FORT MONROE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 2016

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THE FORT MONROE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 
2016 
(XXIII of 2016) 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
CHAPTER II 
FORT MONROE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 
3. The Authority 
4. Disqualification of members 
5. Functions of the Authority 
6. Meetings 
CHAPTER III 
DIRECTOR GENERAL and EMPLOYEES 
7. Director General 
8. Appointment of officers and employees 
9. Employees to be public servants 
10. Indemnity 
CHAPTER IV 
FUNDS, FINANCE ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 
11. Authority Fund 
12. Borrowing money 
13. Accounts 
14. Budget 
15. Audit 
CHAPTER V 
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 
 
16. Penalty 
17. Damage to property and disobedience of orders 
18. Offences mentioned in the Schedule 
CHAPTER VI 
MISCELLANEOUS 
19. Taxes, rates, fees and other charges 
20. Recovery of dues 
21. Delegation 
22. Directions by Government 
23. Transfer of functions 
24. Power to make rules 
25. Power to make regulations 
26. Overriding effect 
27. Annual report 
28. Removal of difficulties 
29. Validation 
SCHEDULE 
 
TEXT 
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THE FORT MONROE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 2016 
(XXIII of 2016) 
[20th April, 2016] 
An 
Act 
to provide for the establishment of 
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[Koh-e-Suleman] Development Authority. 
 It is necessary in public interest to establish an Authority to develop 
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[Koh-e-
Suleman] as a tourist resort to promote domestic and international tourism; to 
execute necessary developmental plans; to improve the socio -economic conditions 
of the local people; and, to make other provisions. 
Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:– 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– 
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[(1) This Act may be cited as  the 
Koh-e-Suleman Development Authority Act 2016.] 
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[(2) It shall extend to such areas of Koh-e-Suleman and Tribal Area of 
District Rajanpur, as  the Government may, by notification in the official gazette, 
specify.] 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act: 
(a) “agency” means any department or organization of the Federal or the 
Provincial Government or of the local government in Dera Ghazi Khan; 
(b) “area” means the area notified by the Government for pur poses of this 
Act; 
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[(c) “Authority” means the Koh-e-Suleman Development Authority 
established under the Act]; 
(d) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;  
                                                           
1This Act was passed by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 13 April 2016; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 
19 April 2016; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4645-4652. 
2Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.6.  
3Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.6. 
4Substituted by the Fort Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.2. 
5Substituted by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 201 9 (XXXIII of 2019 ), pu blished in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.2. 
6Substituted by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 201 9 (XXXIII of 2019 ), pu blished in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.3. 
 
(e) “Chairperson” means Chairperson of the Authority; 
(f) “Director General” means Director General of the Authority; 
(g) “local government” means a local governm ent as defined in the Punjab 
Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013) or in any other law for the 
time being in force; 
(h) “member” means a member of the Authority and includes the 
Chairperson; 
(i) “person” includes an individual, company, firm, instituti on, government 
agency, cooperative society or association of individuals, whether 
incorporated or not; and 
(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or regulations made under 
the Act. 
CHAPTER II 
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[KOH-E-SULEMAN] DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 
3. The Authority.– (1) The Government may establish an Authority to be known 
as 
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[Koh-e-Suleman] Development Authority for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession and 
a common seal, with powers to acquire and hold property, and may sue and be sued 
by the said name. 
(3) The Authority shall consist of the Chairperson who shall be the Chief 
Minister or any other person nominated by him, and the following members: 
(a) one local member of Provincial Assembly of the Punja b, to be 
nominated by the Government; 
(b) Chairman of District Council, Dera Gazi Khan or the Union Council 
concerned nominated by the Government; 
(c) Chairman, Planning and Development Board of the Government; 
(d) Secretary to the Government, Finance Department; 
(e) Secretary to the Government, Housing, Urban Development and Public 
Health Engineering Department; 
(f) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community 
Development Department; 
(g) Commissioner of Dera Gazi Khan Division; 
(h) District Coordination Officer, Dera Gazi Khan; 
(i) Director General of the Authority; and 
(j) four technical experts to be nominated by the Government. 
                                                           
7Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.4. 
8Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.4. 
 
