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Inquiry into claims and objections. \r\nReference to the Tribunal on questions of title etc. \r\n13. Execution of scheme by the Trust. \r\nSubmission of cost of scheme by the Trust. \r\n14. Total compensation how calculated. \r\n15. Collector’s award to be filed. \r\n16. Trust may make reference to the Tribunal. \r\n17. Payment of compensation by Collector. \r\n18. Disposal of compensation in cases of disputed title. \r\n19. Jurisdiction of other Courts barred. \r\n20. Person interested may require reference to Tribunal. \r\n21. Statement of case by Collector on reference. \r\n22. Notice by Tribunal to persons interested. \r\n23. Scope of enquiry. \r\n24. Decision of Tribunal. \r\n25. Costs. \r\n26. Interest not to be awarded. \r\n27. Collector to disburse amount awarded in excess by Tribunal. \r\n28. Tribunal’s power to summon witnesses, etc. \r\nProceedings of Tribunal. \r\n29. Meeting of Trust to sanction proceedings. \r\n30. Consequences of erection, etc, in contravention of sanctioned scheme. \r\n31. Protection of Government, etc. \r\n32. Penalties. \r\n33. Initiation of complaints. \r\n34. Rules. \r\n35. Savings. \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGED AREAS ACT, 1952 \r\n(XV of 1952) \r\n[6 February 1952] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the development of damaged areas in the Punjab. \r\n WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the development of damaged areas \r\nin the Punjab: \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab \r\nDevelopment of Damaged Areas Act, 1952. \r\n (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force immediately after the expiry\r\n2\r\n \r\nof the Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Ordinance, 1948\r\n3\r\n, in the areas in \r\nwhich the said Ordinance was operative at the time of its expiry, and shall come into \r\nforce in any ot her area on such date as the Government of the Punjab may, by \r\nnotification, specify. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext; \r\n(a) “Building” includes a house, out -house, stable, shed, hut and every \r\nother s tructure whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or any \r\nother material whatever; \r\n(b) “Building line” means a line (in rear of the street alignment) up to which \r\nthe main wall of a building abutting on a projected street may lawfully \r\nextend; \r\n(c) “Collector” means a Collector as defined in Land Acquisition Act, 1894\r\n4\r\n; \r\n(d) “Cost of a scheme” includes all expenses of an Improvement Trust \r\nincurred in the making, supervision and execution of the scheme; \r\n(e) “Damaged Area” means any area notified as such by th e Government \r\nunder section 3 of this Act; \r\n(f) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n \r\n1This Act was assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on January 31, 1952, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated February 6, 1952, pp. 111-124. \r\n2It ceased to operate on January 25, 1952, that is, six weeks after the first assembly of the new Legislature which took place on \r\nDecember 14, 1951. \r\n3V of 1948. \r\n4I of 1894. \r\n(g) “Improvement Trust” or “Trust” means an Improvement Trust \r\nconstituted under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922\r\n1\r\n; \r\n(h) “Land” includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the \r\nearth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; \r\n(i) “Local Area” means the area to which the Punjab Town Improvement \r\nAct, 1922\r\n2\r\n, has been applied and the area within which a Trust has \r\nbeen created for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of that Act; \r\n(j) “Notify” means notify by means of a notification in the official Gazette; \r\n(k) “Person interested” includes all persons claiming an interest in \r\ncompensation to be awarded on account of the acquisiti on of land \r\nunder this Act; and a person shall be deemed to be interested in land if \r\nhe is interested in an easement affecting that land; \r\n(l) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; \r\n(m) “Street alignments” means lines forming the boundar ies of a street \r\ndividing the same from lands or buildings adjoining on either side; and \r\n(n) “Tribunal” means a Tribunal constituted under the Punjab Town \r\nImprovement Act, 1922\r\n3\r\n. \r\n3. Declaration of damaged areas .– The Government may, by notification, \r\ndeclare any local area or any part of any local area to be a damaged area. \r\n4. Schemes for the development of a damaged area .