THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD AND 
REGULATION OF STREET VENDING) ACT, 2014 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent, commencement and provisions. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

REGULATION OF STREET VENDING 

3.  Survey of street vendors and protection from eviction or relocation. 
4.  Issue of certificate of vending. 
5.  Conditions for issue of certificate of vending. 
6.  Categories of certificate of vending and issue of identity cards. 
7.  Criteria for issuing certificate of vending. 
8.  Vending fees. 
9.  Validity and renewal of certificate of vending. 
10.  Cancellation or suspension of certificate of vending. 
11.  Appeal from decision of Town Vending Committee. 

CHAPTER III 

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF STREET VENDORS 

12.  Rights of street vendor. 
13.  Right of street vendor for a new site or area on relocation. 
14.  Duty of street vendors. 
15.  Maintenance of cleanliness and public hygiene. 
16.  Maintenance of civic amenities in vending zone in good condition. 
17.  Payment of maintenance charges. 

CHAPTER IV 

RELOCATION AND EVICTION OF STREET VENDORS 

18.  Relocation or eviction of street vendors. 
19.  Seizure and reclaiming of goods. 

CHAPTER V 

DISPUTE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 

20.  Redressal of grievances or resolution of disputes of street vendors. 

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SECTIONS 

21. Plan for street vending. 

CHAPTER VI 

PLAN FOR STREET VENDING 

CHAPTER VII 

TOWN VENDING COMMITTEE 

22.  Town Vending Committee. 
23.  Meetings of Town Vending Committee. 
24.  Temporary association of persons with Town Vending Committee for particular purposes. 
25.  Office space and other employees for Town Vending Committee. 
26.  Publication of street vendor’s charter and data-base and carrying out of social audit. 

CHAPTER VIII 

PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT OF STREET VENDORS 

27.  Prevention of harassment by police and other authorities. 

28.  Penalty for contraventions. 

CHAPTER IX 

PENAL PROVISIONS 

CHAPTER X 

MISCELLANEOUS 

29.  Provisions of this Act, not to be construed as conferring ownership rights, etc. 
30.  Returns. 
31.  Promotional measures. 
32.  Research, training and awareness. 
33.  Act to have overriding effect. 
34.  Powers to delegate. 
35.  Power to amend Schedules. 
36.  Power to make rules. 
37.  Power to make bye-laws. 
38.  Scheme for street vendors. 
39.  Power to remove difficulties. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 

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THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD AND 

REGULATION OF STREET VENDING) ACT, 2014 

ACT NO. 7 OF 2014 

An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and 

for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[4th March, 2014.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title,  extent,  commencement  and  provisions.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Street 

Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*. 
(3)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States and any reference in 
any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State as a reference 
to the coming into force of that provision in that State. 

(4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any land, premises and trains owned and controlled 

by the Railways under the Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). 

STATE AMENDMENT 

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh 

Section 1.--In sub-section (2), omit 'except the State of Jammu and Kashmir’. 

[Vide Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Second 
Order,  2020,  Notification  No.  S.O.  3465(E),  dated  (5-10-2020)  and  vide  Union  Territory  of  Ladakh 
Reorganisation  (Adaptation  of  Central  Laws)  Order,  2020,  notification  No.  S.O.  3774(E),  dated           
(23-10-2020).] 

2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “appropriate Government” means in respect of matters relating to,— 

(i) a Union territory without Legislature, the Central Government; 

(ii) the Union territories with Legislature, the Government of the National Capital Territory 

of Delhi or, as the case may be, the Government of Union territory of Puducherry; 

(iii) a State, the State Government; 

(b)  “holding  capacity”  means  the  maximum  number  of  street  vendors  who  can  in  any  vending 
zone  and  has  been  determined  as  such  by  the  local  authority  on  the  commendations  of  the  Town 
Vending Committee; 

(c)  “local  authority”  means  a  Municipal  Corporation  or  a  Municipal  Council  or  a  Nagar 
Panchayat,  by  whatever  name  called,  or the  Cantonment  Board,  or  as the  case may  be,  a civil  area 
committee appointed under section 47 of the Cantonment Act, 2006 (41 of 2006) or such other body 

1. 1st May, 2014, vide notification No. S.O. 1185 (E), dated 1st May, 2014, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii). 
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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entitled to function as a local authority in any city or town to provide civic services and regulate street 
vending and includes the “planning authority” which regulates the land use in that city or town; 

