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 3: Controlled accommodation in hotels.
(1) If the 3 Director of Estates considers it necessary or expedient so to do for the purpose of securing accommodation for Government officers or other persons for whom he is required to find accommodation, he may, by written order served on the manager of a hotel declare so much of the accommodation in the hotel, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the total accommodation therein, as may be specified in the order to be controlled accommodation for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An order made under sub-section (1) shall contain such description of the controlled accommodation including, in particular, the number and class of rooms as the 3 Director of Estates may consider necessary.
(3) After an order under sub-section (1) has been served on the manager of the hotel to which it relates, the manager of the hotel shall not allot the controlled accommodation therein or any part thereof to, or allow the same to be occupied by any person otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Notes:
3. Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid., for “Estate Officer” (w.e.f. 29-12-1964).
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