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CHAPTER V PROCEDURE · Transaction of business by the Corporation

Section 72: Meetings

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) 1[2[The Corporation]] shall ordinarily hold at least one meeting in every month for the transaction of business.

(2) The Mayor or in his absence the Deputy Mayor may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall, upon a requisition in writing by not less than one-fourth of the total number of councillors 3[and other persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3], convene a special meeting of 4[5[the Corporation]].

(3) Any meeting may be adjourned until the next or any subsequent date, and an adjourned meeting may be further adjourned in like manner.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, 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).
  3. 3.Subs. by Act 67 of 1993, s. 52, for “and alderman” (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  4. 4.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  5. 5.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).