(d) “mobile vendors” means street vendors who carry out vending activities in designated area by 

moving from one place to another place vending their goods and services; 

(e) “natural market” means a market where sellers and buyers have traditionally congregated for 
the sale and purchase of products or services and has been determine das such by the local authority 
on the recommendations of the Town Vending Committee; 

(f) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the term “notify” shall 

be construed accordingly; 

(g)  “planning  authority”  means  an  Urban  Development  Authority  or  any  other authority  in  any 
city or town designated by the appropriate Government as responsible for regulating the land use by 
defining the precise extent of areas for any particular activity in the master plan or development plan 
or zonal plan or layout plan or any other spatial plan which is legally enforceable under the applicable 
Town  and  Country  Planning  Act  or  the  Urban  Development  Act  or  the  Municipal  Act,  as the  case 
may be; 

(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the appropriate Government; 

(i) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to this Act; 

(j) “scheme” means a scheme framed by the appropriate Government under section 38; 

(k) “stationary vendors” means street vendors who carry out vending activities on regular basis at 

a specific location; 

(l)  “street  vendor”  means  a  person  engaged  in  vending  of  articles,  goods,  wares,  food  items  or 
merchandise  of  everyday  use  or  offering  services  to  the  general  public,  in  a  street,  lane,  sidewalk, 
footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up 
structure  or  by  moving  from  place  to  place  and  includes  hawker,  peddler,  squatter  and  all  other 
synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words “street vending” with their 
grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly; 

(m)  “Town  Vending  Committee”  means  the  body  constituted  by  the  appropriate  Government 

under section 22; 

(n)  “vending  zone”  means  an  area  or  a  place  or  a  location  designated  as  such  by  the  local 
authority,  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Town  Vending  Committee,  for  the  specific  use  by  street 
vendors  for  street  vending  and  includes  footpath,  side  walk,  pavement,  embankment,  portions  of  a 
street,  waiting  area  for  public  or  any  such  place  considered  suitable  for  vending  activities  and 
providing services to the general public. 

(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in 
which such enactment or such provision is not in force be construed as a reference to the corresponding 
law, if any, in force in that area. 

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

STATE AMENDMENT 

Section 2.-In sub-section (1), in clause (a), in sub-clause (ii), after “the Government of the National 

Capital Territory of Delhi”, insert “the Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir” 

[Vide  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  Reorganisation  (Adaptation  of  Central  Laws)  Second 
Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3465(E), dated (5-10-2020).] 

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CHAPTER II 

REGULATION OF STREET VENDING 

3. Survey of street vendor sand protection from eviction or relocation.—(1) The Town Vending 
Committee shall, within  such period and in such manner as may be specified in the scheme, conduct a 
survey of all existing street vendors, within the area under its jurisdiction, and subsequent survey shall be 
carried out at least once in every five years. 

(2)  The  Town  Vending  Committee  shall  ensure  that  all  existing  street  vendors,  identified  in  the 
survey, are accommodated in the vending zones subject to a norm conforming to two and half per cent. of 
the population of the ward or zone or town or city, as the case may be, in accordance with the plan for 
street vending and the holding capacity of the vending zones. 

(3) No street vendor shall be evicted or, as the case may be, relocated till the survey specified under 

sub-section (1) has been completed and the certificate of vending is issued to all street vendors. 

4. Issue of certificate of vending.—(1) Every street vendor, identified under the survey carried out 
under sub-section (1) of section 3, who has completed the age of fourteen years or such age as may be 
prescribed by the appropriate Government, shall be issued a certificate of vending by the Town Vending 
Committee, subject to such terms and conditions and within the period specified in the scheme including 
the restrictions specified in the plan for street vending: 

Provided that a person, whether or not included under the survey under sub-section (1) of section 3, 
who  has  been  issued  a  certificate  of  vending  before  the  commencement  of  this Act,  whether  known  as 
licence or any other form of permission (whether as a stationary vendor or a mobile vendor or under any 
other category) shall be deemed to be a street  vendor for that category for the period for which he has 
been issued such certificate of vending. 

(2)  Where,  in  the  intervening  period  between  two  surveys,  any  person  seeks  to  vend,  the  Town 
Vending Committee may grant a certificate of vending to such person, subject to the scheme, the plan for 
street vending and the holding capacity of the vending zones. 

