LawgistThe New Delhi Municipal Council Act
224Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in street
(1) No person shall, except with the permission of the Chairperson granted in this behalf, erect or set up any wall, fence, rail, post, step, booth or other structure whether fixed or movable or whether of a permanent or temporary nature, or any fixture in or upon any street or upon or over any open channel, drain, well or tank in any street so as to form an obstruction to, or an encroachment upon, or a projection over, or to occupy any portion of such street, channel, drain, well or tank.
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to any erection or thing to which clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 229 applies.
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Encroachments on streets
- 221 Prohibition of projections upon streets, etc
- 222 Projections over streets may be permitted in certain cases
- 223 Ground floor doors, etc., not to open outwards on streets
- 224 Prohibition of structures or fixtures which cause obstruction in street
- 225 Prohibition of deposit, etc., of things in streets
- 226 Power to remove anything deposited or exposed for sale in contravention of this Act
- 227 Prohibition of the tethering of animals and milking of cattle
