law: The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
  Chapter I
  Preliminary
  1. Short title, extent and commencement.-
  (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.
  (2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, it extends only to Delhi.
  (3) The provisions of this Act, except this section which shall come into force at once, shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoints:
  Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
  1. 2nd January, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 31st December, 1957, in respect of S. 2, Chap. II, ss. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 89 and 97, Chap. XXIII, ss. 485, 487, 488, 491, 500, 509, 513 and 515, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part IV.
  
  15th February, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 11th February, 1958, in respect of S. 510, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part IV.
  
  7th April, 1958, vide notification No. F. 20/3/58/SR (R), dated 5th April, 1958, in respect of All the provisions of the Act (other than those which have already been brought into force), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part IV.