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CHAPTER XX POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES · Offences and penalties

Section 369: Penalties for certain offences

The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994

How current this text is

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[(1) Whoever—

(a) contravenes any provision of any of the sections, sub-sections, clauses, provisos or other provisions of this Act mentioned in column (1) of the Table in the Tenth Schedule; or

(b) fails to comply with any order or direction lawfully given to him or any requisition lawfully made upon him under any of the said sections, sub-sections, clauses, provisos or other provisions,

shall be liable to penalty as specified in that behalf in column (3) of the said Table.

(2) Any member, referred to in clauses (b) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 4, who knowingly acquires, directly or indirectly, any share or interest in any contract made with, or any work done for the Council, shall be deemed to have committed the offence made punishable under section 202 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023).]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for s. 369 (w.e.f. 15-05-2026).