Structural Audit came into effect by way of an Amendment to the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils Act, 2008 (Fifth Amendment dt. 07.02.2009). The following are the key points of the Amendment:

1. Structural Audit was defined as an “Examination by a Structural Engineer”

2. Purpose was defined as to check the “Fitness of Building for Human Habitation”

3. The Certificate of Fitness for Human Habitation was termed “Structural Stability Certificate”

4. Structural Audit is a Mandatory Provision and came into force with immediate effect


These amendments are reflected in the following Acts:

− Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888 (Bombay ACT No. III) … Insertion of Section 353B

− Bombay Provincial Mun. Corporations Act, 1949

− City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948 and

− Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats & Industrial Townships Act, 1965