Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007

The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi received the assent of the President of India on the 17th January, 2009 and is hereby published for general information:-

"The Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007

(Delhi Act 1 of 2009)

(As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi on the 31st March, 2008)

[17th January, 2009]

An Act to provide for the prevention of defacement of properties and for matters connected therewith or

incidental thereto in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Fifty-ninth Year of

the Republic of India as follows:-

  1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (l) This Act may be called the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007.

    (2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

    (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory

    of Delhi may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

  2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

    (a) "defacement" includes impairing or interfering with the appearance or beauty, damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or injuring in any other way whatsoever and the word "deface" shall be construed accordingly;

    (b) "Lieutenant Governor" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 and designated as such under Article 239AA of the Constitution;

    (c) "property" includes any building, hut, structure, wall, tree, fence, post, pole or any other erection;

    (d) "writing" includes printing, painting, decoration, lettering, ornamentation etc., produced by stencil.

  3. Penalty for defacement of property.- (1) Whoever defaces any property in public view by writing or marking with ink, chalk, paint or any other material except for the purpose of indicating the name and address of the owner or occupier of such property, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both.

    (2) Where any offence committed under sub-section (1) is for the benefit of some other person or a company or other body corporate or an association of persons (whether incorporated or not), then, such other person and every president, chairman, director, partner, manager...

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