(4) The ex-officio members mentioned from (c) to (f) may be represented 
by an officer of the concerned department  not below the rank of an Additional 
Secretary. 
(5) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, increase 
the membership of the Authority. 
(6) The members, other than the ex-officio members, shall hold office for a 
period of three years unl ess removed earlier by the Government at any time without 
assigning any reason. 
(7) A non -official member may, by notice in writing under his hand 
addressed to the Chairperson, resign from his office. 
(8) The Government may designate a member of the Author ity as Vice 
Chairperson of the Authority. 
(9) The Vice Chairperson shall perform such functions as may be 
prescribed or assigned to him by the Authority. 
(10) No act or proceeding s of the Authority shall be invalid merely on the 
ground of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority. 
(11) 
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[* * *], the headquarters of the Authority shall be at Dera Ghazi Khan. 
4. Disqualification of members.– No person shall be, or shall continue to be a 
member who: 
(a) is or, at any time, has been convicted of an offence involving moral 
turpitude;  
(b) is or, at any time, has been adjudicated insolvent;  
(c) is found to be a lunatic or of unsound mind;  
(d) is a minor; or 
(e) has a financ ial interest in any scheme or a conflicting interest, directly 
or indirectly, between his interest as a member and his private interest, 
and has failed to disclose such interest in writing to the Government. 
5. Functions of the Authority.– (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the 
rules, the Authority may exercise such powers and take such measures as may be 
necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act.  
(2) The Authority may:  
(a) develop and improve the area for purposes  of tourism, taking f ull 
advantage of regional and international trends and developments so 
that it can significantly contribute to the improvement of quality of life 
whilst promoting the cultural heritage of the country; 
(b) prepare, implement and enforce  schemes for promotion of tourism and 
cultural heritage; 
                                                           
9The words “Until the Authority establishes its headquarters at Fort Monroe” deleted by the Fort Monroe Development Authority 
(Amendment) Act 201 9 (XXXIII of 2019 ), pu blished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 
2635-2636, s.4. 
 
(c) transform the area into a hill resort and improve infrastructure as well 
as socio-economic condition of the local people;  
(d) conduct promotional programs, activities and events for attracting 
tourists and promotion of tourism; 
(e) make arrangements for preservation of objects or places of historical, 
archaeological, cultural and recreational importance; 
(f) implement and execute master heritage conservation and re -
development plans; 
(g) identify, assess and authenti cate heritage value, prepare and execute 
schemes,  conserve heritage of the area, and preserve and promote 
culture; 
(h) coordinate with various agencies and other local and international 
organizations and institutes for the due discharge of its functions; 
(i) seek information or assistance from any person or agency pertaining to 
its functions; 
(j) acquire property, both movable and immovable; 
(k) sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of any property in the 
prescribed manner; 
(l) procure machinery, instruments or any other material required by it; 
(m) enter into contracts; 
(n) cause studies, surveys, experiments or technical researches to be 
made or contribute towards the cost of any such studies, surveys, 
experiments or technical researches; 
(o) cause removal of any works obstructing the execution of its schemes; 
(p) constitute such financial, technical and advisory committees as may be 
deemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act and assign 
functions to the committees; and 
(q) perform such other functions as are incidental to the above functions or 
as may be prescribed or as the Government may assign. 
(3) The Authority may, with the consent of the local government: 
(a) conceive, prepare, approve and execute any scheme p ertaining to the 
functions of the local government, if the local government is unable to 
execute it because:  
(i) of lack of capacity or expertise to undertake the scheme; 
(ii) the scheme spills over to more than one local government; or 
(iii) the scheme i s beyond the financia l capacity of the local 
government;  
(b) exercise control over land -use, spatial planning, land -subdivision, land 
development and zoning by public and private sectors for purposes of 
commerce, markets, shopping, residential, recreation , parks, 
 
entertainment, passenger and transport freight and transit stations, 
commercialization and approval of private housing schemes; 
(c) provide, manage, operate, maintain and improve the municipal 
infrastructure and services including: 
(i) water suppl y and control and dev elopment of water resources, 
drainage, sewerage and sewerage treatment and disposal; and 
(ii) construction and maintenance of  roads and  streets; 
(d) provide, improve and maintain public open spaces and  landscaping 
and beautification of the area; 
(e) establish and maintain parking stands and levy parking fee within the 
area; and 
(f) establish club houses, waterfalls, zoo, golf club, cinemas, water 
amusement parks and other recreational facilities. 
(4) The Authority may, at any time, amend or modify any scheme prepared 
under the Act. 
6. Meetings.– (1) The Authority shall meet at such time and place as the 
Chairperson may determine, and shall observe such rules of procedure with regard 
to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be prescribed. 
(2) The meetings of the Authority shall be presided over by: 
(a) the Chairperson; 
(b) the Vice Chairperson, in the absence of the Chairperson; and 
(c) by a member of the Authority elected for the purpose, by the members 
present, from among st themselves in the absence of the Chairperson 
as well as the Vice Chairperson. 
CHAPTER III 
DIRECTOR GENERAL and EMPLOYEES 
7. Director General .– (1) The Director General shall be appointed by the 
Government on such terms and conditions as may be determine d by the 
Government.  
(2) The Director General shall be the chief executive of the Authority and 
shall: 
(a) be a whole time officer of the Authority; 
(b) perform such duties as may be prescribed or as may be assigned or 
delegated to him by the Authority; and 
(c) hold office fo r a term of three years unless removed earlier by the 
Government without assigning any reason. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Government from  extending 
the term of office of the Director General for such period as the G overnment may 
determine. 
 
