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 114E: Rate of vacant land tax.
        [1114E. Rate of vacant land tax.—Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the rate of tax on vacant lands in Delhi shall be between a minimum of six per cent, and a maximum of twenty per cent, of the annual value of such lands as may be specified by 2[3[the Corporation]] from time to time.
    Provided that 2[3[the Corporation]] may, at any time, specify fixed rates between the minimum and the maximum rates of tax as aforesaid for different colonies or for different groups of vacant lands in such colonies.
    Provided further that 2[3[the Corporation]] may also introduce graduated rates of tax within the minimum and the maximum rates of tax as aforesaid on the basis of straight line system or any other system as may be specified by 2[3[the Corporation]].
    Explanation.—Straight line system' shall have the same meaning as in the Explanation to the second proviso to section 114D.]
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by Delhi Act 6 of 2003, s. 5, for section 114 (w.e.f. 1-8-2003).
2. Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
3. Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).
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