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Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.", "text_sha256": "b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5", "source_sha256": "b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5", "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5", "quality_flags": [], "encoding": "UTF-8", "text": "THE PUNJAB ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION \r\nAGENCY ACT 2025 \r\n(XXIV of 2025) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Establishment of the Agency \r\n4. Composition and meetings of the Agency \r\n5. Functions and powers of the Agency \r\n6. Managing Director \r\n7. Public servants \r\n8. Termination of employment \r\n9. Fund, account and audit of the Agency \r\n10. Annual Performance Report \r\n11. Imposition of fine \r\n12. Rules \r\n13. Regulations \r\n14. Indemnity \r\n15. Removal of difficulty \r\n16. Savings \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION AGENCY ACT \r\n2025 \r\n(XXIV of 2025) \r\n[2nd May, 2025] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the establishment of the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency. \r\nIt is necessary to make provisions for the establishment of the Punjab Energy Efficiency \r\nand Conservation Agency as ‘designated agency’ under the National Energy Efficiency and \r\nConservation Act, 2016 ( XXX of 2016) for implementing the provisions of the said Act and \r\nfor the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. \r\nBe it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab \r\nEnergy Efficiency and Conservation Agency Act 2025. \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– (1) In the Act: \r\n(a) “Act” means the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency Act \r\n2025; \r\n(b) “Agency” means the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency \r\nestablished under section 3 of the Act; \r\n(c) “Category-I officer” means Category -I officer as provided in the Punjab \r\nDelegation of Financial Rules 2016; \r\n(d) “Fund” means the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency Fund \r\nprovided under section 9 of the Act; \r\n(e) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(f) “Managing Director” means the Managing Director of the Agency; \r\n(g) “NEECA Act” means the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, \r\n2016 (XXX of 2016); \r\n(h) “PEECP” means the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program of \r\nthe Energy Department of the Government; \r\n(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or the regulations; \r\n(j) “regulations” means the regulations framed under the Act; and \r\n(k) “rules” means the rules made under the Act. \r\n(2) A word or expression used but not defined in the Act, shall have the s ame \r\nmeaning as assigned to it in the NEECA Act. \r\n3. Establishment of the Agency.– (1) The Government shall, after the \r\ncommencement of the Act, by a notification in the official Gazette, establish the Agency to \r\nbe known as the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency. \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 21 April 2025; and was assented to by Governor of the Punjab on 02 May \r\n2025; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 02 May 2025, pp. 4251-4254. \r\n(2) The Agency shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a \r\ncommon seal, with powers to enter into contrac ts, acquire and, subject to sub -section (3), \r\ndispose of both movable and immovable property in accordance with law, and may, by the \r\nsaid name, sue or be sued. \r\n(3) The Agency shall not dispose of its immovable property without prior approval \r\nof the Government. \r\n(4) The Agency shall have its main office in Lahore and may establish regional \r\noffices at such cities as may be necessary. \r\n(5) All existing employees of the PEECP, on establishment of the Agency, shall \r\nstand transferred to the Agency and perform their services thereunder. \r\n(6) All existing assets, liabilities, properties whether moveable or immoveable , of \r\nthe PEECP, on the establishment of the Agency, shall stand transferred to the Agency and \r\nany reference to the PEECP shall be read and construed as a reference to the Agency. \r\n4. Composition and meetings of the Agency.– (1) The Agency shall consist of: \r\n(a) Secretary to the Government, Energy Department. Chairperson \r\n(b) Secretary to the Government, Planning and \r\nDevelopment Board or his representative not below \r\nthe rank of an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(c) Secretary to the Government, Finance Department \r\nor his representative not below the rank of an \r\nAdditional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(d) Secretary to the Government, Transport \r\nDepartment or his representative not below the rank \r\nof an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(e) Secretary to the Government , Environment \r\nProtection Department or his representative not \r\nbelow the rank of an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(f) Secretary