PUNJAB REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND MOTOR VEHICLES DEALERS (REGULATION OF BUSINESS) ORDINANCE, 1980

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THE PUNJAB REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND MOTOR 
VEHICLES DEALERS (REGULATION OF BUSINESS) 
ORDINANCE, 1980 
(VI of 1980) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent & commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Prohibition of business without registration 
4. Disqualifications 
5. Procedure for registration 
6. Renewal of registration 
7. Fixation of commission 
8. Maintenance of record and account etc. 
9. Cancellation and suspension of registration 
9-A. Recovery of dues 
10. Offence 
11. Power to make rules 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND MOTOR VEHICLES 
DEALERS (REGULATION OF BUSINESS) ORDINANCE, 1980 
(VI of 1980) 
[21st June, 1980] 
An 
Ordinance 
to regulate the business of real estate agents and motor vehicles dealers in the 
Province of Punjab. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the business of real estate agents 
and motor vehicles dealers in the Province of the Punjab, in the manner hereinafter 
appearing; 
 NOW, THEREFOR E, in pursuance of the Proclamation of fifth day of July, 
1977, read with the Laws (Continuance in Force) Order, 1977 (CMLA Order No.1 of 
1977), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promul gate the following 
Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) 
Ordinance, 1980.  
 (2) It shall extend to the Province of the Punjab. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to 
them:– 
(a) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; 
(b) “motor vehicle” means any propelled vehicle adapt ed for use upon 
roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an 
external or internal source and includes a tractor, a trailor and a 
chassis to which a body has not been attached; 
(c) “motor vehicles dealer” means a person who arranges or negotiates 
any transaction of sale, exchange, transfer or pledge of a motor vehicle 
in consideration of some commission or other remuneration in cash or 
otherwise or who deals in sale or purchase of motor vehicles; 
(d) “prescribed” means proscribed by rules; 
(e) “real estate” means immovable property, including land, benefits to 
arise out of land, and things attached to the earth , or permanently 
fastened to anything attached to the earth; 
                                                           
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 21st June, 1980; and, published in the P unjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary) dated 21st June, 1980; pages 631-E to 631-I. 
(f) “real estate agent” means a person who arranges or negotiates any 
transaction of sale, exchange, mortgage, lease or tenancy of a real 
estate in consideration of some commission or other remuneration in 
cash or otherwise; and 
(g) “registering authority” means the 
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[Deputy District Officer/ Excise and 
Taxation Officer  or Deputy District Officer/ Assistant Excise and 
Taxation Officer, as the case may be,] notified by the Government 
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[in 
any specified area] for the purpose, in whose jurisdiction the ordinary 
place of business of the real estate agent or the motor vehicles  dealer 
is situated. 
3. Prohibition of business without registration .– (1) No person shall engage 
in or carry on the business of a real estate agent or a motor vehicles dealer unless 
he is registered with the registering authority and holds a valid certifi cate issued by 
such authority; 
 Provided that in the case of a person who is already carrying on the business 
of a real estate agent or a motor vehicles dealer on the date of commencement of 
this Ordinance, this provision shall not be applicable until the expiry of a period of 
ninety days from the date of such commencement.  
 (2) A person already carrying on the business of a real estate agent or a 
motor vehicles dealer on the date of commencement of this Ordinance shall apply for 
a certificate of registrat ion within a period of ninety days from the date of such 
commencement.  
 (3) If any person already carrying on the business of a real estate agent or 
a motor vehicles dealer on the date of commencement of this Ordinance fails to 
apply for a certificate of registration as required under sub-section (2), the registering 
authority may, instead of taking action against him under the penal provisions of this 
Ordinance, entertain his application for grant of a certificate of registration on 
payment of a penalty which shall be Rs.500 if the application is made within a period 
of six months and Rs.1 ,000 if it is made within a period of one year from the date of 
the commencement of this Ordinance. 
4. Disqualifications.– No person shall be registered as a real estate agent or a 
motor vehicles dealer and granted a certificate of registration if he:– 
(a) is a minor; or 
(b) is found to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; or 
(c) is a declared insolvent; or 
(d) has been found guilty of criminal misappropriation or criminal breach of 
trust or cheating or any other offence involving moral turpitude or an 
abetment of or attempt to commit any such offence by a court of 
competent jurisdiction; provided that this disqualification will not 
                                                           
2Substituted for the words and comma “ District, Excise and Taxation Officer or any other officer  by the Punjab Real Estate 
Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business)  (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (XIV of 2002) ; and published in 
the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 14.3.2002, pages 1109 -1110, s.2, which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstan ding the maximum limit of three months prescribed 
under Article 128 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
3Inserted ibid. 
operate if a period o f three years has elapsed since the completion of 
the sentence imposed on any person in respect of any such offence. 
5. Procedure for registration.– (1) A person who wishes to obtain a certificate 
of registration to engage in or carry on the business of a real estate agent or a motor 
vehicles dealer shall make an application to the registering authority concerned in 
such form and manner and on payment of such fee and furnishing of such security 
as may be prescribed; 
 
