Delhi Development Act, 1957

Bare Act · 1957

An Act to provide for the development of Delhi according to plan and for matters ancillary thereto.

Act number: 61 of 1957
Enacted: 27 December 1957
Contents: 73 sections · 9 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — The Delhi Development Authority And Its Objects

Chapter III — Master Plan And Zonal Development Plans

Section 7 – Civic survey of, and master plan for, Delhi (preview)
Section 8 – Zonal development plans (preview)
Section 9 – Submission of plans to the Central Government for approval (preview)
Section 10 – Procedure to be followed in the preparation and approval of plans (preview)
Section 11 – Date of operation of plan (preview)

Chapter IIIA — Modifications To The Master Plan And The Zonal Development Plan

Section 11A – Modifications to plan (preview)

Chapter IV — Development Of Lands

Chapter V — Acquisition And Disposal Of Land

Section 15 – Compulsory acquisition of land (preview)
Section 16 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 17 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 18 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 19 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 20 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 21 – Disposal of land by the Authority or the local authority concerned (preview)
Section 22 – Nazul lands (preview)
Section 22A – Power of Authority to develop land in non-development area (preview)

Chapter VI — Finance, Accounts And Audit

Section 23 – Fund of the Authority (preview)
Section 24 – Budget of the Authority (preview)
Section 25 – Accounts and audit (preview)
Section 26 – Annual report (preview)
Section 27 – Pension and provident funds (preview)

Chapter VII — Supplemental And Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 28 – Powers of entry (preview)
Section 29 – Punishments (preview)
Section 30 – Order of demolition of building (preview)
Section 31 – Power to stop development (preview)
Section 31A – Power to seal unauthorised development (preview)
Section 31AA – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
Section 31C – Appeals (preview)
Section 31D – Appeals against orders of Appellate Tribunal (preview)
Section 31E – Bar of jurisdiction of courts (preview)
Section 32 – Offences by companies (preview)
Section 33 – Fines when realised to be paid to Authority or local authority concerned (preview)
Section 34 – Composition of offences (preview)
Section 34A – Certain offences to be cognizable (preview)
Section 35 – Default powers of the Authority (preview)
Section 36 – Power of Authority to require local authority to assume responsibility for amenities in certain cases (preview)
Section 37 – Power of Authority to levy betterment charges (preview)
Section 38 – Assessment of betterment charge by Authority (preview)
Section 39 – Settlement of betterment charge by arbitrators (preview)
Section 40 – Payment of betterment charge (preview)
Section 40A – Mode of recovery of moneys due to Authority (preview)
Section 41 – Control by Central Government (preview)
Section 42 – Returns and inspection (preview)
Section 43 – Service of notices, etc (preview)
Section 44 – Public notice how to be made known (preview)
Section 45 – Notices, etc., to fix reasonable time (preview)
Section 46 – Authentication of orders and documents of the Authority (preview)
Section 47 – Members and officers to be public servants (preview)
Section 48 – Jurisdiction of courts (preview)
Section 49 – Sanction of prosecution (preview)
Section 50 – Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties (preview)
Section 51 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 52 – Power to delegate (preview)
Section 53 – Effect of other laws (preview)
Section 53A – Restriction on power of a local authority to make rules, regulations or bye-laws in respect of certain matters (preview)
Section 53B – Notice to be given of suits (preview)
Section 54 – Savings (preview)
Section 55 – Plans to stand modified in certain cases (preview)
Section 56 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 57 – Power to make regulations (preview)
Section 58 – Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament (preview)
Section 59 – Dissolution of the Authority (preview)
Section 60 – Repeal, etc., and savings (preview)

Sections

Section 31B – Appellate Tribunal (preview)