to the Government, Industries, \r\nCommerce, Investment and Skills Development \r\nDepartment or his representative not below the rank \r\nof an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(g) President Lahore Chamber of Commerce and \r\nIndustry or his representative. \r\nMember \r\n(h) Vice Chancellor of the University of Engineering and \r\nTechnology Lahore or his representative. \r\nMember \r\n(i) Managing Director of the Agency. Member/Secretary \r\n(2) The Agency shall hold its meetings, at least , thrice a year or as and when \r\nrequired on the direction of the Chairperson. \r\n(3) The meeting of the Agency shall be presided over by the Chairperson and, in \r\nhis absence, by the member nominated by the Chairperson. \r\n(4) The meetings of the Agency shall be c onducted in accordance with its \r\nregulations for conduct of business or until so framed as the Agency may determine. \r\n(5) The Agency may, for its assistance, co-opt any technical expert having \r\nspecialized knowledge but such technical expert shall have not any right to vote. \r\n(6) The presence of not less than fifty percent of the total members of the Agency \r\nshall be necessary to constitute a quorum for its meetings and its decisions shall be made \r\nin terms of the opinion of the majority members present and voting. In case of a tie, the vote \r\nof the Chairperson or in his absence, the member presiding over the meeting shall have the \r\ncasting vote. \r\n(7) No act or proceeding of the Agency shall be invalid merely by reason of any \r\nvacancy or defect in the constitution of the Agency. \r\n5. Functions and powers of the Agency.– (1) The Agency shall act as the designated \r\nagency under the NEECA Act and exercise such powers and perform such functions as are \r\nprovided under the NEECA Act. \r\n(2) The Agency, in addition to the functions provided under the NEECA Act, may: \r\n(a) create posts and recruit employees, hire consultants, technical experts and \r\nother professionals as and when required on such terms and conditions as it \r\nmay prescribe; \r\n(b) appoint as many inspecting officers as may be necessary for the purpose of \r\nensuring compliance of the NEECA Act; \r\n(c) on its own initiative or upon a complaint, require any person to get energy \r\naudit carried out within the time stipulated by the Agency; \r\n(d) undertake awareness, institutional development and capacity building \r\nmeasures for effective implementation of the provisions of the NEECA Act; \r\n(e) constitute such administrative, financial and technical committees for the \r\nefficient performance of its functions as may be necessary and entrust to \r\nsuch committees such functions as it may consider necessary except those \r\nassigned to it under the NEECA Act; \r\n(f) prepare and approve its annual budget in accordance with the procedure \r\nprescribed by the Government; \r\n(g) get audited its accounts; \r\n(h) frame, amend or repeal regulations; \r\n(i) make decisions, issue guidelines or prescribe pro cedures for administration \r\nof its Fund; \r\n(j) maintain a complete and accurate record of its actual expenses and receipts; \r\nand \r\n(k) perform any other function as may be assigned to it by the Government or \r\nthe Energy Department, as the case may be. \r\n6. Managing Director .– (1) There shall be a Managing Director of the Agency who \r\nshall be appointed by the Chief Minister on such terms and conditions as may be \r\nprescribed or until so prescribed as may be determined by the Chief Minister. \r\n(2) The Managing Director shall serve during the pleasure of the Chief Minister. \r\n(3) The Managing Director shall: \r\n(a) be the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency; \r\n(b) be a Category-I officer; \r\n(c) be responsible for the day -to-day administrati ve and financial affairs of the \r\nagency; \r\n(d) be responsible to execute all decisions of the Agency; and \r\n(e) exercise such other powers and perform such other f unctions as may be \r\nassigned to him by the Agency. \r\n7. Public servants.– The employees, advisors, consultants acting or purporting to be \r\nacting under the provisions of th e Act, shall be deemed to be the public servants within the \r\nmeaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (XLV of 1860). \r\n8. Termination of employment .– (1) The Agency may, at any time, terminate the \r\nservices of an employee by serving thirty days’ prior notice or on payment of thirty days \r\nsalary in lieu of the notice. \r\n(2) The employee of the Agency may, at any time, resign from the service by \r\nserving thirty days’ prior notice to the Agency or on payment of thirty days salary in lieu of \r\nthe notice. \r\n9. Fund, account and audit of the Agency.