– An Improvement Trust \r\nmay frame a scheme or schemes for the development of a damaged area, providing \r\nfor all or any of the following matters:– \r\n(i) The acquisition under this Act of any land or any interest in land \r\nnecessary for or affected by the execution of the scheme, or adjoining \r\nany street, thoroughfare, or open space to be improved or provided \r\nunder the scheme. \r\n(ii) The acquisition by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise of such \r\nland or interest in land. \r\n(iii) The retention, letting on hire, lease, sale, exchange or disposal \r\notherwise of any land vested in or acquired by the Improvement Trust. \r\n(iv) The demolition of buildings or porti ons of buildings which are unfit for \r\nthe purpose for which they are intended and which obstruct light or air \r\nor project beyond the building line laid out under the scheme. \r\n(v) The relaying out of any land comprised in the scheme, and the \r\nredistribution of sites belonging to owners or property comprised in the \r\nscheme. \r\n(vi) The laying out and alteration of streets. \r\n \r\n1IV of 1922. \r\n2IV of 1922. \r\n3IV of 1922. \r\n (vii) Open spaces in the interests of the residents of any locality comprised \r\nin the scheme or any adjoining locality and the enlargement or \r\nalteration of existing open spaces. \r\n(viii) The raising, lowering, or reclamation of any land vested in or to be \r\nacquired by the Improvement Trust for the purposes of the scheme, \r\nand the reclamation or reservation of land for the production of fruit, \r\nvegetables, fuel, fodder, or for any other purpose for the residents of \r\nthe local area. \r\n(ix) The draining, water -supply and lighting of streets altered or \r\nreconstructed. \r\n(x) A system of drains and sewers for the improvement of ill -drained and \r\ninsanitary localities. \r\n(xi) The doing of all acts intended to promote the health of the residents of \r\nthe area comprised in the scheme, including the conservation and \r\npreservation from injury or pollution of rivers and other sources and \r\nmeans of water-supply. \r\n (xii) The demolition of existing buildings and the erection and re -erection of \r\nbuildings by the Improvement Trust or by the owners or other persons \r\nauthorised by the Improvement Trust or by the Improvement Trust in \r\nthe event of default by the owners or such persons. \r\n(xiii) The advance of the whole or part of the capital requisite for the erection \r\nof buildings in accordance with the scheme to the owners of land \r\ncomprised within the scheme, upon such terms and conditions as to \r\ninterest and sinking fund and otherwise as may be p rescribed under \r\nthe scheme. \r\n(xiv) The provision of facilities for communications. \r\n(xv) All other matters which the Government may deem necessary for \r\npromoting the general efficiency of a scheme or for improving the \r\nlocality comprised in such scheme. \r\n1\r\n[Provided that while undertaking a scheme under this section a \r\nprovision of plot for the construction of mosque will be made where \r\nnecessary.] \r\n5. Publication of Schemes .– (1) The Improvement Trust shall then publish a \r\nnotice in the official Gazette and two news papers, one at least having circulation in \r\nboth Pakistan and India unless the entry in India of the newspapers published in \r\nPakistan is banned, in which case both the newspapers shall be such as have \r\ncirculation in Pakistan, stating– \r\n(a) the fact that the scheme has been framed; \r\n(b) the boundary of the locality comprised in the scheme; and \r\n \r\n1Added by the Punjab Development of Damaged Areas (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Pb. O. No. XXX of 1985) published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated February 27, 1985, pp. 752-I-753-J, s. 2. \r\n(c) the place where and the time when details of the scheme including a \r\nstatement of land proposed to be acquired and a general map of the \r\nlocality comprised in the scheme may be inspected. \r\n (2) Such notice shall also prescribe the period during which objections will \r\nbe received against the scheme. \r\n6. Sanction of scheme.– (1) After consideration of the objections, if any, which \r\nmay be received by the Improvement Trust duri ng the period prescribed under \r\nsection 5, subsection (2), the Improvement Trust may sanction the scheme with or \r\nwithout modifications as it may deem proper. \r\n (2) Whenever a scheme is sanctioned by an Improvement Trust, it shall \r\nreport the fact to the Government, together with a Statement of Objections. \r\n (3) The Government may modify the scheme and shall cause the original \r\nor, as the case may be, the modified scheme to be published in the official Gazette. \r\nThe scheme as published shall be deemed to be the sanctioned scheme. \r\n (4) A publication under subsection (3) shall be conclusive evidence that a \r\nscheme has been duly framed and sanctioned. \r\n7. Acquisition of Damaged Area through Collector .