New Delhi Municipal Council Act,1994
Act No : 44
Section :
Penalty for breaches of bye-laws.
390. Penalty for breaches of bye-laws. (1) Any bye-law made under this Act may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable- - (a) with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees; and (b) with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and in the case of a continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to twenty rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention; (c) with fine which may extend to twenty rupees for every day during which the contravention continues, after the receipt of a notice from the Chairperson or any municipal officer duly authorised in that behalf, by the person contravening the bye-law requring such person to discontinue such contravention: Provided that a contravention of any bye-law relating to the road transport services may be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to fifteen hundred rupees, or with both. (2) Any such bye-law may also provide that a person contravening the same shall be required to remedy so far as lies in his power, the mischief, if any, caused by such contravention.
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