The PUNJAB DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGED AREAS ACT, 1951
chandigarh · 1951
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Develop- Short title, easeat ment of Damaged Areas Act, 1951
- S. 2Inthis Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
- S. 3Section 3 allows the Trust to create development schemes for damaged areas, incorporating previous schemes from the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922.
- S. 4Section 4 mandates the publication of schemes for damaged area development in the Official Gazette and newspapers, and outlines the process for considering and approving these schemes.
- S. 6Section 6 allows the Trust to apply for acquiring damaged areas and the Collector to deliver possession to the Trust, subject to compensation.
- S. 9sted at convenient places on or near the land comprised claims to com
- S. 10(/) The Collector may also require any such ercons, “Sd nerson fo make or deliver (o him, on a date anda place perso
- S. 11Enquiry into claims and objections
- S. 12Section 12 mandates the Trust to execute the sanctioned scheme and submit a detailed cost report to the Central Government within three years.
- S. 13(J) After the statement has been notified und Cd MR the preceding section, the Collector shall make an ay<""
- S. 14Section 14 makes the Collector's award final evidence of land's true area, value, and compensation apportionment.
- S. 15Section 15 allows the Trust to either challenge the Collector's award or accept it within thirty days.
- S. 16Section 16 directs the Collector to distribute funds from a specified amount for compensation payments to affected individuals.
- S. 17(1) The amounts due to persons who may not Deposit of con be competent to alienate the land for which compensation Tr
- S. 18(/) No award under this
- S. 19(1) The Trust or any person interested who has may require received compensation under protest may; by written ap- T
- S. 20(J) In making the refer
- S. 22The scop before the Tribunal shall be restricted to of the interests of the persons affected by the objections
- S. 23Section 23 allows the Tribunal to order payments to entitled persons and enforce its awards as decrees.
- S. 24Section 24 determines cost-sharing in tribunal awards, barring costs against the Trust unless certain conditions on plot and income assessments are met.
- S. 25The Trust shall not be required to pay interest awarded
- S. 26—
- S. 27Section 27 empowers the Collector and Tribunal to summon witnesses and compel document production in investigations.
- S. 28Section 28 mandates that the Trust must obtain approval in a meeting for land acquisition and scheme execution under the Act, with a quorum of at least three.
- S. 29Consequences
- S. 30Section 30 exempts the Central Improvement Trust and individuals from legal actions for actions taken under the Act.
- S. 31Section 31 penalizes failure to deliver possession or molesting service personnel with up to two years imprisonment or fines.
- S. 32Section 32 allows only the Chairman of the Improvement Trust to file complaints for offenses under this Act, which are tried by a First Class Judicial Magistrate.
- S. 33The [Central Govern make rules for nent] may, by notification carrying out all this Act
- S. 34(J) The Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Repeal Of Punjab Ordinance (XVI of 1950), is hereby repealed
- S. 41The Tribunal shall thereupon cause notice, speci- Nese ‘ilerese fying the day on which it will proceed to determine t
- S. 279Section 279 empowers the Trust Chairman to halt, alter, or demolish unauthorized constructions in damaged areas without compensation.
- S. 1968Punjab Act No, 25 Of 196-4, Government” QWs On State and Conc *Substituted for the word “Magistrate” by 1951 : Pb