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Section 32: Oath or affirmation.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

[32. Oath or affirmation.--(1) Every councillor and every person nominated under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3, before taking his seat, make and subscribe at a meeting of [the Corporation]] an oath or affirmation according to the following form, namely:--

I, A. B. having been nominated under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of nominated under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3 as representative in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the solemnly affirm Constitution of India as by law established and I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter.

(2) If a person sits or votes as a councillor or sits as a representative before he has complied with the requirements of sub-section (1) he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he sits or votes as the case may be, to a penalty of three hundred rupees to be recovered as arrears of tax under this Act.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section32
Marginal noteOath or affirmation.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 67 of 1993. . Subs. by Act 67 of 1993, s. 27, for section 32 (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  • substituted, Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for "the Corporation" (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  • substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for "a Corporation" (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

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