The DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1957 (Modified as on 5th December, 2018)

PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS

Section 199: Procedure when immovable property cannot be acquired by agreement.

Whenever the Commissioner is unable to acquire any immovable property under section 198 by agreement, the Central Government may at the request of the Commissioner procure the acquisition thereof under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), and on payment by the Corporation of the compensation awarded under that Act and of the charges incurred by the Government in connection with the proceedings, the land shall vest in the Corporation.