8. Appointment of officers and employees .– (1) The Authority may, in the 
prescribed manner and on the prescribed terms and conditions, appoint such 
officers, advisors, experts, consultants and employees as it considers necessary fo r 
the efficient performance of its functions. 
(2) The Authority may acquire the services of such officers, advisors, 
experts and employees on deputation from any agency as it deems necessary. 
9. Employees to be public servants.– All persons acting or purporting to act in 
pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be public servants 
within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). 
10. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against 
the Authority, the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, any member, officer, servant, 
expert and consultant of the Authority in respect of anything done or intended to be 
done in good faith under this Act. 
CHAPTER IV 
FUNDS, FINANCE ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 
11. Authority Fund .– (1) There shall be a Fund to be known as the 
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[Koh-e-
Suleman] Development Authority Fund which shall vest in the Authority and shall be 
utilized by the Authority in connection with its functions under this Act including the 
payment of salaries and other remu nerations to the members, officers, servants, 
experts and consultants of the Authority. 
(2) The following shall be credited to 
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[Koh-e-Suleman] Development 
Authority Fund:  
(a) all moneys received from the Government or the Federal Government; 
(b) all moneys re ceived from any national or international agency or 
organization by way of grant, loan, advance or otherwise; 
(c) all taxes, fees, rates and other charges received by the Authority under 
the Act: 
(d) all moneys received by th e Authority from the disposal o f lands, 
buildings and other properties, movable and immovable; 
(e) proceeds from the self -financing schemes of development and 
environmental sanitation; and 
(f) all other sums receivable by the Authority. 
12. Borrowing money .– The Authority may, with the prior approval of the 
Government, raise loans or funds or issue bonds for the performance of any of its 
functions under this Act. 
                                                           
10Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.5. 
11Substituted for the words “Fort Monroe” by the Fort Monroe Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2019 (XXXIII of 2019), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13th December 2019, pp. 2635-2636, s.5. 
 
13. Accounts.– The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant 
records and prep are annual statement of account s in such form as may be 
prescribed. 
14. Budget.– The Authority shall prepare every year, in such form and manner 
and at such time as may be prescribed, a budget in respect of the next financial year 
showing the estimated receipt and expenditure of the Aut hority and shall submit it to 
the Government for approval. 
15. Audit.– (1) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by such 
duly qualified auditors or a government audit agency or both as may, with the 
approval of Government, be appointed by the Authority.  
(2) The Authority shall also make such arrangements for pre -audit or 
concurrent audit of accounts as may be necessary. 
CHAPTER V 
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 
16. Penalty.– (1) A person who contravenes any provisio n of this Act, or any 
rules or regulations made under the Act, shall, if no other penalty is provided for such 
contravention, be liable to punishment with imprisonment for a term which may 
extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred t housand rupees 
or with both. 
(2) The Magistrate competent to try an offence under subsection (1) may 
try the offence in a summary manner under sections 260 to 265 of the Code of 
Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898). 
17. Damage to property and disobedience of orders.– (1) A person who 
willfully causes damage, or allows damage to be caused to any property which vests 
in the Authority or unlawfully converts it to his own or to the use of any other person, 
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with 
fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both. 
(2) A person who refuses or neglects to provide any officer or servant of 
the Authority with the means necessary for entering into any premises for purposes 
of collecting any information or m aking an examination or enquiry, shall be liable to 
imprisonment which may extend to one year or fine or with both. 
(3) A person who attempts to commit or abets the commission of an 
offence punishable under this Act, shall be deemed to have committed that offence. 
(4) A person who negligently does any act in the performance of his duties 
which causes loss of money or property to the Authority, shall be liable to 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or fine or with both. 
(5) Any Magistrate empowered for the time being to try in a summary way 
the offence specified in subsection (1) of section 260 of the Code of Criminal 
Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), may if such Magistrate thinks fit, on application being 
made in t his behalf by the prosecution, try an offence punishable under this Act, in 
accordance with the provisions contained in sections 262 to 265 of the said Code. 
 
