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PARTI

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GOVERNMENTOF

PUNJAB

DEPARTMENTOF

LEGALAND

LEGISLATIVEAFFAIRS,

PUNJABNOTIFICATIONThe

29th

April2016

NO.

14-Lng2016.-ThefollowingActof

the

Legislatureof

theS

tateof

Punjab

receivedthe

assentof

the

Governorof

Punjabon

the

25thdayof

April,2016,is

hereby

publishedfor

general

information:-

'

'

THE

PUNJAB

DTUNICIPAL

(AMENDMENT)ACT,

2016.

(

PunjabActNo.11

of

2016)

'

I

1

AN

I

_

A

1

ACT

furtherto

amendthe

Punjab

MunicipalAct,

1911.

BEit

enactedby

the

Legislatureof

the

Stateof

Punjabin

the‘

Sixty-

SeventhYearof

the

Republicof

Indiaas

follows:-

'

‘

l.

(I)

ThisAct

maybe

calledthe

Punjab

Municipal

(Amendment)Shorttitleand

Act

2016

‘

_

‘

commencement.

(2)

It

shall

comeinto

fOrceon

and

with

effectfromthe

dateofits

publicationin

the

OfficialGazette.

2.

In

the

Punjab

MunicipalAct,

1911

(hereinafterreferredtoas

the

Insertionof

principalAct),after

section59,the

fOllowingsectionshallbe

inserted,namely.

—

:33:2:::‘f

"59-A.

(I)

With

respectto

the

dispOsalof

property

belongingtoa

1911-

‘

A

Disposalof

Committee,the

followingprovisions

shallthavevcffect;

property.\

namely:-‘(a)

The

ExecutiveOfficermay,

withthe

sanctionOf

I

the

committee,lease,sell,let

out‘onhireor

1.

otherWise

transfer'anyproperty,

movableor

immovable,belongingto

the

Committee.

(b)

The

considerationfor

whichany

immovable

'

propertymaybe

sold,,leased'orotherwise

transferredshallnotbe

less

thanthe

value'at

which

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such

inunovableproperty

couldbe

sold,

leasedor

otherwise

transferredin

normaland

fair

competition;'

(c)

The

sanctionof

'the

Committeeunderthe

afOresaid

clause(a)

maybe

given

either

generallyfor

any

classof

casesor

speciallyfor

any

particularcase.

"

(d)

Subjectto

any

conditionor

limitationthat

maybe

specifiedby

or

underany

other

provisionof

this

Act,the

foregoingprovisionsof

this

sectionsh

all

applyto

every-

disposalof

property

belongingto

the

Committeemade

under,or

for

any

purposes

of

this

Act.

‘

(2)

Notwithstandinganything

containedin

sub-section(1),the

ExecutiveOfficermay,with

the

sanctionof

the

Committee,

transferat

marketvalue,any

immOvableproperty

belonging

to

the

Committeeto

recognizedpoliticalpartieshaving

representationin

the

currentVidhanSabhabut,

havingno

officeat

the

District

Headquarter.".

3.

In

the

principalAct,in

section61,in

sub-section(1),in

clause(ea)

Amendmentin

in

sub—clause(A),in

Item;I,L.

,

section61

of

-

PunjabAct3

of

(i)‘

at

the

endof

serialNo;

(ix),the

‘word"and

"

shallbe

omitted;1911.

and

(

ii)

at

the

endof

serialNo.(x),the

word"and"shallbe

addedand

thereafter.the

followingshallbe

added,

namely:-

"(xi)

purchasecentres,sub

yards,

principalyards,kissan

sarais.office

buildingsand

other

propertiesownedand

usedby

the

PunjabState

AgriculturalMarketing-

Board

andthe

Market

Committees"established

underthe

Punjab

AgriculturalProduceMarketsAct,

1961"(Punjab‘Act

No.23of

1961).".

.

'~

4.

In

the

principalAct,in

section68,for

subsection(3),the

following

Amendmentin

sub-

sectionshallbe

substituted,namely;-

seem)"63

0f

PunjabAct3

of

"(3)

Wherethe

tax

calculated‘under

sub-section(

1-),is

not

fully

1911.

paidby

the

OWneror

occupier‘bythe

31st

Decemberof

the

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relevantfinancial

yearas

aforesaid,"butis

paidonor

t'efore

the

315!

Marchof

that

financialyear.

a

penaltytf

ten

per

dentof

the

remainingamountof

taxso

calculatedshall

bepayable:.

.

'

Providedthatno

penaltyshallbe

payableif

the

taxcalculatedunder

sub—section(I)‘for

the

financialyear

2015-l6is

fullypaid

bythe3-lst

March2016."

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VIVEKPURI,

secretaryto

Governmentof

Punjab,

Departmentof

Legaland

LegislativeAffairs.

1002/04-2016/Pb.Govt.

Press,S.'A.S.

Nagarf