Section 102:
Payments not to be made unless covered by a budget-grant.
No payment of any sum out of
the Municipal Fund shall be made unless the expenditure of the same is covered by a current budget-grant
and a sufficient balance of such budget grant is still available notwithstanding any reduction or transfer
thereof which may have been made under the provisions of this Act:
Provided that this section shall not apply to payments made in the following classes of cases
namely:
(a) refund of taxes and other moneys which are authorised under this Act;
(b) repayment of moneys belonging to contractors or other persons and held in deposit and of
moneys collected or credited to the Municipal Fund by mistake;
(c) sums payable in any of the following circumstances--
(i) under orders of the Central Government on failure of 1[2[the Corporation]] to take any action as
required by that Government; or
(ii) under any other enactment for the time being in force; or
(iii) under the decree or order of a civil or criminal court passed against 1[2[the Corporation]] ; or
(iv) under a compromise of any claim, suit or other legal proceedings; or
(v) on account of cost incurred in taking immediate action by 1[2[the Corporation]] or any of the
municipal authorities to avert a sudden threat of danger to the property of 1[2[the Corporation]] or to
human life;
(d) temporary payments for works urgently required by the Central Government in the public
interest;
(e) sums payable as compensation under this Act or under any rules, regulations or bye-laws
made thereunder;
(f) expenses incurred by 1[2[the Corporation]] on special measures taken on the outbreak of dangerous
diseases.
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).