DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY LAHORE ORDINANCE 1999

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THE DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY LAHORE, 
ORDINANCE, 1999 
(LI of 1999) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Establishment of the Authority 
3. Management 
4. Administrator 
5. Delegation of Powers 
6. Committees 
7. Functions of the Authority 
8. Authority Fund. 
9. Budget, Audit and Accounts 
10. Recovery of sums due to the Authority 
11. Acquisition of land 
12. Appointment of officers, staff etc. 
13. Employees to be public servants 
14. Conversion of property to a different use 
15. Removal of building, etc., ere cted or used in contravention of this 
Ordinance 
16. Rules 
17. Regulations 
18. Dissolution of the Society, etc. 
19. Removal of Difficulties 
TEXT 
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THE DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY LAHORE, ORDINANCE, 1999 
(LI of 1999) 
[29th September, 1999] 
An 
Ordinance 
to establish the Defence Housing Authority Lahore
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Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to establish the Defence Housing Authority 
Lahore; 
 And whereas the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is not in session and the 
Governor of the Punjab is satisfied that immediate action is necessary; 
 Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Article 
128 of the Constitution the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and 
promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ord inance may be called the 
Defence Housing Authority Lahore, Ordinance, 1999. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken 
effect on the day the Defence Housing Authority Lahore , Ordinance, 1999 (XXXI of 
1999) stands repealed 
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 under Article 128(2) of the Constitution. 
2. Establishment of the Authority.– (1) There shall be established an Authority 
to be known as the Defence Housing Authority Lahore. 
 (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession 
and a comm on seal, with power to acquire and hold property and to enter into 
contracts, and may by the said name sue and be sued. 
3. Management.– (1) The general direction and administration of the affairs of 
the Authority shall vest in the Governing Body which shal l consist of the Corps 
Commander Lahore; the President Executive Board; the Administrator; the 
Secretaries to the Government of the Punjab in the Law, Finance and Housing 
Departments or their nominees not below the rank of Additional Secretary, and the 
Secretary of the Authority as members. 
 (2) The Corps Commander Lahore, and the President Executive Board 
shall be, the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Governing Body respectively. 
                                                           
1It was Promulgated by the Governor on 26 September 1999; published in the Punjab Gazette, (Extraordinary), dated 29 September 
1999, pp. 1369-72. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 19 99 (9 of 1999), it will remain in force 
notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of  
Pakistan. 
2The word, comma and figure “Ordinance, 1999” are extra printed in the Gazette. 
3It stood repealed on 2 October 1999. 
 (3) There shall be an Executive Board consisting of the GOC 11 Division ; 
the Administrator of the Authority; one Coopted Member to be appointed by the 
Governing Body; and the Secretary of the Authority as members. 
 (4) The GOC 11 Division shall be the President of the Board. 
 (5) The Executive Board shall subject to the contr ol of the Governing Body 
exercise all powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by 
the Authority. 
 (6) No act or proceedings of the Governing Body or the Executive Board 
shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in or defect i n the constitution 
thereof. 
4. Administrator.– (1) There shall be an Administrator of the Authority who shall 
be appointed in such manner and shall perform such functions as may be 
prescribed. 
 (2) Subject to the provisions of sub -section (1), the Vice Cha irman of the 
Society holding office as such immediately before the establishment of the Authority 
under this Ordinance shall be the first Administrator of the Authority. 
5. Delegation of Powers .– The Governing Body, the Executive Board and the 
Administrator may delegate to any person all or any of their functions including their 
delegated functions under this Ordinance. 
6. Committees.– The Authority may constitute such Committees as may be 
necessary for the efficient performance of its functions and assign to such 
Committees such functions as it may deem necessary. 
7. Functions of the Authority .– The Authority may do all such acts and things 
as may be necessary for the planning and development of and for providing and 
regulating housing facilities in the area notified by the Government. 
8. Authority Fund .– (1) There shall be a fund to be known as the “Defence 
Housing Authority Lahore Fund” which shall vest in the Authority and to which shall 
be credited all moneys received by the Authority. 
 (2) The fund shal l be kept in such custody and shall be utilized and 
regulated in such manner as may be prescribed. 
9. Budget, Audit and Accounts .– The budget of the Authority shall be 
approved and its accounts shall be maintained and audited in such manner as may 
be prescribed. 
10. Recovery of sums due to the Authority .– Any sum payable to the Authority 
shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue. 
11. Acquisition of land .– The acquisition of any land or any interest in land for 
the purposes of the Authority shall be de emed to be an acquisition for a “public 
purpose” within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894) 
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4Misprinted in the Gazette. 
12. Appointment of officers, staff etc.– The Authority may appoint such persons 
in its service as may be necessary for the efficient perf ormance of its functions in 
such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. 
13. Employees to be public servants .– All persons acting or purporting to act in 
pursuance of any provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be public serva nts 
within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan penal Code 1860. 
14. Conversion of property to a different use .– Any conversion of property to a 
different use or purpose than the one provided under a scheme prepared by the 
Authority by a person withou t the previous approval of the Authority in writing, shall 
be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees per day from the 
date of its conversion till the default continues or with imprisonment for a term which 
may extend to six months or with both. 
15. Removal of building, etc., erected or used in contravention of this 
Ordinance.– (1) If any building, structure, work or land is erected, constructed or used 
in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules, regulations or orders 
made thereunder, the Authority or any person  authorised by it in this behalf, may, by 
order in writing, require the owner, occupier, user or person in control of such building, 
structure, work or land to remove, demolish or alter the building, structure or work or to 
use it in such manner as may bring such erection, construction or use in accordance 
with the provisions of this Ordinance. 
 (2) If an order under sub -section (1), in respect of any building, structure, 
work or land is not complied with wi thin such time, as may be specified therein, the 
Authority or any person authorised by it in this behalf may, after giving the person 
concerned an opportunity of being heard, remove, demolish or alter the building, 
structure or work, or stop the use of the  land and in so doing, may use such force as 
may be necessary and may also recover the cost thereof from the person 
responsible for the erection, construction or use of the building, structure, work or 
land in contravention of the provisions as aforesaid. 
16. Rules.– The  Authority may with the approval of the Government may make 
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
17. Regulations.– The Authority may make regulations not inconsistent with this 
Ordinance and the rules, for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
18. Dissolution of the Society, etc.– Upon the establishment of the Authority the 
Lahore Cantt Cooperative Housing Society Limited Lahore registered under the 
Cooperative Societies Act 1925 (VII of 1925) and all bodies constitu ted thereunder 
shall stand dissolved and upon such dissolution– 
(a) all persons in the service of the said Society shall stand transferred for 
service under the Authority on the same terms and conditions as were 
applicable to them immediately before their transfer to the Authority; 
(b) all assets and liabilities of the said Society shall become the assets and 
liabilities of the Authority; and 
(c) all by-laws of the said Society in force immediately before the dissolution 
of the said Society shall continue in force until altered or repealed by rules 
or regulations made under this Ordinance. 
19. Removal of Difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any provision 
of this Ordinance, the Government may give such directions as it may consider 
necessary for the removal of such difficulty.