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CHAPTER XVIII MARKETS, TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS · Trades and occupations

Section 331: Eating houses, etc., not to be used without licence from the Chairperson

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).

(1) No person shall, without or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Chairperson in this behalf, keep any eating house, lodging house, hotel, boarding house, tea shop, coffee house, cafe, restaurant, refreshment room or any place where the public are admitted for repose or for the consumption of any food or drink or any place, where food is sold or prepared for sale.

(2) The Chairperson may at any time cancel or suspend any licence granted under sub-section (1) if he is of the opinion that the premises covered thereby are not kept in conformity with the conditions of such licence or with the provisions of any bye-law made in this behalf, whether the licensee is prosecuted under this Act or not.