The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II- Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 38] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1965/BHADRA 12, 1887
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RAJYA SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 3rd September, 1965: —
BILL NO. XII OP 1965
A Bill further to amend the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, as applicable
to the New Delhi Municipality.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Punjab Municipal (Delhi Amend- Short title.
ment) Act, 1965.
2. In the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, in its application to the New Delhi Municipality, in sub-section (1) of section 97, after the word "owner" the words "or occupier" shall be Inserted.
836 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II—SKC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Under section 514 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957), the application of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (iPunjaD Act III of 1911) has been limited to the New Delhi Municipal Committee. Under section 97 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911', only the owner of the premises within the municipal area of New Delhi can, on application to the New Delhi Municipality, have con- nections for drinking water. It is felt that the same privilege should also be accorded to the actual occupier of the premises who may not be the owner. Thi3 Bill seeks to achieve that object.
I. K. GUJRAL
B. N. BANERJEE,