(3)  Where  the  number  of  street  vendors  identified  under  sub-section  (1)  or  the  number  of  persons 
seeking to vend under sub-section (2) are more than the holding capacity of the vending zone and exceeds 
the  number  of  persons  to  be  accommodated  in  that  vending  zone,  the  Town  Vending  Committee  shall 
carry  out  a  draw  of  lots  for  issuing  the  certificate  of  vending  for  that  vending  zone  and  the  remaining 
persons shall be accommodated in any adjoining vending zone to avoid relocation. 

5. Conditions for issue of certificate of vending.—(1) Every street vendor shall give an undertaking 

to the Town Vending Committee prior to the issue of a certificate of vending under section 4, that— 

(a) he shall carry on the business of street vending himself or through any of his family member; 

(b) he has no other means of livelihood: 

(c) he shall not transfer in any manner whatsoever, including rent, the certificate of vending or the 
place specified therein to any other person. 

(2)  Where  a  street  vendor  to  whom  a  certificate  of  vending  is  issued  dies  or  suffers  from  any 
permanent disability or is ill, one of his family  member in following order of priority, may  vend in his 
place, till the validity of the certificate of vending— 

(a) spouse of the street vendor; 

(b) dependent child of the street vendor: 

Provided that where a dispute arises as to who is entitled to vend in the place of the vendor, the matter 

shall be decided by the committee under section 20. 

6. Categories of certificate of vending and issue of identity cards.—(1) The certificate of vending 

shall be issued under any of the following categories, namely:— 

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(a) a stationary vendor; 

(b) a mobile vendor; or 

(c) any other category as may be specified in the scheme. 

(2) The certificate of vending issued for the categories specified in sub-section (1) shall be in such 
form, and issued in such manner, as may be specified in the scheme and specify the vending zone where 
the street vendor shall carry on his vending activities, the days and timings for carrying on such vending 
activities and the conditions and restriction subject to which he shall carry on such vending activities. 

(3)  Every  street  vendor  who  has  been  issued  certificate  of  vending  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be 

issued identity cards in such form and manner as may be specified in the scheme. 

7.  Criteria for  issuing  certificate  of  vending.—The  criteria  to  be  followed  by  the  Town  Vending 
Committee for issuing certificate of vending to a street vendor shall be as specified in the scheme, which 
may, apart from other things, provide for preference to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other 
Backward  Classes,  women,  persons  with  disabilities,  minorities  or  such  other  categories  as  may  be 
specified in the scheme. 

8.  Vending  fees.—Every  street  vendor  who  has  been  issued  certificate  of  vending  shall  pay  such 

vending fees as may be specified in the scheme. 

9. Validity and renewal of certificate of vending.—(1) Every certificate of vending shall be valid 

for such period as may be specified in the scheme. 

(2) Every certificate of vending shall be renewable for such period, in such manner, and on payment 

of such fees, as may be specified in the scheme. 

10.  Cancellation  or  suspension  of  certificate  of  vending.—Where  a  street  vendor  who  has  been 
issued a certificate of vending under this Act commits breach of any of the conditions thereof or any other 
terms and conditions specified or the purpose of regulating street vending under this Act or any rules or 
schemes  made  thereunder,  or  where  the  Town  Vending  Committee  is  satisfied  that  such  certificate  of 
vending  has  been  secured  by  the  street  vendor  through  misrepresentation  or  fraud,  the  Town  Vending 
Committee may, without prejudice to any other fine which may have been incurred by the street vendor 
under this Act, cancel the certificate of vending or suspend the same in such as may be specified in the 
scheme and for such period as it deems fit: 

Provided  that  no  such  cancellation  or  suspension  shall  be  made  by  the  Town  Vending  Committee 

unless an opportunity of hearing has been given to the street vendor. 

11. Appeal from decision of Town Vending Committee.—(1) Any person who is aggrieved by any 
decision of the Town Vending Committee with respect to issue of certificate of vending under section 6 
or cancellation or suspension of certificate of vending under section 10 may prefer an appeal to the local 
authority in such form, within such period, and in such manner, as may be prescribed. 

(2)  No  appeal  shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  local  authority  unless  the  appellant  has  been  given  an 

opportunity of hearing. 

CHAPTER III 

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF STREET VENDORS 

12. Rights of street vendors.—(1) Every street vendor shall have the right to carry on the business of 
street  vending  activities  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  mentioned  in  the  certificate  of 
vending. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any area or space, as the case may 
be, has been earmarked as no-vending zone, no street vendor shall carry out any vending activities in that 
zone. 