– (1) The Improvement \r\nTrust may apply to the Collector for the acquisi tion of any damaged area comprised \r\nin any scheme sanctioned under this Act and also for making an order for the \r\nimmediate delivery of the possession of the whole or any part of such area to the \r\nImprovement Trust. \r\n (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being \r\nin force, the Collector may pass an order accepting an application made to him \r\nunder the foregoing subsection and forthwith deliver, or cause the delivery of \r\npossession of any damaged area or part thereof comprised in any s cheme \r\nsanctioned under this Act, and the same shall vest absolutely in the Improvement \r\nTrust free from all encumbrances subject, in due course, to the payment of \r\ncompensation by the Trust in accordance with the provisions of this Act: \r\n Provided that posses sion shall not be taken of any building or part of a \r\nbuilding unless the occupier thereof is given at least 48 hours’ notice or such longer \r\nnotice as may be reasonably sufficient to enable such occupier to remove his \r\nmovable property from such building without unnecessary inconvenience. \r\n8. Magistrate to enforce surrender of land .– If the Collector or any person \r\nacting under his authority is opposed or obstructed in the delivery of possession of \r\nany land under this Act, he shall enforce the surrender of the land to the \r\nImprovement Trust, if he is a Magistrate, and, if he is not himself a Magistrate, apply \r\nto a Magistrate for this purpose, and such Magistrate shall enforce the surrender of \r\nthe land to the Improvement Trust. \r\n9. Marking and measuring .– After hav ing delivered or caused the delivery of \r\npossession of the land, the Collector shall cause the land to be marked out and \r\nmeasured, and a plan thereof to be made, unless all this has already been done. \r\n10. Notice inviting claims to compensation and objections.– (1) The Collector \r\nshall also cause public notice to be given at convenient places on or near the land \r\ncomprised in the scheme stating that claims to compensation for all interests in such \r\nland may be made to him. \r\n (2) Such notice shall state the partic ulars of the land and shall require all \r\npersons interested in the land to appear personally or by agent before the Collector \r\nat a time and place mentioned therein (not being earlier than 15 days after the date \r\nof publication of the notice) and to state the nature of their respective interests in the \r\nland, and the objections, if any, to the measurements made under the foregoing \r\nsection. The Collector may in any case require such statement to be made in writing \r\nand signed by the party or his agent. \r\n (3) The C ollector shall also serve notice to the same effect on the \r\noccupier, if any, of such land and on all such persons known or believed to be \r\ninterested therein, or to be entitled to act for persons so interested, as reside or have \r\nagents authorised to receive service on their behalf, within the revenue district in \r\nwhich the land is situate. \r\n (4) In case any person so interested resides elsewhere and has no such \r\nagent, the notice shall be sent to him by registered post in a letter addressed to him \r\nat his last known residence, address or place of business. \r\n (5) In case the whereabouts of any such person are not known, such \r\nnotice may be given by publication in a newspaper of the description given in section \r\n5, subsection (1), and if such notice has been published in such newspaper not less \r\nthan 15 days before the date of hearing, proceedings may be taken ex-parte if the \r\nperson does not appear on that date. \r\n11. Disclosure by interested persons .– (1) The Collector may also require any \r\nsuch person to make or deliver to him, at a time and place mentioned in the \r\nrequisition (such time being not earlier than 15 days after the date of the requisition) \r\na statement containing, so far as may be practicable, the name of every other person \r\npossessing any interest in the land o r any part thereof as co -proprietor, sub -\r\nproprietor, mortgagee, tenant or otherwise, the nature of such interest and the rents \r\nand profits, if any, received or receivable on account thereof for three years next \r\npreceding the date of the statement. \r\n (2) Every person required making or delivering a statement under this \r\nsection or section 10 shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the \r\nmeaning of sections 175 and 176 of the \r\n1\r\n[Pakistan Penal Code]. \r\n12. Inquiry into claims and objections .– On the date fixed under section 10, \r\nsubsection (2) or on any other day to which the inquiry may be adjourned, the \r\nCollector shall proceed to enquire into the objections, if any, which any person \r\ninterested has made pursuant to a notice given under the aforesaid secti on to the \r\nmeasurements made under section 9 and into the respective interests of the persons \r\nclaiming compensation, and shall determine: \r\n(a) the true area of the land and the extent of the interest of each person \r\ninterested in that land; and \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the words comma and figures “Pakistan Penal Code, 1860” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision and \r\nRepeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 21, 1955, pp. 87-108, s. 2 read \r\nwith First Schedule, Part