Act Number: 66

Act Name: The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-12-28

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

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 98: Power of Corporation to make regulations.
    (1) 1[2[The Corporation]] may make regulations to provide for any one or more of the following matters, namely:--
         (a) the tenure of office, salaries and allowances, provident funds, pensions, gratuities, leave of absence and other conditions of service of officers and other employees appointed under this Chapter;
         (b) the powers, duties and functions of the Municipal Secretary;
         (c) the qualifications of candidates for appointment to posts specified in sub-section (1) of section 89 and to posts dealt with in the first schedule of post referred to in sub-section (2) of section 90 and the manner of selection for appointments to posts dealt with in the second schedule of posts referred to in that sub-section;
         (d) the procedure to be followed in imposing any penalty under sub-section (1) of section 95, suspension pending departmental inquiries before the imposition of such penalty and the authority by whom such suspension may be ordered; the officer or authority to whom an appeal shall lie under sub-section (4) of that section;
         (e) any matter which is incidental to, or necessary for, the purpose of regulating the appointment and conditions of service of persons appointed to services and posts under 3[4[the Corporation]] and any other matter for which in the opinion of 3[4[the Corporation]] provisions should be made by regulations.
     (2) No regulation under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be made except after consultation with the Commission.
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).
3. Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
4. Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).
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