Section 40: Special and adhoc committies and ward committees, etc.

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

(1) [[The Corporation]] may constitute as many special and ad 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 advising upon any matter which [[the Corporation]] may refer to them.

(2) Any such committee shall 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 special qualifications for serving on such committee.

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(6) Each committee constituted under this section shall elect one of its members [who is a councillor] as the Chairman and another member as the Vice-Chairman.

(7) Any matter relating to each of the committees constituted under section 39 or this section, not expressly provided in this Act may be provided by regulations made in this behalf.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	40
Marginal note	Special and adhoc committies and ward committees, etc.
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, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi 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).
substituted, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 "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).
omitted, Act 67 of 1993. . Omitted by Act 67 of 1993, s. 35 (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
inserted. . Ins. by s. 35, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).

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