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Public servants \r\n16. Power to make rules \r\n17. Power to make regulations \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB JOURNALISTS HOUSING FOUNDATION ACT 2004 \r\n(XI of 2004) \r\n[10th March, 2004] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the establishment of the Punjab Journalists Housing Foundation. \r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to establish the P unjab Journalists Housing \r\nFoundation in order to introduce schemes for allotment of plots for construction of \r\nhouses, on no profit no loss basis, and to make provisions for matters connected \r\ntherewith or ancillary thereto; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, ex tent and commencemen t.– (1) This Act may be called the \r\nPunjab Journalists Housing Foundation Act 2004. \r\n (2) It extends to the Province of the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall come into force at once but shall take effect on such date as \r\nmay be notified by the Government in the official Gazette. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively \r\nassigned to them, that is to say– \r\n(a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Foundation; \r\n(b) “Broadcast Media” means broadcast by radio, television or such other \r\nbroadcast media as the Board may determine from time to time; \r\n(c) “council member” means a member declared as such by the press \r\nclub; \r\n(d) “district” means a district as defined in the Punjab Local Government \r\nOrdinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001); \r\n(e) “Foundation” means the Punjab Journalists Housing Foundation \r\nestablished under this Act; \r\n(f) “fund” means the fund established under this Act; \r\n(g) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(h) “housing scheme” means a scheme notified by the Government for \r\ndistrict under this Act; \r\n(i) “journalist” means a person who is a council member of the press club; \r\n(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 23 February 2004; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 9 March \r\n2004; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 10 March 2004, pages 721-724. \r\n(k) “press club” means the press club of Lahore, Rawalpindi or Multan and \r\nincludes any other club of journalists declared as a press club by the \r\nGovernment to carry out the purposes of this Act; provided that not \r\nmore than one club shall be declared as such in a district. \r\n3. Establishment of Founda tion.– (1) As soon as may be, after the \r\ncommencement of this Act, the Government shall establish a foundation to be known \r\nas the Punjab Journalists Housing Foundation. \r\n (2) The Foundation shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession \r\nand a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire land \r\nin accordance with law, hold and transfer properties both movable and immovable, \r\nand may sue and be sued by the said name. \r\n4. Board of Direc tors.– (1) The Foundation shall have a Board of Directors \r\ncomprising the following:- \r\n(a) Chief Minister, Punjab; Chairman \r\n(b) Minister for Information, Punjab; Vice Chairman/Director \r\n(c) Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Secretary/Director \r\nInformation Department; and \r\n(d) Three members of the Provincial Assembly of the Directors. \r\nPunjab, two from treasury benches \r\nand one from the opposition, to be \r\nnominated by the Chief Minister; \r\nprovided that \r\n2\r\n[at least one of them \r\nshall be a female member of the \r\nAssembly and] the member from the \r\nopposition shall be proposed by the \r\nLeader of the Opposition. \r\n (2) The nominated Directors shall hold office for a term of three years and \r\nshall be eligible for reappointment. \r\n (3) The nominated Dire ctors shall not be entitled to any perks and \r\nprivileges under this Act. \r\n (4) The Government may remove a nominated Director of the Board, \r\nwithout assigning any reason, before the expiry of his tenure. \r\n (5) Any nominated Director of the Board may, by notice in writing under his \r\nhand addressed to the Chairman of the Board, resign from his office. \r\n (6) No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid merely on the \r\nground of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Board. \r\n (7) Three Directors shall constitute quorum in a meeting of the Board. \r\n (8) Decisions in the meeting shall be taken by the Board by simple majority \r\nand the Chairman shall have the casting vote in case of equality of votes. \r\n \r\n2Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014); and published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated 12.3.2014, pages 2733-2744, s.2 and Schedule, at serial NO.44. \r\n5. Powers and func tions of the Board.