Government Buildings Act,1899

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THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ACT, 1899 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and extent 
2.  “Municipal authority” defined 
3.  Exemption of certain Government buildings from municipal laws to regulate the erection, etc. 
 of buildings within municipalities 
4.  Objections or suggestions as to erection, etc., of certain Government buildings within 
 municipalities how to be made and dealt with 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ACT, 1899 
1ACT NO. IV OF 1899 
[3rd February, 1899] 
 
An Act to provide for the exemption from the operation of municipal building laws of certain 
buildings and lands which are the property, or in the occupation, of the Government and situate 
within the limits of a municipality. 
 
 WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the exemption from th e operation of municipal 
building laws of certain buildings and lands which are the property, or in the occupation, of the 
Government and situate within the limits of a municipality ; 
 
 It is hereby enacted as follow :— 
 
 1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the .  
 2[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan]; 3* 
 
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 2. “Municipal authority” defined. In this Act the expression “municipal authority” includes 
a municip al corporation or a body of municipal com missioners constituted by, or under the 
provisions of, any law or enactment for the time being in force. 
 
 3. Exemption of certain Government buildings from municipal laws to regulate the 
erection, etc. of buildings within municipalities. Nothing contained in any law or enactment for the 
time being in force to regulate the erection, re -erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of 
buildings within the limits of any municipality shall apply to any building use d or required for the 
public service or for any public purpose, which is the property, or in the occupation, of 4[the 
5[Government]], or which is to be erected on land which is the property, or in the occupation, of 4[the 
5[Government]]: 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India. 1896, Pt. V,.256; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1899, Pt. V, p.15; and for 
Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1899, Pt. VI, pp. 2, 15 and 20. 
This Act has been declared to be in force in Baluchistan by the British, Baluchistan Laws Regulation, 1913 (2 of 1913). 
It has also been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G. G.O. 3 of 1950); and applied in the 
Federated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. 1, p. 1499. 
2 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960(21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for the original 
sub-section (2), as amended by A.O.,1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4. 
3 The word “and” and sub-section (3) rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914). s. 3 and Sch. II. 
4Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “the Govt.”. 
5 Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2. for “Crown” (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). 
 
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 Provided that, where the erection, re-erection, construction or material structural alteration of 
any such building as aforesaid (not being a building connected with 1* defence, or a building the plan 
or construction of which ought, in the opinion of 2[the Gov ernment concerned] , to be treated as 
confidential or secret) is contemplated, reasonable notice of the proposed work shall be given to the 
municipal authority before it is commenced. 
  
 4. Objections or suggestions as to erection, etc., of certain Government buildings withi n 
municipalities how to be made and dealt with .—(1) In the case of any such building as is 
mentioned in the last preceding section (not being a building connected with  1* defence or a building 
the plan or construction of which ought, in the opinion of 2[the Government concerned], to be treated 
as confidential or secret), the municipal authority, or any person authorized by it in this behalf, may, 
with the permission of the 3[Provincial Government] previously obtained, but not otherwise, and 
subject to any r estrictions or conditions which may, by general or special order, be imposed by the 
3[Provincial Government], inspect the land and building and all plans connected with its erection, re -
erection, construction or material structural altera tion, as the case  may be, and may submit to the 
3[Provincial Government] a statement in writing of any objections or sugges tions which such 
municipal authority may deem fit to make with reference to such erection, re -erection, construction 
or material structural alteration. 
 
 (2) Every objection or suggestion submitted as aforesaid shall be considered by the 
3[Provincial Government], which shall, after such investigation (if any) as it shall think advisable, 
pass orders thereon, and the building referred to therein shall b e erected, re -erected, constructed or 
altered, as the case may be, in accordance with such orders: 
 
 Provided that, if the 3[Provincial Government] over-rules or disregards any such objection or-
suggestion as aforesaid, it shall give its reasons for so doing in writing. 
 
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Date: 05-09-2024 
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1The word “Imperial” omitted by A. O., 1949, Sch. 
2Subs. by A. O., 1937, for “the Govt.”. 
3Subs. ibid., for “L.G.”. 
4Subs-section(3) rep., ibid.