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Section 495: Prohibition against obstruction of Mayor or any municipal authority, etc.

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

No person shall obstruct or molest [[the Corporation]] or any municipal authority, the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, any councillor or aldermen or any person employed by [[the Corporation]] or any person with whom the Commissioner has entered into a contract on behalf of [[the Corporation]], in the performance of their duty or of anything which they are empowered or required to do by virtue or in consequence of any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section495
Marginal noteProhibition against obstruction of Mayor or any municipal authority, etc.
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. . Subs. by s. 2, , ibid., 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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