III. \r\n(b) the value of the plots and the material and other sources of income \r\nremaining outstanding as notified by the Government under section 13 \r\nof this Act, \r\n and make an award apportioning compensation in accordance with the \r\nprovisions of section 14 of this Act, among all the persons known or believed \r\nto be interested in the land, of whom, or of whose claims, he has information \r\nwhether or not they have appeared before him: \r\n Provided that if no notification in the official Gazette under sub -section (2) of \r\nsection 13 has been issued, the Collector shall merely decide the matter \r\nreferred to in (a), and postpone the making of the award with respect to \r\ncompensation till after the issuing of the said contemplated notification by the \r\nGovernment: \r\nReference to the Tribunal on questio ns of title etc.– Provided further that if there \r\nbe any dispute as to the title to such land or any part thereof or as to the persons to \r\nwhom compensation or any part thereof is payable, the Collector may refer such \r\ndispute to the decision of the Tribunal. \r\n13. Execution of scheme by the Trust .– (1) After the possession of the land \r\ncomprised in a scheme under this Act has been delivered to it, the Improvement \r\nTrust shall proceed forthwith to execute the said scheme. \r\n (2) Submission of cost of scheme by the T rust.– The Improvement \r\nTrust shall, as soon after the completion of a scheme under this Act as may be, but \r\nnot later than 3 years from the date of sanction thereof, submit to the Government an \r\naccurate statement of the actual cost of the scheme and the inc ome derived \r\ntherefrom as well as the particulars and the estimated value of the plots that remain \r\nunsold and any material or any other sources of income from the scheme which \r\nremain outstanding, and the Government shall, after such scrutiny as it may deem \r\nnecessary, notify the details of the aforesaid statement. \r\n14. Total compensation how calculated .– (1) Notwithstanding anything \r\ncontained in any other law for the time being in force, the total compensation payable \r\nfor any land acquired under this Act shall be the difference between the income from \r\nthe scheme and the cost thereof as notified by the Government under section 13, \r\nsub-section (2), the value of the plots that remain unsold and any other source of \r\nincome from the scheme which remains outstanding, as determined by the Collector \r\nunder section 12, being reckoned as income or a part thereof as the case may be. \r\n (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) and of any other law, for the \r\ntime being in force, relating to the administration of property a bandoned by its owner \r\nas a result of the establishment of Pakistan, the amount realised from the disposal of \r\nmaterial of any standing structure upon the land comprised in the scheme, after \r\ndeducting the cost of demolition and disposal thereof, shall be pay able to the person \r\nknown or believed to be the person interested in that structure according to his \r\ninterest at the time of the acquisition. \r\n15. Collector’s award to be filed .– (1) The award made by the Collector under \r\nsection 12 shall be filed in the offi ce of the Collector of the district and shall, except \r\nas hereinafter provided, be announced by him on a day fixed for the purpose. It shall \r\nthen be final and conclusive evidence as between the Improvement Trust and the \r\npersons interested, whether they have appeared before the Collector or not, of the \r\ntrue area and value of the land and the apportionment of the compensation among \r\nthe persons interested. \r\n (2) The Collector shall give immediate notice of his award to such of the \r\npersons interested as are not present personally or by their representatives when the \r\naward is announced. \r\n16. Trust may make reference to the Tribunal .– As soon as the Collector has \r\nmade his award, the same shall be placed before the Trust, which shall, within 30 \r\ndays of the date of the announcement of the award, either notify its intention to make \r\na reference to the Tribunal, in the manner stated in section 20, against the amount \r\nawarded by the Collector or place the amount awarded at his disposal. \r\n17. Payment of compensation by Collect or.– From the amount placed at his \r\ndisposal under section 16 the Collector shall tender payments of the amounts \r\nassessed by him to the persons interested and make payments to any of them who \r\nagree to receive the same with or without protest. \r\n18. Disposal o f compensation in cases of disputed title .