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CHAPTER XXV MISCELLANEOUS

Section 495: Prohibition against obstruction of Mayor or any municipal authority, etc

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).

No person shall obstruct or molest 1[2[the Corporation]] or any municipal authority, the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, any councillor or aldermen or any person employed by 1[2[the Corporation]] or any person with whom the Commissioner has entered into a contract on behalf of 1[2[the Corporation]], in the performance of their duty or of anything which they are empowered or required to do by virtue or in consequence of any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or bye-law made thereunder.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 2, ibid., 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).