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  "title": "PUNJAB ACQUISITION OF LAND (HOUSING) (REPEAL) ACT, 1985",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB ACQUISITION OF LAND (HOUSING)\r\n(REPEAL) ACT, 1985\r\n(XII of 1985)\r\nCONTENTS\r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement\r\n2. Repeal of Act VIII of 1973\r\n3. Continuation of acquisition proceedings and assessment, etc. of\r\ncompensation\r\n4. Government may drop acquisition, etc\r\nTEXT\r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ACQUISITION OF LAND (HOUSING) (REPEAL) ACT, 1985\r\n(XII of 1985)\r\n[13th November, 1985]\r\nAn\r\nAct\r\nto repeal the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act, 1973 (VIII of 1973).\r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to repeal the Punjab Acquisition of Land\r\n(Housing) Act, 1973 (VIII of 1973);\r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:–\r\n1. Short title, extent and commence ment.– (1) This Act may be called the\r\nPunjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) (Repeal) Act, 1985.\r\n(2) It shall extend to the whole of the Punjab.\r\n(3) It shall come into force at once.\r\n2. Repeal of Act VIII of 1973 .– The Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) A ct,\r\n1973 (VIII of 1973) is hereby repealed.\r\n3. Continuation of acquisition proceedings and assessment etc. of\r\ncompensation.– Where in a case proceedings have commenced under the Punjab\r\nAcquisition of Land (Housing) Act 1973 or under its provisions as incor porated or\r\nreferred to in any other law, rule or instrument, for the time being in force, the same\r\nshall continue and shall be completed under the provisions of the said Act and the\r\nrules made thereunder:\r\nProvided that where in a case an award has not been made under section 7\r\nof the said Act at the time of commencement of this Act, the compensation in such a\r\ncase shall be assessed, awarded and paid under the provisions of the Land\r\nAcquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894):\r\nProvided further that in a case in which an award has been made before the\r\ncommencement of this Act under the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act, 1973\r\nbut the payment of compensation or a part thereof is to be made through bonds,\r\ndebentures or annuities, the said compensation shall become due for immediate\r\npayment in cash on the commencement of this Act unless the owner whose land has\r\nbeen acquired chooses to adjust the same towards the cost of any developed site\r\nwhich may have been given to him as part of compensation\r\n2\r\n[:]\r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 10th November, 1985; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 13th\r\nNovember, 1985; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13th November, 1985, Pa ges 5381-A to\r\n5381-C.\r\n2Substituted for the “full -stop” by the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) (Repeal) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (XII of\r\n2002),w.e.f.14.8.2001,s.2;and published in the PunjabGazette (Extraordinary), dated 28.2.2002which was protected and continued in\r\nforce under the Provisional Constitutional Order, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order No.1 of 1999) as amended by the Provisional\r\nConstitution (Amendment) Order, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order No. 9 of 1999) and Article 270AA of the Constituti on of the\r\nIslamic Republic of Pakistan, as substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.\r\n3\r\n[Provided further that for the purpose of operation of this section the following\r\nprovisions of the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act, 1973 shall be read as\r\nmentioned hereunder:–\r\n1. In the Preamble the words “urban and rural areas of” shall be deemed\r\nto have been deleted.\r\n2. In section 2, sub-section (1)–\r\n(i) clause (a) shall be read as:–\r\n“Collector” means Collector appointed under the Punjab Land\r\nRevenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes any other officer\r\nspecially empowered by the Board of Revenue to perform the\r\nfunctions of a Collector;”\r\n4\r\n[(ii) clause (b) shall be read as:–\r\n“Commissioner” means a Commissioner of a Division appointed\r\nunder the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and\r\nincludes an Additional Commissioner;\r\n(iii) clause (c) shall be read as:–\r\n“Collector” means the Collector of a District appointed under he\r\nPunjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes an\r\nofficer authorized by the Government to exercise the powers of\r\nthe Collector;]\r\n(iv) sub-clause (ii) of clause (f), shall be read as:–\r\n“Local Councils constituted under the Punjab Local Government\r\nOrdinance, 2001;”\r\n(v) clauses (h) and (i) shall be deemed to have been omitted.\r\n3. In section 6, sub -section (1) the words “Government intends” shall be\r\nread as:-\r\n“Government or the off icial Department Agency, as the case may be,\r\nintends”\r\n5\r\n[4. * * * * * * * * * * * ]\r\n6\r\n[5. In sections 4, 13, 17 and 19 , the words “Deputy Commissioner”,\r\nwherever occur, shall be read as “Collector of the District”.]\r\n3Added by the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) (Repeal) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (XII of 2002),w.e.f.14.8.2001,s.2;and\r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 28.2.2002which was protected and continued in force under the Provisional\r\nConstitutional Order, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order No.1 of 1999) as amended by the Provisional Constitution (Amendment)\r\nOrder, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order No. 9 of 1999) and Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,\r\nas substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.\r\n4Substituted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011), w.e.f. 20.4.2011(notification published in the Punjab\r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.13; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated\r\n14.4.2011,pages 4043-4047.\r\n5Omitted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011), w.e.f. 20.4.2011(notification published in the Punjab Gazette\r\n(Extraordinary), dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.13 ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated\r\n14.4.2011,pages 4043-4047.\r\n6Substituted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011),w. e.f. 20.4.2011(notification published in the Punjab\r\nGazette (Extraordinary),dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.13 ; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated\r\n14.4.2011,pages 4043-4047.\r\n4. Government may drop acquisition etc.– The Government may, at any time,\r\nby notification, drop any scheme or land from acquisition in a case in which\r\nacquisition proceedings have commenced under the provisions of the Punjab\r\nAcquisition of Land (Housing) Act , 1973 or under any law wherein the p rovisions of\r\nthe said Act have been incorporated by reference.\r\n5. All references to the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act , 1973 in any\r\nlaw, rule or any other instrument, for the time being in force, shall, mutatis mutandis,\r\nbe deemed to be references to the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.\r\nExplanation.– “law”, in this section, includes the Punjab Housing Facilities for Non -\r\nProprietors in Rural Areas Act , 1975 (V of 1975), the Lahore Development Authority\r\nAct, 1975 (XXX of 1975) and the Punjab Development of Cities Act , 1976 (XIX of\r\n1976).",
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