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Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh dated 16th September, 2020, pp. 3581-3582 and 3583. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH WAR AWARDS ACT, 1972 3 (a) 'eligible person' means- (i) a citizen of India ordinarily residing in the State of Himachal Pradesh, (a) who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of the only son or only child who has served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, or who is serving or has served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 3rd December, 1971, but does not include a person who has for such reasons already received a land grant or other award from the Government of Himachal Pradesh or the Government of the State of Punjab as it existed before the re-organisation in the year 1966; or (b) who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of only two sons or only two children both of whom have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, or both of whom are serving or have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India on the 3rd December, 1971, but does not include a person who has for such reasons already received a land grant or other award from the Government of Himachal Pradesh or the Government of the State of Punjab as it existed before the re- organisation in the year 1966; or (c) who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of three or more children who have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, or who are serving or have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 3rd December, 1971, but does not include a person who has for such reasons already received a land grant or other award from the Government of Himachal Pradesh or the Government of the State of Punjab as it existed before the re- organisation in the year 1966; or 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH WAR AWARDS ACT, 1972\ (ii) a citizen of India ordinarily residing in the State of Himachal Pradesh who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of three or more children who having been at any time enrolled or commissioned in forces which, before the 15th August, 1947, were referred to as His Majesty's Naval, Military or Air Forces or in the Forces maintained by any of the Indian States comprised in the State of Himachal Pradesh and who were liable to serve wherever required and have actually served in any of the said forces during the Second World War, but does not include any person who has, for such reasons, already received land grant or other award from the Government of Himachal Pradesh or the Government of the State of Punjab as it existed before the re-organisation in the year 1966 or the Government of any Indian State aforesaid. (b) 'Government' means the Government of Himachal Pradesh. (c) 'War Jagir' means a Jagir granted under this Act. 1[3. Creation of War Jagirs.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Government shall have the power to grant to an eligible person a War Jagir of the value of 2[seven] thousand rupees per annum.]