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Jail for defacement of property proposed

NEW DELHI: People defacing any property in the Capital in public view by writing or marking it with ink, chalk, paint or any other material would soon be liable to punishment with imprisonment for a term of up to one year or with a fine of up to Rs.50,000. The Delhi Government has introduced the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Bill, 2007, in the State Assembly proposing these harsh punishments for defacement.

The Bill was introduced in the House by Urban Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan. It also states that where any offence is committed for the benefit of some other person or a company or other body corporate or an association of persons, then such other person and every president, chairman, director, partner, manager, secretary, agent or any other officer or persons concerned with the management would be deemed to be guilty of such offence unless he or she proves that the offence was committed without his or her knowledge or consent.

According to the Bill, the offence punishable under this Act would be cognisable.

Further, the Lieutenant-Governor would be competent to take steps for erasing any writing, freeing any defacement or removing any mark from any property.

Stating that the legislation seeks to provide for prevention of defacement of property which has become a growing menace in Delhi, the Minister said the provisions of the West Bengal Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1976, as extended to Delhi from September 28, 1983, do not provide any effective deterrent.

Accordingly, Mr. Chauhan said, the new legislation has come with more stringent penalties and also with powers for composition of offences.

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