– (1) Subject to the provisions of this \r\nAct, the Board shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be \r\nnecessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act, including– \r\n(a) to take steps for the establishment of the fund; \r\n(b) to arrange, purchase or acquire land wherever necessary; \r\n(c) to develop the land for the purpose of setting up housing schemes; \r\n(d) to prepare policy for allotment of plots; \r\n(e) to receive such fees and other user charges as may be prescribed; \r\n(f) to sell or dispose of assets, movable or immovable; \r\n(g) to authorize spending from the fund; \r\n(h) to delegate any of these powers and functions to the Managing \r\nCommittee; and \r\n(i) to do such acts as are ancillary and incidental to carry out the purposes \r\nof this Act. \r\n6. Managing Commi ttee.– (1) There shall be a Managing Committee of the \r\nFoundation with the following composition:– \r\n(i) Secretary to Government of Punjab, Convener \r\nInformation Department; \r\n(ii) Secretary to Government of Punjab, Member \r\nFinance Department or his nominee; \r\n(iii) Secretary to Government of Punjab, Member \r\nHousing Urban Development and Public \r\nHealth Engineering Department or his nominee; \r\n(iv) Member (Colonies), Board of Revenue, Punjab; Member \r\n(v) District Coordination Officer concerned Member \r\nwhere the housing scheme is notified; \r\n(vi) Managing Director of the Foundation; Member/Secretary \r\n(vii) Director General Public Relations, Punjab; Member \r\n(viii) Director General of the Lahore Development Member \r\nAuthority in case of Lahore District, or the \r\nDirector General of the authority established \r\nunder the Punjab Development of Cities Act, \r\n1976, in respect of the district for which a \r\nhousing scheme is notified; and \r\n(ix) President of Press Club of the District Member. \r\nwhere the housing scheme is notified \r\n (2) The Managing Co mmittee shall perform the functions as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n7. Eligibility of allo tment of plo ts.– (1) The following shall be eligible for \r\nallotment of plots in a housing scheme:- \r\n(a) council members; \r\n(b) employees of the Punjab Information Department as may be prescribed; \r\nand \r\n(c) employees of the broadcast media subject to the policy determined by \r\nthe Board: \r\n Provided that an eligible person shall not be allotted more than one plot in all \r\nthe housing schemes of the Foundation. \r\n (2) An allotted plot shall not be alienated for a period as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n8. Fixation of quota.– The number of plots to be allotted to persons other than \r\ncouncil members shall not exceed one-fifth of the plots available for allotment. \r\n9. Committees.– The Board may constitute such committees as may be \r\nnecessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n10. Managing Direc tor.– (1) There shall be a Managing Director of the \r\nFoundation who shall also be the Chief Executive of the Foundation. \r\n (2) The Managing Director shall be appointe d by the Board for a specified \r\nperiod and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. \r\n (3) The Managing Director shall exercise such powers and perform such \r\nfunctions as may be prescribed. \r\n (4) The Managing Director shall cease to hold office in th e manner as may \r\nbe prescribed. \r\n11. Annual progress repor t.– (1) The Managing Committee shall prepare an \r\nannual progress report at the end of each financial year. \r\n (2) This report shall be submitted in a meeting of the Board, whenever \r\nsuch meeting takes place after the preparation of the report. \r\n12. Establishment of fund.