conditions in the area is the re-arrangement and reeonstrueflon :_ of the streets and bufldinw; in the area in accordance with an  julprovement scheme; , ,  i -  frame an improvement scheme in resp!ct nf the lrel :in dc:1an - , widl the bye-laws ljlade in this heh~lf 421 (1) an improvement aeme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-matters to be providedlfor in an improvemen,  scheme - - - - p' ,  ' 3,m ,~~tlie~'tnat ta- for which, in the opinton of thblcom-" nlil$ionerr; , ~ \ t~'to· mad- pn9bton wi~ ii ,  , to- ~ 1m~vw!m~' oll,!tlte, l~ea ,to wtiittl: the scheme mat ,~' ' :-':!!  (~) wher • an;v  rand' fsdesignated in an improvemem scheme as ,su1?je6t to:fcciui~~9~"~' is '~~ by, t~ ~e' ttli_t',1ie~  ~ ope~ : sp,i1~~ ,nten'l tr, ~, t~e' ~fi1ttic)1l' of·ten yeais' ~ ·the~d8terof sanction of {lie s~rie~ by t'ftl!'t~errtrai gtrvel1m'1t!nt tm~ts1l1t-seetbin (2) of sectibn 4~, the land is nofotacquired by the commissioner, the owner of the land may serve on the commissioner a notice requiring ·fl;s,bi~ ill th~laljd:=~",'so,~uired~') 't inj~m '," '" i', , "," ' • 1 : ;,1>'/" l:iu!+(lfj (;a, j;£~]~,,,l~'~" " ''  "(3rii'~c~~:1aijs 'ttvaeliufre tlltdind wi~·":~ tfrsflc: ,:dlollth8fpg-u¥ ,~:oft ,tpe, notic~, the impj:ovem~nr 'scbeme shall have effect after the expiration of the said six mortthi'as ,if the land were not designated as subject to acquisition by the commissioner or wer~ not required to" be kept as an o~n space,·,  si1bdiia-~r (1) every improvement, scheme shall, as soon as may be sion of, aftef'ft1iais"j)ee;h": 6dmed,  a by the comhiissioner' for  , =::1', a~r!pvai,to 'tlle' cotporatfonand the ·corporation may; ,either approve seh,rn 1d~~  twitjj1sacll mod,,~~s it to ~:!!,:  - may corullder necessary orreleet'tlte'wcheme witlt~tf_,~,t~ corpora-commissioner to have it fresh scheme framed according to such tion for 'diretcftms , ~',' approval _ and to the central - - - - it  government for sanction rehousing scheme 428 the commissioner while framing an improvement scheme ~e~~ cll lij)ter,~w;~, ar~:ql"1 ,alsofra,m~,'a ~~e~~rqt~~eafter in this, ¥; referred to as ,the rehousidg: sclieniel ~or iil~' ~jlitruction, maintenance and management of ~_ add, ~,~~1'~~ding6 as be may consider necessary for providing accommodation for per-"""'~~~ 1l4~; to 'be;dispj,~~ by ~e executi~n ot,th,e i~l)rov~-ment 8cdeme "  :t ht'  ' - - -  g: :",' ::, ': '  chapter xxii powers, procedure, offences and penalties•• (1) licences and written permissions - -  - (2) except as otherwise provided in this act or any bye-law signature, madethclblu1qm:, for every such licence or written permission a conditions, fee may be charged at such rate as may from time to time be ftx~d duration, by the commissioner with the sanction of the corporation and such s~pen-sion, refee shall be payable by the person to whom the licence or written vocation, permission is granted etc, of - - - - licedces - and writted permls-entry and inspection siods '~' ~'c3~er, the genefal manager (elect1:~city:) or tb~ powers of general'lllnager (transport) or any municipal officer or other mwu':' entry ~d cilflli~te1fe& wthoi'ised in thiabebtuf b, lu\y of the aforeaai~ inspection municipal authorities or empowered in this behalf by or under a~y provision of this act, may enter into or upon any land or building with or without assistants and wf>rkmen-- -   (b) tor the purpose of ascertaining whether or not circumstanees e::l!:~st which would authorise or require the commi&-'tifilti@y:' the"~neral manager (eleotrieity) or the general mana-"(t'11utspc)rt), or any mllfticipal -oftlcer or employee au~ ~~~tihp[)\\tle!te:d' in tbw behalf uj,take any action 01' execute any ·~"'6'" this act or any bye-law made therewuier; - - - (e) generally for the purpose of efficient discharge of the functions by any of the municipal authorities under this act or any bye-law made thereunder i> " ; i", ~~'~,:ql (1) the commissioner, the general manager (electricity) powerto ~ ,the general manager (transport) or any person authorised in en~ 1~ \bis behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authoritielt or emadjo~ , , his b hub d   f tho a" land in ' ~~eq in tea y or un er any provlslon 0 is e, may relation ~ act \vith or without assistants and workmenfmo the par- work ' " jl·~· ~f:positing thereon any soil, gravel, stone or other-matlriall ~~~ access to such work or for any other pupposes con-~~;:qa iuly land within fifty yards of any work authorised by or to any i< '\idtb the ex:ecut,ion of the same \ -'a!· - - - breakini 433 (1) it shall be lawful for the commissioner, the general mto bui' d- manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or any ints person authorised in this behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities or empowered in his behalf by or, under any provision of this act, to make any entry into any place, and to open or cause to be opened any door, gate or other barrier-(a)  if he considers the opening thereof necessary' for the purpose of such entry; and ' (b) if the owner or occupier is absent qr being present refuses to open such door, gate or barrier  ,  (2) before making any entry into any such plice or opening or causing to be opened any such door, gate or other barrier, the commissioner, the general ~ger (elect~city) or the general manager (transport) or the person authorised or empowered in this behalf, shall call 'ripon fwo'ot more respectable·idha~tants-; q~th~,lqca­lity in which the place to be entered into is situate, to witness the entry or opening and may issue an order in writing to them or any of them so to do   - - - -  437 no person shall obstruct o~ j:llolest any person authorised or t!mpowered by or under uris,act qr any person with whom the corporation or any of the municipal authorities s~ified ,41 8ec;u~n ~ has lawfully contracted,mthe executio,ll o~ his, duty or 'of, anything which he is authorised 0;1' empowered or requir~ to do by, virtue or in consequence of