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CHAPTER IV MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES UNDER THE CORPORATION · The Wards Committee

Section 52: Powers and functions of the Wards Committee

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) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Wards Committee shall exercise the powers and perform the functions as specified in the Fifteenth Schedule on behalf of the Corporation in relation to that Zone.

(2) 1[The Government may], by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Fifteenth Schedule.

(3) When any question arises as to whether any matter falls within the purview of a Wards Committee or 2[3[the Corporation]], it shall be referred to the Government, and the decision of that Government thereon shall be final.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 10, for “The Central Government may, after consultation with the Government” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  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).