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CHAPTER XV SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH · Conservancy and sanitation

Section 269: Chairperson’s power to get premises scavenged and cleansed

The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994

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Text as published by India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice), as on 31 May 2026, with amendments up to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026).

If any premises are not properly and regularly scavenged or cleansed or are in a filthy and unwholesome condition, the Chairperson may cause them to be scavenged and cleansed and recover the expenses from the owner or, as the case may be, occupier as an arrear of tax under this Act.