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  "title": "PUNJAB ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY (WAPDA OFFICE) ORDINANCE, 1963",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY (WAPDA \r\nOFFICE) ORDINANCE, 1963 \r\n(XXIV of 1963) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and commencement. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Acquisition of property for office of the Authority. \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE \r\n2\r\n[PUNJAB] ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY (WAPDA OFFICE) \r\nORDINANCE, 1963 \r\n(XXIV of 1963) \r\n[6 June 1963] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto provide for the acquisition of certain property situate in the revenue estate of \r\nMozang, Lahore, for the purpose of constructing the office of Water and Powers \r\nDevelopment Authority and to validate actions taken under the Martial Law Order \r\nNo. 129 issued by the Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘B’. \r\nWHEREAS the property described in the Schedule was evacuee property and had \r\nbeen acquired by the Government of West Pakistan in exercise of the powers \r\nconferred on it by sub -section (2) of section 3 of the Displaced Persons \r\n(Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVIII of 1958), – vide \r\nnotification No. U.8-79-59 (3113), dated 1st August, 1959, published in the gazette of \r\n28th August, 1959. \r\n AND WHEREAS  the Martial Law Order No. 129 was issued by the Martial \r\nLaw Administrator, Zone ‘B’, on 29th Ma y, 1962, providing for the acquisition of the \r\nsaid property for the purpose of constructing the office of the West Pakistan Water \r\nand Power Development Authority; \r\n AND WHEREAS the validity of the said Martial Law Order and actions taken \r\nthereunder has been questioned; \r\n AND WHEREAS  it is expedient in the public interest to provide for the \r\nacquisition of the said property, for the purpose of constructing the office of the \r\nAuthority, and to validate the actions taken in pursuance of the  said Martial Law \r\nOrder No. 129; \r\n AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan, is not in session \r\nand the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render \r\nimmediate legislation necessary; \r\n NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) \r\nof Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make \r\nand promulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on June  6, 1963, approved by the Provincial Assembly of \r\nWest Pakistan, with amendments on July  16, 1963, under clause (3) of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of \r\nPakistan (1962); published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 16, 1963, pp. 3127-3130. \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab L aws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 ( 1 of 1974 ) ( w.e.f. 14.8.1973 ), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp.  1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 67. \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be  called the  \r\n1\r\n[Punjab] Acquisition of Property (WAPDA Office) Ordinance, 1963. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken \r\neffect on and from the 29th May, 1962. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall have the mean ings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n(a) “Authority” means the Water and Power Development Authority \r\nestablished under the Water and Power Development Authority Act, \r\n1958 (West Pakistan Act No. XXXI of 1958); \r\n(b) “Government” means the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; \r\n(c) “Martial Law Order No. 129” means the Martial Law Order No. 129, \r\nissued by the Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘B’ on the 29 th May \r\n1962;  \r\n(d) “property” means the property, described in the Schedule to this \r\nOrdinance. \r\n3. Acquisition of property for office of the Authority .– Notwithstanding \r\nanything to the contrary contained in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Act I of 1894), \r\nthe Town Improvement Act, 1922 (Punjab Act IV of 1922), as amended by the \r\nPunjab Town Imp rovement (West P akistan Amendment) Ordinance  No. XVIII of \r\n1962), the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance X of 1960), or any \r\nother law for the time being in force, or in any decree, judgment or order of any Court \r\nor Authority– \r\n(a) Government shall forthwith take possession of the property, summarily \r\nejecting, if necessary, any person in occupation of any part thereof; \r\n(b) the compensation for the property shall be assessed by the Chief \r\nSettlement Commissioner, under the law relating to evalua tion of \r\nevacuee property; \r\n(c) the compensation so assessed, shall be paid by the Authority to the \r\nRehabilitation Department; \r\n(d) Government shall transfer the property to the Authority subject to the \r\nprovisions of section 41 of the Land Acquisition Act, 18 94, so far as \r\napplicable, as if the Authority were a company, and shall put the \r\nAuthority in possession thereof, and thereupon the property shall be \r\ndeemed to have been duly acquired by the Authority free from all \r\nencumbrances, and  \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp.  1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 67. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Order ibid. \r\nthe actions taken under Martial Law Order No. 129, shall be deemed to \r\nhave been validly taken under this Ordinance and shall be continued. \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n The property quadrangle in shape measuring 104 feet along the Egerton \r\nRoad on the North, 204 feet in the West, 107 feet on the com mon boundary between \r\nPark Hotel and boundary wall to Egerton Road in the east and comprising Khasra \r\nNo. 1045, 1046 and part of 1044 of Khasra Amarti of 1957-58 situated in the revenue \r\nestate of Mozang, Tehsil and District Lahore, consisting of buildings be aring property \r\nNo. S.E. 27 R.II and open space, formerly belonging to Rai Bahadur Gopal Das.",
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