any of the provisions of this act or any' bye-law made thereunder~ or in fulfilment of his contract, as the case may be pl'obibition of obstruction or molesta_ tion in ex:ec:ution qrwork  public notices and advertisements438 every public notice given under this act or any bye-iaw made thereunder shall be in writing under the signature of any of public notices how to be made )fnown ~he following appropriate municipal authorities, that is to say, the commissioner or the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or of any municipal officer authorised in thjs behalf by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities, and shall be widely mad~ ,known in the locality to be affected thereby,' by aftbddg copies thereof in conspicuous public places within the said locality ur by publishing the same by beat of drum or by advertisement in local newspapers or by any two or more of these means and by any other means that the appropriate municipal authority may think fit' 439 whenever it is provided by this act or any bye-law made tolewsthereunder that notice shall be given by advertisement in local papers in newspapers, or that a notific~tion or info~mation shall t>e published ::~~~8e­in local newspapers such notlce! notification or information shall be menu or inserted, if practicable, in at least three newspapers in such langu- notices to ages as the corporation may from time to time specify in this behalf: be published provided that if the corporation publishes a municipal journ(ll, a publlcation in that journal shall be deemed to' 'be a publication in a news~per of the~nguage in which the said journal may be published " evidence " , 440 whenever under this act or any rule, regulation or bye-law proof of made thereunder, the doing of, or the omission to do,any~hing or consent, " t);le: valldi~ of anything depends upon the approv~, sbn<:tjod, con-- etc, of ~ sent; concurrence, declaration, opinion or satisfaction of the commis-~ommi8-,  810ner, ~" dh~,the ~ral manager (electricity), or th  geperal mana- general ,!« ger '(transport) or of any municipal officer, a written document managen, signed by any such municipal authority or officer pulporiing to con- etc, vey or set forth such approval, sanction, consent, concurrence, dec-,,;>; laration, opinion or satisfaction, shall be sufficient evidence thereof notices~ etc   ' - - , - , ", ,n "ii  ',',' , " ' , ,,'  ' (i) ~erylicence, written permisaiod, notice,; but, sum- signature :ifibtibr 'dbctiment which is required by tbja;act or any' rule, on notices,! ~lijrwmwow :6r'by~law made thereunder to bear the signature 'if etc, me, , codullusllioller' 0'" the general manager (electricity) or the be stamp-~nei':al manager' (transport) or of any municipal oftlcer, &hall be ed -  , to be properly signed if it bears a facsimile of the signa-~~: 'ure of any such municipal authority or officer, as the case may ~,~ be stamped thereupon  - - - - -" ~'~ ",443- all notices, bills, summonses and other documents requir- noticea ::,, fro by this act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made, thereunder etc) tj1 ~'a~ served upon, or issued to, any person, shall be' served or is- whom, ~/i qy municipal officers or other municipal employeea or by to be ~:;;t>b',  ,~ods authorise~ by any of the following appropriate mum-=- or 1~";';:' , authoriues, that is to say, the commiuioner, the : geaeral (~;;;~aer (electricity) or the general manapr (transport) notices, etc, service of' 444 (1) every notice, bill, summons, order, requisition or other document required or authorised by this act or any rule, regulation or bye:law made thereunder to be served or issued by :or ()il behalf of 1he corporation, or by any of the municipal authorities s~cifi~ in seat ion 44 or any municipal officer, on any person mall, sate'88 otherwise :provided 'in ,this act or such rule, :regwatidn or bye-law, be deepted to be duly served-(a) where, ,the person 'to be served is a coriipany-,'u 'the document i~- addressed 'to the secretary of the compai:l,yat' its registered o1ftce or at its principal office or place of bui;mess and is either-- (i) sent by registered post, or - - - , po:ymem of compensation, " ', , general powt>r to pay cold-pensation ~'aoane&1y c8sei nt ~tjmpwise provided fw in! tl:dsll$liihin~y bye:law 'made tltete~r,' the'·~ with the ',p~1i&' approval of the standing cgdllllittee, or with respect 18 ·matial8:m'" ting to the delhi 'wllter 'supply and sewage dispus81 u'lldartakiag' with the previous 'appro'fa'l of the delhi water supply  ami sewage conipensatiozrto be,aidby offendera for damage caused by them !)isposalcdmdiinee~ ·tju~\ <llen:eral mana~r (electricityo ~, ,tee general m\'ititfget' ('!fran~t) with the previdus ~apt-dvti"respeo­lively of the delhidec1tic supply committee and ,the jdejhi't-ansport committee, may pay compensation to any person who sustains damage by reason of the ejce1tisl! of any of the powers vested by this act or any bye-law in the ccmrnissioner or ~ general managers or in any municipal officer or other municipal employee ':! ,," ':;"" ,,: '_ :,  >' c, ( ) '_,; til (1) anvperil)ft,wl\o';has:qeen convicted: of au,o_e,~~~ this actor aay bynaw made ,thereunder shall"potwitlja~apdina an;y punishment to which he may have been sentenced far ,~esaid ofiedice, be liable 1io pay such compensation for any dama,ge to the propert, of ,the col"plejl'ation resulting from the saidj o1ilence, as the aprpropriat-e m~nicipal authority may consider ~easollable - - - - - 453 (1) where, in any case nl7t provided for ~ section 452, the corporation or any municipal authority or any municipal officer or o~~ ,pludicipal employee is req\lired bi this act or by any byelaw: made thereunder to pay any expenses or ,any comj'en-application to the court of the dibu'iet judt'':f1'l: ' other'~  · ~iqo, ~~gunt to be so paid and if necessary, th~, ~pporti9nrilent qt' the ~,~, in case of dispute, be determin¢d by fbe court of~ qis~f ~\l4~ of