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[1][1]The [2][2][Punjab] Bus Stands and Traffic Control (
(W.P. Ordinance XX of 1963)
[
An
Ordinance,----
(a) to provide for measures to remove and prevent
traffic congestion and to regulate movement of vehicular traffic within the
municipal limits of
(b) to remove the existing petrol pumps from their
present sites on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura road
to the crossing of the Labh Singh Road; and
(c) to validate the actions taken under the
Martial Law order No. 119 issued by the Martial law Administrator, Zone B and
the West Pakistan Ordinance No. XXI of 1962.
WHEREAS
the Martial Law Order No. 119 was issued by the Martial Law Administrator, Zone
B, on the 13th April, 1962; with effect from the 1st June, 1961, and on its
repeal by Presidents Order No. 29 of 1962, it was continued by the Governor of
West Pakistan by promulgating the West Pakistan Martial Law Orders (Continuance
in Force) Ordinance, 1962 (West Pakistan Ordinance No.XXI of 1962);
AND
WHEREAS the validity of the said Martial Law Order and the said West Pakistan
Ordinance and the actions taken thereunder has been questioned;
AND
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for measures to remove and prevent traffic
congestion and to regulate movement of vehicular traffic within the municipal
limits of Gujranwala, to remove the existing petrol pumps from their present
site on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura road to the
crossing to the Labh Singh Road, and to validate the actions taken in pursuance
of the said Martial Law Order No. 119 and the said West Pakistan Ordinance No.
XXI of 1962;
AND
WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session and the
Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render
immediate legislation necessary;
Now,
THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) of Article
79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and
promulgate the following Ordinance:--
1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Ordinance may be called the [3][3][Punjab] Bus Stands and Traffic Control (
(2) It shall come into force at once and
shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from
2. Prohibition of keeping bus stands. No person, company or association plying
stage carriages to, from, or through the municipal limits of Gujranwala, shall
keep any stand (adda) or use any place, including a highway, road or street
within the municipal limits of Gujranwala, for picking up or setting down the
passengers or halting the vehicles, except under and in accordance with the
terms of an authority issued by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.
3. Truck-stands. No place within the municipal limits of
4. Goods carriers to halt at authorised
places. No goods carrier
shall, save for loading or unloading goods, halt at any place within the
municipal limits of Gujranwala other than a place approved by the District
Magistrate, Gujranwala.
5. Provision and maintenance of bus
stands. The District
Magistrate, Gujranwala, may require the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, to
provide and maintain bus-stands and truck stands at such places within the
municipal limits of Gujranwala as may be approved by him.
6. Power of the District Magistrate. Notwithstanding anything contained in any
other law for the time being in force, or any decree, judgment or order of any
Court or Authority, the District Magistrate,
(a) lay down the routes to be followed by stage
carriages or goods carriers within the municipal limits of
(b) regulate timing of arrival and departure of
stage carriages plying from, to, or through the municipal limits of
(c) frame rules for the administration of bus and
truck-stands established under this Ordinance.
7. Officer authorised to impound stage
carriages and goods carriers.
Any stage carriage or goods carrier found plying or at halt in contravention of
the directions issued by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, in pursuance of
this Ordinance, shall be impounded by an officer authorised by the District
Magistrate in this behalf, or by any police officer, not below the rank of an
Assistant Sub-Inspector. Any vehicle so impounded shall not be released except
by or under the orders of the District Magistrate,
8. Payment
of rent.
Any person, company or association using the municipal bus stands in Gujranwala
for operating stage carriages, or using truck stands maintained by the
Municipal Committee, or using land belonging to the Municipal Committee,
Gujranwala, or the Gujranwala Improvement Trust for running a truck-stand shall
pay such rent to the Municipal Committee or Improvement Trust, as the case may
be, as may be approved by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, in this behalf.
Any rent due from any such person, company or association shall be recoverable
as arrears of land revenue. The District magistrate,
9. Removal of petrol pumps. Any person running petrol pump at any place
on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura Road to the crossing
of the Labh Singh Road shall forthwith remove it to such place outside that
area, as is approved by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.
10. Delegation of powers. The District Magistrate, Gujranwala, may
delegate any of the powers vested in him under this Ordinance to any officer
subordinate to him or to the Gujranwala Improvement Trust or the Municipal
Committee, Gujranwala, or any officer thereof.
11. Exemption. The District Magistrate,
12. Penalty. Any person who
contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any
provision of this Ordinance or any direction issued by the District Magistrate,
Gujranwala, in pursuance of this Ordinance or the rules framed under clause (c) of section 6 shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may
extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
13. Validation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Town Improvement Act,
1922 (Punjab Act IV of 1922), as amended by the Punjab Town Improvement (West
Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance (No. XVIII of 1962), the Municipal Administration
Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No.X of 1960), or any other law for the time being
in force, or in any decree, judgment or order of any Court or Authority,
anything done, route laid, timing fixed, rules framed, direction given or order
issued by District Magistrate, Gujranwala, the Gujranwala Improvement Trust,
the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, or any other authority in pursuance of the
said Martial Law Order No. 119 or the said West Pakistan Ordinance XXI of 1962,
shall be deemed to have been validly done, laid, fixed, framed, given or issued
respectively under this Ordinance and shall be continued.
[1][1]This Ordinance was
promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 6th June, 1963; approved by the
Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan on 15th July, 1963, under clause (3) of
Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962); and,
published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 15th July, 1963.
[2][2]Substituted
by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (Pb. A.O. 1 of 1974), for
[3][3]Substituted
by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (Pb. A.O. 1 of 1974), for
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