13.  Right  of  street  vendor  for  a  new  site  or  area  on  relocation.—Every  street  vendor,  who 
possesses a certificate of vending, shall, in case of his relocation under section 18, be entitled for new site 
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or  area,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  carrying  out  his  vending  activities  as  may  be  determined  by  the  local 
authority, in consultation with the Town Vending Committee. 

14.  Duty of street vendors.—Where a street vendor occupies space on a time sharing basis, he shall 

remove his goods and wares every day at the end of the time-sharing period allowed to him. 

15. Maintenance of cleanliness and public hygiene.—Every street vendor shall maintain cleanliness 

and public hygiene in the vending zones and the adjoining areas. 

16.  Maintenance of civic amenities in vending zone in good condition.—Every street vendor shall 
maintain civic amenities and public property in the vending zone in good condition and not damage or 
destroy or cause any damage or destruction to the same. 

17.  Payment  of  maintenance  charges.—Every  street  vendor  shall  pay  such  periodic  maintenance 
charges for the civic amenities and facilities provided in the vending zones as may be determined by the 
local authority. 

CHAPTER IV 

RELOCATION AND EVICTION OF STREET VENDORS 

18. Relocation or eviction of street vendors.—(1) The local authority may, on the recommendations 
of  the  Town  Vending  Committee,  declare  a  zone  or  part  of  it  to  be  a  no-vending  zone  for  any  public 
purpose and relocate the street vendors vending in that area, in such manner as may be specified in the 
scheme. 

(2) The local authority shall evict such street vendor whose certificate of vending has been cancelled 
under section 10 or who does not have a certificate of vending and vends without such certificate, in such 
manner as may be specified in the scheme. 

(3) No street vendor shall be relocated or evicted by the local authority from the place specified in the 
certificate of vending unless he has been given thirty days’ notice for the same in such manner as may be 
specified in the scheme. 

(4) A street vendor shall be relocated or evicted by the local authority physically in such manner as 
may be specified in the scheme only after he had failed to vacate the place specified in the certificate of 
vending, after the expiry of the period specified in the notice. 

(5) Every street vendor who fails to relocate or vacate the place specified in the certificate of vending, 
after the expiry of the period specified in the notice, shall be liable to pay for every day of such default, a 
penalty  which  may  extend  up  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  rupees,  as  may  be  determined  by  the  local 
authority, but shall not be more than the value of goods seized. 

19. Seizure and reclaiming of goods.—(1) If the street vendor fails to vacate the place specified in 
the certificate of vending, after the lapse of the period specified in the notice given under sub-section (3) 
of  section  18,  the  local  authority,  in  addition  to  evicting  the  street  vendor  under  section  18,  may,  if  it 
deems necessary, seize the goods of such street vendor in such manner as may be specified in the scheme: 

Provided  that  where  any  such  seizure  is  carried  out,  a  list  of  goods  seized  shall  be  prepared,  as 
specified in the scheme, and a copy thereof, duly signed by the person authorised to seize the goods, shall 
be issued to the street vendor. 

(2) The street vendor whose goods have been seized under sub-section (1) may, reclaim his goods in 

such manner, and after paying such fees, as may be specified in the scheme: 

Provided that in case of non-perishable goods, the local authority shall release the goods within two 
working  days  of  the  claim  being  made  by  the  street  vendor  and  in  case  of  perishable  goods  the  local 
authority shall release the goods on the same day of the claim being made by the street vendor. 

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CHAPTER V 

DISPUTE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 

20.  Redressal  of  grievances  or  resolution  of  disputes  of  street  vendors.—(1)  The  appropriate 
Government  may  constitute  one  or  more  committees  consisting  of  a  Chairperson  who  has  been  a  civil 
judge or a judicial magistrate and two other professional shaving such experience as may be prescribed 
for the purpose of deciding the applications received under sub-section (2): 

Provided that no employee of the appropriate Government or the local authority shall be appointed as 

members of the committee. 

(2)  Every  street  vendor  who  has  a  grievance  or  dispute  may  make  an  application  in  writing  to  the 

committee constituted under sub-section (1) in such form and manner as maybe prescribed. 

(3) On receipt of grievance or dispute under sub-section (2), the committee referred to in sub-section 
(1) shall, after verification and enquiry in such manner, as may be prescribed, take steps for redressal of 
such grievance or resolution of such dispute, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(4) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the committee may prefer an appeal to the local 

authority in such form, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(5) The local authority shall dispose of the appeal received under sub-section (4) within such time and 

in such manner as may be prescribed: 

Provided that the local authority shall, before disposing of the appeal, give an opportunity of being 

heard to the aggrieved person. 

