https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182794 Under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, a municipal delegate empowered to "take proceedings" must personally institute the complaint or prosecution unless the statute expressly allows further delegation. The Court held that section 481(1)(a) did not permit a licence inspector to file a complaint where the delegated authority was vested in the Deputy Health Officer, and the power could not be passed on by implication. As statutory authority to launch proceedings had to appear on the face of the complaint, the complaint was without valid authority. The conviction and sentence were therefore left undisturbed by the High Court's order, and the appeal failed. en-us Thu, 23 Nov 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 May 2016 17:30:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182794 Under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, a municipal delegate empowered to "take proceedings" must personally institute the complaint or prosecution unless the statute expressly allows further delegation. The Court held that section 481(1)(a) did not permit a licence inspector to file a complaint where the delegated authority was vested in the Deputy Health Officer, and the power could not be passed on by implication. As statutory authority to launch proceedings had to appear on the face of the complaint, the complaint was without valid authority. The conviction and sentence were therefore left undisturbed by the High Court's order, and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Nov 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182794