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Ramadan 29, 1434/Somavara
Sravana 14, 1935, at 06:52:08 PM
[1][1]The Punjab (
(Pb Act II of 1973)
[
An
Act to make provisions for Timber Market,
Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
Timber Market,
It
is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Punjab (
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.— In this Act the following expressions,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings hereby
respectively assigned to them, that is to say—
(i) “business”
means dealing in timber including operation of hand-saw machine but does not
include furniture making with the aid of hand-saw;
(ii) “Government”
means the Government of the
(iii) “timber”
includes bamboos but does not include fire-wood ; and
(iv) “timber
market” means the area of the development scheme of the Multan Improvement
Trust known as the Timber Market,
3. Prohibition to carry on business.— (1) No person shall carry on business and
operate or work hand-saw machine within the municipal limits of Multan
Municipal Committee, except in the Timber Market.
(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1)
shall apply to the manufacture of furniture with the aid of hand-saw and the
sale of furniture.
4. Allotments.— The Multan Improvement Trust or any other
officer authorised by the said Trust in that behalf shall have the power to—
(a) allot
sites to timber merchants in the Timber Market;
(b) determine
the price of the site allotted to each timber merchant, the terms and
conditions of payment thereof and the method of recovery of outstanding price ;
and
(c) require
the allottees to erect on the allotted sites such structures and within such period
as may be prescribed by rules.
5. Occupation of allotted sites.— (1) Any person who has been allotted the
site in the Timber Market shall occupy the said site and carry on business
there within the period specified by the Multan Improvement Trust.
(2) If a person fails to occupy the allotted
site or carry on business there within the period specified under sub-section
(1) his allotment shall be liable to cancellation and the site allotted to him [2][2][* * *].
(3) Any person aggrieved by an order under
sub-section (2) may, within a period of thirty days of the order, appeal to the
Commissioner Multan, whose decision shall be final.
[3][3][Provided that no order under this subsection
shall be made unless an opportunity of being heard is provided to the appellant].
6. Penalty.— Any person who contravenes, attempts to
contravene or abets the contravention of the provisions of section 3 of this
Act or the rules made thereunder 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.
7. Indemnity.— No suit, prosecution or other legal
proceedings shall lie against Government, the Commissioner, Multan, the Multan
Improvement Trust or its Chairman or other officers duly authorised in this
behalf by the Trust in respect of any action taken or purporting to have been
taken in good faith under this Act.
8. Rules.— Government may made rules to give effect to
the purposes of this Act.
9. Repeal.—
The Punjab (
[1][1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 7th February, 1973; assented to by the Governor of the
Punjab on 24th February, 1973; and, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),
dated 26th February, 1973, pages 471-A to 471-C.
[2][2]Omitted
by the Punjab (
[3][3]Proviso added ibid.
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