delhi odapplicatiod;,ha~'~_~de,to, it cas&~r:'}; -  ; -' fftl,~ p~se at~~ ,time within one year from the dat~ wben , such ~,~ cg~~iqn first became claimable ' , ,;    ', offences and penaltiel - - - - - 462 any councillor or alderman, or any member, not being a punitsfh-, ,  men or councillor or an alderman, of the delhi electric supply committee, acquidng the delhi transport committee the delhi water supply and sewage ~hare or dispo~al committee or of any other committee of the corporation, interest in who knowin,gly acquires, directly or indirectly any ~hare or interpst codtr~ct, in any contract made with or any work done for, the corporation ~~-;~~ not jbetng a share or interest such as under section 9 itd; permissi- poratiod ble for a councillor'to have without bein~ thereby disqualified for being a councillor or an alderman, and the commissianer;the general mamger (electricity), the general manager (transport) or, nny municipal officer or other municipal employee who knowlllgl, aco quires, directly or indirectly, any share or inter'ea in any eqqhact made with, or 8jliy 'work done for, the corporation not wf:qi' share o 'or interest sueh as under clause (i) of sub-seetioa (1) of section 9 or su\)clauims (ii) and (iii) of clause (c) ot ~ (2} of that section it is permissible for a councillor or an alderman to have, ~;-{,i ; iwiukmt beibg ,thnaby di&qualified for being a ~~iw>r, : lor an :' alciennan, shall be- deemed to have committed the offen~ made puni- " mable-under section 168 of the indian penal code '" 6t ~,; - - - -  ;,  ,  i"!" i!~ 487 save as otherwise provided in this act, 'nb eourt shall pro- prosecu-~'ceed to the trial of any offence made punishable by 61" under this tions , except on the co'm'plafnt of, or upon information )leeel_ from, of t~e followhig appropriate municipal authorities, that is to the comm1molm", the' general manaqe; (electricity) , the manager ('pransport) ttr a person authorised by any of them 'a general or spedal order in this behalf ~t~ 4g8 (1) any of the following appropriate muni~ipal authorities coniposl-~t  tn say, the cunj]lissioner,the general m,anager (eiectrtcity;, tiod of ~tbo·,genreal manager (transport) or any personauthor'sed by any offences 1// of them by general 01' special' order in this behalf, may, either before ,~ or after the institution of the proceedings compound any offence ~",made punishable by or under this act: provided that ne offence srall be compoundable which is com-, liiiilittt!d by failul'e to comj!lly with a notice, oroar a ~tfon issued  "ion behalf of the corporation or of"any of u-e ~cipal au-uwlrislt specified in section 4f unless and until the same' bas been _nplltd with 80 far as the compliance is ~ble  - - - -   ,,  complaint concernin, nuisances and procedure therefor magistrate 'cind proceedings before magisf10ates - - 473 (1) the commissioner, the general manager (electriclty) or the general ~ger (transport) or any municipal oftlcer or other municipal employee authorised by any of the aforesaid municipal authorities, in th~ behalf or any person who resides or owns property in delhi, may complain to a municipal magistrate of the existence of any nuisance (2) upon the receipt of any such complaint the magistrate, after mnkfri~ such inquiry as he thinks necessary, may by written order direct the' person responsible for the nuisance or the owner of the land or building on which the nuisance has taken place, to take such measures as to 'such magistrate may seem practicable and reasonable and within such period as may be specified in the order, for abatfn~, " ':preventfng,  removing orremedymg such nuisance and, may direct any of the appropriate municipal authorities to put tnto foree any o( the provisions of tbis act or any bye-l~w made thereunder  - - - - - (5) if the person ,directed to take action by an order under subsection (2) or sub-seetfon (3) fails to do, so within the period !'pecified in the order, the commissioner or any other appropriate municipal authority may on the expiry of the said period proceed to take action as' directed in the order' or may take such other measures to abate prevent, remove or remedy the nu;sance as he considers npcesorv; 'and all expeilses incurred in that connection -shall be ,  " re'co~rable from the person' against whom the magistrate has made  tlle' nrderas an arrear of tax under this act duties of police officers power to 1datltute, etc, ]ela'   proceed- :,-inpand obtaid iep)t'ficc - ' - - - powen and duties of police officers - - - - - 475 it shall be the duty of all police ofticers to give immediate information to the commissioner or any other appropriate munfcioal authority of the commission of or the attempt to commit anv offence against th~s act or any rule, re~atton or bye-law made thereunder and to assist ad municipal ofticers and nth@r -munfefpel employees in the exercise of their lawful authority legal proceedings 478  (1) the commissioner may-- - - - -  , '(e) cfefend, any suit or otlier l@gal proeeeding bttjagltt 'against tbe corporation or a~afnst the commiufonf!!' or a munf- : clpaj oftic@r ~r othf!!' municipal employee in respect of anythtnll' j ,done or on'li~ to ~ done by anyone "f tham ttl "h aile'''' j capacity  :i (f) with the approval of the standing committee, admit or oompeomise any claim, suit or other legal proceedillg brought against the corporation or against the commissioner or any municipal officer or other municipal employee in respect of anything done or omitted to :be done as aforesaid; (g) withdraw or compromise any claim against any person in respect of a penalty payable under a contract entered into with such person by the commissioner on behalf of the corporation; - - - - (i) obtain such legal advice and assistance as he from time to time thinks necessary or expedienf-to obtain or as he may be recjluired by the corporation or the standing co~t~e~ to obtain, for any of the purposes mentioned in -the ~oregoing clauses or