The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs / Department of States
Section
Section 297 Disposal of infectious corpses where any person has died from any dangerous disease.
Where any person has died from any dangerous disease the Chairperson may, by notice in writing,--
(a) require any person having charge of the corpse to convey the same to mortuary thereafter to be disposed of in accordance with law, or
(b) prohibit the removal of corpses from the place where death occurred except for the purpose of being burnt, buried or for being conveyed to a mortuary.
(a) require any person having charge of the corpse to convey the same to mortuary thereafter to be disposed of in accordance with law, or
(b) prohibit the removal of corpses from the place where death occurred except for the purpose of being burnt, buried or for being conveyed to a mortuary.
Section 298 Conditions of service of sweepers and certain other class of persons employed in municipal service.
(1) No person being a sweeper employed by the Council shall in the absence of any contract authorising him so to do and without reasonable cause, resign his employment or absent himself from his duty without having given one month's notice to the Chairperson or shall neglect or without reasonable cause refuse to perform his duties.
(2) The Council may by resolution direct that on or from such date as may be specified in the resolution, the provisions of this section shall apply in the case of any specified class of persons employed by the Council whose functions are intimately concerned with public health or safety.
(2) The Council may by resolution direct that on or from such date as may be specified in the resolution, the provisions of this section shall apply in the case of any specified class of persons employed by the Council whose functions are intimately concerned with public health or safety.
Section 299 Conditions of service of sweepers employed for doing house scavenging.
No sweeper, being employed for doing house scavenging of any building shall discontinue to do such house scavenging without reasonable cause or without having fourteen days notice to his employer.
Section 300 Power to call for information regarding burning and burial grounds.
The Chairperson may, by notice in writing, require the owner or person in charge of any burning or burial ground to supply such information as may be specified in the notice concerning the condition, management or position of such ground.
Section 301 Permission for use of new burning or burial ground.
(1) No place which has not been used as a burning or burial ground before the commencement of this Act shall be so used without the permission in writing of the Chairperson.
(2) Such permission may be granted subject to any conditions which the Chairperson may think fit to impose for the purpose of preventing any annoyance to, or danger to the health of, any person residing in the neighbourhood
(2) Such permission may be granted subject to any conditions which the Chairperson may think fit to impose for the purpose of preventing any annoyance to, or danger to the health of, any person residing in the neighbourhood
Section 302 Power to require closing of burning and burial grounds.
(1) Where the Chairperson, after making or causing to be made local inquiry is of opinion that any burning or burial ground has become offensive to, or dangerous to the health of, persons residing in the neighbourhood, he may, with the previous sanction of the Council, by notice in writing, require the owner or person in charge of such ground to close the same from such date as may be specified in the notice.
(2) No corpse shall be burnt or buried at the burning or burial ground in respect of which a notice has been issued under this section
(2) No corpse shall be burnt or buried at the burning or burial ground in respect of which a notice has been issued under this section
Section 303 Removal of corpses.
The Chairperson may by public notice prescribe routes by which alone corpses may be removed to burning or burial ground.
Section 304 Disposal of dead animals.
Whenever any animal in the charge of any person dies, the person in charge thereof shall within twenty-four hours either--
(a) convey the carcass to a place provided or appointed under section 263 for the final disposal of the carcasses of dead animals, or
(b) give notice of the death to the Chairperson whereupon he shall cause the carcass to be disposed of on such fee as may be prescribed by the Council.
(a) convey the carcass to a place provided or appointed under section 263 for the final disposal of the carcasses of dead animals, or
(b) give notice of the death to the Chairperson whereupon he shall cause the carcass to be disposed of on such fee as may be prescribed by the Council.
Section 305 Appointment of Chief Registrar, etc.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (18 of 1969), but subject to the provisions to this Act and to any directions that the Central Government may give in this behalf, the officer specified in the Official Gazette by the Chairperson, shall be the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths for New Delhi and shall keep in such form as may be prescribed by bye-laws a register of all births and deaths occurring in New Delhi.
(2) The Chairperson shall for the purposes of this Chapter appoint an additional chief registrar and such number of persons to be registrars of births and deaths for New Delhi as he deems necessary and define the respective areas which shall be under the charge of such registrars.
(2) The Chairperson shall for the purposes of this Chapter appoint an additional chief registrar and such number of persons to be registrars of births and deaths for New Delhi as he deems necessary and define the respective areas which shall be under the charge of such registrars.
Section 306 Duties of registrar.
The registrar shall keep himself informed of every birth or death occurring within the area under his charge and shall ascertain and register as soon as conveniently may be after the event, and without fee or reward such particulars in respect of every birth or death as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
Section 307 Information of births and deaths.
