Section 304

Power to acquire lands and buildings for public streets and for public parking places.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

  • Act 66 of 1957
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of Delhi.

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    Subject to the provisions contained in Chapter X, the Commissioner may
         (a) acquire any land required for the purpose of opening, widening, extending or otherwise improving any public street or of making any new public street, and any building standing upon such land;
         (b) acquire in relation to any such land or building, all such land with buildings, if any, thereon as 1[2[ the Corporation]] may think expedient to acquire outside of the regular line, or of the intended regular line, of such street;
         (c) acquire any land for the purpose of laying out or making a public parking place.

Notes

1. Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
2. Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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