PUNJAB TENANCY (VALIDATION AND EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE, 1969

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THE PUNJAB TENANCY (VALIDATION AND EXTENSION 
OF PERIOD FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION) 
ORDINANCE, 1969 
(XXXI of 1969) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Validation of extension of period of comp ensation under section 114, 
Act XVI of 1887 
3. Extension of period for payment of compensation 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB TENANCY (VALIDATION AND EXTENSION OF PERIOD 
FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE, 1969 
(XXXI of 1969) 
[5th November, 1969] 
An 
Ordinance 
to validate the amendments made in the Punjab Tenancy (Amendment) Rules, 1953, 
in respect of extension of the period for payment of compensation by occupancy 
tenants and to further extend such period. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS the Punjab  Tenancy (Amendment) Rules, 1953, framed 
under sections 114 and 115 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, prescribed a period of 
two years from the date of issue of the said rules, within which occupancy tenants 
were entitled to pay compensation for acquiring proprietary rights in their tenancies; 
 AND WHEREAS the said period of two years was extended from time to time, 
by amendments made in the said rules, upto 30th June, 1960; 
 AND WHEREAS  doubts have arisen as to the validity of the said 
amendments; 
 AND WHEREAS it is expedient to validate the amendments in the said rules 
extending upto 30th June, 1960, the period within which the occupancy tenants were 
entitled to pay compensation for acquiring proprietary rights in their tenancies; 
 AND WHEREAS it is expedie nt to further extend the period for payment of 
compensation by occupancy tenants who failed to do so; 
 NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th 
March, 1969, read with the Provisional Constitution Order, and in exercise of all 
powers enabling him in that behalf, 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 
Punjab Tenancy (Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) 
Ordinance, 1969. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Validation of extension of period of compensation under section 114, 
Act XVI of 1887. – Notwithstanding anything contained in section 107 of the Punjab 
Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887)– 
(a) the period for the payment of compensation by occupancy tenants for 
acquiring proprietary rights prescribed under the Punjab Tenancy 
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 31st October, 1969; published in the West Pakistan 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 5th November, 1969, pages 1971 -73; saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constitution of 
Pakistan (1972); and, validated by the Validation of Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975). 
 
(Amendment) Rules, 1953, shall be deemed to have been validly 
extended upto 30th June, 1960; and 
(b) any comp ensation paid , rights acquired or liabilities incurred by or 
before the said date in accordance with the said rules, shall be deemed 
to have been validly paid, acquired or incurred, as the case may be. 
3. Extension of period for payment of compensation. – Notwithstanding 
anything contained in section 114 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 
1887), and rules 3 and 4 of the Punjab Tenancy (Amendment) Rules, 1953, or any 
judgment, decree or order of any Court or other authority , it shall be lawful for an y 
person who occupied land as occupancy tenant at the time of the coming into force 
of the Punjab Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1952 (Punjab Act VII of 1952), but who 
failed to pay compensation to the landlord in accordance with the provisions of the 
said rules 3 and 4, to acquire proprietary rights in the whole or a portion, as the case 
may be, of the land comprised in his tenancy, on payment of such compensation 
2
[on 
or before the thirty-first day of December, 1996]
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[Provided that when in any legal proce eding it is decided by any Court that 
any person has a right of occupancy , such person may pay the compensation within 
six months of the decision of such proceeding or before the 30th July, 1972, 
whichever is later.] 
                                                 
2Substituted for the words, brackets, comma and figure “within two years from the date of the Punjab Tenancy (Validation and 
Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1987 comes into force”  by the Punjab T enancy 
(Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1992 (XII of 1992),  w.e.f. 10.11.1992, 
s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), which were firstly substituted for the words and comma “on or before 
thirty-first day of December, 1977” by the Punjab Tenancy (Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) 
(Amendment) Act , 1987 (IV of 1987), w.e.f. 31.12.1977 , s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary) , dated 
8.11.1987, which were secondly substituted for words “within a period of one year from the date of publication of this Ordinance 
in the Official Gazette” by the Punjab Tenancy (Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compe nsation) 
(Amendment) Act, 1977  (III of 1977), w.e.f. 27.12.1976, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
14.6.1977, pages 813-814. 
3Replaced for the “full -stop” by the Punjab Tenancy (Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) 
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (I of 1972), w.e.f. 5.11.1969, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
24.1.1972, pages 55-56. 
4Added by the Punjab Tenancy (Validation and Extension of Period for Payment of Compensation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 
1972 (I of 1972), w.e.f. 5.11.1969, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 24.1.1972, pages 55-56.