– (1) There shall be a Fund of the Agency \r\nto be known as the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency Fund which shall \r\nconsist of: \r\n(a) funds, loans or grants provided by the Government; \r\n(b) loans or grants provided by the Federal Government; \r\n(c) loans or grants received from any other government, Agency or authority or \r\ninternational donor; and \r\n(d) any other sums received by the Agency. \r\n(2) The Fund shall be kept in one or more accounts in a Scheduled Bank as \r\ndecided by the Agency. \r\n(3) The Agency shall not incur any debt without prior approval of the Government. \r\n(4) The accounts of the Agency shall be audited by the office of the Auditor \r\nGeneral of Pakistan annually. \r\n (5) The Government may, in addition to the audit under sub-section (4), direct the \r\nAgency to get its accounts audited by a registered firm of auditors or well-known individual \r\nauditor having at least ten years audit experience, as a third party audit. \r\n10. Annual Performance Report .– (1) The Agency shall prepare its annual \r\nperformance report and submit it to the Government by the end of January each year. \r\n (2) The Government shall, within three months of the receipt of the annual \r\nperformance report from the Agency, cause it to be laid in Provincial Assembly of the \r\nPunjab. \r\n11. Imposition of fine .– If a person is found to be con travening the provisions of the \r\nAct, he shall be imposed a fine by the Agency in accordance with section 18 of the NEECA \r\nAct, after providing a reasonable opportunity of hearing to that person. \r\n12. Rules.– The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for \r\ncarrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n13. Regulations.– The Agency may, by notification in the official Gazette and with prior \r\napproval of the Energy Department, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of \r\nthe Act and the rules made thereunder. \r\n14. Indemnity.– No civil suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the \r\nChairperson, Members or employees of the Agency or any person exercising any power or \r\nperforming any act carried out or contemplated to be carried out in good faith in furtherance \r\nof the provisions of the Act, rules or regulations made thereunder. \r\n15. Removal of difficulty.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the \r\nAct, the Government may give such directions, not being inconsistent with the provisions of \r\nthe Act, as may appear to be necessary for removing such difficulty. \r\n16. Savings.– All acts done, decisions made and action taken including appointments \r\nand contracts made under the PEECP immediately before establishment of the Agency, \r\nshall remain intact unless altered, repealed or amended by the Agency.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-0-1745:3bde497d1f82b945bafa4ad5029196154cfbde45f8eb82a16ac89d1f2e9d8115", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1745, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1765, "passage_sha256": "3bde497d1f82b945bafa4ad5029196154cfbde45f8eb82a16ac89d1f2e9d8115", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1745-3bde497d1f82b945" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-1745-3532:efebe5749a2f9d11e1dd8cf2b873e5803cb1508fd307e9df76b77ad599c03061", "character_start": 1745, "character_end": 3532, "utf8_byte_start": 1765, "utf8_byte_end": 3586, "passage_sha256": "efebe5749a2f9d11e1dd8cf2b873e5803cb1508fd307e9df76b77ad599c03061", "reader_fragment": "p-1745-3532-efebe5749a2f9d11" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-3532-5294:feb87aca53f9b9640e8024220dcac1836cdc95518cc8d67c6bb94b7085b2d960", "character_start": 3532, "character_end": 5294, "utf8_byte_start": 3586, "utf8_byte_end": 5350, "passage_sha256": "feb87aca53f9b9640e8024220dcac1836cdc95518cc8d67c6bb94b7085b2d960", "reader_fragment": "p-3532-5294-feb87aca53f9b964" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-5294-7090:2de6eba9c61bdd47e7e5e1c8ea80d853718d9b9d32e083f60a3d04ca46358933", "character_start": 5294, "character_end": 7090, "utf8_byte_start": 5350, "utf8_byte_end": 7148, "passage_sha256": "2de6eba9c61bdd47e7e5e1c8ea80d853718d9b9d32e083f60a3d04ca46358933", "reader_fragment": "p-5294-7090-2de6eba9c61bdd47" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-7090-8845:49f6e0e72ca8165056c3ee24521583422c77dd4adac02b1670f0580444d0293d", "character_start": 7090, "character_end": 8845, "utf8_byte_start": 7148, "utf8_byte_end": 8907, "passage_sha256": "49f6e0e72ca8165056c3ee24521583422c77dd4adac02b1670f0580444d0293d", "reader_fragment": "p-7090-8845-49f6e0e72ca81650" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-8845-10561:1ed95c283c79680d16086d62d327f7b207fd10993d92f7b87152ba3edae9a198", "character_start": 8845, "character_end": 10561, "utf8_byte_start": 8907, "utf8_byte_end": 10633, "passage_sha256": "1ed95c283c79680d16086d62d327f7b207fd10993d92f7b87152ba3edae9a198", "reader_fragment": "p-8845-10561-1ed95c283c79680d" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-c794c0b4212a2b41:sha256:b080f89e631c37663e40b5ae42535cb1c3393f7500810c6a6b6e556907e404b5:chars-10561-12130:75e8f68b7c8144e0ac3cebbfa7d608e1c3442f681f86a6727d8a0cbe073446df", "character_start": 10561, "character_end": 12130, "utf8_byte_start": 10633, "utf8_byte_end": 12214, "passage_sha256": "75e8f68b7c8144e0ac3cebbfa7d608e1c3442f681f86a6727d8a0cbe073446df", "reader_fragment": "p-10561-12130-75e8f68b7c8144e0" } ] }