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CHAPTER VIII TAXATION · Other taxes

Section 150: Imposition of other taxes

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

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Text as published by India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice), as on 15 May 2026, with amendments up to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026).

(1) 1[2[The Corporation]] may, at a meeting, pass a resolution for the levy of any of the taxes specified in sub-section (2) of section 113, defining the maximum rate of the tax to be levied, the class or classes of persons or the description or descriptions of articles and properties to be taxed, the system of assessment to be adopted and the exemptions, if any, to be granted.

(2) Any resolution passed under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the 3*** Government for its sanction, and if sanctioned by that Government, shall come into force on and from such date as may be specified in the order of sanction.

(3) After a resolution has come into force under sub-section (2), 4[5[the Corporation]] may, subject to the maximum rate, pass a second resolution determining the actual rates at which the tax shall be leviable; and the tax shall come into force on the first day of the quarter of the year next following the date on which second resolution is passed.

(4) After a tax has been levied in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 109, shall apply in relation to such tax as they apply in relation to any tax imposed under sub-section (1) of section 113.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “A Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).
  3. 3.The word “Central” omitted by Act 67 of 1993, s. 86 (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  4. 4.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  5. 5.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

Questions on this section

1 question in 2 of our papers cite Section 150. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. In Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Birla Cotton, Spinning and Weaving Mills (1968), the majority upheld Section 150 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, which left it to the Corporation to fix the rates of certain optional taxes. Among the safeguards relied on in the opinion of Wanchoo C.J. was that: