Section 421: Eating houses, etc., not to be used without licence from the Commissioner.

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

(1) No person shall, without or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Commissioner in this behalf, keep any eating house, lodging house, hotel, boarding house, tea shop, coffee house, cafe, restaurant, refreshment room or any place where the public are admitted for repose or for the consumption of any food or drink or any place where food is sold or prepared for sale.

(2) The Commissioner may at any time cancel or suspend any licence granted under sub-section (1) if he is of the opinion that the premises covered thereby are not kept in conformity with the conditions of such licence or with the provisions of any bye-law made in this behalf whether the licensee is prosecuted under this Act or not.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	421
Marginal note	Eating houses, etc., not to be used without licence from the Commissioner.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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