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Definitions.– In this Act– \r\n(a) “Board of Revenue” means the Board of Revenue established under \r\nthe Punjab Board of Revenue Act, 1957 (XI of 1957); 3[*****] \r\n4[(aa) “Full Board” means the Full Board consisting of three Members of the \r\nBoard of Revenue, constituted by the Se nior Member, Board of \r\nRevenue from time to time; and] \r\n(b) “Government” means Government of the Punjab.] \r\n2. Repeal of certain laws .– (1) The following Acts and Regulations are hereby \r\nrepealed, namely:– \r\n(i) the Registration of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act, 1956 (III of 1956), \r\n(ii) the Pakistan Rehabilitation Act, 1956 (XLII of 1956),  \r\n \r\n1This Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 28th January, 1975; and was published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, dated 28th January 1975, pages 33-35. \r\nThis Act was originally in the Fede ral ambit, however, the subject on which this law was enacted devolved to the provinces by \r\nvirtue of 18th Amendment in the Constitution, hence it was adapted, with amendments, for the province of the Punjab by the \r\nEvacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2012 (XXXVIII of 2012). \r\n2Inserted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendm ent) Act 2012 (XXXVIII of 2012); and \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 22.6.2012, pages 41707-41708, s.2. \r\n3Omitted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.2. \r\n4Inserted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons L aws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.2. \r\n(iii) the Pakistan (Administration of Evacuee Property) Act, 1957 (XII of \r\n1957), \r\n(iv) the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitati on) Act, 1958 \r\n(XXVIII of 1958), \r\n(v) the Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act, 1958 (XLVII of 1958), \r\n(vi) the Scrutiny of Claims (Evacuee Property) Regulation, 1961, and  \r\n(vii) the Price of Evacuee Property and Public D ues (Recovery) Regulation, \r\n1971. \r\n 5[(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, in relation to any matter fa lling \r\nunder the aforesaid Acts and Regulations, all proceedings pending before any \r\nnotified officer immediately before the commencement of the Evacuee Property and \r\nDisplaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022, shall stand transferred for \r\nfinal disposal to the Full Board, and all cases decided by the Supreme Court or the \r\nLahore High Court after the commencement of the said Act of 2022 which would \r\nhave been remanded to the notified officer shall be remanded to the Full Board.]  \r\n6[(2-A) All properties allotted after the repeal of the Acts and Regulations \r\nmentioned in subsection (1) shall be subject to scrutiny at any time, and after \r\nobserving due process of law, if it is found that any land or property was allotted in \r\ncontravention of any law or through  fraud, forgery or misrepresentation, such \r\nallotment shall be cancelled. \r\n(2-B) All proceedings which, immediately before the commencement of the \r\nEvacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 in \r\nrelation to adjustment, allotment or utilization of former evacuee land against verified \r\nclaims of produce index units of claimants, are pending before a notified officer shall \r\nstand abated: \r\nProvided that such proceedings in relation to cancellation of adjustment, \r\nallotment or utilization of land made against pending claims of produce index units \r\nafter 1st day of July 1974 in contravention of any law shall not stand abated and shall \r\nbe decided in accordance with law.] \r\n7[(3) Any proceedings transferred or remanded to the Full Board in \r\npursuance of sub -section (2) shall be disposed of by the Full Board in accordance \r\nwith the provisions of the aforesaid repealed Acts or Regulations to which the \r\nproceedings relate, within a period of ninety days of such transfer or remand, as the \r\ncase may be.  \r\nExplanation.– The decision of the majority shall be the decision of the Full \r\nBoard.] \r\n \r\n5Substituted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.3. \r\n6Inserted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.3. \r\n7Substituted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.3. \r\n (4) The final orders passed under sub -section (3) shall be executed by the \r\n8\r\n[Board of Revenue ] in accordance with the provisions of the Act or the Regulation \r\nhereby repealed to which the proceedings related. \r\n9[3. Transfer of property .– All properties, both urban and rural, including \r\nagricultural land, other than such properties attached to charitable, religious or \r\neducational trusts or institutions, whether occupied or un -occupied, which may be \r\navailable for disposal immediately before the repeal of the aforesaid Acts and \r\nRegulations or which may become available for disposal after such repeal as a result \r\nof cancellation of any fraudulent allotment shall stand transferred to  the Government \r\nfor utilization for public purposes.] \r\n4. Disposal of residual work .– All the work regarding documentation, both for \r\nthe urban and rural properties, recovery of outstanding transfer price, rent or \r\nmortgage money of such property already disp osed of and discharge of \r\nmiscellaneous liabilities out of these recoveries, which may remain pending \r\nimmediately before the repeal of the aforesaid Acts and Regulations shall stand \r\ntransferred to the \r\n10\r\n[Board of Revenue]. \r\n5. Power to make rules .– The \r\n11\r\n[Government] may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n12\r\n[6. Repeal.–   * * * * * * * * * *   ] \r\n13\r\nSTATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS \r\n The Settlement Organisation was created in 1958 for the purpose of settli ng \r\nthe displaced persons on evacuee properties against their verified names and for \r\ndisposal of such property otherwise than by transfer to claimants, as envisaged in \r\nthe Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation ) Act, 1958, and the \r\nDisplaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act, 1958. The bulk of the work was disposed \r\nof and a Crash Programme  was launched fo r the completion of the residual  work \r\nupto 30 th June 1974, on which date the laws relating to evacuee property and \r\nrehabilitation of displaced person s were also to be repealed. However, as the \r\nlitigation in these matters was essentially of a civil nature, it was proposed that on \r\nthe repeal of these laws proceeding which may be pending on 1st July, 1974 before \r\nany authority under the said laws, or be re manded by the superior courts after that \r\n \r\n8Substituted for the words “Board of Revenue of the Province” by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) \r\n(Amendment) Act 2012 (XXXVIII of 2012); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 22.6.2012, pages 41707-\r\n41708, s.3(ii). \r\n9Substituted by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) (Amendment) Act 2022 (XXI of 2022), published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 26 September 2022, pp, 1013-1014, s.4. \r\n10Substituted for the words “Board of Revenue of the Province” by the Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) \r\n(Amendment) Act 2012 (XXXVIII of 2012); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 22.6.2012, pages 41707-\r\n41708, s.5. \r\n11Substituted f or the words “Provincial Government” by the Evacu ee Property and Displaced Persons Laws (Repeal) \r\n(Amendment) Act 2012 (XXXVIII of 2012) ; and published  in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 22.6.2012, pages \r\n41707-41708, s.6. \r\n12Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 ( XXVII of 1981) ; and published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated  8.7.1981, pages 345-475, s. 3 and Second Schedule, at serial No.182. \r\n13Statement of Objects and Reasons; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part III, dat ed 18.1.1975, page \r\n20. \r\nday, be entrusted to some agency  for final disposal Besides, the property which \r\nremained undisposed of, or the work which was pending, at the time of repeal of \r\nthese laws, it had to be entrusted to certain agency for disposal or completion. \r\n The Evacuee Property and Displaced Persons Law (Repeal) Ordinance, 1974 \r\n(XV of 1974), was promulgated to achieve the above objects. It is necessary to put \r\nthe provisions of the said Ordinance on the St atute Book permanently and t his the \r\nBill seeks to do.",
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