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CHAPTER XXII POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES · Entry and inspection

Section 432: Power to enter land adjoining land in relation to any work

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[The Commissioner or any person authorised by him in this behalf] or empowered in this behalf by or under any provision of this Act, may enter on any land within fifty yards of any work authorised by or under this Act, with or without assistants and workmen for the purpose of depositing thereon any soil, gravel, stone or other materials or for obtaining access to such work or for any other purposes connected with the execution of the same.

(2) The person so authorised shall, before entering on any such land, state the purpose thereof, and shall, if so required by the owner or occupier thereof, fence off so much of the land as may be required for such purpose.

(3) The person so authorised shall, in exercising any power conferred by this section, do as little damage as may be, and compensation shall be payable by 2[3[the Corporation]] in accordance with bye-laws made in this behalf to the owner or occupier of such land or to both for any such damage, whether permanent or temporary.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 103, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  2. 2.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  3. 3.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).