18. Offences mentioned in the Schedule .– (1) A person who commits an 
offence specified in: 
(a) Part-A of the Schedule appended to  this Act, shall be liable to 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with fine 
which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees or with both and 
where an accused was directed by the Authority for immediate  
discontinuance of the offence,  the Court may impose a further fine 
which may extend to fifty thousand rupees for every day during the 
period the accused has persisted with the offence from the date of its 
first commission; and 
(b) Part-B of the Schedule a ppended to this Act, shall be l iable to 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine 
which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both and 
where an accused was directed by the Authority for immediate 
discontinuance of the  offence, the Court may impose a further fine 
which may extend to ten thousand rupees for every day during the 
period the accused has persisted in the offence from the date of its 
commission. 
(2) An offence punishable under subsection (1) shall be cognizab le on a 
complaint in writing of an officer authorized by the Authority to the officer incharge of 
the police station. 
CHAPTER VI 
MISCELLANEOUS 
19. Taxes, rates, fees and other charges .– The Authority may levy and recover 
taxes, rates, fees and other charge s in the area for purposes of t his Act as may be 
prescribed. 
20. Recovery of dues .– Any sum due to the Authority from or any sum wrongly 
paid by the Authority to any person under this Act shall be recoverable as arrears of 
land revenue. 
21. Delegation.– The Authority may, by general or special order, delegate to the 
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, a member, committee, Director General or an officer 
of the Authority any of its powers, duties or functions under this Act subject to such 
conditions as it may thi nk fit to impose but the follow ing powers shall not be so 
delegated: 
(a) framing of regulations; 
(b) approval of budget and accounts;  
(c) approval of the Annual Report; and 
(d) major policy decisions. 
22. Directions by Government.– The Authority shall, in discharging its functions, 
act and be guided by such directions as the Government may give to it. 
 
23. Transfer of functions .– Where the Authority ceases to perform a function 
and another organization controlled by the Government assumes that function, the  
Government may direct: 
(a) that the servants of the Authority connected with that function shall 
become servants of the said organization on such terms and conditions 
as the said organization may determine, subject to the condition that 
the said terms and  conditions are not less favorable than those 
admissible to them as servants of the Authority; and 
(b) that such part of the Fund of the Authority as the Government may 
determine shall stand transferred to the said organization. 
24. Power to make rules .– Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying into effect the purposes of this Act. 
25. Power to make regulations .– Subject to this Act and the rules, the Authority 
may make regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act. 
26. Overriding effect.– (1) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between 
the provisions of this Act and the provisions of any other law except the laws relating 
to local governments, the provisions of the Act, to the extent of such conflict or 
inconsistency, shall prevail. 
(2) If any conflict or inconsistency arises between the provisions of this Act 
and the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 or any other law relating to local 
governments, the provisions of law pertaining to local governments shall  prevail to 
the extent of such conflict or inconsistency. 
27. Annual report.– (1) The Authority shall prepare for every year a report of its 
activities during that year and submit the report to the Government in such form and 
on or before such date, as may be prescribed. 
(2) The report referred to in subsection (1) shall be laid before the 
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab within six months of its receipt by the 
Government. 
28. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any 
provision of this Act, the Governmen t may, within one year from the commencement 
of the Act, give such directions, consistent with the Act, as it may consider necessary 
for the removal of such difficulty. 
29. Validation.– Notwithstanding the repeal of the Fort Monroe Development 
Authority Ordinance 2015 (XXXIV of 2015), any action of the Government or of the 
Authority taken from the date of repeal of the said Ordinance and till the date of 
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been taken under this Act. 
 
SCHEDULE 
(see section 18) 
Part-A 
1. Discharging any dangerous chemical, inflammable, hazardous or 
offensive article in any drain, or sewer, public water course or public 
land vested in, managed, maintained or controlled by the Authority or 
an agency in su ch manner as it causes or is li kely to cause danger to 
persons passing by or living or working in the neighborhood, or causing 
risk or injury to property or causing harm to the environment. 
2. Failure of industrial or commercial concerns or such property holders to 
provide adequate and saf e disposal of affluent or prevention of their 
mixing up with the water supply or sewerage system. 
Part-B 
1. Willfully obstructing any officer or servant of Authority or any person 
authorized to exercise power conferred under this Act. 
2. Failure to deliver back possession of a property to the Authority on 
expiration or cancellation of a lease or allotment.  
3. Doing an act without license, approval or permission when the doing of 
such act requires a license or permission under any of the provisions of 
the Act, the rules or regulations. 
4. Establishing any parking stand on any property or on any open space 
and public park or land vested in or managed, maintained or controlled 
by the Authority or any agency. 
5. Establishing temporary shops or r unning any restaurant or vendin g 
stalls for eatables, wooden khokas or any sort of commercial activity on 
any road, street, footpath, public place, over a drain, or any other 
property vesting in the Authority. 
6. Willfully causing damage, or allowing damage t o be caused to any 
property whi ch vests in the Authority, or which is intended to be 
acquired by the Authority, or unlawfully converting it to his own or any 
other person’s use. 
7. Without lawful excuse, failing or refusing to comply with any direction or 
order issued by the Authority under the Act. 
8. Unauthorized occupation of the property of the Authority. 
9. Attempting to commit or abetting the commission of an offence 
punishable under the Act.