– (1) The amounts \r\ndue to persons who may not be competent to alienate the land for which \r\ncompensation has been awarded or the amounts due in respect of the land which is \r\nsubject to a disputed title shall be deposited into local Treasury. \r\n (2) In the case of persons incompetent to alienate the land acquired under \r\nthis Act, the amount of compensation due may be invested by the Collector in the \r\npurchase of other lands to be held under the like title and conditions of o wnership as \r\nthe land in respect of which such money shall have been deposited was held, or if \r\nsuch purchase cannot be effected forthwith, in Government securities. The interest \r\naccruing on such money shall also be deposited and invested in the same way unt il \r\nthe same be applied in the manner aforesaid. \r\n (3) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Collector from making \r\npayment of any amount as compensation for land due to any person, incompetent to \r\nalienate the same, or from transferring the land or secur ities purchased therefor \r\nunder subsection (2), to such person, after the cessation of his disability, or, during \r\nsuch disability, to any other person competent to receive the same under any law for \r\nthe time being in force or any order of a competent Civil Court. \r\n19. Jurisdiction of other Courts barred .– (1) No award under this Act shall be \r\ncalled in question in any Court or in any manner except as provided hereinafter. \r\n (2) No person shall challenge in any court or before the Tribunal the \r\namounts notified by the Government under section 13 as the cost of a scheme under \r\nthis Act and the income therefrom. \r\n20. Person interested may require reference to Tribunal .– (1) The \r\nImprovement Trust or any person interested who has received compensation with \r\nprotest, may, by written application to the Collector, require that the matter be \r\nreferred by the Collector for the determination of the Tribunal, whether its or his \r\nobjection be to the measurement of the land, the amount of the compensation, the \r\nperson to whom it is payable or to the apportionment of the compensation among the \r\npersons interested. \r\n (2) The application shall state the grounds on which objection to the award \r\nis based, and the grounds shall not be other than those stated in subsection (1). \r\n (3) Every such application shall be made– \r\n(a) in the case of the Improvement Trust and of the person interested who \r\nwas present or represented before the Collector at the time of the \r\nannouncement of the award within 6 weeks from the date of the \r\nannouncement of the award; and \r\n(b) in other cases, within six weeks of the receipt of the notice under \r\nsection 15(2), or within three months from the date of the Collector’s \r\naward, whichever shall first expire. \r\n21. Statement of case by Collector on reference .– (1) In making the ref erence \r\nthe Collector shall state for the information of the Tribunal, in writing under his hand: \r\n(a) the situation and extent of the land with particulars of any buildings and \r\nother structures standing thereon; \r\n(b) the names of the persons whom he has reas on to believe to be \r\ninterested in such land; \r\n(c) the amount of compensation, if any, awarded for the structures or \r\nbuildings standing on the land and the value assessed for the unsold \r\nplots and the sources of income from the scheme still outstanding; and \r\n(d) if the objection be to the amount of compensation, the grounds on \r\nwhich the amount of compensation was determined. \r\n (2) To the said statement shall be attached schedule giving the particulars \r\nof the notices served upon and of the statements in writing m ade or delivered by the \r\nparties interested respectively. \r\n22. Notice by Tribunal to persons interested .– The Tribunal shall thereupon \r\ncause a notice specifying the day on which it will proceed to determine the objection \r\nand directing their appearance before it on that day, to be served on the following \r\npersons, namely– \r\n(a) the applicant; \r\n(b) all persons interested in the objection, except (when the objection is \r\nnot made by the Improvement Trust) such, if any, of them as have \r\nconsented without protest to rece ive payment of the compensation \r\nawarded; \r\n(c) if the objection is in regard to the area of the land or to the amount of \r\ncompensation, the Collector. \r\n23. Scope of enquiry.– The scope of the enquiry in such proceedings before the \r\nTribunal shall be restricted to a consideration of the interests of the persons affected \r\nby the objection. \r\n24. Decision of Tribunal .– (1) The tribunal may, on any reference made to it, \r\nmake any order regarding the payment of any compensation to any person proved to \r\nbe entitled to it and may either maintain or modify the award of the Collector: \r\n Provided that the Tribunal shall not question the amounts notified by the \r\nGovernment under section 13 of this Act as the cost of a scheme and income \r\ntherefrom. \r\n (2) Every such award shall be in writing and signed by the President of the \r\nTribunal, and shall be deemed to be a decree and the statement of the grounds \r\nthereof a judgment, within the meaning of subsections (2) and (9), respectively of \r\nsection 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n1\r\n. \r\n25. Costs.