– (1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of \r\nthis Act, the Foundation shall arrange establishment of a fund. \r\n (2) The fund shall consist of– \r\n(a) such grants as may be provided by the Government; \r\n(b) other contributions and donations by private or public organizations; \r\n(c) such loans and advances as may be obtained from financial \r\ninstitutions; \r\n(d) contributions towards purchase of plots and development charges; \r\n(e) income and profits from investments from various sources; \r\n(f) fees or other user charges; \r\n(g) amounts received from sale or disposal of assets of the Foundation; \r\n(h) grants as may from time to time be made by the Government of \r\nPakistan; and \r\n(i) all other sums and income from an y other source received by the \r\nFoundation. \r\n (3) The moneys credited to the fund shall be kept in such custody as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n13. Location, price and alloca tion of plots.– (1) The housing schemes shall be \r\ncarried out at such districts as may be determined by the Board. \r\n (2) The Board shall determine the price of the plot and the mode of its \r\npayment. \r\n (3) The title and the possession of the plot shall not be transferred unless \r\nthe full price of the same is paid by the allottee. \r\n14. Budget and audit.– The budget of the Foundation shall be approved and its \r\naccounts audited in such manner as may be prescribed. \r\n15. Public servants.– All persons acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any \r\nprovision of this Act shall be deemed to be public servants as defined in section 21 of \r\nthe Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). \r\n16. Power to make rules .– Government may make rules for carrying out the \r\npurposes of this Act. \r\n17. Power to make regula tions.– Subject to the provisions of this Act and the \r\nrules made there under, the Board may make regulations to give effect to the \r\nprovisions of this Act.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-0-1792:b55c04cbbfe83a430fec8c606f0a6577f37311a045367dd9f1de69b64aaa6730", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1792, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1810, "passage_sha256": "b55c04cbbfe83a430fec8c606f0a6577f37311a045367dd9f1de69b64aaa6730", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1792-b55c04cbbfe83a43" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-1792-3591:ee8a170514a45c1b1b503e32edc08b2d112e6c2be88a83fc0f2135c2f02473e6", "character_start": 1792, "character_end": 3591, "utf8_byte_start": 1810, "utf8_byte_end": 3649, "passage_sha256": "ee8a170514a45c1b1b503e32edc08b2d112e6c2be88a83fc0f2135c2f02473e6", "reader_fragment": "p-1792-3591-ee8a170514a45c1b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-3591-5377:ecb2eb14f47966ad0d81f4fc64fe12f16e4b37d2999db90f7cd1a45ab9f1f9b8", "character_start": 3591, "character_end": 5377, "utf8_byte_start": 3649, "utf8_byte_end": 5437, "passage_sha256": "ecb2eb14f47966ad0d81f4fc64fe12f16e4b37d2999db90f7cd1a45ab9f1f9b8", "reader_fragment": "p-3591-5377-ecb2eb14f47966ad" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-5377-7147:1594461a273a3ccda967fce58765705b650e42d9f26757be2532fd0bac87e503", "character_start": 5377, "character_end": 7147, "utf8_byte_start": 5437, "utf8_byte_end": 7213, "passage_sha256": "1594461a273a3ccda967fce58765705b650e42d9f26757be2532fd0bac87e503", "reader_fragment": "p-5377-7147-1594461a273a3ccd" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-7147-8927:25d74656c4ad9141c8bb004fdec4cb890a605dc3f1ffe62a67ef4a463635f493", "character_start": 7147, "character_end": 8927, "utf8_byte_start": 7213, "utf8_byte_end": 9005, "passage_sha256": "25d74656c4ad9141c8bb004fdec4cb890a605dc3f1ffe62a67ef4a463635f493", "reader_fragment": "p-7147-8927-25d74656c4ad9141" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-8927-10650:488a8e7b420c407cbad17f2f41ef7c88e571de68baa0d713a5006b34173a8781", "character_start": 8927, "character_end": 10650, "utf8_byte_start": 9005, "utf8_byte_end": 10740, "passage_sha256": "488a8e7b420c407cbad17f2f41ef7c88e571de68baa0d713a5006b34173a8781", "reader_fragment": "p-8927-10650-488a8e7b420c407c" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7f0c0bc9b7a467ab:sha256:df3d4cb6021705c60a7377901a8ee2e9820d120857b7e2806e9688f978af048f:chars-10650-10752:646e8efe8713da2aebc7688239aaf234130e4c519f8af73c68b4b04c56638074", "character_start": 10650, "character_end": 10752, "utf8_byte_start": 10740, "utf8_byte_end": 10842, "passage_sha256": "646e8efe8713da2aebc7688239aaf234130e4c519f8af73c68b4b04c56638074", "reader_fragment": "p-10650-10752-646e8efe8713da2a" } ] }