CHAPTER VI 

PLAN FOR STREET VENDING 

21.  Plan  for  street  vending.—(1)  Every  local  authority  shall,  in  consultation  with  the  planning 
authority and on the recommendations of the Town Vending Committee, once in every five years, prepare 
a plan to promote the vocation of street vendors covering the matters contained in the First Schedule. 

(2) The plan for street vending prepared by the local authority shall be submitted to the appropriate 
Government  for  approval  and  that  Government  shall,  before  notifying  the  plan,  determine  the  norms 
applicable to the street vendors. 

CHAPTER VII 

TOWN VENDING COMMITTEE 

22. Town Vending Committee.—(1) The appropriate Government may, by rules made in this behalf, 

provide for the term and the manner of constituting a Town Vending Committee in each local authority: 

Provided  that  the  appropriate  Government  may,  if  considers  necessary,  provide  for  constitution  of 
more than one Town Vending Committee, or a Town Vending Committee for each zone or ward, in each 
local authority. 

(2) Each Town Vending Committee shall consist of:— 

(a)  Municipal  Commissioner  or  Chief  Executive  Officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  who  shall  be  the 

Chairperson; and 

(b)  such  number  of  other  members  as  may  be  prescribed,  to  be  nominated  by  the  appropriate 
Government,  representing  the  local  authority,  medical  officer  of  the  local  authority,  the  planning 
authority, traffic police, police, association of street vendors,  market  associations,  traders  associa-
tions, non-governmental organisations, community based organisations, resident welfare associations, 
banks and such other interests as it deems proper; 

(c) the number of members nominated to represent the non-governmental organisations and the 

community based organisations shall not be less than ten per cent.;  

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(d) the number of members representing the street vendors shall not be less than forty per cent. 

who shall be elected by the street vendors themselves in such manner as may be prescribed: 

Provided  that  one-third  of  members  representing  the  street  vendors  shall  be  from  amongst  women 

vendors: 

Provided further that due representation shall be given to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, 
Other Backward Classes, minorities and persons with disabilities from amongst the members representing 
street vendors. 

(3) The Chairperson and the members nominated under sub-section (2) shall receive such allowances 

as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government. 

23. Meetings of Town Vending Committee.—(1) The Town Vending Committee shall meet at such 
times and places within the jurisdiction of the local authority and shall observe such rules of procedure in 
regard to the transaction of business at its meetings, and discharge such functions, as may be prescribed. 

(2)  Every  decision  of  the  Town  Vending  Committee  shall  be  notified  along  with  the  reasons  for 

taking such decision. 

24.  Temporary  association  of  persons  with  Town  Vending  Committee  for  particular 
purposes.—(1)  The  Town  Vending  Committee  may  associate  with  itself  in  such  manner  and  for  such 
purposes, as may be prescribed, any person whose assistance or advice it may desire, in carrying out any 
of the provisions of this Act. 

(2) A person associated under sub-section (1) shall be paid such allowances as maybe prescribed. 

25. Office space and other employees for Town Vending Committee.—The local authority shall 
provide  the  Town  Vending  Committee  with  appropriate  office  space  and  such  employees  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

26. Publication of street vendor’s charter and data-base and carrying out of social audit.—(1) 
Every  Town  Vending  Committee  shall  publish  the  street  vendor's  charter  specifying  therein  the  time 
within which the certificate of vending shall be issued to a street vendor and the time within which such 
certificate of vending shall be renewed and other activities to be performed within the time limit specified 
therein. 

(2) Every Town Vending Committee shall maintain up to date records of registered street vendors and 
street vendors to whom certificate of vending has been issued containing name of such street vendor, stall 
allotted  to  him,  nature  of  business  carried  out  by  him,  category  of  street  vending  and  such  other 
particulars which may be relevant to the street vendors, in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(3) Every Town Vending Committee shall carry out social audit of its activities under the Act or the 

rules or the schemes made there under in such form and manner as may be specified in the scheme. 

CHAPTER VIII 

PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT OF STREET VENDORS 

27.  Prevention  of  harassment  by  police  and  other  authorities.—Notwithstanding  anything 
contained in any other law for the time being in force, no street vendor who carries on the street vending 
activities in accordance with the terms and conditions of his certificate of vending shall be prevented from 
exercising such rights by any person or police or any other authority exercising powers under any other 
law for the time being in force. 

