Section 345

Regard to be had to social or religious usages.

The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994

  • Act 44 of 1994
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
About this Act

An Act to provide for the establishment of the New Delhi Municipal Council and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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    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 withdrawing.

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