Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act, 1949

Year: 1949

Enactment Date: 1949-04-22

Long Title: An Act to provide for the control of accommodation in certain hotels in the Union territory of Delhi.

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) 3 “Director of Estates” means the 3 Director of Estates to the Government of India and includes any other Officer appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform all or any of the functions of the 3 Director of Estates under his Act;
(b) “Government allottee” means a person who is selected by the 3 Director of Estates for allotment of accommodation in a hotel;
(c) “hotel” means any hotel specified in the Schedule;
(d) “manager of a hotel” includes the owner, agent, caterer or any other person in charge of the management of the hotel;
(e) “permanent resident” means a person other than a Government allottee who is taken as a resident in a hotel for a period exceeding seven days;
(f) “temporary resident” means a person other than a Government allotee who is taken as a resident in a hotel for a period not exceeding seven days.
Notes:
3. Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid., for “Estate Officer” (w.e.f. 29-12-1964).
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