CHAPTER IX 

PENAL PROVISIONS 

28. Penalty for contraventions.—If any street vendor— 

(a) indulges in vending activities without a certificate of vending; 

(b) contravenes the terms of certificate of vending; or 

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(c)  contravenes  any  other  terms  and  conditions  specified  for  the  purpose  of  regulating  street 

vending under this Act or any rules or schemes made thereunder, 

he shall be liable to a penalty for each such offence which may extend up to rupees two thousand as may 
be determined by the local authority. 

CHAPTER X 

MISCELLANEOUS 

29. Provisions of this Act, not to be construed as conferring ownership rights, etc.—(1) Nothing 
contained in this Act shall be construed as conferring upon a street vendor any temporary, permanent or 
perpetual right of carrying out vending activities in the vending zones allotted to him or in respect of any 
place on which he carries on such vending activity. 

(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to any stationery vendor, if a temporary leasehold 
or  ownership  right  has  been  conferred  on  him  by  a  lease  deed  or  otherwise,  in  respect  of  a  place  at 
specific location where he carries on such vending activity in accordance with the provisions of any law 
for the time being in force for carrying out such vending activity. 

30. Returns.—Every Town Vending Committee shall furnish, from time to time, to the appropriate 

Government and the local authority such returns as may be prescribed. 

31.  Promotional  measures.—The  appropriate  Government  may,  in  consultation  with  the  Town 
Vending  Committee,  local  authority,  planning  authority  and  street  vendors  associations  or  unions, 
promotional measures of making available credit, insurance and other welfare schemes of social security 
for the street vendors. 

32.  Research,  training  and  awareness.—The  appropriate  Government  may,  to  the  extent  of 

availability of financial and other resources,— 

(a)  organise  capacity  building  programmes  to  enable  the  street  vendors  to  exercise  the  rights 

contemplated under this Act; 

(b)  undertake  research,  education  and  training  programmes  to  advance  knowledge  and 
understanding of the role of the informal sector in the economy, in general and the street vendors, in 
particular and to raise awareness among the public through Town Vending Committee. 

33.  Act  to  have  overriding  effect.—The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  have  effect  notwithstanding 
anything in consistent there in contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument 
having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act. 

34. Powers to delegate.—The appropriate Government may, by general or special order in writing, 
delegate  such  of  its  powers  and  functions  under  this  Act  (excluding  the  power  to  frame  scheme  under 
section 38 and power to make rules under section 36), as it may deem necessary, to the local authority or 
the Town Vending Committee or any other officer, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified 
in that order. 

35. Power to amend Schedules.—(1) On the recommendations made by the appropriate Government 
or otherwise, if the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by 
notification, amend the Schedules and thereupon the First Schedule or the Second Schedule, as the case 
may be, shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly. 

(2)  A  copy  of  every  notification  issued  under  sub-section  (1),  shall  be  laid  before  each  House  of 

Parliament as soon as may be after it is issued. 

36. Power to make rules.—(1) The appropriate Government shall, within one year from the date of 

commencement of this Act, by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the age for street vending under sub-section (1) of section 4; 

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(b) the form, period and manner of filing appeal with the local authority under sub-section (1) of 

section 11; 

(c) the persons and the experience such person shall have under sub-section (1) of section 20; 

(d) the form and the manner of making application under sub-section (2) of section 20; 

(e)  the  manner  of  verification  and  enquiry  on  receipt  of  grievance  or  dispute,  the  time  within 
which and the manner in which steps for redressal of grievances and resolution of disputes may be 
taken under sub-section (3) of section 20; 

(f)  the  form,  the  time  within  which  and  the  manner  in  which  an  appeal  may  be  filed  under                  

sub-section (4) of section 20; 

(g)  the  time  within  which  and  the  manner  in  which  an  appeal  shall  be  disposed  of  under                     

sub-section (5) of section 20; 

(h)  the  term  of,  and  the  manner  of  constituting,  the  Town  Vending  Committee  under                

sub-section (1) of section 22; 

(i)  the  number  of  other  members  of  the  Town  Vending  Committee  under  clause  (b)  of             

sub-section (2) of section 22; 

(j) the manner of elections among street vendors under clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 22; 

(k) the allowances to Chairperson and members under sub-section (3) of section 22; 

(l) the time and place for meeting, procedure for transaction of business at meetings and functions 

to be discharged by the Town Vending Committee under section 23; 

(m) the manner and the purpose for which a person may be associated under sub-section (1) of 

section 24; 

(n) the allowances to be paid to an associated person under sub-section (2) of section 24; 

(o) the other employees of Town Vending Committee under section 25; 

(p)  the  manner  of  maintaining  up  to  date  record  of  all  street  vendors  under  sub-section  (2)  of 

section 26; 

(q) the returns to be furnished under section 30; 

(r) the manner of publishing summary of scheme under sub-section (2) of section 38. 