for securing lawflll ex~cise or discll~,ie of ;lny vower or duty vesting in or iijl1">sed upcm ad)' liljulicipji jluthority or any municipal officer or other municipal ~mployee (2) any reference in sub-section (1) to the commissioner shhli be construed-(a) in relation to any matter specified in that sub-section pertaining to the delhi electric supply undertaking as a reference to the general manager (electricity); (b) in relation to any such matter pertaining to the delhi transport undertaking, as a reference to the general manager (transport)  ;  477 no suit or prosecution shall ~ ~n~rtail)4'!d ~p ,~n'y, (:ourt protection t against the corporation or against any municipal authority or against of actiod f,any municipal oftloer or other municipal employee or against any of the, ('_ nhn ,j +h ,j di + f  ·  1 th corpora-,; n~qjlil,g un\;le,r ~ e~~~r ,or rec~l@ 0 any pl1101q au 0- tion, etc ~jity'fqi $lvmunioipal o~cer or other m~ ~ploy,ee, !cor any-"jb1ng w~ch isin ~ faith done or intended to ~ done, ,under this act or any rule, regulation or bye-law made there\,loder notice to be given of suits y:'''n 4(2) 'no suit shall :be instituted against the ,coipqi'ation or against any municipal authority or against any municipal otilcer or oihe,r municipal employee or against any person acting under the order or direction of any municipal authority or any municipal officer or other municipal employee, in respect of any act done, or pur-pqliing to have been done, in pursuance of this act or any rule, re-~or bye-law made thereunder, until the exp;ration of two ~;' 1, g has also been delivered to him 01' left at his, office or ~, ' of residence, and unless such notice states ewplieltly the cause ~i!!'' tha after notice in writing has been left at the municipal office :  ' in t:pe case of such offi~er, employ~e or person, u~less notice ~;~,actton, the nature of the relief sought, the amount· of com pen--": ~, sat ion claimed, and the name and place of residence of the intending plaintiff, and unless the plaint contains a statement that such notic? has been so let or delivered - - - - - chapter xxiii  -   rules, rj!'gulations and bye-laws - - -    480: (1)  (2) no regulation made by the corporation under this act shall have effect until it has been approved by the central government and published in the official' gazette supplemental provisions respecttng regulations powe'f to make bye-laws 481 (1) subject to the provisions of this act the corporation may, in addition to any bye-laws which it is empowered to make by any other provision of this act, m~e bye-laws to ~rovide for all or any of the following matters,' namely: ~      i a bye-laws relating to taxation(1) the maintenance of tax books and registers 1?y~ei<;:om­missioner and the particulars which such books and registers should contain; -  -   b bye-laws relating to water supply, drainage and sewage disposal       c bye-laws relating to electric supplyall matters relating to the conduct and management of the delhi electric supply undertaking;   d bye-law relating to trcinsport sennce ,',(1) the issue of passes to the councillors and aldermen and to the employees employed in connection with the a1fafn of the delhi transport undertay'g and the conditions subject to which  such passes may be isip~ed; (2) the grant of refund in respect of unused tickets and concessional passes; (3) the disposal of unclaimed articles and property and the period after the expiration of which such unclaimed articles bnd property may be sold by public auction or otherwise; (4) the regulation of the carriage of passengers and goods in the road transport services of the undertaking including the levy and collection of fares and charges for such carriage; (5) any other matter relating to the conduct and management of the delhi transport undertaking; ' - - - - - breaches of byelaws 482 (1) any bye-law made under this act may provide that a penalty contravention thereolshall be punishablefor - - - - - (c) with fine which may extend to twenty rupees for every day during which the contravention continues, after the receipt of a notice from the commissioner or any municipal officer duly authorised in that behalf, by the person contravening the byelaw requiring such person to discontinue such contravention: provided that a contravention of any bye-law relating to the road transport services may be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to fifteen hundred rupees, or with both - -  - '  - - - - 483 (1) - supple-(2) the central government in approving a bye-law may make mental any change therein which appears to it to be necessary ~~~;,:~ (3) the central government may, after previous publication of hye-laws ~:¥\' !nten~on canc~l any bye-law which it has approved', and'thereupon the bye-law shall cease to have effect - - - - -  chapter xxivcontrol  -' : _~, 4&5 the central government may at any ~e require the com- power of : i,rl;l'~ ~lrrt} central  ,    ,' il·' t- , govern":' ,  ! " ?til/h, ' mentto :'''1  , - r , ' , ' •• _ i~ r 4" ~ -i , (b) to fumish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account require or statistics relating to the proceedings, duties' or works of the produc- corpc1ration or any of the municipal authorities; =u~t - - - - - ments ~~"'~" 486 the central government may depute any person in the ser- inspec-~" ce of government to inspect or examine any municipal department tion ~or office or any service or work undertaken by the corporation or :a,ny of the municipal authorities or any property belonging to the ,borporation and to report thereon and the corporation and every  li\~cipal authority and all municipal officers and other municipal  shn be bound to alford the penon so deputed  t :' "'sonable times to the premises and properties of the corpora-, t· 'add to all records, accounts and other documents the inspection ;:~-:~ <~e may consider necessary to enable him to discharge his 487 (1) if, whether oil receipt of