Section 355: Collection and removal of filth and polluted matter through municipal agency.

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

[(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to take or cause to be taken measures for the daily collection, removal and disposal of all filth and polluted and obnoxious matter from latrines, urinals and cesspools not connected by a drain with a municipal drain from all premises situate in any portion of [[Delhi]].]

(2) In such portion of [[Delhi]] and in any premises wherever situate in which there is a latrine, or urinal connected with a municipal drain, it shall not be lawful, except with the written permission of the Commissioner, for any person who is not employed by or on behalf of the Commissioner, to discharge any of the duties of scavengers.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	355
Marginal note	Collection and removal of filth and polluted matter through municipal agency.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In 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. 101, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
substituted, Delhi Act 13 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 13 of 2011, s. 2, for "Delhi" (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for "the area of the Corporation" (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

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