(3) Every rule and scheme made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as 
may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session ,for a total period of thirty 
days  which  may  be  comprised in  one session or  in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and if,  before  the 
expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses 
agree  in  making  any  modification  in  the  rule  or  scheme  or  both  Houses  agree  that  the  rule  or  scheme 
should not be made, the rule or scheme shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no 
effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without 
prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or scheme. 

(4) Every rule or scheme made by the State Government under this Act shall, as soon as may be after 
it  is  made,  be  laid  before  each  House  of  the  State  Legislature  where  there  are  two  Houses,  and  where 
there is one House of the State Legislature, before that House. 

37.  Power  to  make  bye-laws.—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  any  rule  or  scheme  made 
thereunder,  the  local  authority  may  make  bye-laws  to  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the  following  matters, 
namely:— 

(a)  the  regulation  and  manner  of  vending  in  restriction-free-vending  zones,  restricted-vending 

zones and designated vending zones; 

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(b)  determination  of  monthly  maintenance  charges  for  the  civic  amenities  and  facilities  in  the 

vending zones under section 17; 

(c) determination of penalty under sub-section (5) of section 18 and section 28; 

(d) the regulation of the collection of taxes and fees in the vending zones; 

(e) the regulation of traffic in the vending zones; 

(f) the regulation of the quality of products and services provided to the public in vending zones 

and maintenance of public health, hygiene and safety standards; 

(g) the regulation of civic services in the vending zones; and 

(h) the regulation of such other matters in the vending zones as may be necessary. 

38. Scheme for street vendors.—(1) For the purposes of this Act, the appropriate Government shall 
frame a scheme, within six months from the date of commencement of this Act,  after due consultations 
with the local authority and the Town Vending Committee, by notification, which may specify all or any 
of the matters provided in the Second Schedule. 

(2) A summary of the scheme notified by the appropriate Government under sub-section (1) shall be 

published by the local authority in at least two local newspapers in such manner as may be prescribed. 

39. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, 
not in consistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary expedient for removing the 
difficulty: 

Provided  that  no  order  shall  be  made  under  this  section  after  expiry  of  three  years  from  the 

commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each 

House of Parliament. 

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

(See section 21) 

PLAN FOR STREET VENDING 

(1) The plan for street vending shall,— 

(a) ensure that all existing street vendors identified in the survey, subject to a norm conforming to 
two and half per cent. of the population of the ward, zone, town or city, as the case may be, are 

accommodated in the plan for street vending; 

(b) ensure the right of commuters to move freely and use the roads without any impediment; 

(c) ensure that the provision of space or area for street vending is reasonable and consistent with 

existing natural markets; 

(d)  take  into  account  the  civic  facilities  for  appropriate  use  of  identified  spaces  or  areas  as 

vending zones; 

(e)  promote  convenient,  efficient  and  cost  effective  distribution  of  goods  and  provision  of 

services; 

(f)  such  other  matters  as  may  be  specified  in  the  scheme  to  give  effect  to  the  plan  for  street 

vending. 

(2) The plan for street vending shall contain all of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) determination of spatial planning norms for street vending; 

(b) earmarking of space or area for vending zones; 

(c) determination of vending zones as restriction-free-vending zones, restricted vending zones and 

no-vending zones; 

(d) making of spatial plans conducive and adequate for the prevalent number of street vendors in 

that city or town and also for the future growth, by adopting such norms as may be necessary; 

(e)  consequential  changes  needed  in  the  existing  master  plan,  development  plan,  zonal  plan, 

layout plan and any other plan for accommodating street vendors in the designated vending zones. 

