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CHAPTER XVII SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH · Conservancy and sanitation

Section 351: Rubbish, etc., to be the property of 1[2[the Corporation]]

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).

All matters deposited in public receptacles, depots and places provided or appointed under section 352 and all matters collected by municipal employees or contractors in pursuance of section 350 3*** shall be the property of 1[2[the Corporation]].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “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 words “and section 355” omitted by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-5-2026).