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CHAPTER XV STREETS · Construction, maintenance and improvement of streets

Section 301: Power to make new public streets

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

How current this text is

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).

The Commissioner may at any time with the previous sanction of 1[2[the Corporation]],—

(a) lay out and make new public streets;

(b) construct bridges and sub-ways;

(c) turn or divert any existing public street; and

(d) lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or streets in any part of 3[4[Delhi]] notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in the vicinity has been received.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 16, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  2. 2.Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  3. 3.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “Delhi” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  4. 4.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “the area of the Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).