(3) Declaration of no-vending zone shall be carried out by the plan for street vending, subject to the 

following principles, namely:— 

(a) any existing market, or a natural market as identified under the survey shall not be declared as 

a no-vending zone; 

(b)  declaration  of  no-vending  zone  shall  be  done  in  a  manner  which  displace  sthe  minimum 

percentage of street vendors; 

(c) overcrowding of any place shall not be a basis for declaring any area as a no-vending  zone 
provided that restrictions may be placed on issuing certificate of vending in such areas to persons not 
identified as street vendors in the survey; 

(d)  sanitary  concerns  shall  not  be  the  basis  for  declaring  any  area  as  a  no-vending  zone  unless 
such concerns can be solely attributed to street vendors and cannot be resolved through appropriate 
civic action by the local authority; 

(e) till such time as the survey has not been carried out and the plan for street vending has not 

been formulated, no zone shall be declared as a no-vending zone. 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 38) 

Matters to be provided in the Scheme for Street Vendors framed by the appropriate Government:— 

(a) the manner of conducting survey; 

(b) the period within which certificate of vending shall be issued to the street vendors identified 

under the survey; 

(c)  the  terms  and  conditions  subject  to  which  certificate  of  vending  may  be  issued  to  a  street 
vendor including to those persons who wish to carry on street vending during the intervening period 
of two surveys; 

(d) the form and the manner in which the certificate of vending may be issued to a street vendor; 

(e) the form and manner of issuing identity cards to street vendors; 

(f) the criteria for issuing certificate of vending to street vendors; 

(g) the vending fees to be paid on the basis of category of street vending, which may be different 

for different cities; 

(h)  the  manner  of  collecting,  through  banks,  counters  of  local  authority  and  counters  of  Town 
Vending Committee, vending fees, maintenance charges and penalties for registration, use of parking 
space for mobile stalls and availing of civic services; 

(i) the period of validity of certificate of vending; 

(j) the period for which and the manner in which a certificate of vending may be renewed and the 

fees for such renewal; 

(k) the manner in which the certificate of vending may be suspended or cancelled; 

(l) the categories of street vendors other than stationery vendors and mobile vendors; 

(m) the other categories of persons for preference for issue of certificate of vending; 

(n) the public purpose for which a street vendor may be relocated and the manner of relocating 

street vendor; 

(o) the manner of evicting a street vendor; 

(p) the manner of giving notice for eviction of a street vendor; 

(q) the manner of evicting a street vendor physically on failure to evict; 

(r) the manner of seizure of goods by the local authority, including preparation and issue of list of 

goods seized; 

(s) the manner of reclaiming seized goods by the street vendor and the fees for the same; 

(t)  the  form  and  the  manner  for  carrying  out  social  audit  of  the  activities  of  Town  Vending 

Committee; 

(u) the conditions under which private places may be designated as restriction free-vending zones, 

restricted-vending zones and no-vending zones; 

(v)  the  terms  and  conditions  for  street  vending  including  norms  to  be  observed  for  up  keeping 

public health and hygiene; 

(w)  the  designation  of  State  Nodal  Officer  for  co-ordination  of  all  matters  relating  to  street 

vending at the state level; 

(x)  the  manner  of  maintenance  of  proper  records  and  other  documents  by  the  Town  Vending 

Committee, local authority, planning authority and State Nodal Officer in respect of street vendors; 

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(y) the manner of carrying out vending activities on time-sharing basis; 

(z)  the  principles  for  determination  of  vending  zones  as  restriction-free-vending  zones,              

restricted-vending zones and no-vending zones; 

(za)  the  principles  for  determining  holding  capacity  of  vending  zones  and  the  manner  of 

undertaking comprehensive census and survey; 

(zb) principles of relocation subject to the following: 

(i) relocation should be avoided as far as possible, unless there is clear and urgent need for 

the land in question; 

(ii) affected vendors or their representatives shall be involved in planning and implementation 

of the rehabilitation project; 

(iii)  affected  vendors  shall  be  relocated  so  as to  improve  their  livelihood  sand standards  of 

living or at least to restore them, in real terms to pre-evicted levels; 

(iv)  livelihood  opportunities  created  by  new  infrastructure  development  projects  shall 
accommodate  the  displaced  vendors  so  that  they  can  make  use  of  the  livelihood  opportunities 
created by the new infrastructure; 

(v) loss of assets shall be avoided and in case of any loss, it shall be compensated; 

(vi) any transfer of title or other interest in land shall not affect the rights of street vendors on 
such land, and any relocation consequent upon such a transfer shall be done in accordance with 
the provisions of this Act; 

(vii) state machinery shall take comprehensive measures to check and control the practice of 

forced evictions; 

(viii) natural markets where street vendors have conducted business for over fifty years shall 

be declared as heritage markets, and the street vendors in such markets shall not be relocated; 

(zc) any other matter which may be included in the scheme for carrying out the purposes of this 

Act. 

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