(1) It shall be the duty of the father or mother of every child born in New Delhi and in default of the father or mother, of any relation of the child living in the same premises, and in default of such relation, of the person having charge of the child, to give to the best of his knowledge and belief to the registrar of the area concerned within eight days after such birth, information containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(2) It shall be the duty of the nearest relation present at the time of the death or in attendance during the last illness of any person dying in New Delhi and in default of such relation, of any person present or in attendance at the time of the death and of the occupier of the premises in which to his knowledge the death took place and in default of the person hereinbefore mentioned, of each inmate of such premises and of the undertaker or other person causing the corpse of the deceased person to be disposed of, to give to the best of his knowledge and belief to the registrar of the area within which the death place information containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(3) If a birth or death occurs in the hospital, none of the persons mentioned in sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, in sub-section (2) shall be bound to give information required by that sub-section, but it shall be the duty of the medical officer in charge of the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or death, to send to the officer authorised by the Chairperson, a notice containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(2) It shall be the duty of the nearest relation present at the time of the death or in attendance during the last illness of any person dying in New Delhi and in default of such relation, of any person present or in attendance at the time of the death and of the occupier of the premises in which to his knowledge the death took place and in default of the person hereinbefore mentioned, of each inmate of such premises and of the undertaker or other person causing the corpse of the deceased person to be disposed of, to give to the best of his knowledge and belief to the registrar of the area within which the death place information containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(3) If a birth or death occurs in the hospital, none of the persons mentioned in sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, in sub-section (2) shall be bound to give information required by that sub-section, but it shall be the duty of the medical officer in charge of the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or death, to send to the officer authorised by the Chairperson, a notice containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
Section 308 Prohibition of nuisances.
(1) No person shall--
(a) in any public street or public place--
(i) ease himself; or
(ii) carry meat exposed to public view; or
(iii) picket animals or collect carts; or
(iv) being engaged in the removal of rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter wilfully or negligently permit any portion thereof to spill or fall, or neglect to sweep away or otherwise effectually to remove any portion thereof which may spill or fall in such street or place; or
(v) without proper authority affix, upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other thing, any bill, notice or other document; or
(vi) without proper authority deface or write upon or otherwise mark any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other thing; or
(vii) without proper authority remove, destroy, deface or otherwise obliterate any notice or other document put up or exhibited under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder; or
(viii) without proper authority displace, damage, make any alteration in, or otherwise interfere with, the pavement, gutter, storm, water-drain, flags or other materials of any such street, or any lamp bracket, direction-post, hydrant or water-pipe maintained by the Council in any such street or place or extinguish a public light; or
(ix) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter at any hour prohibited by the Chairperson by public notice, or in any pattern of cart or receptacle which has not been approved for the purpose by the Chairperson, or fail to close such cart or receptacle when in use; or
(b) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter along any route in contravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the Chairperson by public notice; or
(c) deposit or cause or permit to be deposited, earth or materials of any description or any rubbish or polluted and obnoxious matter in any place not intended for the purpose in any public street or public place or waste or unoccupied land under the control and management of the Council; or
(d) make any grave or burn or bury any corpse at any place not set apart for such purpose; or
(e) at any time or place at which the same has been prohibited by the Chairperson by public or special notice, beat a drum or tom-tom, or blow a horn or trumpet, or beat any utensil, or sound any brass or other instrument, or play any music; or
(f) disturb the public peace or order by singing, screaming or shouting, or by using any apparatus for amplifying or reproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or a loudspeaker; or
(g) let loose any animal so as to cause, or negligently allow any animal to cause injury, danger, alarm or annoyance to any person; or
(h) save with the written permission of the Chairperson and in such manner as he may authorise, store or use night-soil, cowdung, manure, rubbish or any other substance emitting an offensive smell; or
(i) use or permit to be used as a latrine or urinal any place not intended for that purpose.
(2) Every person shall take all reasonable means to prevent every child under the age of twelve years being in his charge from easing himself in any public street or public place.
(3) The owner or keeper of any animal shall not allow it straying in a public street or public place without a keeper.
(4) Any animal found straying as aforesaid may be removed by an officer or employee of the Council or by any police officer to a pound.
(5) Swine found straying in a public street or public place shall be liable to be destroyed by any officer or other employee of the Council appointed in this behalf.