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 (2) The r egistering authority, on being satisfied that the applicant has 
fulfilled all the requirements and does not suffer from any of the disqualifications laid 
down in section 4, shall register him as a real estate agent or a motor vehicles 
dealer, as the case may be, and grant him a certificate in the prescribed form. 
6.  Renewal of registration .–  (1) A certificate of registration issued under 
section 5 shall be valid for a period of one year only and shall be renewable 
annually. 
 (2) A real estate agent or a m otor vehicles dealer who wishes to get his 
certificate of registration renewed shall, within thirty days preceding the date of 
expiry of his certificate, apply to the registering authority concerned in such form and 
manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed; 
 
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(3) The registering authority, on being satisfied that the applicant has 
fulfilled all the requirements and does not suffer from any of the disqualifications laid 
down in section 4, shall grant a certificate o f renewal of registration in the prescribed 
form. 
(4) If a real estate agent or a motor vehicles dealer fails to apply for the 
renewal of his certificate of registration within the period provided in sub -section (2), 
the registering authority may, instead of taking action against him under the penal 
provisions of this Ordinance, entertain his application for renewal of registration on 
payment of a penalty of rupees one hundred if the application is made within one 
month and rupees five hundred if it is made within three months of the date when the 
renewal was due. 
7. Fixation of Commission.– Government may prescribe maximum rate of 
commission or remuneration which a real estate agent or a motor vehicles dealer 
may charge on any transaction of real estate or motor vehicle arranged or negotiated 
by him.  
8.  Maintenance of record and account etc .– (1) A real estate agent and a 
motor vehicles dealer shall maintain such accounts and other record of the 
                                                           
4The proviso in the original Gazette: “Provided that such fee shall not be more than rupees two thousand ” is omitted by  the 
Punjab Finance Act, 1998 (VII of 1998); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30.6.1998, pages 1577 -
1580, s.7. 
5The proviso in the original Gazette: “ Provided that such fee shall not be more than rupees six hundred ” is omitted by   the 
Punjab Finance Act, 1998 (VII of 1998); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30.6.1998, pages 1577 -
1580, s.7. 
transactions arranged, negotiated or made by him and in such manner as may be 
prescribed. 
 (2) A real estate agent and a motor vehicles dealer shall, as and when 
required to do so, produce the accounts and other record maintained by him under 
sub-section (1) before such officer or authority as may be prescribed and shall also 
supply such information and in such form and within such time as may be required 
by the authority. 
9. Cancellation and suspension of registration .– (1) The registering authority 
may, by an order in writing, cancel or suspend a certificate for su ch period not 
exceeding three months for a first breach and not exceeding six months for a second 
or subsequent breach , as may be specified in that order, if it is satisfied that a real 
estate agent or a motor vehicles dealer has committed a breach of any of the 
conditions of the certificate or has committed any of the following malpractices:–  
(i) has maintained or submitted incorrect accounts of the transactions; 
(ii) has arranged or negotiated a transaction knowing that there was a 
defect in the title of the real estate or the motor vehicle; or 
(iii) has charged commission or remuneration at a rate higher than that 
prescribed; 
 Provided that no such order shall be passed without giving the person 
concerned an opportunity to show cause within fifteen days from the date of issue of 
show cause notice. 
(2) Any person aggrieved by an order passed under sub -section (1) may, 
within 30 days of the passing of the order, prefer an appeal to the 
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[District 
Officer/Director, Excise and Taxation or District Officer/ Ex cise and Taxation officer, 
as notified by the Government] and the decision of the said 
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[District Officer/Director, 
Excise and Taxation or District Officer/ Excise and Taxation officer, as the case may 
be,] 
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[made after giving an opportunity of being heard to the appellant] shall be final. 
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[9-A. Recovery of dues .– Any amount due under this Ordinance shall be 
recoverable as arrears of Land revenue.] 
10.  
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[Offence].– (1) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this 
Ordinance shall be punishable wi th simple imprisonment which may extend to six 
months or fine which may extend to Rs.5,000 or both. 
 (2) No court shall take cognizance of the offence under this Ordinance 
except on a complaint made in writing by the registering authority. 
                                                           
6Substituted for the words and comma “ Director, Excise and Taxation, Officer, concerned” by the Punjab Real Estate Age nts 
and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (XIV of 2002); and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 14.3.2002, pages 1109 -1110, s. 3, which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed 
under Article 128 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
7Substituted ibid.,s.3, for the words “Director” 
8Inserted by the Punjab Real Es tate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) (Amendment) Ordinance, 
1984 (X of 1984); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 18.11.1984, s.2. 
9Section 9 -A added vide the Punjab Finance Act, 1998  (VII of 1998); and pub lished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 30.6.1998, pages 1577-1580, s.7. 
10Misprinted in the Gazette as “offence” 
 (3) The offences under this Ordinance shall be bailable. 
11. Power to make rules .– Government may make rules for carrying into effect 
the purposes of this Ordinance.