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CHAPTER XX MARKETS, SLAUGHTER HOUSES, TRADE AND OCCUPATIONS · Maintenance and regulation of markets and slaughter houses

Section 405: Provisions of municipal markets and slaughter houses

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).

(1) The Commissioner, when authorised by 1[2[the Corporation]] 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 houses 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 Commissioner who may, at any time, by public notice close any municipal market or slaughter house or any part thereof.

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).