any information or report ob· tained under section 485 or section 486 or otherwise, the! central government is of opinion-directions by centr,,] government (a) that any duty imposed on the corporation or any municipal authority by or under this act has not 'been perfoi'ldfd or has ~een performed in an impedect, insufficient or unsuitable manner, or (b) that adequate financial provision has not been made for the perfotrtiat1ee of tny such duty, ' it may direct the corporation or the municipal authority concerned, within such period as it thinks fit, to make arrangements to its satisfaction for the proper performance of the duty, or, as the case may be, to make financial provision to its satisfaction for the per· formance of the duty and the corporation or the municfpal authority coneehied ihall ~ly mth fjueh ditection: provided, that unless in the opinion of the central government the immediate execution of such order is necessary, it shad before making any direction under this section give the corporation or the municipal authority concerned an opportunity of showing cause why such direction should not be made (2) without prejudice td the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) the central government may at any time issue to the municipal authorities concerned directions in relation to the management, of the delhi electrie stipply undertaking or th~ ~ihi transport undertaking or the delhi water supply and sewage diiposal undertaking or in relation to any question of pollcy concerning any 'such under~aking; and the municipal authorities concerned shall comply with such directions (3) in case of any difterence of opinion as to what is a question of policy the decision of the central government shall be final - - - 489 (1) the central government may give the corporauon all power of central such directions as it considers necessary in respect of subjects, cum· governcula, text books, standards and methods of teaching in-primary ment to schools vested in the corporation or maintained wholly or partly by 'ive ~rec- <trants paid out of the municipal fund and in respect at such other tlonsm ••  relation to ma~ters as that government considen necessary and the corporation primary shall comply with all such di~tions schook, ~tc'                                    -                                                          -                                                                           -                                                                                                   -                                                                                                                         - (3) the central government, after considering the report of inspection made by such officer, may give the corporation such dh:ections as it considers necessary and the corporation shall comply with stich directions -1!10 (1) if, in the opinion of the central government, the cor-supcl'sesporation is not competent to perform, or persistently makes default sion of the in the performance of, the duties imposed on it by or under this cu,orporal on, act or any other law or exceeds or abuses its powers the centra government may by an order published, together with a statement of the reasons therefor, in the official gazette, declare the corporation to be incompetent or in default or to have exceeded or abused its powers, as the case may be, and supersede it for such period as may be specified in the ,order : provided that before making an order of supersession -as aforesaid reasonable opportunity shall be given to the corporation to show cause why such order of supersession should not be made - - - -  chapter xxv miscellaneous •- - - 493 a copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order or admissiother document or of any entry in a register in the possession of any hility of municipal authority shall, if duly certified by' the legal keeper document j~ereof or other p~on authorised by the commissioner in this be- :re:~ e, ; half, be admissible' in evidence' qf the' edrtence of the document 01' f':"'~try, and shall ~ admitted as evidence 6f the matters and transacif, '" tions therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent to which, the original document or entry would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters and transactions - - - - - 495 no person shall obstruct or molest the corporation or any probibimunicipal authority, the mayor or the deputy mayor, any councillor tion or aldermen or any person employed by the corporation or any against  - person with whom the commissioner has entered into a contract on t~trucf -beh ion 0  , au of the corporation, in the performance of their duty or of mayor or  , anything which they are empowered or required to do by virtue or any jaum': ~id consequence of any provision of this act or of any rule, regula- clpaj '  lion or bye-law made thereunder a~q ~  :~,c," - - - - - prohibition against removal or oblite_  ration of notice liability of commissioner, etc, for loss, waste or misapplica_ tionof municipa fund or property 497 no person shall, without authority in that behalf, remove, destroy, deface or otherwise obliterate any notice exhibited by or under orders of the corporation or any municipal authority or any municipal officer or other municipal employee specified by the commissioner in this behalf - - - - - 499 (1) e'very councillor and aldermen, the commissioner, the general manager (electricity), the general manager (transport) and every municipal officer and other municipal employee shall be liable for the loss, waste or mis-application of any money or other property owned by of vested in the corporation, if such loss, waste or 'mis-application is a direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct and a- suit for compensation may be instituted against him by the corporation with the previous sanction of the central gov- e,rn,ment or by the central government - ••• - - councillors and municipal officers and employees to be public iicmnts 500 every councillor and aldermen, the commissioner, the general manager (electricity), the general manager (transport) and every municipal officer and other municipal employee shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the indian penal code, and in the definition of "legal remuneration" in 45 of section 161 of that code the word "government" shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to include the corporation  ajululiii'; acfmrrill':' trati,on'  , 5o~:, p> as sqori as may be'8iter the 1st day of april in every year' and not later than,~ date as may be fixed by the central government in this behait the corporation shall submit to that report ;01 government a detailed report of the municipal government of delhi other laws not to be disregarded during the preceding year in such form as that government may direct (2) the commissioner shall prepare such report and the corporation shall consider it and forward the same to the central government with its resolution thereon, if any  - - - - - 502· save as provided in this act, nothing contained in this act shall be construed as authorising the disregard by the corporation or any municipal authority or any municipal ofbcer or other municipal employee of any law for the time being in fo~e  - - - - -  504 (1) save as expr:essly provided in this act and unless the context otherwise requires,-constr'uctionofreferences (a) any reference in this act to the commissioner and the standing committee shall be construedthe general manager (electricity) and the ddhi electric supply committee; (ii) in relation to any matter pertaining to the delhi transport undertaking, as a reference respectively to the general manager (transport) and the delhi transport committee; and (b) any reference in this act to the standing committee shall be constr~ed in relation to any matter pertaining to the delhi water supply and sewage disposal undertaking, as a reference to the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee - - - - - 507 notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provi- special sions of this act,-provisions  as to rural (a) the corpot:ation with the previous approval of the areas central government, may, by not;fication in the official gazette, declare that any portion of the rural areas shall cease to be included therein and upon the issue of such notification that portion shall be included in and form part of the urban areas; (b) the corporation with the previous approval of the central government may, by notification in the official  gazette,-j'~~,;'(f, ,'( ,; , (i) ,exelll~t t~~ rural a~as or any p0rt~on thereof ,from , f," such of the provisions of this act as ·it deems fit, '  ''-'-! 1m::· u·; ;'i;' '''\1, ' , :,   ,;:'j'; tr""" (ii) levy taxes, rates, fees and other charges in the· ,') )t ', rural areas or any portion thereof at rates lower than those ")')( l i at which such taxes, rates, fees and other charges are levied in the urban areas or exempt such areas or portion from ~;", r~, any such tax, rate, fee or other charge; (c) the corporation shall pay a gaon sabha-(i) an amount equal to the proceeds of the tax on profession, trades, callings and employments, as and when that tax is levied in the gaon sabha area, and (ii) an amount equal to such portion of the proceeds of the property taxes on lands and buildings in that area as may from time to time be determined by the corpora-r tion, deducting the cost of collection from such proceeds explanation-in this section the expressions "gaon sabha" and "gaon sabha area" have the same meanings as in the delhi pan-delhi act chayat raj act, 1954 3 ,'f 1955  - - - -  chapter xxvi supplemental and transitional provisionspower of centraj government to make first appointments 509 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in section 60 or in section 89 or section 92, the first appointment to the ~st of the general manager (electricity) or the general manager (transport) or the first appointment to the post of any municipal officer or other municipal employee may be made by the central government so however that the term of any such appointment shall not in any case exceed three years: provided that the power under this sub-section shall not be exercised after the expiry of three years from the commencement f)f this act (2) notwithstanding anything contained in section 96, in making any appointment uoder sub-section (1) it shall not be necessary for the central government to consult the union public service commission (3) every person appointed under sub-section (1) shall receive such salary and allowances as the centrai government may determine (a) the persons who immediately before such commencement are members of any of the local authorities specified in items 1 to 10 of the second schedule shall cease to be su~h members; provisions 510 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the punjab relating to existing municipal act, 1911, or as the case may be, the punjab district local boards act, 1883, as in force in delhi, as from the commet:lcement i authorities of 'this act-in delhi till the establishment oc the corporation (b) all the powers, duties and functions which may, under any of the aforesaid acts or any other law, he exercised and performed by any such local authority, or by its president or chairman, or by any committee thereof shall, until the establishment of the corporation, be exercised and performed by a person (whether an officer of government or not) to be appointed by the central government with such designation as it may specify: provided'that the same person may be'appointed in respect of all the aforesaid local authorities (2) nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as effecting or implying in any way the dissolution of the aforesaid local authorrities as bodies colt,porate ' - - - - 512 (1) - - - - - - (2) as from the establishment of th~ corpor~t~~n~, ,-- •• - - - < i (d) all, de~!s o~li,~ations and 1f~bil,\!