Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Amendment Act, 2019

Government of Punjab
Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs, Punjab

Notification

The 5th March, 2019

No.6-Leg./2019.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 2nd day of March, 2019, is hereby published for general information:-

Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Amendment Act, 2019
(Punjab Act No. 5 of 2019)

An Act further to amend the Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Act, 2016.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Amendment Act, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Substitution of section 3 of Punjab Act 13 of 2016.

In the Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for section 3, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

Mode of application

“3. (1) Within a period of thirty days from the date of coming into force of the Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Amendment Act, 2019, any owner of the commercial establishment, within the walled city, may voluntarily disclose about any building violation and apply to the Competent Authority for recognition of its usage as on the appointed date. Such an application shall be submitted as per Form ‘A’ along with photographs of such establishment, duly signed by its owner.

(2) Thereafter, within a period of sixty days, the applicant shall submit the required information in Form-B alongwith all the requisite documents/plans and such application fee, as may be prescribed.”.

3. Substitution of section 5 of Punjab Act 13 of 2016.

In the principal Act, for section 5, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

Time limit for finalizing action

“5. The competent authority shall pass the final order and finalize the matter under this Act within a period of one year from the date of coming into force of the Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Amendment Act, 2019.”.

S.K. AGGARWAL
Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to
Government of Punjab, Department of
Legal and Legislative Affairs.

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