Section 436
Regard to be had to social or religious usages.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of Delhi.
When any place used as a human dwelling is
entered under this Act, due regard shall be paid to the social and religious customs and usages of the
occupants of the place entered, and no apartment in the actual occupancy of a female shall be entered or
broken open until she has been informed that she is at liberty to withdraw and every reasonable facility
has been afforded to her for withdrawing.