(a) in any public street or public place--
(i) ease himself; or
(ii) carry meat exposed to public view; or
(iii) picket animals or collect carts; or
(iv) being engaged in the removal of rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter wilfully or negligently permit any portion thereof to spill or fall, or neglect to sweep away or otherwise effectually to remove any portion thereof which may spill or fall in such street or place; or
(v) without proper authority affix, upon any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other thing, any bill, notice or other document; or
(vi) without proper authority deface or write upon or otherwise mark any building, monument, post, wall, fence, tree or other thing; or
(vii) without proper authority remove, destroy, deface or otherwise obliterate any notice or other document put up or exhibited under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder; or
(viii) without proper authority displace, damage, make any alteration in, or otherwise interfere with, the pavement, gutter, storm, water-drain, flags or other materials of any such street, or any lamp bracket, direction-post, hydrant or water-pipe maintained by the Council in any such street or place or extinguish a public light; or
(ix) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter at any hour prohibited by the Chairperson by public notice, or in any pattern of cart or receptacle which has not been approved for the purpose by the Chairperson, or fail to close such cart or receptacle when in use; or
(b) carry rubbish, filth or other polluted and obnoxious matter along any route in contravention of any prohibition made in this behalf by the Chairperson by public notice; or
(c) deposit or cause or permit to be deposited, earth or materials of any description or any rubbish or polluted and obnoxious matter in any place not intended for the purpose in any public street or public place or waste or unoccupied land under the control and management of the Council; or
(d) make any grave or burn or bury any corpse at any place not set apart for such purpose; or
(e) at any time or place at which the same has been prohibited by the Chairperson by public or special notice, beat a drum or tom-tom, or blow a horn or trumpet, or beat any utensil, or sound any brass or other instrument, or play any music; or
(f) disturb the public peace or order by singing, screaming or shouting, or by using any apparatus for amplifying or reproducing the human voice, such as a megaphone or a loudspeaker; or
(g) let loose any animal so as to cause, or negligently allow any animal to cause injury, danger, alarm or annoyance to any person; or
(h) save with the written permission of the Chairperson and in such manner as he may authorise, store or use night-soil, cowdung, manure, rubbish or any other substance emitting an offensive smell; or
(i) use or permit to be used as a latrine or urinal any place not intended for that purpose.
(2) Every person shall take all reasonable means to prevent every child under the age of twelve years being in his charge from easing himself in any public street or public place.
(3) The owner or keeper of any animal shall not allow it straying in a public street or public place without a keeper.
(4) Any animal found straying as aforesaid may be removed by an officer or employee of the Council or by any police officer to a pound.
(5) Swine found straying in a public street or public place shall be liable to be destroyed by any officer or other employee of the Council appointed in this behalf.
Section 309 Power of Chairperson to require removal or abatement of nuisance.
Where the Chairperson is of opinion that there is a nuisance on any land or building, he may, by notice in writing, require the person by whose act, default or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues or the power, lessee or occupier of the land or building, or any or more or these persons, to remove or abate the nuisance by taking such measures in such manner and within such period as may be specified in the notice.
Section 310 Registration and control of dogs.
(1) The Council may, by bye-laws made in this behalf,--
(a) require the registration, by the registration authority appointed by the Chairperson in this behalf of all dogs kept within New Delhi;
(b) require that every registered dog shall wear a collar to which shall be attached a metal token to be issued by the registration authority, and fix and fee payable for the issue thereof;
(c) require that any dog which has not been registered or which is not wearing such token shall, if found in any public place, be detained at a place set apart for the purpose; and
(d) fix the fee which shall be charged for such detention and provide that any such dog shall be liable to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless it is claimed and the fee in respect thereof is paid within one week.
(2) The Chairperson may--
(a) cause to be destroyed, or to be confined for such period as he may direct, any dog or other animal which is, or is reasonably suspected to be, suffering from rabies, or which has been bitten by any dog or other animal suffering or suspected to be suffering from rabies;
(b) by public notice direct that, after such date as may be specified in the notice, dogs which are without collars or without marks distinguishing them as private property and are found straying on the streets or beyond the enclosures of the houses of their owners, if any, may be destroyed and cause them to be destroyed accordingly.
(3) No damages shall be payable in respect of any dog or other animal destroyed or otherwise disposed of under this section.
(4) No one, being the owner or person in charge of any dog, shall allow it to be at large in any public street or public place without being muzzled and without being secured by a chain lead in any case in which--
(a) he knows that the dog is likely to annoy or intimidate any person, or
(b) the Chairperson has, by public notice during the prevalence of rabies, directed that dogs shall not be at large without muzzles and chain leads.
(5) No one shall--
(a) allow any ferocious dog which belongs to him or is in his charge to be at large without being muzzled; or
(b) set on or urge any dog or other animal to attack, worry or intimidate any person; or
(c) knowing or having reason to believe that any dog or animal belonging to him or in his charge has been bitten by an animal suffering or reasonably suspected to be suffering from rabies, fail or neglect to give immediate information of the fact to the Chairperson or give information which is false.
(a) require the registration, by the registration authority appointed by the Chairperson in this behalf of all dogs kept within New Delhi;
(b) require that every registered dog shall wear a collar to which shall be attached a metal token to be issued by the registration authority, and fix and fee payable for the issue thereof;
(c) require that any dog which has not been registered or which is not wearing such token shall, if found in any public place, be detained at a place set apart for the purpose; and
(d) fix the fee which shall be charged for such detention and provide that any such dog shall be liable to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless it is claimed and the fee in respect thereof is paid within one week.
(2) The Chairperson may--
(a) cause to be destroyed, or to be confined for such period as he may direct, any dog or other animal which is, or is reasonably suspected to be, suffering from rabies, or which has been bitten by any dog or other animal suffering or suspected to be suffering from rabies;
(b) by public notice direct that, after such date as may be specified in the notice, dogs which are without collars or without marks distinguishing them as private property and are found straying on the streets or beyond the enclosures of the houses of their owners, if any, may be destroyed and cause them to be destroyed accordingly.
(3) No damages shall be payable in respect of any dog or other animal destroyed or otherwise disposed of under this section.
(4) No one, being the owner or person in charge of any dog, shall allow it to be at large in any public street or public place without being muzzled and without being secured by a chain lead in any case in which--
(a) he knows that the dog is likely to annoy or intimidate any person, or
(b) the Chairperson has, by public notice during the prevalence of rabies, directed that dogs shall not be at large without muzzles and chain leads.
(5) No one shall--
(a) allow any ferocious dog which belongs to him or is in his charge to be at large without being muzzled; or
(b) set on or urge any dog or other animal to attack, worry or intimidate any person; or
(c) knowing or having reason to believe that any dog or animal belonging to him or in his charge has been bitten by an animal suffering or reasonably suspected to be suffering from rabies, fail or neglect to give immediate information of the fact to the Chairperson or give information which is false.
Section 311 Stacking or collecting inflammable materials.
The Chairperson may, by public notice, prohibit in any case where such prohibition appears to him to be necessary for the prevention of danger to life or property, the stacking or collecting of wood, dry grass, straw or other inflammable materials, or the placing of mats or thatched huts or the lighting of fires in any place which may be specified in the notice.
Section 312 Care of naked lights.
No person shall set a naked light on or near any building in any public street or other public place in such manner as to cause danger of fire:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of lights for the purposes of illumination on the occasion of a festival or public or private entertainment.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of lights for the purposes of illumination on the occasion of a festival or public or private entertainment.
Section 313 Discharging fire works, fire-arms, etc.
No one shall discharge any fire-arm or let off fire-works or fire-baloons, or engage in any game in such manner as to cause or to be likely to cause danger to persons passing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood or risk of injury to property.
Section 314 Power to require buildings, wells, etc., to be rendered safe.
Where any building, or wall, or anything affixed thereto, or any well, tank, reservoir, pool, depression, or excavation, or any bank or tree, is in the opinion of the Chairperson, in a ruinous state, for want of sufficient repairs, protection or enclosure, a nuisance or dangerous to persons passing by or dwelling or working in the neighbourhood, the Chairperson may by notice in writing require the owner or part-owner or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner thereof or failing any of them the occupier thereof to remove the same or may require him to repair, protect or enclose the same in such manner as he thinks necessary; and if the danger is, in the opinion of the Chairperson, imminent, he shall forthwith take such steps as he thinks necessary to avert the same.
Section 315 Enclosure of waste land used for improper purpose.
The Chairperson may, by notice in writing, require the owner or part-owner, or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner of any land or building, or the lessee, or the person claiming to be the lessee of any such land which, by reason of disuse or disputed ownership or other cause, has remained unoccupied and has become the resort of idle and disorderly persons or of persons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves or is used for gaming or immoral purposes or otherwise occasions or is likely to occasion a nuisance, to secure and enclose the same within such time as may be specified in the notice.
Section 316 Provision of municipal market.
(1) The Chairperson, when authorised by the Council in this behalf, may provide and maintain municipal markets and slaughter houses in such number as he thinks fit together with stalls, shops, sheds, pens, and other buildings and conveniences for the use of persons carrying on trade or business in, or frequenting such markets or slaughter house, and may provide and maintain in any such markets buildings and places, machines, weights, scales and measures for the weighment or measurement of goods sold therein.
(2) Municipal markets and slaughter houses shall be under the control of the Chairperson who may, at any time, by public notice, close any municipal market, slaughter house or any part thereof.
(2) Municipal markets and slaughter houses shall be under the control of the Chairperson who may, at any time, by public notice, close any municipal market, slaughter house or any part thereof.