– Every award of the Tribunal shall also determine the amount of the \r\ncosts incurred in the proceedings by the parties thereto and the person by whom and \r\nthe proportions in which they shall be paid: \r\n Provided that no order for the payment of costs sh all be made against the \r\nImprovement Trust unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, the value of the plots \r\nunsold and of the material and sources of income outstanding as notified under \r\nsection 13 of this Act is found to have been assessed by the Collector a t a rate not \r\nexceeding 50 per cent of their value as determined by the Tribunal. \r\n26. Interest not to be awarded.– The Improvement Trust shall not be required to \r\npay interest on any amount awarded as compensation and tendered in accordance \r\nwith the order of the Collector. \r\n27. Collector to disburse amount awarded in excess by Tribunal .– (1) The \r\namounts, if any, awarded by the Tribunal in excess of the compensation awarded by \r\nthe Collector, shall be placed at the disposal of the Collector by the Improvement \r\nTrust, and the Collector shall disburse, deposit, invest or dispose of the same in the \r\nmanner stated in sections 17 and 18, as if it were the amount deposited on account \r\nof the award made by himself. \r\n (2) The Collector shall also in like manner disburse, dep osit, invest or \r\ndispose of the compensation due for the land, title to which is disputed before him, in \r\naccordance with the decision of the Tribunal. \r\n28. Tribunal’s power to summon witnesses, etc .– (1) For the purposes of \r\nenquiries under this Act the Colle ctor and the Tribunal shall have power to summon \r\nand enforce the attendance of witnesses, including the parties interested or any of \r\nthem, and to compel the production of documents by the same means and (so far as \r\nmay be) in the same manner as is provided in the case of Civil Courts under the \r\nCode of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n2\r\n. \r\n (2) Proceedings of Tribunal .– All proceedings of the Tribunal shall take \r\nplace in open court and all persons entitled to practise as legal practitioners in any \r\n \r\n1V of 1908. \r\n2V of 1908. \r\nCivil Court in the \r\n1\r\n[Punjab] shall be entitled to appear, plead and act (as the case \r\nmay be) in such proceedings. \r\n29. Meeting of Trust to sanction proceedings.– (1) An Improvement Trust shall \r\nnot exercise its powers under this Act, or act otherwise for the acquisition and \r\npossession of land or for the execution of any scheme under this Act, unless \r\napproval thereto is accorded in a meeting of the Improvement Trust held after a \r\nnotice of at least seven days. \r\n (2) The quorum for all such meetings shall be not less than three, and the \r\ndecision of the majority shall prevail. \r\n30. Consequences of erection, etc, in contravention of sanctioned scheme .– \r\n(1) If any person without the permission of the Trust, erects, re -erects, adds to, or \r\nalters any building in contravention of any scheme sanctioned by the Trust under this \r\nAct for any damaged area, the Chairman of the Improvement Trust may– \r\n(a) by a written notice direct that the building, alteration, or addition be \r\nstopped; and \r\n(b) require such building, alteration, or addition to be altered or demolished \r\nas he may deem necessary. \r\n (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being \r\nin force, no person shall have a right to claim compensation for any damage done in \r\nthe execution of the requisition of the Chairman under the foregoing subsection. \r\n31. Protection of Government, etc .– No suit, prosecution, or other legal \r\nproceeding shall lie against the Government or an Improvement Trust or any person \r\nfor anything done or purporting to have been done in pursuance of this Act or in the \r\nframing, supervision or execution of any scheme thereunder. \r\n32. Penalties.– Any person who– \r\n(a) fails to deliver possession when required to do so by the Collector \r\nunder this Act; \r\n(b) obstructs or molests any person in the service of an Improvement \r\nTrust, or any person acting under the authority or directions of such \r\nperson, or any person with whom the Trust has entered into a contract, \r\nor any person acting under the authority or direction of such person, in \r\nthe execution of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or \r\nrequired to do under this Act; or \r\n(c) removes any mark set up for the purpose of indicating the boundaries \r\nof any damaged area or any part thereof, or any level or direction \r\nnecessary to the execution of any scheme under this Act; \r\nshall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two \r\nyears or with fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or with both. \r\n \r\n1Substituted for the word “Province” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805-1849, Article 2(1) read with Schedule, Part II, Sr. No. 24. \r\n33. 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