+~~,~r;~ied, all ,(contracts l!ti~il'ito- arid all matters and things engaged to be done by with or for the new delhi municipal co~tt~ immediately before such establishment for or in connection witl1 the transferred area shall be deemed to have been incurred entered into ~ngaged to be done by, with or for the corpora~iqn ~or; the municipal authority concerned; [jtj"i, :(9) allv'8ssessment~ • 'valuationstn~c!theiits ',;o~ ,divlsions made ~~lil!'n!\ii; ~delhl municipal· com'diltteemimediately before such establishment in or in connection with the transferred iillwirtlaf·lihahf'irt'~~o'fa:r as they are 'not iridj~df(~i\b' the pro-?~:qs'ofthis,act, coritinue in foree and'be'deemedto ha\7ebeen 4lj' made under the (provisions of this act unless and until th£'y ,,,,,,·are superseded by any assessment, valuation measurement or bi,,~b;ldjvision made by the corporation or the 'municipal authority ~":lt "! concerned under the said provisions; " - - - - - 513 (1) ~:,~\c,   - - expenditure in ~ (2) if in respect of the period between the establishment of the condectiod ", rporation and the adoption of the first budget by the corporation with t?e , " dit f th m  i f d b muruclpal :' • er expen, ure rom e udlclpa un ecomes necessary affairs , jjllcl:above'the expenditure theretofor authorised for that year from the : ,elei sanctioned budget estimates of the various, podies and local com-"~<<<atqerltbis specified id, the second schedule, the corporation shall mencerj~~~1!dopt,a supplementary statement showing the estimated ,amount of ~~:~~ ;';:~pxpedditur to the (3) every item of expenditure shown in the supplementary statement as adopted by the corporation shall be deemed to be expenditure covered by a current budget-grant within the meaning of section 102 adoption of the budget by the cor_ poration (4) the supplementary statement shall be prepared, presented and adopted in such manner and shall provide for such matters as may be determined by the corporation  - - - - - power to ,remove ditftculties 515 if any cli'fficulty arises in relation to the transition from the provisions of any of the enactments referred to in section 516, or in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order as occ~ion ,requires, dq wpung which appears to it to be 'necessary for the purpose of rerridving the difficulty: provided that no such order shall be made after the expiration of two years from the establishment of the corporation 516 (1) - - - - - repeal, etc and lavings (2) notwit~ta~~ing the provlslons of sub-section (1) of this section or of 'clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 286,-;j, ~\' j i "' '-d 1 i i (a): any appointment, notification, order, ~cheme, rule, form, notice or bye-law made or issued, and any licence or permission granted under any of the acts or enactments referred to in subsection (1) of this section or under the act referred to in clause (a) of sub,section (2) of section 286 and in force immediately before the establishment of the corporation, shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, continue in force and be deemed to have been made, issued or granted under the provisions of this act, unless and until it is superseded by any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form, notice or bye-law made or issued or any licence or permiss!on granted under the said provisions; (b) all debts, obligations and liabufties incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engageej to be done by, with or for any of the bodies or local authorities specified in the second schedule before such establishment shall be deemed' to have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be ',,~ done by, with or for the corporation or the municipal authority concerned; - (c) all budget estimates, assessments, valuations, measurements or divisions made by any of the aforesaid bodies or local ~( , authorities shall in so far as they are not inconsistent with the g:··'pw:provisions of this act, continue in force and be deemed to have fb-tt'been made under the provisions of this act unless and until ~~  they are superseded by any budget estimate, assessment, valuation, measurement or division made by the corporation or 'the ,v~·· municipal authority concerned under the said provisions; ~~?,~ - - - - - [see section 178 (1)] ,  rates of terminal taxes on goods~ i - articles terminal tax payable per maund of gross weight except whe-re otherwise stated rs class i-articles of food and drink - - - - - - class v-drugs, spices and perfumes i o 44 - all foreign m~d;cines including mineral waters, syrups and medicinal tinctures, soda bicarb and caustic soda (imported in packages or boxes), sulphur in bottles and packets, iron sulphate, barium sulphate h)emorsh~gic septicaemia serum, dextrosol, castor oil in bottles, potash perm'lllganate, glucose, oxygen gas, camphor oil, sugar of milk, medicated colou red and fragrant syrup - - - - - [see section 461]  penaltiesexplanaticm-the- entries in the -second column of the following table headed; "subject'"' are not intended as definitions of the offences prescribed in the provisions mentioned in the first column or even as abstracts of those provisions, but _ are inserted merely as reference to the subject thereof | subject                   | section, sub-section,    ||---------------------------|--------------------------|| clause                    |                          || or-proviso                |                          || fine                      | or                       || ment                      |                          || whkh                      | m"ly                     || be                        |                          || imposed                   | be                       || imposed                   |                          || '                        |                          ||                          |                          || -                         |                          || '                        |                          || -                        |                          || rs                       |                          || rs                       |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          || section                   |                          || 25                        |                          || t                         |                          || connection with municipal |                          || 200                       |                          || 50                        |                          || works or drains without   |                          || written _                 |                          || permission               |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          || -                         |                          |5 advisory council extracts from the delhi development act, 1957 (61 of 1957) - - - - - chapter ii tm; delli! development authority and its objects ( 1~ - - - - - - - - - - (2) the, advisory council shah consist of the following members, namely:-- - - - - (d) four representatives of the municipal corporation of delhi to be elected by the councillors and aldermen from among themselves; (e) three persons representing the delhi electrk supply committee, the delhi transport committee and the delhi water supply and sewage ,disposal committee of the said corporation, of whom-'i (i) one shall be elected by the members of the delhi electric supply committee from among themselves; (ii) one shall be elected by the members of the delhi transport committee from among themselves; and (iii) one shall be elected by the members of the delhi water supply and sewage disposal committee from among themselves; - - - - -  •invest_ ment of trustmoney extract from the indian trusts aer 1882 (2 of 1882) - - - - - 20 where the trust-property consists of money and cannot be applied immediately or at an early date to the purposes of the trust, the trustee is bound (subject to any direction contained in the instrument of trust) to invest the money on the following securities, and on no others:-ii< - - - - (d) in debentures or other securities for money issued, under the authority of any central act or provincial act or state act, dy or on behalf of any municipal body post trust or city improvement trust in any presidency-town or in rangoon town or by on beh·!lf nfthe trustees of the port of karachi: provided that after the 31st day of march, 1948, no money shall be invested in any securities issued by or on behalf of a municipal body, port trust or city improvement trust in rangoon town, or by or on behalf of the trustees of the port of karachi •• - - - - a bill furtr,cr to amend the delhi municipal corporation act, 1957 and to make certain minor and consequential amendments to the indian trusts act, 1882 and the delhi development act, 1957-(shri gulzari/aj nanda, minister of home affairs) ,  ;,:-',' , ' fot:, ~'dtputy'~~ "deputy" 2 page 8~ line 14,- ' - 'for ~quty ii  ~ 3 page 8, line,,24,-'t ",;' ,,"  " \"  "  8, 1ld~ 25;-, "-,':,~~'t~: i  ,p ~ "  after·  tldeputy ~ayc)'r" ~_~ 4 page 5 page 10, c;tause':"1~~~·· ' ' "'  , '\ ~/  ",  ': ;  6 •• page 15, li,he 12,-' ',' \""" 0,": •• ~' :~«ii ~ "word"  d' i,', ,  ~ • ::" "  :  -1'" ~page 16, ~~s!3 29 ,-0' ' ' 7 ~n,'the " j  ' ,  ,\'  :    ' '  ,,~ ',-8 • - , t   ;;,-'': , in the marginal hegaiiig to seotion'107,- '_ befq-re~ '~unicipai fund" ~ 'tithe"    12 page 21, line 13,-ow n(ii)" :::'eg,d "(iii)" 13 page 28, line 15,-14 paee 31, lide 8,-g,fter "prie~ir;81 ~ctll insert "," 15 p'lce 32, line 1'?l,_ afte r i ii, inse rt , i , 16 page 33, line 15,-after li'officer" inser1 " ii , 17 page 34, lin~ 1 t) '-afte r "reee i ved from" inse ft j~, " 18 page 36, line 16,-~ '''any' ~ , "and' 19  rage 38, line 1 ,-after "man" insert " " , 20 faee 38, line 2,-afte  "section" insert ii " , 21 page 39,  line 12,~ after ii (2) ii ~ " " , 22 p"'ge 3g - , line 18,-fqr "286'('''' ~ '1'286"f 1fll: "major-in-c-ouncil" ~ "mayo~ounci1" 24 ~age 45, line 11 from bottom,-for "into rpre llations" ~ "interpella~ions" , 25 p~e 46, line 12,-2c page 46, line 13,-after iisalary of ii, insert "r!ore than" 27 page 46, line 14,-~ "or more" 28 page 48, line 14 :'ro~:l ~otto:1,-ill "exgrcis8utll)" ~ "exer';is:;olen after "prevention", ins~rt "of" f< 3:~j page 52, lire 2 from botto:n,-31 page 54, line 18 from bottccl,-1£r "alderman", ~ "aldermen li 32 page 55, in the marginal heading to section 30,-f2r tlpenalities" ~ "penalties" 33 page 58, line 19,-iqr it e eh'ii re ad "eu eh " 34 page 60, line 4 from bot~om,-for "alderman lt read "aldermen" 35 page 77, line 12,-for "appointment" ~ "appointmentslt 36 page 92, line 4,-ill ii sup ly" read "sup ej ly" 3? page 9?, line 10,-fqr uri ve p€ r cent shall be payable on demand u:i tl8 ;';p',,; jeh:i", ~ -"the ':::or,or'3ti::m as [iay 00 determinecl by" ,~  rules i!!ace ~3y the" 38 page 99, line 1,-£qr "flow orll ~ "flow of" p,tcl '-39 par;e 106, in the marginal heading to section 292,-fqi "trasport" ~ "transport" 40 page 111, line 8,-£ill: "of building" reyd "or building" or:i t "or" aft er "newspapers", insert it " , 43 fase 119, line 10 from bottom,-1-21;: "genreal manager" ~ "general i1anager" 44 page 127, line 1,-befor e nthe general l1anag er ", insert -"(1) in relation to any matter pertaining to the delhi ~lectric supply undertaking, as' a :::-eference respectively to" 45 t'age 132, line 6 from bottom,-for "haemorshagic" ~ 'ihaemorrhagic" 46 fage 133, line 3 from bottom,-ill "works" uaq, "water works" 47 page 134, line 1,-fqr "3xtrac t s" re ad" extr  c t " 48 page 13 11, line 8 from bottom,-(i) for tidy" read" by" ; and (ii) for "post" ~ "port" 49 1-' ag e 1 34, line 6 fror1 bot tom,-n ft er "by" ins ert "or" 50 correct line numbers on pages 1 ,10,11 ,18 to 23,33,36, 38 and 40 bhadra 5, 1888 saka) 