Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - Definitions- (a) “Accountability” means the answerability ofthe public servant for various acts ofomission and commission in the delivery ofpublic service; (b) “Appellant” means a person who has filed an appeal or revision under this Act; (c) “Appellate Authority” means an officer, notified as such under section 3; ((1) “Chief Commissioner” means the ChiefCommissioner appointed under section 12; 78 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JULY 17, 2018 (ASAR 26, 1940 SAKA) (6) (1‘) (g) (h) (i) (k) (1) (m) “Commission” means the Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission, constituted under section 12; “Department" means the concerned department ofthe Government of Punjab; . “Designated Officer” means an officer or official notified as such under section 3 for providing public service to the eligible person; “electronic mode” means any method, process or application to deliver any service electronically including, but not limited to Government to Government, Government to citizen or Government to business transactions, data interchange and other digital supply transactions whether conducted by e—mail, mobile devices, social media, cloud computing, document management, voice or data transmission or otherwise; “electronic service delivery” means the delivery of public service through electronic mode; “eligible person” means a person who is eligible for obtaining a public service notified under section 3; “Government” means the Government ofPunjab in the Department ofGovernance Reforms and Public Grievances; “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; “public authority” means,— (a) any department or authority ofthe Government; (b) any organization or authority or body or corporation or institution or a local authority, established or constituted- (i) by or under the Constitution of India, in the State; (ii) by or under any law made by the Parliament or the Legislature ofthe State ofPunjab; (iii) by notification issued by the Government of Punjab; (c) and includes, an institution, a co-operative society, a Government Company or an authority in which the State Government has substantial control; PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JULY 17, 2018 79 (ASAR 26, 1940 SAKA) (n) “public service” includes the service notified from time to time under section 3, whether electronic or other service; (0) “section” means section ofthis Act; (p) “stipulated time limit” means the maximum time as specified by the Government to provide the public service by the Designated Officer or to decide the appeal by the Appellate Authority; and (q) “transparency” means the duty of a public servant to act in an accountable and transparent manner. 3 (l) The Government may, by notification, from time to time, specify- (a) the public services to which this Act shall apply; (b) the Designated Officer and the Appellate Authority for each public service; (c) the time limit for delivery ofevery public service; (d) fee for every service. (2) The public authority shall be responsible for providing all services in a unified service delivery mode as far as possible.