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CHAPTER XXII POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES · Public notices and advertisements

Section 438: Public notices how to be made known

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).

Every public notice given under this Act or any bye-law made thereunder shall be in writing under the signature of 1[the Commissioner or of any municipal officer authorised by him in this behalf] and shall be widely made known in the locality to be affected thereby, by affixing copies thereof in conspicuous public places within the said locality or by publishing the same by beat of drum or by advertisement in local newspaper or by any two or more of these means and by any other means that the 2[Commissioner] may think fit.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 67 of 1993, s. 105, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  2. 2.Subs. by s. 105, ibid., for “appropriate municipal authority” (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).