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CHAPTER XXV MISCELLANEOUS

Section 500: Councillors and municipal officers and employees to be public servants

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[Every Councillor and every person referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3, the Commissioner,] 2*** and every municipal officer and other municipal employee shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and in the definition of “legal remuneration” in section 161 of that Code the word “Government” shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to include 3[4[the Corporation]].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 67 of 1993, s. 127, for “Every councillor and alderman, the Commissioner, the General Manager (Electricity),” (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  2. 2.The words and brackets “, the General Manager (Transport)” omitted by Act 71 of 1971, s. 7(b) and Sch. II (w.e.f. 3-11-1971).
  3. 3.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  4. 4.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).