{ "id": 27102, "slug": "the-delhi-minorities-commission-act-1999", "title": "The Delhi Minorities Commission Act, 1999", "short_title": "The Delhi Minorities Commission Act, 1999", "act_number": "(Delhi Act No. 1 of 2000)", "act_year": 1999, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Delhi", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "The Delhi Minorities Commission Act, 1999", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Commission\" means the Delhi Minorities Commission constituted under section 3 of this Act;\n(b) \"Chairperson\" means the Chairperson of the Delhi Minorities Commission appointed under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of this Act;\n(c) \"Delhi\" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;\n(d) \"Government\" means the Lieutenant Governor referred to in article 239 AA of the Constitution;\n(e) \"Lieutenant Governor\" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;\n(f) \"Member\" means a member of the Commission;\n(g) \"Minority Community\" for the purpose of this Act, means a Comminute notified as such by the Central Government as per provisions of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992;\n(h) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;\nChapter II\nThe Delhi Minorities Commission", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Constitution of the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) becomes an undercharged insolvent;\n(b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in the opinion of the Central Government involves moral turpitude;\n(c) become of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n(d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting;\n(e) is, without obtaining leave of absences from the Commission, absent from three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or\n(f) has, in the opinion of the Government of National Capital Territory, so abused the position of Chairperson, or Member, as to render that person's continuance in office detrimental to the interests of Minorities or the public interest:", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Secretary of the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Staff of the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Procedure to be regulated by the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Authentication of orders and decisions of the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Vacancies, etc. not to invalidate proceedings of the commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter III\nFunctions and Powers of the Commission", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Functions of the Commission.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) examine the working of various safeguards provided in the Constitution of India or laws enacted by Parliament and the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of Delhi for the protection of the Minority Communities, and to make recommendations to ensure their effective implementation;\n(b) monitor the implementation of the policies and schemes of the government for the welfare of Minority communities;\n(c) conduct studies, research and analysis in order to make recommendations to promote the socio-economic enlistment of the Minority Communities and facilitate their optimum participation in nation-building.\n(d) Cause studies to be undertaken into problems arising out of any discrimination against Minority Communities and recommend measures for their solutions;\n(e) hold seminars, debates and discussions on problems affecting the Minority Communities of Delhi to raise public awareness;\n(f) Assess the representation of minority Communities in the services of the government, semi-Government bodies and Government Undertakings, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi Municipal Council, other local authorities and in case of inadequate representation, to recommended remedial measures;\n(g) Make recommendations for ensuring, maintaining and promoting communal harmony in Delhi;\n(h) Look into specific complaints regarding the deprivation for the rights and safeguards of the Minority communities and to take up such matters with the appropriate authorities for necessary action;\n(i) Serve as a Clearing House for information in respect of the Minority Communities in Delhi;\n(j) Deal with any other matter pertaining to the welfare of the Minority communities which may be referred to it by the Government.\n(2) Annual report\n(3) Special report\n(4) Right to be heard\n(5) Quasi-judicial powers\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;\n(d) requisitioning any public or institutional record, or copy thereof, from any office or institution of the government.\n(6) Power to utilize services of agencies.\n(7) Protection for statement made to the commission.\nChapter IV\nFinance, Accounts and Audit", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Budget and grants by the Government.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Accounts and Audit.", "chapter": null, "content": "Chapter V\nMiscellaneous", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Chairperson, Members and staff of commission to be public servants.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Protection of action taken in good faith.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Establishment of library and cell.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Power to make rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) Salary, allowances, status and other facilities to which the Chairperson or a Member shall be entitled;\n(b) Salary and allowances payable to the Secretary;\n(c) Prescribing of the administrative expenses of the Commission, including the salaries, allowances, pensions and other amounts payable to the Secretary, officers and staff of the Commission;\n(d) Making of rules in accordance with which the accounts of the income and expenditure of the Commission shall no kept;\n(e) Prescription of the form in which the annual statement of accounts of the Commission shall be prepared.\n(f) Prescribing the manner of publication of the annual statement of accounts of the Commission together with a copy of the audit report by the Government.\n(g) Any other matter which is required to be or may by prescribed", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Repeal and saving.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Power to remove difficulties.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "dl138", "Act Number": "(Delhi Act No. 1 of 2000)", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1999", "Short Title": "The Delhi Minorities Commission Act, 1999", "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY", "Location": "Delhi" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22" }