An Act to provide for the development of Delhi according to plan and for matters ancillary thereto.
The Delhi Development Act, 1957 has 72 sections in 8 chapters, amended 7 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
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Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: THE DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ITS OBJECTS
- Section 3 – The Delhi Development Authority
- Section 4 – Staff of the Authority
- Section 5 – Advisory Council
- Section 5A – Constitution of committees
- Section 6 – Objects of the Authority
Chapter III: MASTER PLAN AND ZONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- Section 7 – Civic survey of, and master plan for, Delhi
- Section 8 – Zonal development plans
- Section 9 – Submission of plans to the Central Government for approval
- Section 10 – Procedure to be followed in the preparation and approval of plans
- Section 11 – Date of operation of plan
Chapter IV: DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS
- Section 12 – Declaration of development areas and development of land in those and other areas
- Section 13 – Application for permission
- Section 14 – User of land and buildings in contravention of plans
Chapter V: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND
- Section 15 – Compulsory acquisition of land
- Section 16 – [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
- Section 17 – [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
- Section 18 – [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
- Section 19 – [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
- Section 20 – [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
- Section 21 – Disposal of land by the Authority or the local authority concerned
- Section 22 – Nazul lands
- Section 22A – Power of Authority to develop land in non-development area
Chapter VI: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- Section 23 – Fund of the Authority
- Section 24 – Budget of the Authority
- Section 25 – Accounts and audit
- Section 26 – Annual report
- Section 27 – Pension and provident funds
Chapter VII: SUPPLEMENTAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Section 28 – Powers of entry
- Section 29 – Penalties
- Section 30 – Order of demolition of building
- Section 31 – Power to stop development
- Section 31A – Power to seal unauthorised development
- Section 31B – Appellate Tribunal
- Section 31C – Appeals
- Section 31D – Appeals against orders of Appellate Tribunal
- Section 31E – Bar of jurisdiction of courts
- Section 32 – Offences by companies
- Section 33 – Fines when realised to be paid to Authority or local authority concerned
- Section 34 – Composition of offences
- Section 34A – Certain offences to be cognizable
- Section 35 – Default powers of the Authority
- Section 36 – Power of Authority to require local authority to assume responsibility for amenities in certain cases
- Section 37 – Power of Authority to levy betterment charges
- Section 38 – Assessment of betterment charge by Authority
- Section 39 – Settlement of betterment charge by arbitrators
- Section 40 – Payment of betterment charge
- Section 40A – Mode of recovery of moneys due to Authority
- Section 41 – Control by Central Government
- Section 42 – Returns and inspection
- Section 43 – Service of notices, etc
- Section 44 – Public notice how to be made known
- Section 45 – Notices, etc., to fix reasonable time
- Section 46 – Authentication of orders and documents of the Authority
- Section 47 – Members and officers to be public servants
- Section 48 – Jurisdiction of courts
- Section 49 – Sanction of prosecution
- Section 50 – Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties
- Section 51 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 52 – Power to delegate
- Section 53 – Effect of other laws
- Section 53A – Restriction on power of a local authority to make rules, regulations or bye-laws in respect of certain matters
- Section 53B – Notice to be given of suits
- Section 54 – Savings
- Section 55 – Plans to stand modified in certain cases
- Section 56 – Power to make rules
- Section 57 – Power to make regulations
- Section 58 – Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament
- Section 59 – Dissolution of the Authority
- Section 60 – Repeal, etc., and savings
Chapter IIIA: MODIFICATIONS TO THE MASTER PLAN AND THE ZONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
- Section 11A – Modifications to plan